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Senators propose ban on Indian TV chanels
ISLAMABAD, Jan 12: The Senate Standing Committee on Information and Broadcasting on Monday asked the government to stop cable operators from showing Indian channels in response to the Indian media’s vilification campaign against Pakistan in the wake of Mumbai terrorist attacks.... 
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Shujaat’s conditions for PML unity
LAHORE, Jan 12: Pakistan Muslim League (Q) President Shujaat Husain has put forward three conditions for unity with the PML-N....
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‘Govt intervention hikes rice price’
LAHORE, Jan 12: The official intervention in rice business through the Trading Corporation Pakistan and the Pakistan Agriculture Services and Storage Corporation (Passco) has increased its price up to 30 per...
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Israeli attacks on Gaza condemned
RAWALPINDI, Jan 12: Hundreds of political workers, traders and human rights activists here on Monday condemned Israel for committing mass slaughter of innocent Palestinians in Gaza and asked the international community to impose sanctions on Israel....
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Brick kilns to be moved away from airport
ISLAMABAD, Jan 12: Federal Minister for Environment Hameedullah Jan Afridi on Monday informed the National Assembly that 82 smoke-spewing brick kilns located in the proximity of the Benazir Bhutto International Airport...
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Summary pending with cabinet, IHC told: LG system in capital
ISLAMABAD, Jan 12: The federal government here on Monday informed the Islamabad High Court (IHC) that a summary for the implementation of local government system in the capital was pending with the cabinet for approval....
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Call to check activities of govt officials
GILGIT, Jan 12: The local chapter of Pakistan Muslim League-Q has accused government officials of working against the interest of society by promoting sectarianism and nepotism in the region....
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Decision challenged in IHC: Hydropower plant in Mansehra
ISLAMABAD, Jan 12: The NWFP government here on Monday filed a writ petition with the Islamabad High Court (IHC) challenging the decision of the federal government to construct a 655MW Suki Kinari hydropower plant in Mansehra....
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Four accused acquitted in kidnap for ransom case
RAWALPINDI, Jan 12: An anti-terrorism court (ATC) here on Monday absolved four accused in a kidnap for ransom case owing to inadequate evidence against them and ordered their release if not wanted in any other criminal case....
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Missing man found murdered
ATTOCK, Jan 12: A missing young man was found murdered near Tanazah dam in the jurisdiction of Fatehjang police station, police said on Monday....
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Govt plans to ban use of small fishing nets in sea
ISLAMABAD, Jan 12: The government has formed a committee comprising officials from Sindh and Balochistan to come up with proposals for preparing legislation to ban the use of small fishing nets in the sea....
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Two brothers gunned down for ‘spying’
MIRAMSHAH, Jan 12: Militants on Monday gunned down two brothers after accusing them of spying for US forces....
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563 deportees from Oman to arrive in Karachi
RAWALPINDI, Jan 12: A ferry carrying 563 Pakistanis arrested in Oman on charges of illegal entry and working without permission is likely to arrive in Karachi this week.The...
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5 military men die in accident
GILGIT, Jan 12: Five military personnel were killed and one was seriously injured when their pick-up was hit by a boulder at Shangus Pari....
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Bomb blast damages house in Quetta
QUETTA, Jan 12: A railway employee’s house was badly damaged in a bomb explosion that occurred in the Railway Guard Colony late on Monday night....
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Two killed as shell hits house in Mohmand
GHALANAI, Jan 12: Fresh units of security forces arrived in Mohmand Agency on Monday, while two non-combatants were killed by shelling....
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Protest against Israeli attacks
QUETTA, Jan 12: The PML-N organised a demonstration here on Monday in protest against Israeli attacks on Gaza....
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Young man shot dead
QUETTA, Jan 12: A young man was gunned down in the Kerani road area here on Monday....
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Quetta-Multan flight from 22nd
QUETTA, Jan 12: Pakistan International Airlines is launching a flight between Quetta and Multan from January 22....
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Govt urged to give Sindh its due
LARKANA, Jan 12: Leader of the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-F Senator Dr Khalid Mehmood Soomro has urged the government for an early announcement of the National Finance Commission (NFC) award....
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Slain farm workers buried
KHAIRPUR, Jan 12: Nine farm workers, who were killed by armed marauders near Noorajo Pul in the Gambat area, were laid to rest at their ancestral graveyards in Ahmedpur and village Maitlo on Monday....
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Jirga imposes fine on policemen
SHIKARPUR, Jan 12: A jirga organised at the Jatoi House on Monday settled a dispute related to the death of a villager in what was described as a fake police encounter....
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Ransom paid for EDO’s release
HYDERABAD, Jan 12: Finally, police have confirmed that an amount of Rs1.4 million out of Rs2 million paid to dacoits as ransom for EDO health of Tando Allahyar, Dr Abdul Jalil...
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51 bonded labourers freed
SANGHAR, Jan 12: Jhol and Shahdadpur police produced 51 bonded labourers in the court of district and sessions judge Amjad Ali Bohio here on Monday....
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Three of a family die from gas leak
DERA GHAZI KHAN, Jan 12: A doctor, his wife and a daughter died from suffocation owing to a gas leak here on Monday in Faridabad Colony while their infant son was rescued....
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Pervaiz does not rule out support to ‘future dictator’
MULTAN, Jan 12: Not regretting his earlier resolve to get former president Pervez Musharraf re-elected in uniform for ‘ten more tenures’, PML-Q leader and Punjab’s former chief minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi...
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College building incomplete even after four years
SIALKOT, Jan 12: Political, social and educational circles have expressed concern over an inordinate delay in the construction of Government Girls Degree College in Chawinda the building of which has been lying incomplete for the last four years....
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Nawaz raps ‘irresponsible statements’
BAHAWALPUR, Jan 12: Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif has criticised the Indian and Pakistani governments for their “irresponsible statements” after the Mumbai carnage....
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More bars elect officials
LAYYAH, Jan 12: Saifullah Saeed and Murtaza Khan Mulyani won the slots of president and general secretary, respectively, of the District...
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Gujrat N workers oppose proposal: Merger or alliance with Q
GUJRAT, Jan 12: Local workers of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz have urged the party leadership to steer clear of forging any alliance or merger with the PML-Q....
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Dacoit killed in police ‘encounter’
OKARA, Jan 12: A dacoit wanted in dozens of cases was killed during an hour-long `encounter’ with police here on Monday at Gernali Chowk at Chak No 7/1-R while his three accomplices managed their escape in the darkness of the night....
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Ground reality belies claims: Clampdown on plastic bags
LAHORE, Jan 12: January may have officially been designated “Say-No-to-Plastic-Bags” month by the Punjab Environment Protection Department, but legal records show that the EPD and district government officials have yet to make any serious effort in following through on this slogan....
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Police to get bonus for peaceful Muharram
LAHORE, Jan 12: The Punjab cabinet approved on Monday one-month salary as bonus for police officials – ranking from constables to assistant sub-inspectors -- for maintaining law and order in the province during Muharram....
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Found murdered
LAHORE, Jan 12: A 60-year-old watchman was found murdered at an under-construction house near Umer Chowk in Green Town on Monday....
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Monarchies in Arab world can’t counter Israel: PML-N
LAHORE, Jan 12: The Pakistan Muslim League-N, whose chief Nawaz Sharif was rescued and given asylum for around seven years by the Saudi kingdom when he was jailed by Gen Musharraf...
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Doctors to go to Gaza
LAHORE, Jan 12: A group of 52 doctors and paramedics of the Allama Iqbal Medical College (AIMC) is going to Gaza next week to provide medical care to Palestinians....
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