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Punjab crackdown: Eight Jaish activists detained
Sources said those taken into custody included JeM’s regional chief Muhammad Hassan, alias Abu Jandal
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Fighting fit: A place of hope and healing
Navy’s 25-bed hospital is the only such facility south of Quetta, west of Karachi
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Favourable judgment: SC orders action against 2 FST members
Judges observe a retired official was given benefits out of the way
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Doing politics: SC petitioned against pension, perks of former chief justice
Petitioner says no political activist can draw the pension of a judge
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Dragnet: 21 alleged militants arrested in raids
During the interrogation, some of the suspects identified their accomplices which led to another successful raid
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Balochistan: Refugees listed as voters, says PTI
He said PTI was a democratic party and, “We never talk anything extra-constitutional.”
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Exhibition in Sri Lanka: Pakistan gets overwhelming response
The single-country expo in Colombo has brought together 125 Pakistani firms displaying their potential products
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Long-Term: Standard and Poor’s cuts Poland’s rating
It also pointed to a new media law that gives the government extensive control over management of public broadcasters
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Honda And General Motors: Automakers jointly building fuel cell plant
. Honda and GM have been collaborating on developing fuel cells since 2013
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China’s GDP: Economy grew 7% in 2015, says premier
. China’s fourth quarter and full-year 2015 GDP figures are expected to be released on Jan 19
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140th council meeting: PMDC elects new president, vice-president
The council also elected the executive members of PMDC
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Various incidents: Girl run over by train; two killed over feud (Islamabad city)
Bystanders shifted the girl to the tehsil headquarters hospital where the doctors pronounced her dead on arrival
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Right to information: Experts call for societal ownership
Seminar focused on cooperation between RTI implementation agencies, provinces
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For smart cities: Need for urban planning stressed
Recommend making civic education part of curricula
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Kublai’s Kitchen: Mongolian stir-fry brings a nutritious alternative
Eatery offers three meal size options, unique selection
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Disorderly behaviour: ‘Drunk’ students merrily march behind bars
IO Nadeem Tahir said that the Koshar police received a call from NPC about the presence of four drunken men
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No swine flu case reported in Islamabad
PIMS head says one suspected case is being tested
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Metropolitan Corporation: PML-N wins 18 reserved seats, PTI takes nine
Sheikh Ansar Aziz, PML-N’s expected mayoral candidate, elected on technocrat seat
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Benazir murder case: Siegel to be cross-examined on 20th
Former presidents has rejected recorded statement of US journalist
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Imposters: Police arrest thieves posing as cops
Police say they are hopeful of making recoveries from the suspects
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Crime Diary: Man found dead in Wah Cantt village
Muhammad Zubair informed the police that village children informed him of a body in a field
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Highway Traffic: Police ban heavy traffic at peak hours
Police also said security has been increased around media offices
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Passing on: Shah Rukh Khan’s aunt dies in Peshawar
Suriya Begum lived in a dilapidated four-storey house situated in Shah Wali Qatal
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Keeping tab: PTI chief visits forests
Imran and Khattak also set free some eagles that were confiscated from smugglers by the wildlife department
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CTD In Action: Suspected terrorist held in Charsadda
The detained man was identified as Yar Mat, a resident of Spin Qabar area of Bara in Khyber Agency
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Cpec Concerns: ‘Centre being unfair to Pukhtuns’
Begum Wali said the Pukhtun people have been suffering from militancy for a long time
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Grenade Attack: Five FC personnel injured in Swabi
The injured personnel were rushed to the Swabi Hospital for treatment
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Harassment: Citizen seeks action against raiding police (Lahore city)
He requested the court to direct the officer to register an FIR against them
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Public health: Two ‘swine flu’ cases surface in Bahalwapur
There is no separate ward for patients of swine flu at the hospital
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Retributive Justice : ‘Try gang rape cases in military courts’
She said Pakistani women were more disenfranchised socially and economically than women in rest of south Asia
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Intimidation: Man seeks case against wife’s relatives
He requested the court to direct the SHO to register an FIR against them
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NCA Convocation: Degrees awarded to 2010, 2011 batches
Writer Intezar Hussain and Punjab University Vice Chancellor Mujahid Kamran were the chief guests
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Broad destroys South African batting
The England paceman rested with figures five for 14 from 10 overs, eight of which were bowled after lunch
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Petition against Sindh government filed in SC
Petitioner has prayed before SC to declare Sindh Criminal Prosecution Amended Bill 2016 unconstitutional and void
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Switzerland rejects Brahamdagh Bugti’s asylum plea
Pakistan had maintained that the separatist leader was responsible for several acts of subversion and terrorism
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PM Nawaz, army chief head to Saudi, Iran to mend rift
PM Nawaz will meet with King Salman and Iran's President Rouhani
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Pakistan executed 332 after reinstating death penalty: report
Amnesty figures suggest Pakistan is on track to become one of the world's top executioners in 2015
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German town bars asylum seekers from pool after harassment complaints
It was the latest sign of social tensions related to the arrival last year of 1.1 million migrants in Germany
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Pathankot incident attempt to undermine Pak-India talks: US
Terrorists will try to undermine such efforts to sow fear and doubt in the minds of national leaders, Kirby said
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Iran says international sanctions to be lifted on Saturday
Today is a good day for the Iranian people as sanctions will be lifted today, says Iranian foreign minister
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PM Nawaz vows to eradicate honour killings
Hundreds of women are murdered by their relatives in Pakistan each year on the grounds of defending family “honour”
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Govt pleads ignorance on Sindh terror financiers
PM Nawaz urged to take parliament into confidence on CPEC
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Video of Swat woman being whipped was fake, SC told
The court disposes of the suo motu case registered in April 2009.
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Uniform fees: POEPA announces ban on overseas work visa
He complained that the Ministry of HRD and Immigration Bureau were not cooperating with the promoters
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Blasphemy stigma: Village boy cuts off own hand
Mohammad Anwar, 15, raised his hand by mistake after apparently mishearing the question
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Democratic norms: PTI intra-party elections ‘before April 25’
PTI chairman urges other parties to also strengthen themselves
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Treason trial: Apex court to take up Dogar’s plea on January 18
Petitioner says apex court in its July 31, 2009 order did not hold him responsible for high treason
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Quetta violence: Five people including a woman, killed
The bodies were shifted to the Civil Hospital for autopsy and later handed over to the heirs for burial
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Defence minister to brief NA on Saudi alliance
PTI’s Mazari complains Aziz’s briefing to NA panel was incomplete
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Dodging the celebratory bullet
Aerial firing is illegal and it should be banned