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Hindu temple demolished: Zardari demands report on Mandir
Around three or four houses and a century-old temple, the Shri Rama Pir Mandir, were demolished by a private builder.
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Clinton to meet Khar, Kayani in Brussels today
Clinton will seek to encourage an improving mood between Pakistan and Afghanistan.
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Floods 2012: Three months on, victims await govt aid
Around 210,000 people still living in relief camps in Balochistan, Sindh.
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Lashing out: ‘COAS’s extension was PM’s decision’
Kaira says timing of filing of a petition against the extension of the CAOS was surprising.
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Give votes, get rights: PML-Q to carve Hazara province, says Pervez Elahi
Deputy prime minister says his party had raised the Hazara province demand in parliament.
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Imran rules out alliance with parties represented in current parliament
Khan says party is willing to form coalition with partners who are not in incumbent legislatures.
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Acid attacks: Turning a blind eye to laws to curb violence against women
Survivors’ foundation has been pushing provinces to pass ‘Comprehensive Acid and Burn Crime Bill’ .
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Minorities’ problems: Hotline soon to redress grievances
Security Wing employing 931 personnel to ensure internal security of all the religious/worship places countrywide.
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Bomb kills two policemen in Peshawar
The remote-controlled bomb targeted a van on a routine patrol in Shahabkhel village.
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Fighting terror: Cellphones have become terrorists’ instrument, says Malik
Interior minister says all cellular companies are bound to adopt biometric system within 3 months.
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Jirga decision: 6,500 tribal women get back their right to vote
Paaikhel women were disenfranchised 46 years ago by a jirga.
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Pak-Afghan relations: Preconditions set for release of senior Taliban cadres
Islamabad’s reluctance to free Mullah Baradar, other key Taliban figures stems from fear of a possible US backlash.
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Engine trouble: PIA flight with CJP on board faces glitch
Several news channels reported the plane’s engine caught fire, a claim debunked by CAA, PIA
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The Karachi NGO for whom success means putting all its hard work down the drain
After 30 years the model is being picked up by other non-profits across Pakistan.
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Talent hunt programme: IBA counducts tests in Sukkur
More than 3,000 students appeared for the admission tests to the Talent Hunt Programme.
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Upgrading technology: Integrated surveillance to be launched
Governor directed officials to introduce communal policing in Karachi’s industrial zones.
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University admissions: Names of successful candidates released
More than 300 candidates had appeared for the examinations which were conducted on November 28.
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Up in smoke: Fire breaks out in cotton factory
It took the firefighters two hours to put out the fire.
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Graduation day: IBM’s 15th convocation on Dec 8
The governor Sindh Dr Ishratul Ebad, will be the chief guest at the occasion.
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Postgraduate studies: KU announces admissions to Masters programmes
The minimum eligibility for admission in the Masters programmes is 45 per cent marks in undergraduate studies.
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9th and 10th Muharram blasts: 12 suspects arrested in DI Khan
Official says that the accused were arrested late Saturday and taken to some unknown location for interrogation.
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Radio: Independent stations launch own association
Group will represent 65% of all private FM radio stations licensed by Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority.
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CDA paying bill for 20,000 ‘phantom’ lights
CDA is thinking to move from lump sum payments to a metered system.
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Persons with disabilities: Without access, quotas are meaningless
Disabled persons struggle to achieve inclusion in face of state, social negligence.
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To promote peace, jeweller wants to gift flags made of precious stones
He has made 17 flags in the past three years.
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Calligraphy exhibition: An artistic tribute to the polymath Omar Khayyam
Inspired by the poet while also highlighting his scientific feats.
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Conference on fatwas: Discouraging issuance of edicts by non-state actors
Discussions on absence of formal structure to verify edicts, militants’ defence of actions.
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Contractual appointments at IIU: ‘Illegal’ postings a stumbling block for many
Over 50 staffers await promotion, claim 13 contract employees holding them back.
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Without access to adult literacy programmes, newspaper vendor harbouring dejection
Says not being educated has hampered his social progress.
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Flower show ends: CDA wins contest
The show was organised by the CDA in collaboration with the Islamabad Horticulture Society.
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Polio eradication: Review meeting to be held
Meeting has been called at the Governor’s House in Peshawar on December 5 at 10am.
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‘Restoring normaly’: Tribesmen act against encroachers
The tribesmen has given a 15 day deadline to encroachers and people involved in illegal business that ended.
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Social business entrepreneurship: the only sustainable solution
Pakistan needs a disproportional focus on developing its social sector.
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Drowning without water: We can play politics... or we can build dams
It is a crisis in the making that will dwarf the current power scenario.
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Deepening crisis: Dual national legislators to face court says ECP
Resignations of four MQM MNAs accepted; several resigning legislators take up new posts in Sindh govt.
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Soldier Bazaar demolition: The homeless will brave cold nights and put up a fight
The minorities minister has yet to visit the area and see the demolished temple.
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Pakistan joins global campaign to end women’s plight
Aurat Foundation holds a seminar to encourage people in joining the movement.
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Seminar: ‘More than 600 AIDS patients in south Punjab’
The speakers says that most of the male patients are those who had gone abroad to work.
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‘Accident’: 1 dies after swallowing rat poison
According to police the students saw the rat poison tablets on the floor, thought they were candies and swallowed them
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Green offices: Cutting business costs and saving the environment
Steps to cut paper and power use and generate less waste can result in big savings.
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Breach of party discipline : Humayun will be questioned for attending PML-N meeting (National)
PML-likeminded general secretary attended a meeting of PML-N manifesto committee.
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Judicial woes: High courts face acute shortage of judges
Backlog of cases increases day by day while judicial community differs over who is responsible for appointing judges.
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Services hospital: 6 x-ray machines out of order
Hospital sources says only six out of around 230 technicians working in different wards are qualified.
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Dance party: 55, including 10 women, arrested
Police says they had taken into possession 58 mobile phones, Viagra tablets, liquor and cash.
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Torture allegations: ASI put behind bars
The police have also registered a case against the said ASI under Section 342 PPC and 155-C of the Police Order 2002.
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Parking fight: ‘Jamshed Dasti beat me up’
MNA rejects allegations, saying that all he did was to break up a fight between the constable and a rickshaw driver.
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Football: Barca win to set a new record
Messi scored twice as Barcelona beat Athletic Bilbao 5-1.
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Cycling: Asad wins national road race
The race was stretched over a distance of 142 kilometers, had 50 participants from all over the country.
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Judo: Tachimoto clinches Grand Slam title
Tachimoto pulled off an ippon two minutes 45 seconds into the final to win the women’s over 78-kilogramme title.
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Incest and punishment
Pakistan’s sisters and daughters continue to face injustice in the form of rape, violence without due process of...
















































