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Planning ahead: PM invites opposition leader to discuss caretaker set-up
Ashraf telephones Nisar to arrange a meeting of representatives of both parties.
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Senate session: Malik’s continued ‘foreign hand’ argument irks ANP
Interior minister asks chairman to summon ISI officials.
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Battle rages: Prove your word or else, Nisar dares Imran
Says assets of Sharif family in England were bought with honest and hard-earned money.
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Lost in the city of lights: Afghan scavengers in Karachi crosshairs
The story of rag-pickers who migrated with dreams of a better life.
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Repeat offenders: Cash stolen from post office
two masked robbers entered the building at 8:30am and took Rs400,000 at gun point
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Slow recovery: Water, gas shortage adds to the crises
The areas worst hit by water shortage in the posh locality include phase 3, phase 4, phase 5 and phase 6
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Desperate measures: All parties conference wrong move for ANP
Opposition corners the ruling party, says it should have taken action earlier.
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Upcoming elections: Youth can play a decisive role
Half of registered voters before 35 years of age.
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Fatal fall: Mountaineer falls to death on Broad Peak
Back in 2003, Baqir’s brother was also killed while attempting to scale a peak.
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Reaction to protests: Wapda employees threaten to go on strike
Demand registration of FIR against those who ransacked offices, attacked them.
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Vexed by loadshedding: Pro-Hazara province party calls for civil disobedience
Says Hazara faces more outages; tells people not to pay electricity bills.
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Power crisis: In Swat, glacial ice selling like hot cakes
Locals replace machine ice with hardened snow to chill beverages.
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Impersonating: Fake customs officials held
Motorway Police inspector spotted five persons in the uniform of customs’ officials checking the motorists.
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Consultative meeting: NGOs pledge support for Acid and Burn Crime Bill
Aurat Foundation, Aware Girls, Noor Education Foundation, pledged to arrange awareness programs for the cause.
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Water crisis: CDA to install two tubewells in each sector
CDA would execute projects to exploit alternative energy resources
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Not paid for six months: PTDC, where salaries have become as rare as a dodo
Nearly 1,000 PTDC employees haven’t been paid, while the MD allegedly keeps on hiring more.
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Daring escapade: Imposter repatriated, while Ruhullah makes good his escape
Rawalpindi Police believe absconder hiding in Peshawar.
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Condolence: Shehzad Ahmed - a poet distinguished by his command over multiple fields
The writer authored 35 books in his extensive career.
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The great ascent: Danish diplomat, local climber scale Malika Parbat
The five-day expedition was held to express Pak-Danish friendship.
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FDE head: After two years of legal battle, Dr Riaz wins the coveted post
She holds a PhD in education management from Columbia University.
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Unfreezing CDA accounts: IHC’s divisional bench restores officers’ salaries
Court sets aside Justice Siddiqui’s decision till next date of hearing.
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Fire: 30 shops gutted in Chilas town
"The fire has reduced to ashes merchandise worth millions of rupees,” Zahir, a policeman
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Accident: Man drowns in water channel
A man drowned in Ghazi Barotha Hydropower Channel here on Thursday.
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MV Albedo crew: Freed sailors savour sweet homecoming
The seven Pakistani crew members out of the 22 crew of MV Albedo returned home on Thursday.
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Football: Vidic set for United comeback
The Serb has been out of action since injuring cruciate knee ligaments.
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Phelps through to another semi-final
“This is my last prelim swim ever so that was a lot of fun to be able to do a pretty decent time in it,” said Phelps.
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Cricket: Kashmore CC claim easy victory
Umair Ahmed’s unbeaten half-century helped Kashmore CC defeat Riyadh Cricket League by 33 runs.
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South Africa claim first rowing gold
South Africa stunned favourites Great Britain and Denmark to claim their first ever Olympic rowing gold medal.
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Misuse of authority?: Gilani’s aide sent to UK with Rs6m in hand
Trip was not sanctioned by medical board.
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Summer of content: Sunny days begin anew for Pak-US relations
Allen-Kayani meeting pledges action against all terrorist sanctuaries; Pakistan receives $1.1 billion; ISI chief in US
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Diplomatic shuffle: Barraza joins as the new US press attaché
Barraza’s previous assignment was at the US embassy in New Delhi
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Solid waste: ‘8,000 kg waste collected daily from Shadman bazaar’
Waste is transported to a dump site at Mehmood Booti.
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Corruption: Ex-CCB chairman remanded
Six Gujrat tehsil municipal authority officials, also accused of embezzling funds from development schemes
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Cash van robbery: Guard’s father, guarantor arrested
SHO said that his father had said he wished his son had taken him with him.
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Badami Bagh blasts: Two injured die in hospital
Another said to be in critical condition.
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Four matchmakers arrested for deceiving client
‘Woman I met was replaced with someone else at the wedding’.
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Youtube video: Khanewal judge resigns
Judge Muhammad Masood had danced with a professional dancer at the engagement of his brother.
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Follow up: ‘Terrorist’ laid to rest
Participants of the funeral said they had attended lectures the deceased gave on religion and importance of jihad.
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Terrorist threat: Officials told to check their cars
Punjab government recently received reports that terrorists were planning to target official vehicles
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Illegal detention: CIA SP summoned for Aug 6
Woman said in her plea that police personnel kidnapped her son from Sheikhupura and have been holding him since.
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Altaf Hussain calls Zardari, discuss local govt deadlock
President assures MQM chief that the local government system will be soon reinstated.
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Set free: Court acquits two men of robbery charges
The 1st Additional District and Sessions Judge Iqbal Ahmed Khawaja acquitted the men, Bashir Khan and Muhammad Arif.
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Burmese Muslim recounts the tale of his escape to Pakistan
Noor Muhammad, his wife and their two-year-old son left behind their paddy fields and bamboo houses in Arakan.
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Wapda: Hydropower contributes 31% to total production
69% of electricity was generated mainly through gas, residual furnace oil and high-speed diesel (HSD).
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Utilising by-products: Mills to use bagasse to generate power
Manufacturing and commissioning of a 140 ton per hour high pressure and high temperature bagasse-fired steam boiler.
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Educational initiative: Collaboration between EFU Life, TCF
TCF to help the latter in educating underprivileged children.
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Islamic banking: ACCI sees great potential, strong future
Presence of over 900 Islamic banking branches in Pakistan spoke volumes of the confidence reposed by the masses
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Press regulatory body forms committee to devise code of conduct
Press Council of Pakistan opines that media laws should not be abolished, rather amendments be made.
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Ordeal ends: MV Albedo hostages return home after 22 month captivity
The seven Pakistani crew members out of the 22 crew of MV Albedo returned home on Thursday.
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Mobilising public opinion: People’s SAARC committee formed
The meeting was held at the PMA House.















































