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Vanishing act: The curious case of the ‘stolen’ injections
Three blood-cancer patients lose expensive vials to a mysterious refrigerator.
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Positive measures: NHA employees to be regularised
the daily wagers and contractual employees of the NHA would be regularised this month.
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Transportation issues: No fixed rates for CNG vehicles
Around 70 per cent of commuters are believed to be suffering
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Women’s work: Free legal aid for women
SBWC has registered over 904 cases since its inception and over 520 have been settled and 282 are under process.
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Dengue awareness: Wardens and volunteers hand out pamphlets
Pamphlets about dengue fever distributed to motorists at 39 locations in the city on Sunday
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Medical education: Credit transfer from abroad criticised
PMA says policy will benefit rich students who fall short of merit.
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Counting cases: ‘We have an epidemic and need more help’
Faisalabad count now rises to over 77 patients in major hospitals.
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Dawat-e-Islami comes under military’s radar
Intelligence agencies warn against growing influence of the preaching group in the armed forces.
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New alignment: PPP in secret talks with Musharraf’s party
Discussions focus on a possible tie-up between the two and the former president’s return to the country.
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Backdoor channel: Zardari, Nawaz keep in touch through aides
PPP leadership believes and hopes that Sharif would take the lead to save democracy in case it was challenged.
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Floods in Sindh: Two more districts declared ‘calamity-hit’
A total of six million people have been affected by the floods so far, according to the chief minister.
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Pir processing: Toddler castrated to ‘free him from temptation’
Pir mutilates 2-year-old after the child’s mother vowed to make him a ‘malang’.
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Rs280m lost to power theft every year
Gilgit-Baltistan recovers only 13 per cent of electricity dues.
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Seminar: Together we can
We were told that the dengue mosquitoes only grew in clean water. Later we learnt the mosquito could grow anywhere.
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Emergency measures: Army joins dengue fight on Sharif’s request
Medical camps set up in DHA, Cantonments; HED sets up awareness camps in city.
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Poultry: Quail farm at UVAS upgraded
UVAS has completed upgrade of a quail farm; establishment of a modern quail meat processing plant at a cost of Rs30m
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Well-ing up: Young boy recovered by Rescue 1122
The well had stairs but they broke and he had a bad fall
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Murder: 1 killed, 1 injured in drive-by shooting
two brothers Hafiz Naveed and Asif were at their shop when armed men on a motorcycle opened fire on them.
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No going back: Woman killed days after wedding
Woman was shot because she wished to visit her parents after the wedding.
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Shopping district: Store owner attacked
A shopkeeper was attacked after he told several people not to stand in front of his shop on Saturday.
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Catching killers: CIA arrest 5 accused of double murder
CIA police officials have arrested five men accused of killing two brothers over property on Sunday.
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Letting investment slip away: Going, going, gone
Korean chemical giant’s Pakistani arm fights to keep $500m investment alive.
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Gilani in Tehran: Iran to give $100 million for flood affected in Sindh
Iran's Interior Minister to visit Pakistan next week. Pakistan to import 1000 MW electricity from Iran.
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Good governance issues in South Asia
Pakistani concerns are entirely on different aspect of governance, on lack of quality legal and judicial systems.
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What 9/11 has meant to Pakistan
My fear was General Musharraf would be blinded by desperate need to use the invasion to gain international legitimacy.
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Stop blaming others for our problems
Imagined foreign enemies conspiring against us displaces focus from corrupt ruling groups, to external enemies.
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Mosquito menace
The standing floodwaters will aid the mosquito in creating its havoc.
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Dressing up for the winter
A style guide for men who want to keep trendy in the not-so-far-off cooler months.
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Ride2Rescue: Around the world on two wheels
Four Australian men try to break the cycle of child trafficking by cycling for this cause.
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Dance to the beat of the dhol
The struggles of the men in yellow.
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Front line ‘ally’: Befriended at barrel’s end
Musharraf tells of the "blatant ultimatum" to stand with America in War on Terror and allowing US use of two bases.
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Drone strike kills four on 9/11 anniversary
Drone strike targeted a vehicle, killing four people, injuring two in Mir Ali, North Waziristan.
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Not Chequing Out: Case filed for issuing bogus cheque
Bank officials called in police to investigate the transaction when the cheque bounced.
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Street Stops: 4 people drugged and robbed
The men stole mobile phones, cash and jewellery.
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Corruption: Othiyaan cops transferred
Police officials were accused of beating up people who came to register an FIR, says DPO.
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Family Feuds: Sons torture father over property
Father submitted an application with the Mumtazabad police to take action against his sons.
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Busted: 6 arrested for selling drugs
Police officials recovered one kilogram of Hashish and two pistols from their possession.
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Accident: Man runover by train
Shafi, 57, was crossing a railway track when he was hit by the train.
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Murder: Two killed in separate incidents
Police have registered separate cases and started investigations.
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Found: Body of man recovered
The police sources said that the deceased could not be identified as there were no documents recovered from him.
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Crime : One held, 24 bottles of liquor seized
The police said that they intercepted the man during patrolling in sector I-8/3.
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Abduction Case: Man could not be traced after 25 days
Mehmood had gone to deposit 18 carats of gold ornaments with one of his friends on August 16 and did not return.
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Counter-Terrorism Action: Six suspects arrested
The operation was conducted following a tip-off around 12 am on Saturday.
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Regional Stability: ‘Resolution of Kashmir dispute is key’
Negotiations had failed in the past because efforts had been bilateral rather than multilateral.
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Diamer-Bhasha Dam: MQM demands compensation for all
The MQM and their supporters staged a sit-in lasting over a day on the Karakoram Highway.
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Ground-zero of terrorism: The tea stopped flowing, stories heard no more
Frontline city in the war on terror, Peshawar has been reduced to a shadow of its former self.
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NICL Scandal: Chief investigator’s vehicle damaged
The rear windscreen of the vehicle was smashed while it was parked inside the FIA office premises.
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A sobering anniversary: Pakistan reels, a decade later
As the war on terror sucked the country deeper into crises, the response has been wanting.
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True friends: China first country to offer flood aid
Chinese Government to dispatch relief goods worth 30 million RMB (US $4.7million) for Pakistan flood affectees.
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Asian Champions hockey: Pakistan suffer shootout heartbreak
India take home trophy. Closely contested match ended 4-2 in penalty shoot-outs.

















































