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MQM has machinery for violence in Karachi: Asma Jahangir
SCBA president says JIT reports show how operations are carried out and how cells operate in the city.
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3G auction: Another InstaPhone in the making?
If the government auctions three 3G licenses, a market will emerge with three 3G operators and two GSM operators.
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Riphah University student guns down vice principal
RIU authorities say that the student was suffering from depression and had attempted suicide in the past.
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Libyan army convoy in Niger may be Qaddafi deal
Convoy of between 200-250 vehicles given escort by army of Niger might be joined by Qaddafi en route for Burkina Faso.
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Indian PM Singh's on 'historic' Bangladesh visit
Visit comes months after Singh triggered row with comments that many Bangladeshis were "anti-Indian".
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Counting Licenses: FIA’s inquiry on weapon permits
FIA ordered to conduct inquiry into total number of arms licences issued by the ministry of interior since 2000.
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Cultural Heritage: UNESCO Award for Hunza fort
900-year-old Altit Fort in Hunza has received the 2011 Unesco Asia-Pacific Award for Cultural Heritage Conservation.
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Deadly Plunge: Three killed, 18 injured in road tragedy
Those killed were identified as driver Karamat Ullah Khan, Maria Bibi wife of Dr Fazal Mehmood and Taj Abdullah.
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Narcotics: Huge cache of drugs seized in August
ANF seized around 1,912 kilogrammes of narcotics, including opium, morphine and heroin from different cities.
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Gilgit Unrest: One dead, one injured in Gilgit attacks
Tension gripped the town on Monday after a man was shot dead in the Basin area.
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Defence Day: Soldiers honoured 46 years on
September 6 is marked to pay tribute to valiant soldiers, who died fighting for the defence of the country.
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Lawyer wants FIR registered against interior minister
SC advocate Tariq Asad alleges Rehman Malik guilty until proven innocent.
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PCB defends handling of spot-fixing
PCB says it did everything it could to defend the players, including hiring top British lawyers.
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Family of GHQ attack convict allowed jail visits
Brother withdraws petition from Lahore High Court.
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NICL scam: Moonis seeks immediate hearing of petition against Zafar Qureshi
He had sought a stay order from the court on its directive to reinstate Qureshi.
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Intra-party election: PML-N riddled by rifts over key party posts
Nawaz Sharif shortened trip to Saudi Arabia, arrived in Pakistan Monay to chair meeting of key party members.
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Six killed, 29 injured in road accident near Bukharian
Bus completely smashed after collision, had to be cut through to retrieve the injured.
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WikiLeaks: Kayani warned India of possible attack on Israelis
Cables also reveal that Zardari stopped Kayani from launching Waziristan operation.
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Bipolar focus: PPP may go for early polls after Senate race pans out
PML-N wants parliamentary elections before Senate race.
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Return of militancy: Army launches operation in Swat – again
Two dead in clashes just when the situation returned to ‘normal’.
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Karachi violence case: SC assures support ‘against pressure’ to Sindh police chief
IGP Durrani complains of Rangers’ uncooperative attitude.
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Garnering support: PPP MPs throw weight behind Mirza
Call former home minister ‘a brave man’ and ‘the voice of [PPP] voters’.
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‘Baloch separatists willing to talk peace’
PPP senator in Balochistan discloses that Baloch insurgents are willing to negotiate with govt.
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Warding off flood effects: Bilawal seeks world support to tackle disasters
Says use of force alone not enough to blunt extremism.
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Rs5b plot to be auctioned to ‘favoured’ company
Housing minister hastily calls for proposals for commercial development of govt land.
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PPP-MQM negotiations: Still no progress on coalition talks
President calls Altaf Hussain; Wassan predicts MQM rejoining govt in a week.
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On Defence Day, families of defenders demand recognition
Soldiers’ families criticise alliance with US, govt’s dual policy .
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Fertiliser Import: 35,000 tons of urea arrives
Two more vessels each carrying 25,000 tons of urea are scheduled to arrive at the port on September 7 and 8
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Insurance Claim: Pakistan Steel receives Rs310m
The ship struck a rock in the sea and eventually sank as water made its way into the vessel.
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Fashion Fair: Pak entrepreneurs go global
Four Pakistani female entrepreneurs participated in the 11th edition of Pret A Porter Paris
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Export Awards: Application submission date extended
Last date for submitting applications for the 35th export awards has been extended up to September 10.
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Health Concerns: DHO calls on clinics to get registered
All unregistered medical clinics, laboratories and X-ray clinics in Bannu to register themselves
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Land grabbing: Railways to retrieve 310 acres from encroachers
Authorities have only recovered eight acres so far.
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Another retired bureaucrat, another breach of law
Former chief finance officer responsible for causing nearly Rs2 billion in losses to the national exchequer
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Robbers’ gang busted, Rs1 million seized
Gang was involved in snatching of a oil tanker, and recovered Rs1 million from their possession
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Treatment and rehabilitation centres needed
Health experts highlight the lack of rehabilatiation programmes in the public sector.
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Lacking: Insufficient medical facilities troubling rural population
14 Basic Health Units (BHU) and 300 Rural Health Centres (RHC) in Islamabad for a population of 1 million
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Achievement: HEC scholar gets PhD degree, title from France
The title of his thesis is “Contribution to the formal specification and verification of multi-agent robotic system.”
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Electricity woes: Infuriated by power cuts, protesters turn violent
PESCO officials locked up; office furniture, records burnt.
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Gilgit plunges into darkness as electricity remains suspended
Loadshedding started at 4am on Sunday and continued till 2am on Monday.
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One year later: In Swat, the water is long gone, but victims are still there
Government accused of negligence in rehabilitation.
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Schoolteachers’ transfers: A month of relief forebodes more of peril
Sources say 2,000 posts left vacant due to erratic and erroneous postings.
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Photojournalist’s love for mother, nature
Photographs capture the artist’s journey through Pakistan, capturing its traditions and countryside.
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Five more suspected dengue cases surface in Pindi
Health officials from the twin cities take preventive measures.
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Ramazan aftermath: Record number of patients at Polyclinic
Reckless eating habits cause different stomach problems and other diseases.
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Profiling Islamabad: Taking the first step towards environmental bliss
Pak-EPA to prepare environmental profile of Islamabad.
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Post Eid: Work and routine life resumes
more than 80 per cent of the share in trading activities with China is controlled by Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa traders
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Food Poisoning: Two dead, one hospitalised
Two minor brothers died while their older sister was hospitalised after consuming poisonous food
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Illegally Yours: Four booked for occupying plot
After he started construction on the plot, the people came and stopped the work by saying they never sold the land.
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Rekindling ties: Top al Qaeda operatives captured from Quetta
Islamabad, Washington hail cooperation in the arrests, including that of Younis al Mauritani.

















































