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Poke your eyes out: In the most dangerous city of the world, art is the latest victim
While the festival had its saving graces, take two steps forward and you'll be knee-deep in muck.
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Model village: A chorus of bleats welcomes visitors to Saidpur
CDA has not been able to remove an illegal market that sprung up years ago.
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Spirit of multiculturalism: Going beyond local culture to take on intercontinental hues
‘Australia Day in Spring’ marked by thrilling performance by Aboriginal musical trio.
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Shoot out: Robbers gun down constable
Police says Constable Saqib was shot by 2 men when he and Constable Noor Khan responded to mobile snatching call.
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Lok Mela: People pour in large numbers to witness work of rural artisans
Over 500 craftspeople could be seen actively demonstrating their work.
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Sabzi Mandi attack: Death escaped her
'Thank God my mother is alive,' says relieved Lal, 8, to his sibling after blast in Islamabad’s Sabzi Mandi on Apr...
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Power woes: Load-shedding reappears with advent of summer
Situation may worsen as circular debt is making supply difficult for PSO.
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No differences: ‘No prisoner release without army consent’
Nisar says civil-military relations better than ever while admitting presence of ‘irritant’.
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Humera writes history with ‘gold’
Becomes first Pakistani woman to win an international event.
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Talks with militants in comprehensive phase: Chaudhry Nisar
Government releasing prisoners in a bid to take dialogue process forward, says Nisar.
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PSFW Day 3: Clean cuts and silhouettes
The third day of Pakistan Fashion Design Council Sunsilk Fashion Week had its share of highs and lows.
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Musharraf Farooqi revives Urdu literature among children
His publishing house for children, Kitab, recently launched a catalogue with eight books, five of which are in Urdu.
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Market talk: Learn how to speculate
Buy shares that trade below average, sell ones that are above average.
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Believe it or not: Employment trends – PBS data that cannot be relied on
Old-fashioned calculation methods swell the ranks of employed.
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PPP leader discredits Gallup Pakistan survey that shows PML-N govt in favourable light
Mian Manzoor Ahmed Wattoo says that it is easy to manipulate results through the framing of the questions.
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PCB shuns Salman Butt’s plea to be given same treatment as Mohammad Amir
Board advised to favour Amir only, says Sethi.
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In the line of duty: Two policemen injured in grenade attack
A search operation was launched after the incident but no one was arrested.
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Brutally beaten: Tortured body recovered from a stream
Official says postmortem report revealed the man was beaten to death by rods and no bullet wounds were found on body.
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Kurram Agency: Two killed, one injured in separate incidents
A man allegedly gunned down his parents after a heated argument with them in Dal Village.
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Not so sweet: Two hospitalised for bee stings
Somebody apparently threw a stone at a bee hive near a WASA water tank near the city police officer’s office.
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Vengeance: Man suspected of illicit relations killed
Family of the deceased protested, say strict action should be taken against those involved in the murder.
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Speeding kills: Seven killed, 15 injured in accident
Doctors say condition of eight passengers was serious.
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Skill development: Teacher training schedule announced
The training will start from March 14 in several schools in Bhakkar and Kalore Kot tehsils.
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New gadgets: Amazon to release smartphone
The company aims to announce its new product by the end of June and ship to customers by the end of September.
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Taking over: IGI Insurance completes acquisition
Alico Pakistan is now part of IGI and is currently in the process of applying to SECP for a change of name to IGI Life
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Export Processing Zone: Second meeting held for Gwadar
Chairperson says body needed the support of stakeholders in order to develop 1,000 acres of land for the Gwadar EPZ.
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Necessary perk: Cops to get free medical treatment
Operations Assistant Inspector General issued directions to ensure treatment for sick cops at local hospitals.
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Treason case: ‘Musharraf and army not the same’
Ahsan Iqbal says Musharraf’s legal team was trying to create problems.
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Sectarian violence in Quetta: Two Hazara men shot dead
No group claimed responsibility for the attack till the filing of this report.
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FATA abductions: Armed men kidnap 110 persons
It must be noted that Taliban had forbidden from holding a drugs fair.
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Balochistan unrest: Man shot dead, another commits suicide
The attackers fled from the scene after committing the crime.
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Pakistan-US Business Council: Dar invites American investors
Dar says Pakistan wanted to make best use of its central location for trade and economic advancement.
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Factory fire: Millions of rupees worth of goods burnt
It took four fire engines to put the fire after hours of struggle.
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Crime: Four booked on theft charges
The police registered a case against the thieves but no arrests or recoveries have been made so far.
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Gunmen kill 2 members of Hazara community in Quetta
Man and his grandson were shot dead at the bus terminal at Sariyab road, says senior police official.
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Peace talks: Govt decides to release 12 'non-combatants'
TTP intermediary Professor Ibrahim says he has no confirmation of this decision.
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Formula One: Titans on speed
On the tracks of one of the most glamorous sporting events.
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Faith trial: Counsel for blasphemy suspect threatened in court
Counsel for Junaid Hafeez, says he had been threatened by 5 people over 48 hours, telling him to drop the case.
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All in: ANP senator vows to cooperate in peace process
Senator says his party desired peace, whether it comes from dialogue with the militants or an operation against them.
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T-walled in: Govt orders ‘embassy-style’ security for Pervez Musharraf
CDA constructs 12-feet high wall surrounding Chak Shahzad farmhouse.
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A lesson to be learnt from Rwanda
Pakistan itself has witnessed ethnic violence burn the deep roots of its ideology from the very day of its inception.
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Analysis: In our self interest
For last 6 months or so mainstream media has been preoccupied with talks with TTP and Musharraf’s trial.
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Security forces conduct searches in FATA to recover people abducted from hashish mela
Sources says around 100 people were initially kidnapped but most of them were released.
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Deadly infighting: Warring Taliban factions cease fire
TTP intermediary says jirga brokered truce .
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8 dead, 4 injured in road accident near Sehwan
Passenger bus hit by a dumper truck on Indus Highway.
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‘Accused’ infant freed from attempted murder case
Judge issues show cause notice to IO for nominating infant in FIR.
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Karachi to Hollywood: Pakistani visual effects artist wins third Oscar
This year Mir Zafar Ali won an Academy Award for Frozen.
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Punishment: Disqualify MPs who ridiculed army, says Shujaat
PML-Q chief draws attention to Article 63(g).
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Treason trial: Altaf speaks in Musharraf’s defence
Questions govt’s move to charge only the former president under Article 6.
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Ban on YouTube: Govt decides to follow court’s ruling
Resolves to disregard proposals of a parliamentary panel and PPP’s resolution.