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Land grabbing: CDA weighs proposals to regulate encroachments
Currently 6,819 acres of the authority’s land is illegally occupied.
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Surmounting all odds: Only six women make it to national and 10 to provincial assemblies
Women faced a host of challenges in contesting elections: report.
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HEC saga continues: Functions transferred to edu ministry
Interim set-up overstepped its authority by transferring Commission for Standard of Higher and External Examination
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NA-250 Re-Polling: Sindh govt denies writing letter to ECP
“We want to hold re-elections on all 43 polling stations on the scheduled date,” says Memon.
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Irregularities: Thumbprint verification to begin in two weeks, says ECP
General Kayani promises full support for re-polling.
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Raiwind revelations: Nawaz picks Ishaq Dar as finance minister
Shahbaz invites Fazlur Rehman to join govt in Centre, Balochistan.
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Green education: WWF and SNGPL join hands to raise awareness
The activity was part of the WWF’s Spellathon campaign to teach school children about environmental issues.
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For love or money: Man beaten to death
An assault and murder case was registered against the woman’s father and brothers, who the police said were missing.
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Veterinary Sciences: Students demand medical council’s accreditation
The students still wait for their degree to be accredited with the PVMC.
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Law and order: YDA wants robbers arrested in 48 hours
Dr Wakeel and Dr Waseem said that police were informed right away, but no one had been arrested.
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Heinous crime: Step-mother, her sister injured in acid attack
The suspect is a drug addict, police say.
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LDA fire: Victims not rich enough for our time?
No questions have been raised as to what triggered the fire and the victims have not been consoled.
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President rejects Punjab governor’s resignation
Zardari advises Makhdoom Ahmed Mehmood to continue his work.
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Currency: Rupee weakens against dollar
The rupee ended weaker at 98.50/98.55 against the dollar, compared to Wednesday’s close of 98.45/98.50.
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Pakistan railways: Plan to revive Railways finalized
The NLC provided ten locomotives to Pakistan Railways under the public-private partnership programme.
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Sho murder case: DSP among three arrested
The court rejected their bail.
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Forex: Currency reserves fall to $11.601b
Reserves held by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) fell to $6.524 billion from $6.772 billion a week earlier
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Road accident: Two killed, 16 injured
The vehicle lost control due to a mechanical failure and fell in a roadside ravine.
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Taliban supported government has come into power: Qadri
Says a Taliban supported government in centre and in K-P is needed as US forces withdraw equipment through Pakistan.
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Extra-marital affair: Wife killed over rejecting second marriage
On Wednesday, Amina was having dinner with her children when Ilyas shot her after a heated argument.
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Election results rejected: Aurat Foundation requests re-polling
Only 17,655 out of 164,821 registered women voters participated in the electoral process, says Ayaz.
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Heating up the boards: WAPDA fails students during exams
Four-hour long power outages make for painful prep and exam time.
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Lost glimmer: A fallen guardian of humanity
Philanthropist Abdul Waheed saw education for all as the key to prosperity.
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Accidents: One dies, five injured in roof-fall
Doctors treating them said that they would likely survive.
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Double murder: ‘Assailants were in police uniforms’
The bodies were sent for a post-mortem examination.
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Substandard food: 4 arrested from illegal poultry farm
Police said some men had set up an illegal poultry farm near Ghaus Pak graveyard.
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‘Surprise crackdown’: 21 phones extracted from prisoners
The prisoners who hid the phones have been confined to a special cell (chakki) for one month as punishment.
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Sialkot Jail Shootout: Verdict reserved on appeal
The judges were taken hostage by prisoners during a tour of the Sialkot jail.
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Kayani assures CEC of army support for re-polling
Top level meeting between COAS Kayani and CEC Ebrahim held at GHQ in Rawalpindi.
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Cornetto Music Icons: The final six revealed!
The show has brought forward six fresh, young artists to the Pakistani music platform.
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YouTube Ban: LHC to wait three weeks for Google's reply
LHC adjourns hearings till June 6 as Google administration mulls whether to appear before the court or not.
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Pakistan one of the least racist countries in the world: Survey
Only 6.5 per cent of Pakistanis would object to having a neighbour of a different race.
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Beckham hangs up his boots
The former England captain played 115 games for his country and won trophies in four countries.
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Only 6 of 150 women candidates win NA seats: Report
No female candidate won a National Assembly seat from Balochistan or K-P.
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ECP announces results of 261 NA seats
PML-N leads with 124 seats, followed by PPP with 31.
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Saved: Whale shark released near Balochistan
The captain of the fishing boat released the endangered animal upon finding it trapped.
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ANP will sit in opposition: Asfandyar Wali
Asfandyar Wali salutes his workers for participating in the elections despite terrorist attacks.
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CCTV footage of Karachi election day blasts released
Blasts took place in the Quaidabad and Qasba areas of the city and claimed 13 lives.
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PML-N invites JUI-F into coalition
No final decision reached between the two parties yet.
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Sreesanth, two other IPL players arrested for spot-fixing
The arrests were made at a hotel where the team was staying after a match.
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Ali Gilani abduction: Police arrest 4 kidnappers, recover a captive
Former prime minister's son is still missing.
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Sarabjit Singh’s kidnapped lawyer recovered
Police say kidnappers abandoned Awais Sheikh on Lahore-Sheikhupura by-pass and fled.
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APML to launch drive for Musharraf’s release
Retired military men also support the campaign, says head of a newly-launched ‘movement’.
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Judges detention case: Prosecutor a no-show at the hearing
Prosecutor says his mother has been hospitalised due to which he cannot pursue the case.
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Despite Machiavellian moves, the Maulana seems marginalised
Seemingly snubbed by PML-N, the JUI-F may have to sit on opposition benches in K-P .
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New govt: Energy crisis tops PML-N’s priorities
Ahsan Iqbal lists economy, energy crisis and militancy as the most pressing issues.
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Paradox: Disqualified PML-N candidate bags over 8,000 votes
His brother wins the seat, after merely a few hours of campaigning.
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JI-PTI coalition: Jamaat-e-Islami to get 3 K-P ministries
Munawar Hasan visits Imran Khan in hospital, says QWP will also be part of coalition.
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Rigging allegations: Imran gives three-day deadline to ECP
Demands recounting in 6 constituencies; pledges to work with Nawaz.
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Rigging charges ECP mulls verifying thumbprints
Over 50 complaints have been filed with the ECP on Wednesday.

















































