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People should trust the police, says home minister
Community policing helps improve the image of the police department in the society, says Zulfiqar Mirza.
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PPP set to table flood tax bill today
MQM's reservations on the tax come under discussion, in the meeting attended by 62 parliamentarians.
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'PPP, PML-Q meeting will not affect ties with PML-N'
Gilani says the government is taking all the political parties into confidence, on issues of national interest.
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Govt leaves villages wallowing in neglect
Noor Pur Shahan's residents have to scrabble for firewood in the dirt if they want a cooked meal.
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Rights ministry faces 40% cut in funds
Govt cuts 40 per cent of the budget allocated for the federal ministry of human rights.
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Panel cancels 1,000 ‘illegal’ appointments
Parliamentary panel orders immediate cancellation of "illegal" inductions by Zardari’s close associate.
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Perception of corruption
Pakistanis need to be convinced that the tax they pay is actually being put to good use and not being pocketed.
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'Tehrik-i-Taliban's back broken'
Interior minister says attacks on shrines an attempt to create sectarian unrest, govt trying to catch culprits.
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Media watch: Awan-Elahi meeting
Media analyses the recent meeting between Law Minister Babar Awan and PML-Q leader Chaudhary Pervez Elahi
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'PPP bent on masking corruption'
Nawaz regrets Pakistan's upward movement on the recently released list of most corrupt countries.
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Punjab disappoints its beneficiaries
Around 600 beneficiaries of the Waseela-e-Haq programme have been given their first installment while the rest wait.
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Cabinet meets in Lahore today
Federal cabinet to meet in Lahore with current political situation, Pak-US strategic dialogue, gas pipeline on agenda.
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Obama, aide call up President Zardari
Call is an apparent attempt to keep a balance between country's powerful military and fragile civilian set-up.
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Culprits will be caught, Gilani assures MQM
MQM leaders are reluctant to provide information and claim their party did not have any scheduled meeting with the PM.
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Survey starts in parts of GB
The Aga Khan Rural Support Programme has started its survey for the Benazir Income Support Program in parts of Gilgit.
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The military loses and regains clout
Within hours of his arrival, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto took over as chief marshal law administrator and president.
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A new path
The PPP should be careful; the new deal may help shore up a government but it will polarise a divided party.
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No PPP, PML-Q reconciliation: Hayat
PML-Q leader Faisal Saleh Hayat has categorically ruled out reconciliation between the PPP and the PML-Q.
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Beneficiaries unsure where to invest
Beneficiaries unsure where to invest first installment of govt microfinance loan programme, Waeela-e-Haq.
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Key witness given a prepared draft
Key witness in Benazir murder probe claims that CPO Saud Aziz had given him an ‘already prepared statement’.
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PPP cuts into the queue
Pakistan Peoples Party publicly opens dialogue with the internally-fractured Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid.
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Who will flag down Rehman Malik’s fleet?
Malik faces embarrassment when it is revealed that he uses 4 official vehicles against his entitlement of just one.
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PPP wants to reconcile with PML-Q: Taseer
PPP to have a formal meeting with the PML-Q in an effort to improve its relationship with the Q-League, said Taseer.
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Government is letting SC down: Imran Khan
Khan says there are 8,000 NRO beneficiaries and the present regime is protecting them.
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‘Fight dengue fever, not political viruses’
Federal Law Minister Babar Awan says Punjab govt needs to deal with real issues and not focus on politicking.
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FIA director dismissed: reports
Govt dismisses services of Sajjad Haider, an NRO beneficiary who was working for Interior Minister Rehman Malik.
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Jiyalas abound in poverty reduction schemes
Most agree that bulk of beneficiaries do not deserve it and ones who really deserve the money are not beneficiaries.
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Jail manual to be implemented, says Mirza
Database of complete computerised records of jail visitors must be maintained, says Mirza.
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PPP issues show cause to Sherry, Abbasi
PPP suspends CEC membership of Safdar Abbasi and issues show cause notices for participation in talk show.
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Breaking down the numbers
Punjab govt has released Rs5.45 billion for rescue and relief operations in the flood affected districts since August.
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Central bank keeps the government afloat
After a delay in disbursements under Coalition Support Fund, govt borrows Rs185b from SBP.
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Why are PPP governments violent for Karachi?
The only other time violence was this high was in 1995 during Benazir Bhutto’s second tenure.
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Reconciliation with PML-N will continue: PM
Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani asks Governor Punjab to improve ties with Nawaz League.
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Joint investigation team set up
Team set up to interrogate the suspects arrested on alleged charges of the recent target killings.
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Haqqani urged to reveal lawyers’ expenses
Senate panel asks ambassador to the US to provide proof of payments made to lawyers who pleaded Dr Aafias case.
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Political reconciliation to continue: Malik
Malik says anyone found involved in criminal activities would be punished irrespective of political affiliation.
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Major breakthrough in BB murder case inquiry
Punjab Police SP Ashfaq Anwar says then CCPO Saud Aziz forcibly removed him from the ex-premier’s security.
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Hoping for an Al Capone ending
Al Capone, supreme mafia don who got away with murder, several times, went to prison for life — for tax evasion.
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The polluted past and present
Pakistan can function neither under the present constitution, nor under any form of tradition-cum-convention.
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Ministers and their cars
At a time when the country should be tightening its belt, official extravagance is plundering the national exchequer.
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Musharraf approved US reconnaissance drones: PM Gilani
Gilani reveals that Musharraf gave approval for US drones to make surveillance flights over the country.
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Media watch: SC's verdict
Media talks about the supreme court's verdict on the 18th amendment and its implications for the government.
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'Additional 3,000 security personnel to be deployed in Karachi'
Malik says law enforcers are carrying out a covert operation against those involved in target killings.
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PPP MPA's degree declared fake
Intermediate certificate of PPP MPA Bashir Laghari has been declared bogus by EC, sources say.
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Sindh govt prepares for showdown in Karachi
Sindh Home Minister says a list of sensitive areas has been prepared and the government is ready for an operation.
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Media watch: Is there a solution to the Karachi killings?
Media analyses the government's decision to not call in the army to control the situation in Karachi.
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Raza Rabbani summons CRC meeting on Nov 1
Constitutional Reforms Committee meeting will discuss SC's verdict on the 18th amendment.
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Govt’s proposal seeking control over flood aid shot down
Donors and global financial institutions are asked to channel their funding through the government.
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'Army will not be called into Karachi'
"I am confident that political leadership will be able to control the situation in Karachi" says PM Gilani.
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Media watch: Perpetual violence in Karachi
Media looks at steps that were taken and that should be taken in the wake of the recent violence.