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Army Act 1952: Apex court takes up dormant petition
Defence authorities, attorney general summoned for last week of August.
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Hussain Asghar heads back to FIA
G-B govt relieves former Hajj scam investigator from his post as the region’s IGP.
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Khanewal stoning episode: SC orders arrest of implicated men
Warns IG of suspension if culprits are not arrested.
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Allies differ: ANP not ready to relent on dual nationality bill
Parties not to discuss bill in parliament.
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Next elections: Zardari tells opposition to wait ‘eight more months’
Advises party leaders to hold negotiations with disgruntled PPP supporters in Lyari.
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Rehman Malik unofficially re-elected as senator
No other party challenged Malik for a seat in the upper house.
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Moon sighted: Ramazan begins in K-P, elsewhere in country
Unofficial moon-sighting committee in Peshawar breaks tradition.
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Travel ban likely if polio threat remains beyond 2013
Citizens may have to sport a ‘No Objection Certificate’, polio vaccination certificate to cross Pak borders.
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Polio campaigner slain in Gadap
WHO says slain man was community health worker.
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Reopening of NATO routes: Hopes and fears of roadside restaurants, truck artists
Prospects of brisk business are tainted by fear of Taliban attacks.
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Hit-and-run: Underage bikers killed by cab
The police have registered a case against the cab driver.
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Another earful: PM also unhappy
Prime minister was chairing a meeting attended by the Cabinet secretary Nagis Sethi, CDA chairman and other officials.
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Hiring of non local staff: Youth protest to hiring of non-local staff
Educated but jobless youth marched from Kameela Bazaar to different roads
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After 18 years, a woman judge takes oath
As the PHC strength increases to 13, seven seats still remain vacant.
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With drying up of streams, Kohistan’s water woes resurface
Residents eyeing private investors, and not the government, to meet their power needs.
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Entry test: NUST shifts to automated testing
a cloud computing system has been installed at the H-12 campus which can accommodate over 1,000 candidates at a time
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Captivating music delights children
NBF holds 12th session of its initiative to promote book reading.
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Policy dialogue: ‘To rebuild lives in flood-hit areas, shift focus on human rights’
Speaker urges govt to give land ownership to women.
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Instilling hope: Two-day event brings joy to quake-hit kids
The event included several playful activities and a trip to Cinepax.
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Outside the Belgian embassy, a man with 10 knives detained
Police believe the man was seeking assistance to go back to Belgium.
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Capturing the complexity of childhood-adulthood transition
NCA students display their creativity at the US embassy.
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A store that’s jewellery will ‘set it apart’
Abida Parveen’s gallery opens its doors in F-10.
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Contracts, appointments: CDA faces more trouble, more questions
Former law minister Babar Awan has challenged the civic body’s conduct.
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Pakistan ranks sixth among high TB risk countries
Incidence of TB per 100,000 population in Pakistan is 181, and the treatment success rate is 85%.
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Nisar opts out of govt-opposition talks
Rift develops between leader of opposition and Nawaz.
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Contentious legislation: Extent of parliament’s supremacy in the dock from Monday
Five-member SC bench to hear petitions challenging new contempt law.
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Mining industry: Sector to grow 3% during fiscal 2013
An allocation of Rs268 million has been made for mining this year
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Cotton cultivation: Target area set 11% higher
FCC was informed that the target for area under cultivation for cotton has been set at 7.806 million acres
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Ramazan: K-P to curb unannounced load-shedding
Pesco officials to complete ongoing electricity provision schemes with proper planning.
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Railways: Six suspended trains to be restored
PR was planning to operate oil trains to transport furnace oil for independent power producers.
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Incoming funds: Overseas Chambers to invest $5b
OICCI companies have decided to invest $5 billion in Pakistan.
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Performance review: 7 Rescue 1122 officials get show-cause notices
Officers included deputy directors, emergency officers and public relations officers (PROs)
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Development: Union councils can launch small schemes
Each UC to float tenders and complete development schemes and projects worth upto Rs150,000 at the local
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Ramazan: City eateries offer Sehr, Iftar deals to attract customers
Iftar packages on offer are between Rs700 to Rs1,700.
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Wheat flour: 22,376 bags will be supplied everyday
A 10-kg bag of wheat flour was available at Ramazan Bazaars at Rs230.
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Robbery: Man killed
Illyas was shot and killed on putting up resistance to the robbers
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Minorities: 15 students get scholarships
Parliament Secretary Joel Aamir Sahotra distributed cheques worth Rs555,000 among 15 minority students at a ceremony
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Public health: Rs120m for burn unit
the burn unit had to be completed by June 30 but construction was delayed due to lack of funds.
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Domestic dispute: Man ‘kills wife with an axe’
He killed his wife in an axe attack following a quarrel over her alleged relationship with a neighbour.
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Address: ‘SC can strike down any law ’
the 2007-2008 lawyers’ movement wasn’t about reinstatement of judges but was “for the supremacy of law”
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Lockup murder: Interim bail of accused extended
The prosecution opposed the request
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Burmese Muslims: Sunni Tehrik protests killings
They demanded that international human rights organisations play their role in stopping the bloodshed.
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Football: Rummenigge takes on players’ agents
Rummenigge has called on clubs to resist paying agents when players are transferred, calling the practice ‘stupid’.
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Cycling: Cavendish wins 18th stage
Wiggins pulled at front for Cavendish in the closing 1.5 km before peeling off and letting teammate Hagen take over
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Cricket: Dhoni focused on Sri Lanka series
“I think what is important is the present,” said Dhoni.
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Boxing: ‘Right trainer can make Khan unbeatable’
Calzaghe, a former super-middleweight champion, said that he would love to coach Khan.
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Football: Arsenal not happy with bids for Persie
Persie said earlier this month that he does not intend to sign another contract with Arsenal
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Tennis: Bartoli struggles to face McHale
The top-seed struggled for a second-round win over America’s Vania King as she needed treatment on her left hip
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Olympics: Nadal replaced by Lopez
Lopez, ranked at 30, was called in by Spain after Nadal was forced to pull out due to injury.
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Stop Myanmar violence before jihadis step in
Inaction would only help radicals and jihadists, who might use the ‘Muslim genocide’ in Myanmar as a rallying...