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‘Thomas Crown Affair’: Painting goes missing from NA Secretariat
Abstract work, “worth over a million rupees,” was swiped from a building with highest-level security in the...
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Punjab CNG stations to dry up for 3 months
Pakistan asks Iran for $2 billion in financing gas pipeline project.
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Career at a glance
Zaman has also served as executive director of the Higher Education Commission.
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Chief graft buster: The impasse ends
Qamar Zaman Chaudhry named new NAB chairman; opposition leader claims all parties taken on board.
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Car-van leaders: From domestic workers to professional drivers
10 women from low-income households willing to become drivers selected.
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Neighbourly disagreement?: Top lawyer booked for ‘threatening’ SC judge
Police refuse to share nature of threats.
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Eid business: CDA razes illegal cattle market
Authority claims it won’t allow any market, other than its own, to operate in city limits.
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Music, dance performance: Keeping alive Punjab’s folk traditions
Event started after an hour’s delay.
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Jinnah Avenue standoff case: IHC grants bail to Sikandar’s wife
Standing counsel opposed the move in court.
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Dialogue with Taliban: Govt urged to move forward on its own terms
Exclusion of FATA swelling terrorists’ ranks.
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Family members, friends gather at Margalla Towers to remember earthquake victims
Eight years on, three children yet to find their father’s body.
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Margalla Hills ‘tunnel’: Govt’s ambiguity makes issue murkier
Supreme Court asks govt, NHA to come up with clear stance.
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ECC meeting: Locally assembled cars are costly, based on old technology
Assemblers earn hefty returns on advance deposited by customers.
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Shaky ground: Govt considers McKinsey for help with Vision 2025
Earlier reports by the company made for the previous government failed to impress.
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Cases against Zardari can't be reopened: Swiss authorities
The authorities say the cases are time-barred and the time to re-open cases has passed.
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Bail approved for Islamabad gunman's wife
Kanwal's bail set at Rs200,000 in surety bonds.
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Sales tax row: No change in tax rate, Senate panel informed
FBR chairman has achieved 95% tax target achieved for first quarter of current fiscal.
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Working after retirement: Punjab, K-P poll chiefs set to get extension
Summary has already been placed before ECP for approval.
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Development schemes: ECNEC clears 9 schemes in face of budget cut fears
Balochistan to get 100 delay action dams and a flyover.
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Stillborn entities: NA standing committees remain in limbo
The delay in convening sessions is raising concern.
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Earthquake 2005: Survivors who cannot go home
They are suffering from paraplegia – complete paralysis of lower half of body, caused by damage to spinal cord.
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Earthquake 2005: Billion-dollar question
Post-Margalla Towers and Awaran, the reality that Pakistan cannot manage such disasters stares back.
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Allotting plots: Ballotting held for sectors E-12, D-12
CDA says prices are fair.
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In memoriam: Dr Tajjamul Hussain’s dedication eulogised
The professor played a pivotal role in establishing Nanoscience dept at NCP.
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Religious obligation: Inflation forces collective Eid sacrifice
According to a market survey, the price of a goat weighing 18 to 20 kilograms ranges between Rs20,000 and Rs25,000.
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Climate change: Experts call for steps to cope with challenges
Govt slow to implement recommendations.
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Breastfeeding law: New board to monitor doctors’ practice
Official says it will oversee infant feeding committees formed by provinces.
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Saving lives: Disaster preparedness not part of curriculum
Schools, colleges rarely conduct emergency drills.
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Sabzi Mandi extortion case: Ring leader still at large, top cop informs court
Report submitted in IHC implicates CDA officials in Rs5m monthly racket.
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Reconstruction at Ground Zero: Eighteen-storey complex to replace Margalla Towers
Developers claim new building will be able to withstand earthquake of 8.5 magnitude.
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Wide consultations likely: PM to fill top army posts on same day
Decision to be taken in national interest: PM House.
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Stopgap Arrangement: Kayani to step into Wynne’s boots for now
In past, former military ruler Gen Musharraf was also given the additional charge of CJCSC.
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Tarbela’s generation capacity to get boost by 2016
On completion of extension project, dam to produce 4,888MW.
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Privatisation — the sequel: Of 31 enterprises, half a dozen to be sold outright
Government will reduce stake in Pak Steel and PIA, hand over management to private investors.
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3G spectrum: Government targets to complete auction by February 2014
PTA to start looking for consultant, auction to be open to new entrants as well.
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TAPI pipeline: Chevron likely to lead consortium that will finance, run the project
Indian, Afghan officials meet Chevron executive, Pakistan could not attend meeting.
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Pakistan to build Palestinian embassy in Islamabad
Pakistan handed over promised funds of $1 million to Palestinian Ambassador.
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Swapping roles: Foe ready to step into besieged MPs shoes
Sources say his political rival – a PPP Punjab senior leader – is ready to join the ruling party to supplant him.
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Annual pilgrimage : Pre-Hajj flights to conclude on Wednesday
Over 143,000 Pakistani pilgrims are going for the holy sojourn.
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Another outbreak?: Congo virus threatens lives, warn doctors
4 butchers died after being infected in September, many cases go unreported.
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Success story?: Police nab suspected murderer
Killer allegedly stabbed a man on Aug 17.
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Gearing up: Traffic cops got their eyes on you
ITP officers participate in eye-check camp over weekend.
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Another JIT formed to probe Bhatti’s murder
Authorities have again formed a JIT to ascertain facts narrated by the suspect during recent investigations.
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Trip down memory lane: Selling history, one pieces at a time
Couple scavenges for vintage items to sell to collectors.
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Local Robin Hood: Sultana Daku descends on the capital
Play’s primary appeal is borrowing themes from popular culture.
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Prejudicial practices: Cash-strapped CDA sending 30 employees for Hajj
Christian employees claim authority severely discriminates on religious grounds.
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Tackling terrorism: For govt, dialogue is still the first option
In a policy statement, Chaudhry Nisar says a process of negotiations has full support of military leadership .
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End of extended term: Gen Kayani will stand down next month
Army chief to retire on Nov 29; says institutions are stronger than individuals and must take precedence.
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Doing business in Pakistan: learn from sub-national peers
How the country can look within to improve its business environment.
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Social media: redefining the way we interact
Is technology severing societal bonds?