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Poll decision leaves APDM in tatters
LAHORE, Dec 9: The five-month-old All Parties Democratic Movement virtually disintegrated on Sunday when heads of component parties failed to take a joint decision on the issue of contesting or boycotting the Jan 8 elections.... 
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Transfers made in violation of EC directive
ISLAMABAD, Dec 9: Despite a ban imposed by the Election Commission, postings and transfers of government officials, especially senior police officers, have been made in different districts across the country since Nov 20....
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Pakistan needs to raise forest cover to 6pc by 2015
ISLAMABAD: Dec 9: The environment ministry will soon launch a project costing Rs12 billion aimed at achieving six per cent afforestation target by 2015....
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Nazim calls election shots in Attock
ATTOCK, Dec 9: The district nazim calls the shots about elections in Attock as he did when this northern Punjab district elected non-resident Shaukat Aziz to the National Assembly for his elevation to the prime ministership four years ago....
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Fazl holds govt responsible for Swat situation
BANNU, Dec 9: JUI (F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman has accused the government of intentionally letting the situation in the tribal areas and Swat worsen, providing an excuse for the presence of the US forces in the region....
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Split in PML (N) a rude awakening for Nawaz : Faisalabad public meeting today
FAISALABAD, Dec 9: Signs of split in the Pakistan Muslim League (N) at the district level shocked its patron Nawaz Sharif who took exception to the attitude of the leaders and...
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European lawyers to plan protests to support judiciary
LAHORE, Dec 9: European lawyers are set to protest for the restoration of the Pakistani Supreme Court to pre-Nov 3 status on Monday (today) following a call by The Council of...
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PML (N) mortgaged to Benazir: Pervaiz
LAHORE, Dec 9: Nawaz Sharif has mortgaged the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) to Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairwoman Benazir Bhutto therefore his supporters should not ‘waste’ their vote, Pakistan Muslim League (PML) Punjab President Pervaiz Elahi said here on Sunday....
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Political parties urged to shun opportunism
LAHORE, Dec 9: Speakers at a seminar here on Sunday called upon political parties to shun opportunism and support the struggle for the independence of the judiciary and rule of law...
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Benazir felicitates Sherry for winning award
ISLAMABAD, Dec 9: Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has felicitated Sherry Rehman for winning an international award for co-authoring a book on Kashmiri shawls. The book titled Kashmiri Shawl: From Jamawar...
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Students vow to continue struggle
ISLAMABAD, Dec 9: The Student Action Committee has announced that it will give another nationwide call for action in the immediate aftermath of the lifting of emergency on December 15 until...
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10 low-ranking police officials punished
ISLAMABAD, Dec 9: Ten low-rank officials of the capital police have been awarded different punishments for poor performance, absence from duty and violation of discipline....
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Play on village woes stuns audience
ISLAMABAD, Dec 9: Ajoka once again took theatre goers by storm, by presenting its second play at the National Art Gallery auditorium in the chilly Sunday night....
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Tanveer Abbasi’s influential work lauded
ISLAMABAD, Dec 9: Renow-ned Sindhi poet, writer and scholar Dr TanVeer Abbasi was remembered here at a seminar on his 73rd birth anniversary organised by the Academy of Letters in collaboration...
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US Commander calls on Corps Commander
PESHAWAR, Dec 9: Commander of the US Special Operations Command Admiral Eric T. Olson visited Peshawar and called on Commander of 11 Corps Lt-Gen M. Masood Aslam on Sunday....
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Bickering, personal rivalries affect election campaign
SWABI, Dec 9: Internal differences and personal rivalries among leaders of various political parties have affected electioneering in Swabi district....
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Tribal students appeal for school reopening
MIRAMSHAH, Dec 9: The closure of in a number of educational institutions in the troubled South Waziristan Agency owing to the prevailing law and order situation has put the future of hundreds of tribal students at stake....
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Three traders kidnapped
KOHAT, Dec 9: Three traders have been kidnapped from the Marai town, on the Orakzai Agency-Kohat road, as abduction of people from rival sects continues in the settled areas, according to reliable sources....
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Omar praises ex-premier
HARIPUR, Dec 9: Former minister of state for finance Omar Ayub Khan has claimed that the Shaukat Aziz-led government put the country back on the track of economic development and prosperity....
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‘Charity funds embezzled’
MUZAFFARABAD, Dec 9: An official of the AJK Ehtesab Bureau (AJKEB) has recorded statements of more than three dozen people in connection with alleged embezzlement in distribution of charity money meant...
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Fata seeks Zakat funds from centre
PESHAWAR, Dec 9: The Civil Secretariat for Fata has sought Rs160 million from the federal government on account of Zakat for distribution among deserving people of the tribal region....
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JI candidate decides to withdraw papers
LAKKI MARWAT, Dec 9: The district amir of Jamaat-i-Islami, Prof Sher Ghulam, on Sunday announced that he would withdraw his candidature for NA-27 and PF-74 (Lakki Marwat-I) as the party’s central Majlis-i-Shura had decided to boycott the general election....
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Awareness campaign
QUETTA, Dec 9: The director-general of the Balochistan chapter of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), Maj-Gen Shahid Ahmed Hashmat said on Sunday the bureau would launch a campaign soon for creating...
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PML (Q) in disarray
SAHIWAL, Dec 9: Differences have emerged in PML-Q ranks over award of party tickets to ex-federal minister Chaudhry Nauraiz Shakoor Khan for NA-161 and Rana Aftab Ahmed Khan for PPP-221, who had joined the party after defecting from PPP....
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All leading parties miss effective lead
KASUR, Dec 9: The major political parties — PML-N, PPP and PML-Q — face internal rifts though they have launched their election campaign....
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Ten killed, 30 hurt as bus overturns
PINDI BHATTIAN, Dec 9: Ten people were killed and 30 others sustained injuries when a passenger bus overturned near Pindi Bhattian Interchange here on Sunday....
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Buried alive
DERA GHAZI KHAN, Dec 9: Two minors were buried alive while as many sustained injuries when the roof of their house collapsed on them in Block 2 here on Sunday....
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Kharal fields son for NA seat
TOBA TEK SINGH, Dec 9: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader Khalid Ahmad Kharal has said that he has fielded his son, Haider Ali Kharal, from NA-94, Kamalia, and he himself will look after his electioneering....
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Boycott meeting
LAHORE, Dec 9: PTI chief Imran Khan has called a meeting of the ADPM components which want to boycott the elections at his residence on Monday.—Staff Reporter...
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