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Make schools safe havens in disasters: International conference says
ISLAMABAD, May 16: A three-day international conference on school safety concluded here on Friday with the declaration that “school safety needs to become a national priority” for communities and governments everywhere.... 
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Crisis stares at Pindi, Islamabad again: Flour millers turn down permits
RAWALPINDI, May 16: The twin cities are inching towards a major wheat flour crisis as all the millers have refused to accept the permits being issued by the food department on...
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JUI-F holds protest demonstration in Quetta
QUETTA, May 16: Members and supporters of the Jamiat Ulema-I- Islam-F staged a demonstration here on Friday in protest against the deteriorating law and order situation in the city and the alleged US attack on Damadola....
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JI senator submits notice on Bajaur attack
ISLAMABAD, May 16: A senator of the Jamaat-i-Islami has submitted call-attention notices against the recent American missile attack on Bajaur, replacement of defence and security analyst Shirin Mazari and reported sale of diesel mixed with kerosene....
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Rockets fired at factory
QUETTA, May 16: Several rockets were fired on a cement factory in the industrial town of Hub on Friday night and militants attacked a security checkpost in the Kahan area of Kohlu....
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Afghan man killed
TIMERGARA, May 16: An Afghan man was killed and a local man was injured in the Maidan area of Lower Dir district on Friday following reports that an Afghan national had killed a police official....
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People suffer amid 30-hour outage
LARKANA, May 16: Power supply to a major part of Dokri, Bakrani, including Mohenjodaro site, airport and cadet college Larkana could not be restored even after 30 hours after a transformer developed a fault....
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‘Waderas, pirs defamed PPP’
KHAIRPUR, May 16: Socialist scholar Dr. Lal Khan said on Friday that waderas, jagirdars, pirs and people belonging to elite class had defamed the Pakistan People’s Party, which had been a party of common man, peasants and labourers since late 60s....
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Qazi asks coalition to go for impeachment
LAHORE, May 16: Jamaat-i-Islami amir Qazi Husain Ahmad has urged the PPP and the PML-N to go for impeachment of Pervez Musharraf as both the parties have the required strength in parliament....
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WAF for action to resolve crises
LAHORE, May 16: The Women’s Action Forum (WAF) has reiterated its support to the lawyers’ movement and called for urgent action to resolve judicial crisis and other issues....
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Aitzaz visits protest camps
LAHORE, May 16: Supreme Court Bar Association President Aitzaz Ahsan on Friday visited two protest camps set up by the Save Judiciary Committee and the PML-N Lawyers Forum on the premises of the Lahore High Court Bar Association....
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PML-Q unity Chattha to contact ‘forward bloc’
LAHORE, May 16: PML-Q leader Hamid Nasir Chattha is starting a series of meetings with the party’s ‘forward bloc’ members during the next few days in an attempt to maintain party’s...
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PML-N in ‘search of new allies’
LAHORE, May 16: As the tone of Governor Salman Taseer’s oath-taking ceremony made it clear what the Pakistan People’s Party has in mind for Punjab, its partner in the ruling coalition,...
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PBC leaves it to lawyers moot: Long march
LAHORE, May 16: The Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) which met here on Friday night could not finalise the date for a long march....
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Manto’s work mirrors contemporary life
RAWALPINDI, May 16: The relevance of Saadat Hasan Manto’s work to our times and his contemporariness as a writer was celebrated here at the National College of Arts (NCA) on Friday evening through readings and dramatic expression....
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Residents of Auqaf houses threaten siege of parliament
RAWALPINDI, May 16: The Kashmiri refugees living in Auqaf properties left by Hindus in 1947 have threatened to besiege the Parliament House in case the Trustee Department does not withdraw its...
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Coordinated efforts to curb child labour urged
ISLAMABAD, May 16: Pakistan was experiencing worst forms of child labour with over 3.3 million child workers which should a major concern for all, and the situation demanded serious practical initiatives...
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Four suspended for ‘corruption’
RAWALPINDI, May 16: District Coordination Officer (DCO) Jamal Mustafa on Friday carried out a surprise raid on the Land Registration Branch and suspended four of its officials in the light of public complaints about corruption and other violations....
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$50,000 for Chinese quake victims
ISLAMABAD, May 16: The Pakistan Red Crescent Society (PRCS) on Friday handed over $50,000 to Chinese Ambassador Luo Zhaohui for the earthquake-affected people of China....
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IHC asks govt to regularise 30 teachers
ISLAMABAD, May 16: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday ordered the education ministry to regularise the services of thirty contractual teachers working in the federal capital....
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Security official killed in blast
KOHAT, May 16: A security official was killed and two others were injured when their vehicle was blown up on Friday night....
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Woman, minor die in mishap
HYDERABAD, May 16: A woman and a minor girl were killed and about 15 passengers were injured when their bus overturned near Mahi Khaskheli village of Tando Mohammad Khan district on Friday....
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Marriage firing takes life
HYDERABAD, May 16: A teenage youth was killed by a stray bullet during a marriage ceremony in B-section police station limits, Latifabad, on late Thursday....
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10 officials transferred
MITHI, May 16: The provincial secretary of education transferred 10 officers of the Education and Literacy Department of Tharparkar and directed them to report to him, official sources said on Friday....
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Student’s arrest sparks protest
HYDERABAD, May 16: A large number of students boycotted their classes following the arrest of a student of Sindh Agriculture University Tandojam, Asadullah Veesar by police on Friday....
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Police let three suspects off hook
KHANEWAL, May 16: The Sadar police have allegedly released three suspects who fled after seeing police party at a picket and were subsequently caught by villagers from sunflower crops near village 161/10-R, Jangal Mariala, on Tuesday (May 13)....
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Doctor declares girl ‘dead’ too early
VEHARI, May 16: A five-year-old girl who was injured in traffic accident succumbed to her wounds in DHQ Hospital due to alleged negligence of duty doctor who pronounced her dead much earlier than her clinical death and abandoned her treatment....
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Kerosene, Petrol shortage
OKARA, May 16: People across the district have been facing acute shortage of petrol and kerosene oil for the last five days....
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Postings, transfers
LAHORE, May 16: Former federal secretary Humayun Farshori was appointed as Punjab Public Service Commission member by the provincial government on Friday....
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‘Steps on to overcome energy crisis’
LAHORE, May 16: Senior Provincial Minister Raja Riaz says the government is taking all possible steps to overcome the ongoing energy crisis....
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PIA officer shot dead
LAHORE, May 16: A PIA officer was shot to death in the Factory Area police limits here on Friday....
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Corrupt officials to be jailed: CCPO
LAHORE, May 16: The corrupt and inefficient police officials will be sent behind bars soon after registration of cases against them, says Capital City Police Officer Pervez Rathore....
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Ichhra SHO arrested for bribery
LAHORE, May 16: The Ichhra station house officer was arrested for taking bribe here on Friday....
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LHC orders action against inspector
LAHORE, May 16: The Lahore High Court has ordered the Toba Tek Singh district police officer (DPO) to take strict action against an inspector who illegally detained a teenaged boy at a police station in Gojra....
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Lawyers set to gather for vital decisions
LAHORE, May 16: The All-Pakistan Lawyers’ Representatives Convention is set to take place at the Lahore High Court Bar Association office on Saturday....
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PU to hold ‘official’ book fair from 27th
LAHORE, May 16: The Punjab University (PU) has decided to organise a grand three-day book fair under its own supervision while involving ‘brilliant’ students at the New Campus main corridor from May 27....
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No flour price increase, no mills’ strike: Inter-district ban lifted
LAHORE, May 16: Flour millers on Friday withdrew the strike call and agreed to sell the commodity at the current price “for the time being”....
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