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| May 26, 2008 | Monday | Jamadi-ul-Awwal 20, 1429 |
Glacier burst floods vast area in Hunza
ISLAMABAD, May 25: A glacier burst caused a second flooding in four days in Upper Hunza on Sunday, damaging orchards and villagers’ property....
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Bodies formed to resolve tribal feuds in Balochistan
KALAT, May 25: Three committees were formed on Sunday for ending tribal feuds in Balochistan....
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Chitral most viable route for Tajik power
ISLAMABAD, May 25: Member National Assembly from Chitral Shahzada Mohiuddin has said his strategically-placed district offers the best short- and long-term solutions to the nation to cope with its energy-fuelled inflationary pressures amid deepening electricity crisis....
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QMC board Members resign in ‘protest’
BAHAWALPUR, May 25: The chairman and five members of the Board of Governor (BoG) of Quaid-i-Azam Medical College, Bahawal Victoria Hospital (BVH) and School of Nursing, Bahawalpur, have resigned from the board membership what they claimed inprotest....
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6 checkposts set up to stop wheat smuggling
GUJAR KHAN, May 25: Six patrolling police posts have been established in the Rawalpindi region to check the smuggling of wheat and atta to NWFP....
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Half of water Samples have faecal contents: Survey of Lahore
LAHORE, May 25: It is shocking but true that about half of the city’s population has been drinking water having faecal contents, and even those living in the so-called posh areas are not exempted....
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PML-Q to study PPP package: Shujaat
LAHORE, May 25: PML-Q president Shujaat Husain has said that his party will examine the proposed constitutional package in detail and propose amendments to the controversial clauses....
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‘Arrest of Tariq’s killers a test case’
LAHORE, May 25: Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) Secretary-General Syed Munawwar Hassan has said that arrest of suspects involved in murder of PML-N vice-president Tariq Khan in Karachi was a test case for the...
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Women to get all their rights, says minister
KARACHI, May 25: The government would provide relief to deprived sections of society, Federal Information Minister Sherry Rehman said here on Sunday....
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Free trade pact with Jordan soon
ISLAMABAD, May 25: Pakistan and Jordan will soon sign a free trade agreement, says Jordanian Ambassador Dr Saleh Ahmed Al Jawarneh....
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Canadian held, freed
CHAMAN, May 25: Personnel of the Afghan border security arrested a Canadian national who was trying to enter the Afghanistan illegally....
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Clash between rival sects averted
SIALKOT, May 25: The Pasrur police on Sunday intervened to avert a likely clash between two rival sects over a mosque’s ownership dispute in village Ban Bajwa and sealed the worship place to avoid any eventuality....
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Package for teachers
LAHORE, May 25: Problems being faced by teachers serving in government schools will be solved under a package to be enforced from September 1, 2007 with retrospective effect....
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District govt urged to give education top priority
KHANEWAL, May 25: A majority of participants at a pre-budget seminar at Jinnah Library Hall on Saturday urged the district government to focus education allocations as its top priority in the upcoming annual budget....
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Red tape virus infects Children’s Hospital
MULTAN, May 25: The ghost of PC-1 has been hindering the project of Children’s Complex in Multan for the last many years. The negligent delay has increased the cost of the project from Rs975 million to Rs1.75...
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Sufficient increase in development funds urged: Pre-budget seminar
SAHIWAL, May 25: A pre-budget seminar was organized to seek inputs from union council members and civil society representatives in prioritizing social sectors for the allocation of funds for the next year budget....
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Police decline to file ‘forced marriage’ case
MULTAN, May 25: Dera Ghazi Khan police have declined to register a `forced marriage’ case against a 73-year-old man....
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Law bid to eject ex-MPA from official residence
Dera Ghazi Khan, May 25: The district administration on Sunday tried to vacate the official residence from the possession of former PML-Q MPA and parliamentary secretary Zeenat Khan but the lady put up resistance....
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Probe into land scam
LAYYAH, May 25: The Multan Anti-Corruption additional director has ordered an inquiry into a scam in which thousands of acres of government land was allegedly got allotted by influential people by bribing revenue officials....
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Lesco team held hostage
SHEIKHUPURA, May 25: Up to 25 villagers in Faizpur allegedly held Lahore Electric Supply Company (Lesco) officials hostage on Sunday....
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Business above blocks business down: Archaeology sites
TAXILA, May 25: The federal department of archeology is facing resistance in removing encroachments around six ancient sites in Taxila and Hassanabdal due to lack of assistance from the police and the revenue department....
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Islamabad celebrates its patron saint — Bari Imam
ISLAMABAD, May 25: It is the spiritual season for the rustic of the land in the city of elite. The Urs of Bari Imam, the patron saint of Islamabad, is on....
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Tent pegging symbol of valour
GUJAR KHAN, May 25: Tent pegging and horse riding are the traditional sports of the Potohar region and such activities symbolise the courage, valour, and fearlessness of the people....
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Weekly bazaars go to rural areas
ISLAMABAD, May 25: The local administration will shortly open two weekly bazaars in rural areas of the capital to facilitate growers in marketing their produce as well as consumers through availability...
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2 policemen kidnapped, released
RAWALPINDI, May 25: Two police officials, who tried to intercept a truck loaded with wheat flour bags, were kidnapped at a gunpoint by the truck driver and his helper on Sunday night....
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Seven arrested
ISLAMABAD, May 25: The Crime Investigation Agency has arrested seven persons including an Afghan national wanted in several cases of robberies, theft and drug peddling and recovered stolen valuables including gold ornaments....
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PSB, S&GAD proved ‘a promotion springboard’
LAHORE, May 25: More faults in the system of promotions of officers through the Provincial Selection Board have come to the fore, indicating wrong vacancy position of the Services and General...
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JI rally against ‘multiple crises’
LAHORE, May 25: The Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) held a rally on The Mall here on Sunday to protest against rising inflation, lawlessness, loadshedding and continuation of General Pervez Musharraf (retired) in power.The...
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