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FM to take up Paracha case during US visit
ISLAMABAD, June 3: Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi will take up the case of Saifullah Paracha, a Pakistani citizen detained in the US military prison Guantanamo Bay for four years, during his official visit to Washington next month.... 
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Car used in embassy blast identified
ISLAMABAD, June 3: The car used in the explosion near the Danish embassy on Monday was snatched from Jhang at gunpoint in February, sources close to the investigation told Dawn....
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Quershi talks to Danish minister
ISLAMABAD, June 3: Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi called his Danish counterpart Per Stig Moller and expressed sorrow over the loss of lives and damage to property in a bomb blast near the Danish Embassy in Islamabad....
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Bid to blow up IG office foiled
QUETTA, June 3: Police foiled an attempt to blow up the offices of the inspector general of prisons department by defusing a powerful bomb planted near the department on Samungli road on Tuesday....
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PML-N uncap muzzles on Kargil issue
ISLAMABAD, June 3: Pakistan Muslim League-N, emboldened by a former corps commander’s interview in which he held Gen (retd) Pervez Musharraf responsible for the 1999 Kargil war, tried to force a...
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PPP lawmakers seek draft of amendment package
ISLAMABAD, June 3: Pakistan People’s Party’s lawmakers have complained that they have not received copies of the 18th amendment bill prepared by the party....
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SCBA plans long march ‘warm-up’
LAHORE, June 3: The coordination committee of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) on Tuesday announced a protest plan for the restoration of the judiciary, ahead of lawyers’ much-touted long march to begin on June 10....
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Consumers receive inflated power bills
LAHORE, June 3: Most of the consumers of the Lahore Electric Supply Company (Lesco) have received inflated bills for the month of May, if complaints from different parts of the city are something to go by....
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Five die as duststorm, rain hit upper Sindh
JACOBABAD, June 3: Three minor children, a woman and a man were killed and six other people suffered injuries when duststorm followed by strong winds and heavy rain brought down walls...
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Govt warned against looming food crisis: SAB sees $70bn trade deficit
HYDERABAD, June 3: The government is warned against looming food crisis as pinpointed by the FAO and the IBRD, and of a whopping $70 billion trade deficit due to import of...
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10 policemen punished for misconduct
ATTOCK, June 3: Acting district police officer Raja Hassan Akhtar awarded punishments to 10 police officials including three sub-inspectors (SI) for misconduct and dereliction of duty....
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Punjab govt, millers lock horns over price of wheat flour
RAWALPINDI, June 3: The Punjab government and the flour mills of the twin cities lock horns over the issue of the sale price of wheat flour as the availability of atta...
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Man killed
ISLAMABAD, June 3: A woman was killed and her husband suffered multiple injuries when a truck hit them here on Tuesday....
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Cell minus liberation causes uproar: Bill tabled in AJK assembly
MUZAFFARABAD, June 3: The Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) government faced a sequence of awkward moments in the Legislative Assembly here on Tuesday after some treasury members joined the opposition benches...
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Interference by LEAs in Balochistan affairs flayed
ISLAMABAD, June 3: Senior People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPP) leader in Balochistan Mir Baz Mohammad Khan Khetran has asked the government of his own party to take notice of the alleged illegal...
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More important than the most important
ISLAMABAD, June 3: There are VIPs in our country and then there are VVIPs. But there can be some who are neither and still have to be put on the highest pedestal....
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Police use batons on protesters
SUKKUR, June 3: Police resorted to baton-charge to disperse people protesting against hours-long power outages and water shortage at Ayub Gate, here on Tuesday....
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Doctor, wife among seven kidnapped
SUKKUR, June 3: Seven people, including a doctor and his wife, were kidnapped from different parts of upper Sindh on Tuesday....
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Freed bonded labourers protest against attack
MIRPURKHAS, June 3: Around 80 peasants, including women and children, who had been released from illegal confinement of landlord Abdul Rehman Mari by Sanghar police, staged a demonstration outside the press...
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Three killed in accident
THATTA, June 3: Three people were killed and 15 injured when a bus overturned and fell into a ditch near Makli bypass here on Tuesday....
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Vital health project bed-ridden for last 10 years
MUZAFFARGARH, June 3: The Communicable Dieseases Control (CDC) programme has been shelved for the last 10 years and its employees are getting salaries without any work in this district, Dawn has learnt....
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Worker asks for wages, gets death
SIALKOT, June 3: A Gohdpur’s iron factory owner allegedly tortured to death his young labourer whose only sin was demanding his wages on Tuesday....
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Rehabilitation plan knocks at Bahawalpur’s old gates
BAHAWALPUR, June 3: The district government plans to rehabilitate all the five historic gates of the walled city, according to District Coordination Officer (DCO) Muhammad Mushtaq Ahmed....
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Trader, robber killed in clash
TOBA TEK SINGH, June 3: Two robbers shot dead a trader on resistance while one of them was killed in firing by police and villagers in Kamalia on Tuesday afternoon....
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Camel dung replaces costly DAP
MUZAFFARGARH, June 3: The trains of camels are out here again in Muzaffargarh and this time not to entertain the public with their wrestling skills but to feed malnourished lands with their dung....
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Prospects of investment in farm products
FAISALABAD, June 3: Promising global marketing developments are exploring novel opportunities for trade and investment in value-added farm products, says an academic....
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Health dept dispensary in clutches of grabbers
GUJRANWALA, June 3: An investigation was ordered on Tuesday into the grab of a dispensary owned by the health department after people protested against the incident....
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Case against four for girl’s kidnap
TOBA TEK SINGH, June 3: Police on Tuesday registered a case against four people, including two women, who allegedly kidnapped a girl from a Gojra-bound bus two days back....
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Armyman killed, four injured in accident
GUJRAT, June 3: A soldier of the Pakistan army was killed and four others injured when a speeding van ran them over near Biyowali village on Jalalpur Jattan Road on Tuesday....
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Tracker plates for bikes
DERA GHAZI KHAN, June 3: The Punjab Excise and Taxation Department will introduce number plates in which trackers will be fixed to curb the theft or snatching of motorcycles, Dawn learnt on Tuesday....
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Taseer plans to ‘kill two birds with one stone’
MUZAFFARGARH, June 3: Governor Salman Taseer will visit Mirwala in Jatoi on Wednesday (today) with a stated aim of meeting women rights activist Mukhtar Mai and visiting a crisis centre and a school being run by her organisation....
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Probe into land embezzlement
KHANEWAL, June 3: The Board of Revenue (BoR) has launched a probe into alleged irregularities in state land’s allotment in this district on the directives of the Punjab government....
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Indian handed over to BSF
LAHORE, June 3: Customs authorities on Tuesday took an Indian national into custody for trying to enter Pakistan illegally, but later handed him over to the Indian authorities after interrogation....
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Drive against smoky vehicles
LAHORE, June 3: The City District Government Lahore will launch a campaign against smoky motorvehicles from Thursday (tomorrow)....
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Hameed reflects on Urdu’s plight: 84th birthday today
LAHORE, June 3: Urdu literature in Pakistan seems to be in a sorry state of affairs as books on ‘dry’ subjects such as economics are being sold in great numbers, says...
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Two arrested in mosque rape
LAHORE, June 3: The prayer caller of a Gowalmandi mosque and a son of the prayer leader have allegedly raped a 10-year-old girl in the mosque, according to a first information report....
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Child out of the frying pan into the fire
LAHORE, June 3: A five-year-old child has fallen a victim to the negligence of the Punjab Child Protection Welfare Bureau as three unidentified people took him away from the custody of its officials....
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Provincial finance ministers meet today
LAHORE, June 3: Provincial finance ministers of the four provinces will meet here on Wednesday to exchange views on a variety of issues related to financial governance in the provinces....
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LAHORE: Rape victim seeks arrest of accused
LAHORE, June 3: A ‘rape’ victim lodged a strong protest in front of the Lahore Press Club on Tuesday against the Manga Mandi investigation police for not arresting the three accused....
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