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India hands over bodies of two Pakistani prisoners
LAHORE, June 13: The bodies of two Pakistanis, including an old woman, who died in Indian police custody allegedly because of torture, were handed over to the Pakistani authorities at the Wagah border on Friday.... 
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Pro-govt elder among five killed near Miramshah
MIRAMSHAH, June 13: A pro-government tribal elder, his three brothers and a nephew were killed in North Waziristan on Friday....
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UN body praises Pakistan on human rights
GENEVA, June 13: The United Nations Human Rights Council has commended Pakistan for its commitment to human rights and democracy....
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Pakistani doctors’ work in China praised
BEIJING, June 13: Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir has said the nation is proud of Pakistani medical team’s relief work in areas affected by the recent earthquake in China....
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Suspect likely to be handed over to Iran today
QUETTA, June 13: Ghulam Haider Raisani, a Pakistani national accused of being involved in terrorist activities in Iran, is likely to be handed over to Iranian authorities on Saturday....
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Routine life comes to a halt in Pindi, Islamabad
RAWALPINDI, June 13: The lawyers’ long march on Friday brought business activities and routine life in the twin cities to a virtual halt as the lawyers and political activists swamped almost...
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Progressive groups contemplate forming new party
ISLAMABAD, June 13: In the wake of the growing confusion and political uncertainties that loom large on the country’s horizon, despite the fact that people have spoken through the February 18...
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Over Rs697m fixed for 4 hydropower projects in AJK
MUZAFFARABAD, June 13: The federal government has earmarked Rs697.254 million in its public sector development programme for the next financial year for initiation of four hydropower generation projects in Azad Jammu and Kashmir with total generation capacity estimated at 64.4...
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President is still conspiring: Nawaz
LAHORE, June 13: PML-N patron Nawaz Sharif says the presidency continues to conspire against the democratic government which is evident from the closure of Geo’s transmissions....
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Restoration of judges not masses’ problem: Taseer on long march
LAHORE, June 13: Governor Salmaan Taseer said on Friday the restoration of deposed judges was not the basic problem of the masses. “Food, electricity, water and their provision (to the masses)...
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Ex-armymen want Musharraf to leave Presidency
RAWALPINDI, June 13: Members of Ex-Servicemen Society before joining the lawyers’ long march here on Friday urged President Pervez Musharraf to leave the Presidency as he was not a constitutional president and people had not accepted him in this position....
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Seven of a family killed in accident
QUETTA, June 13: Seven members of a family were killed when their vehicle fell into a deep gorge in Mughal Kot area of the Zhob district on Friday....
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Doctors end strike
OKARA, June 13: The doctors of the district headquarters hospital ended their strike after a provincial minister assured them of full security....
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Students put to ‘sexual harassment’ test
MULTAN, June 13: A case of alleged sexual harassment in the semester system has surfaced in the recent clinical psychology examination held at the Bahauddin Zakariya University, a premier institution in Multan....
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Couple get back the light of life
BAHAWALPUR, June 13: Fortune smiled at a couple after 11 long years of tribulation it faced after its two-month-old son was kidnapped from a hospital. The child brought back the fragrance to the flower garden of parenthood....
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Four brothers kill sister, boyfriend for ‘honour’
KASUR, June 13: Four men axed their sister and her paramour to death allegedly to preserve their ‘honour’ and later buried them in the courtyard of their house on Thursday night....
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Mansoor supports opposition candidate
MUZAFFARGARH, June 13: Following into his lineal politics style, Nawabzada Mansoor Ahmad Khan has put his weight behind an opposition candidate for PP-258 bypoll giving sleepless nights to the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) hopeful....
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Promotion of voluntary blood donation stressed
ISLAMABAD: World Blood Donor Day (WBDD) will be observed on Saturday with events marking new initiatives and activities for ensuring blood safety as well as year-round blood donor campaigns....
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Over 1m took IELTS certification in one year
ISLAMABAD, June 13: For the first time in a one year period, over one million people around the world, or two every minute, have gained certification in English language test for...
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Man stabs daughter to death
ATTOCK, June 13: A man stabbed his 16-year-old daughter to death over her alleged relations with a village fellow at Barazai village of Rangu Police station....
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No new taxes in Potohar town budget
RAWALPINDI, June 13: Potohar Town nazim Hamid Nawaz Raja has said no new tax would be imposed in the forthcoming budget of the town. Talking to members of the town council,...
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High court disqualifies PP-121 hopeful
LAHORE, June 13: A division bench of the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Friday held an independent candidate, Rana Arif Iqbal, ineligible to contest elections from PP-121, Sialkot....
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Magisterial powers for bypolls
LAHORE, June 13: The chief election commissioner (CEC) on Friday authorised district returning officers, returning, assistant returning and presiding officers to exercise powers of the first class magistrate on the bypolls day on June 26....
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Zakat bodies will be dissolved
LAHORE, June 13: All provincial and district Zakat committees in the province will be dissolved and reconstituted, says Punjab Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Rana Sanaullah Khan....
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Walled City’s tharras, akharas to be revived
LAHORE, June 13: District Coordination Officer (DCO) Sajjad Ahmed Bhutta says the government will preserve the culture of the Walled City and provide all basic amnesties to the residents....
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