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No wheat shortage next year: minister
ISLAMABAD, July 18: Federal Minister for Food, Agriculture and Livestock Nazar Mohammad Gondal has said there will be no shortage of wheat and other essential food items from next year onwards... 
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Aitzaz rejects PPP’s package for judges
LAHORE, July 18: Supreme Court Bar Association president Aitzaz Ahsan has said that lawyers will not accept reinstatement of the deposed judges on the basis of the PPP-sponsored constitutional package....
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Govt will not resign: NWFP minister
PESHAWAR, July 18: Senior Minister Bashir Ahmed Bilour said on Friday that the NWFP government would maintain law and order and would not allow anyone to kill law-enforcement personnel....
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Malik meets Altaf
KARACHI, July 18: Adviser to Prime Minister on Interior Affairs Rehman Malik met Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain in London and discussed with him the political and economic situation in...
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Proceedings against Pervaiz, Fazl stayed
LAHORE, July 18: Justice Maulvi Anwarul Haq of the Lahore High Court (LHC) has stayed the proceedings and arrest warrants for JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman, former chief minister Pervaiz Elahi and others....
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Drive against LPG dealers from today
LAHORE, July 18: District Coordination Officer Sajjad Ahmed Bhutta has ordered a crackdown on the dealers selling liquefied petroleum gas above the fixed retail price of Rs63 per kg from Saturday (today)....
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Stage set for crackdown on wheat hoarders
LAHORE, July 18: The Punjab government is set to launch a crackdown on wheat hoarders from Saturday (today) and hopes to recover over 600,000 tons of the product lying in private godowns all over the province....
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Lahore to get 45,000 flour bags daily
LAHORE, July 18: Mills in the city district will supply 35,000 flour bags for sale to 5,000 dealers in the provincial metropolis daily from Saturday (today)....
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Bailiff frees girl from police custody
RAWALPINDI, July 18: A court bailiff on directives of the district and sessions judge (DSJ) here on Friday recovered a married girl from the illegal custody of Woman Police Station and handed her over to her father-in-law....
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Official falls to death from 4th floor
LONDON, July 18: Chief petty officer Munir Ahmed, 50, a staff member of the Pakistan High Commission died here on Friday afternoon after falling from the fourth floor window of the HC building....
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Media saves the day for Pindi nazim
RAWALPINDI, July 18: An attempt by District Nazim Raja Javed Ikhlas to court arrest on Friday created a quandary for the newly-appointed City Police Officer (CPO) Rao Iqbal who refused to take him into custody amid heavy media presence....
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SECP official swept away by torrent
RAWALPINDI, July 18: A senior government official was swept away by floodwater in Korang Nullah on Thursday night, police said....
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Skardu lays claim to Deosai again
SKARDU, July 18: A special meeting here on Friday claimed that Deosai plateau was historically, legally and geographically part of Skardu and the participants of the meeting vowed to defend this part at any cost....
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Court orders action against SHO
RAWALPINDI, July 18: An additional district and sessions judge (ASJ) here on Friday ordered departmental action against an SHO for not following court directions....
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AJK govt okays honorarium for finance, P&D depts staff: Reward for ‘hard work’
MUZAFFARABAD, July 18: Setting new traditions of “open- handedness”, the Azad Kashmir government has approved “honorarium” not only for the entire staff of the finance and planning and development departments but...
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Attock admin plans steady supply of atta
ATTOCK, July 18: The district administration has chalked out a plan to ensure smooth supply of wheat flour (atta) on controlled rates in the six tehsils falling in its jurisdiction....
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Iran invited to take part in mega housing projects
ISLAMABAD, July 18: The government has proposed Iran to participate in the upcoming mega housing projects in the country....
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Rawalpindi braces for dengue outbreak
RAWALPINDI, July 18: The district health department has said that Rawalpindi is so far safe from dengue as all possible measures have been taken to control the mosquito-borne infection in urban and suburban areas....
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Man kills wife
RAWALPINDI, July 18: A woman was stabbed to death by her husband in Islamabad while a teenage boy was electrocuted in Morgah on Friday, police said....
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Research in defence production stressed
TAXILA, July 18: Instructors at a course on Friday stressed the need of research and study in defence production, which according to them, would not only ensure its reliability but open up new horizons in the development of arms and ammunition....
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Self-immolation man buried in home village
Allah Dino, 30, set himself on fire in a locked room and suffered 90 per cent injuries....
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Protest against manhandling of lawyers
HYDERABAD, July 18: Hyderabad-based lawyers boycotted courts on Friday in protest against manhandling and detention of their colleagues by police in Karachi on Thursday....
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Three killed in accident
NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, July 18: Three people were killed and another three were injured in a collision between two motorcycles on Moro-Bandhi road on Thursday....
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Death anniversary of Shahnawaz observed
LARKANA, July 18: The 23rd death anniversary of Mir Shahnanwaz Bhutto was observed here on Friday. The Pakistan People’s Party and PPP (Shaheed Bhutto) arranged Quran Khwanai at Al-Murtaza House and Bhutto House, Naudero, and later distributed food....
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Appointment on basis of merit urged
HYDERABAD, July 18: The Sindh Democratic Forum (SDF), a think tank representing civil society, has welcomed Sindh government’s decision to provide 56,000 jobs in public sector, saying it will provide job...
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Strike in PTCL offices
HYDERABAD, July 18: A complete strike was observed in the offices of Pakistan Telecommunication Company’s Hyderabad region in protest against the unified pay scale scheme introduced by the management....
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Change imminent, says Jamaat leader
SUKKUR, July 18: Jamaat-i-Islami Naib Amir Professor Abdul Ghafoor Ahmed has said that the country is passing through a critical phase and leaders of both the major coalition parties are abroad...
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Growers demand judicial inquiry into canal breach
HYDERABAD, July 18: The Abadgar Action Committee on Friday criticised continuation of the water rotation programme even after improved water level in the river and demanded a judicial inquiry into the...
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Ombudsman aide faces probe on ASI’s complaint
DADU, July 18: A team of Sindh Ombudsman’s office on Friday initiated an inquiry into allegations against the director of the Ombudsman’s Dadu region office by two ASI’s who accused the...
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Rs3.5bn to set up model schools
LAHORE, July 18: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif said on Friday the government had allocated Rs3.5 billion for setting up model schools all over the province....
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SBP policies ‘ruin’ trade & industry
SIALKOT, July 18: A former Surgical Instruments Manufac-turers Association (SIMA) of Pakistan official has criticised State Bank of Pakistan’s (SBP’s) monetary policy, saying it overlooked international trade challenges and created problems for exporters getting loans from banks in the country....
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Woman and her brother kidnapped
OKARA, July 18: A woman and her teenage brother were kidnapped for ransom on Friday, police said....
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Milk production drops, prices up
MULTAN, July 18: Milk production has dropped owing to severe heat spell hitting the province in the last couple of weeks and resulting in drought and fodder shortage....
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‘Peace lies in Sufism’
GUJRAT, July 18: Futuristic perspective of peace lies in Sufism but the new colonial forces have marred the philosophies, human intellect and beauty....
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CNG to be sold at Rs43.68
BAHAWALPUR, July 18: The CNG will be sold at governmental rates of Rs43.68 per kilogramme at all private outlets in the district....
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PU to arrange its own tests: NTS entrance tests abolished
LAHORE, July 18: The Punjab University (PU) has abolished the National Testing Service (NTS) entrance test and instead announced that the varsity’s 24 departments will arrange their own entrance tests for...
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Reinstated
LAHORE, July 18: The Punjab Health Department has finally reinstated seven doctors of Mayo Hospital....
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