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KARACHI, Oct 20 (IPS/IFEJ) – “I don’t think I will ever miss the old home; it never protected us from floods and storms!” said Dadi Ibrahim, a widow. Her only association, she said, with her dilapidated hut is the “fond memories” of living there …

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LAHORE: Even though the Pakistani government is playing down the US role in its military operations against the in the Tribal Areas, Washington has quietly rushed hundreds of millions of dollars in arms, equipment and sophisticated sensors to …

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PESHAWAR: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani chaired a high-level meeting on the security and law and order situation in Peshawar at the Governor House. Gilani said that improving the law and order situation in the country especially in the militancy …

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But come on man. This is ridiculous.

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ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry on Friday ordered the Punjab provincial police officer to recover a man from illegal police custody and produce him in the Supreme Court on November 2. The CJ took suo motu notice on an application …

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LAHORE: Legal and disciplinary action has been ordered against various investigation officers on charges of corruption and defective investigation by Punjab Inspector General (IG) of Police Tariq Saleem Dogar. He issued these orders on the complaints …

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Islamabad, Oct 31, 2009 (BBC Monitoring via COMTEX) — Deputy Speaker, National Assembly, Faisal Karim Kundi has said there would soon be a separate television channel for coverage of the parliamentary proceedings in Pakistan. Talking to the leading …

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KARACHI: Criticising the caretaker government of Mumtaz Bhutto in Sindh, the chief minister said that the NFC Award brought by the caretaker government was the worst possible decision for the province. ‘Sindh suffered a loss of Rs 88 billion due to …

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Chandigarh: The Punjab government has asked the state police to train English-speaking youth from the state to make them employable in western countries as security guards, according to Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal, who is also the state …

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ISLAMABAD ‘“ Suspected Taliban militants set off a roadside bomb that killed seven paramilitary soldiers Saturday in a rugged tribal region of northwestern Pakistan, while government jets pounded Taliban hideouts elsewhere and killed at least 15 …