Proposal to establish three new prisons, says Jakhrani
KarachiThe Sindh government has proposed the establishing of new prisons in the province to ease the burden on the existing prisons, which are
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Nine sectors of capital sans water
IslamabadThe unavailability of water in nine main sectors of the capital is causing enormous inconvenience to the residents and traders and th
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CDGK finalises contingency plan for monsoon
Karachi In the wake of upcoming monsoon rains, the City District Government Karachi (CDGK) has finalised a contingency plan to avoid losses in
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Long march gets off the ground
KARACHI/QUETTA: Long march caravans of lawyers, political workers, civil society members and different organisations left Karachi and Quetta for Sukku
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Pakistan offers to sell farmland to Saudis (Financial Times)
Pakistan has offered to facilitate the sale of thousands of acres of some of its most productive farmland to Saudi Arabia in an attempt to attract large Saudi investments in the country’s farm sector.
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Pakistan’s New Coalition Government May Boost Spending on Poor (Bloomberg.com)
June 10 (Bloomberg) — Pakistan ’s first civilian government since a 1999 army coup may broaden food and power and subsidies and give cash handouts to the poor as the fastest inflation in at least 25 years threatens to damp economic growth.
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Health Department proposes Rs 10 billion budget
LAHORETHE Punjab Health Department has proposed an allocation of Rs 10 billion under the Annual Development Programme in the upcoming budget 2
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Pakistan Lawyers In Judge Protest (SkyNews via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
Hundreds of lawyers have taken to the streets in Pakistan burning effigies of President Pervez Musharraf demanding the reinstatement of judges.
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Pathan charged in two cases
KarachiCharges were brought against Agha Javed Pathan in two different cases in the court of Judicial Magistrate South, Khawaja Ashraf Hussain
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Govt warned of disastrous situation in Parachinar
ISLAMABAD: The government was warned in the Senate on Monday against the possible national disaster in case the ”explosive situation” in Parachinar wa
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