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Sharif calls for warmer relations with India

Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif, seen as the front-runner in Pakistan’s election race, has said he would not allow militant groups to attack India from his country.

Karachi south DRO wants Rangers at all stations

The District Returning Officer (DRO) of Karachi South Shahid Shafi on Wednesday requested the Sindh government to deploy Rangers and armed forces personnel at all polling stations throughout the district.

32,000 army men for Punjab

Nearly 300,000 security personnel including 32,000 army soldiers will be deployed in Punjab for general elections.

ANP withdraws in favour of PPP in Sindh

In a major surprise, the Awami National Party (ANP) on Wednesday announced to withdraw all its candidates for the national and provincial assemblies of Sindh in favour of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP).

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Ex-lawmaker Dasti indicted in fake degree case

ISLAMABAD - The Muzaffargarh district court in southern Punjab on Monday formally charged Jamshed Dasti, a hugely popular former lawmaker and a bitter critic of former foreign minister Hina Rabbani Khar, in the fake degree case.

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PPP vows to do better if voted to power

ISLAMABAD - Announcing its manifesto for the upcoming elections, the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has pledged to do better than during the first term and to ‘protect’ the people of Pakistan from terrorism.

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100 held for arson attack

ISLAMABAD - Amid countrywide outrage over burning of Christian houses in Lahore, police arrested about 100 people, clashed with an enraged mob of affected people and their sympathisers while the Punjab government announced a cash compensation besides rebuilding of the torched houses.

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