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Worst power outages as shortfall crosses 7,000MW
 
 
LAHORE: People across the country are facing worst ever electricity load shedding this summer with power shortfall already exceeding 7,000MW and the duration of load shedding rising to 20 hours a day in most areas.

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3 killed in Peshawar blast
 
 
PESHAWAR: Three people were killed and two injured in an explosion near a mosque on Pajjagi road in the Saeedabad area of Peshawar.

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Karachi is going through process of change: Qureshi
 
 
LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Shah Mehmood Qureshi said that Karachi is going through the process of change after elections.

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MQM to elect new Coordination Committee today
 
 
KARACHI: Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) would finalise the names for the new Co-ordination Committee today (Saturday).

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Residents of Lyari protest against targeted killings
 
 
KARACHI: Residents of Lyari staged a protest against increasing incidents of targeted killings in the area.

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Balochistan plunges into darkness after midnight
 
 
QUETTA: As many as 20 districts of Balochistan including its capital plunged into darkness after tripping of Guddu Thermal Power Plant that left the grid bereft of 1300 Megawatts of electricity, media reports said.

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Criticism against ECP not based on facts: Ishtiak Ahmad
 
 
ISLAMABAD: Secretary Election Commission Ishtiak Ahmad said every humanly possible effort was made to ensure peaceful and fair elections and criticism against ECP is not based on facts.

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Pakistan welcomes Barack Obama drone speech
 
 
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has appreciated president Obama's acknowledgement that force alone cannot make us safer and it has been Islamabad's longstanding stance that a comprehensive strategy was required to address the root causes that foster terrorism and extremism.

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SC stays recounting of votes in Mir Zafar Ullah Jamali constituency
 
 
ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court (SC) has issued stay orders till May, 28 against Election Commission orders on recounting of rejected votes in constituency of former prime minister Mir Zafar Ullah Jamali.

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Karachi violence claims six more lives
 
 
KARACHI: Terrorists and miscreants have gunned down six more innocent people in Karachi on Friday.

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Olson meets Nawaz: pledges continue support to Pakistan
 
 
LAHORE: US ambassador to Pakistan Richard Olson Friday met prime minster-in-waiting Nawaz Sharif in Lahore and exchanged views over bilateral relations.

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Pakistan wants to resolve all outstanding issues with India: Nawaz Sharif
 
 
LAHORE: PML-N Chief Nawaz Sharif has said Pakistan wants to resolve all outstanding issues with India on the basis of equality through dialogue.

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JI urges newly elected rulers to reject US pressure
 
 
LAHORE: Ameer Jamaat e Islami, Pakistan, Syed Munawar Hasan, has impressed upon the newly elected rulers to go ahead with the gas pipeline project with Iran and also hand over Gowadar port to China ignoring opposition from US and India.

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