Thousands of PPP workers lit lamps after Maghrib prayers and placed wreaths to commemorate the event.
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NGOs complain to Gilani about poor relief work
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Apex court bar accepts Rs five m govt donation
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SC adjourns hearing in judges’ reinstatement case
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EC suspends membership of 141 lawmakers
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Six militants killed in US Pakistan drone strike: official
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Decommissioning of dams
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PM’s speech
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Political restraint
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A stagnant industry
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Turkey buzzards!
It gives us taxpaying turkeys considerable pain to read that the ‘PM, ministers do not pay any income tax’.
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