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		<title>Mansoor Ijaz given last chance to appear by Feb 9</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ISLAMABAD: The judicial commission investigating the high-profile memogate scandal gave Pakistani-American businessman Mansoor Ijaz last chance to appear before it by February 9. During the fourth meeting of the commission, its chairman, Justice Qazi Faez ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pak-times.com/2012/01/24/mansoor-ijaz-given-last-chance-to-appear-by-feb-9/</link>
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		<title>SCOPE, PPAF launch livelihood uplift programme</title>
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Thatta,  January 18: Members of civil society organisations, non-governmental organisations and political leaders have pressed on need to take all-out efforts to launch livelihood development programmes to alleviate poverty in Sindh.
They also noted that rising ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pak-times.com/2012/01/18/scope-launches-livelihood-uplift-programme/</link>
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		<title>Much ado about NOTHING</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The nerve-wrecking wait of 9 months is not over yet. He made his last international 100 against South Africa in World Cup 2011. The spectators will have to wait for another inning (who knows, even ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pak-times.com/2012/01/02/much-ado-about-nothing/</link>
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		<title>Bridging &#8216;research-policy-practice&#8217; gap must for sustainable development  &#8211; SDPI moot</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ISLAMABAD, Dec16: There is an urgent need of collaboration among academicians and researchers in order to determine actionable and creative research agenda for socio-economic growth of Pakistan and make the development more durable, said Dr ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pak-times.com/2011/12/16/bridging-research-policy-practice-gap-must-for-sustainable-development-sdpi-moot/</link>
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		<title>Kayani, Pasha file replies to memogate in Apex Court</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ISLAMABAD, Dec 15: Cheif of Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, DG ISI Shuja Pasha and other respondent on Thursday submitted their replies to the Supreme Court in the memogate case, according to news media.
Speaking ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pak-times.com/2011/12/15/16692/</link>
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		<title>Climate resilience, ownership of MDGs, and good governance unavoidable for food security in South Asia &#8211; SDPI Conference</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ISLAMABAD: December 14: Climate-resilient low carbon economy, ownership of MDGs, pro-poor good governance can help achieve food security and fight hunger, mal-nutrituion and bring livelihood to 600 million poor in South Asia, said today the ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pak-times.com/2011/12/15/climate-resilience-ownership-of-mdgs-and-good-governance-unavoidable-for-food-security-in-south-asia-sdpi-conference/</link>
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		<title>Redefining development orientation key to fight common socio-economic woes, Moot</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ISLAMABAD, Dec 13: Speakers at an inaugural session of the South Asia sustainable development moot here Tuesday called for efficient planning, viable development programmes and their effective implementation for overall uplift of the sustainable society.
They ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pak-times.com/2011/12/14/redefining-development-orientation-key-to-fight-common-socio-economic-woes-moot/</link>
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		<title>Flood relief work in South Pakistan at risk from lack of funds</title>
		<description><![CDATA[KARACHI: Widow Hoori Fatima, 76, was still struggling with grief over the death of her son Ali Raza, the family’s only breadwinner, in late October.
Wiping her tears away with her headscarf, Fatima said her son ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pak-times.com/2011/12/08/flood-relief-work-in-south-pakistan-at-risk-from-lack-of-funds/</link>
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		<title>Obama tries to mend strained ties with Pakistan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON/ISLAMABAD — President Obama phoned the president of Pakistan on Sunday to offer “condolences” for the deaths of two dozen soldiers killed in NATO airstrikes along the Afghan border, the White House said.
The conversation, eight days after the ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pak-times.com/2011/12/05/obama-tries-to-mend-strained-ties-with-pakistan/</link>
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		<title>Hindu Kush-Himalaya &#8216;vulnerable&#8217; to climate change &#8211; Study</title>
		<description><![CDATA[DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA, December 4: Findings from the  most comprehensive assessment to date on climate change, snow and glacier melt  in Asia’s mountainous Hindu Kush-Himalayan (HKH) region—site of Mount Everest  and many ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pak-times.com/2011/12/05/hindu-kush-himalaya-vulnerable-to-climate-change-study/</link>
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		<title>Tackling water woes thru rainwater harvesting in Pakistan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tharparkar, Pakistan: Wearing colourful traditional dresses with silver jewellery and bangles on their arms, the women of Tharparkar district look festive. But the empty earthen pots they carry tell a different story.
“Walking for three miles ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pak-times.com/2011/10/26/tackling-water-woes-thru-rainwater-harvesting-in-pakistan/</link>
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		<title>Zaka’s Appointment as chairman PCB-Last nail in Pakistan Cricket’s coffin</title>
		<description><![CDATA[June 30, 2011
“Cricket&#8217;s governing body banned countries from appointing political figures to national cricket boards, vowing to free the sport from undue government influence. ICC has given 2 years to entire cricket playing nations to ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pak-times.com/2011/10/12/zakas-appointment-as-chairman-pcb-last-nail-in-pakistan-crickets-coffin/</link>
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		<title>All-out efforts afoot to provide pure water, food to rain victims: DCO Badin</title>
		<description><![CDATA[BADIN: District Coordination Officer (DCO) Badin Dr. Kazim Hussain Jatoi claimed that the district government is making all-out efforts to provide food, shelter, drinking water and health facilities to the people of rain and flood-hit ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pak-times.com/2011/09/14/all-out-efforts-afoot-to-provide-pure-water-food-to-rain-victims-dco-badin/</link>
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		<title>Parliamentary body, CM Sindh review relief measures in rain-hit districts</title>
		<description><![CDATA[KARACHI: The parliamentary committee, constituted by the Prime Minister Syed Yousif Raza Gillani, discussed at length disaster situation in rain-hit districts of Sindh and reviewed emerngy measures taken by the provincial government address to miseries ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pak-times.com/2011/09/14/parliamentary-body-cm-sindh-reviews-relief-measures-in-rain-hit-districts/</link>
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		<title>Climate Change to deepen hunger in the Pacific: ADB</title>
		<description><![CDATA[KARACHI: Climate change threatens to increase hunger and malnutrition among the Pacific region&#8217;s poorest people unless there is action soon, says a new report from the Asian Development Bank (ADB).
The region is already experiencing the ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pak-times.com/2011/09/13/climate-change-to-deepen-hunger-in-the-pacific-adb/</link>
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