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  <description>The group wants to identify consumer issues in Pakistan and make a networking to solve consumer issues.</description>
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  <title>URGENT: Research on Pakistan quake need your input re rituals used for coping</title>
  <link>http://groups.google.com.pk/group/consumer-pakistan/browse_thread/thread/db833ef011496e55/127478a118252714?show_docid=127478a118252714</link>
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  Dear Friends: &lt;br&gt; I am reaching out to you since I know you are either from Pakistan, live &lt;br&gt; there, or are interested in the well being of Pakistanis. Specially after &lt;br&gt; the earthquake. &lt;br&gt; As you know we (the Association for Trauma Outreach &amp;amp; Prevention, and &lt;br&gt; meaningfulworld.com) went to assist with the quake relief in the 2005 quake
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  kalayji...@aol.com
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  <pubDate>Sun, 28 Dec 2008 15:55:25 UT
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  <title>Ethanol as a source of Energy</title>
  <link>http://groups.google.com.pk/group/consumer-pakistan/browse_thread/thread/726f2fb6ad9ba201/f428a700a99296ac?show_docid=f428a700a99296ac</link>
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  Govt mulls over ethanol-petrol mix again &lt;br&gt; &lt;p&gt; Friday, December 12, 2008 &lt;br&gt; By Saad Hasan &lt;br&gt; &lt;p&gt;KARACHI: Petroleum ministry has called a high level meeting of oil &lt;br&gt; industry officials in Islamabad today (Friday) to discuss the &lt;br&gt; possibility of mixing ethanol with petroleum products, some &lt;br&gt; participants told The News on Thursday.
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  <author>
  mjahangir...@gmail.com
  (drinking-water-pakistan@googlegroups.com)
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  <pubDate>Sat, 13 Dec 2008 20:27:51 UT
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  <title>The TAX Poem__Must Read</title>
  <link>http://groups.google.com.pk/group/consumer-pakistan/browse_thread/thread/d18c54ab4f31eeb5/65cb082e6c2fa373?show_docid=65cb082e6c2fa373</link>
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  *The TAX Poem &amp;lt;&lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=nofollow href=&quot;http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Funzug&quot;&gt;[link]&lt;/a&gt;&amp;gt; &lt;br&gt; * &lt;br&gt; *To Receive such mails right in your InBox, type your E-mail Address &lt;br&gt; in the Box below and Click Subscribe to Funzug Mails button now.* &lt;br&gt; *At first I thought this was funny...then I realized the awful truth of &lt;br&gt; it. &lt;br&gt; Be sure to read all the way to the end!*
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  richa...@gmail.com
  (Richa Sharma)
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  <pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2008 12:21:12 UT
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  <title>Jokes Today</title>
  <link>http://groups.google.com.pk/group/consumer-pakistan/browse_thread/thread/bf0d946f56d9f36c/5530c9d0723cb238?show_docid=5530c9d0723cb238</link>
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  Question : What is the truest definition of Globalization ? &lt;br&gt; Answer : Princess Diana&#39;s death . &lt;br&gt; Question : How come ? &lt;br&gt; Answer :An English princess with an &lt;br&gt; Egyptian boyfriend crashes in a &lt;br&gt; French tunnel, driving a &lt;br&gt; German car with a &lt;br&gt; Dutch engine, driven by a &lt;br&gt; Belgian who was drunk on &lt;br&gt; Scottish whisky: followed closely by
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  <author>
  md.abi...@gmail.com
  (Abid Md)
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  <pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2008 03:32:41 UT
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  <title>International Anti-Corruption Day</title>
  <link>http://groups.google.com.pk/group/consumer-pakistan/browse_thread/thread/abd0e70caf5e881d/f2bef5203e55ed78?show_docid=f2bef5203e55ed78</link>
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  Press Release &lt;br&gt; &lt;p&gt;International Anti-Corruption Day &lt;br&gt; &lt;p&gt;CRCP Demands Whistleblowers Protection Law to Curb Corruption &lt;br&gt; Islamabad: Ever since 2003, International Anti-Corruption day is &lt;br&gt; observed &lt;br&gt; worldwide on December 9. Considering the magnitude of damage caused by &lt;br&gt; the &lt;br&gt; pervasive corruption in Pakistan and its implications for common
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  <author>
  mjahangir...@gmail.com
  (drinking-water-pakistan@googlegroups.com)
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  <pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2008 18:25:12 UT
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  <title>Fwd: Smoking Corner</title>
  <link>http://groups.google.com.pk/group/consumer-pakistan/browse_thread/thread/75ea0e087d1cace7/3b4b477f23510640?show_docid=3b4b477f23510640</link>
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  FYI &lt;br&gt; Rgds &lt;br&gt; Moderator &lt;br&gt; ---------- Forwarded message ---------- &lt;br&gt; To: Coalition on Tobacco Control (CTC) &lt;br&gt; Allama Iqbal Airport does have a smokong corner in the main hall. &lt;br&gt; No glass partition and exaust fans. Thus exposing all passengers in &lt;br&gt; the hall to passive smoking. &lt;br&gt; There are no separate immigration counters for the senior citizens.
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  <author>
  mjahangir...@gmail.com
  (Volunteer)
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  <pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2008 05:57:12 UT
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  <title>Senior Citizens and smoking corner</title>
  <link>http://groups.google.com.pk/group/consumer-pakistan/browse_thread/thread/29f63ad64a6d5671/4b9bb4639bea8e96?show_docid=4b9bb4639bea8e96</link>
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  Allama Iqbal Airport does have a smokong corner in the main hall. &lt;br&gt; No glass partition and exaust fans. Thus exposing all passengers in &lt;br&gt; the hall to passive smoking. &lt;br&gt; &lt;p&gt;There are no separate immigration counters for the senior citizens. &lt;br&gt; &lt;p&gt;Rgds &lt;br&gt; M Jahangir &lt;br&gt; Islamabad
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  <author>
  mjahangir...@gmail.com
  (drinking-water-pakistan@googlegroups.com)
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  <pubDate>Sat, 06 Dec 2008 16:57:05 UT
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  <title>ISO 9001:2008 QMS Lead Auditor Course</title>
  <link>http://groups.google.com.pk/group/consumer-pakistan/browse_thread/thread/ebb801cc8c997251/92147fc11c309ae8?show_docid=92147fc11c309ae8</link>
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  *TQCSI PAKISTAN &lt;br&gt; *64H, Block-2, P.E.C.H.S., Karachi, Pakistan &lt;br&gt; *Tel: 4388845, 7003450   Fax: 4531752 &lt;br&gt; *Email:*_tqcs...@yahoo.com* URL:*_&lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=nofollow href=&quot;http://www.tqcsipk.com&quot;&gt;[link]&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt; *  &lt;br&gt; *ISO 9001:2008 QMS Lead Auditor Course &lt;br&gt; _  &lt;br&gt; *TQCSI Pakistan is an Australian based International Certification Registrar for ISO 9001 Quality Management System, ISO 14001 Environmental Management System, ISO 22000 Food Safety Management System, HACCP Food Safety System, OHSAS Occupational Health &amp;amp; Safety Management System etc., and has Training Partnership with JLB Australia.
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  a...@certification.com
  (TQCSI Pakistan)
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  <pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2008 15:52:23 UT
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  <title>Fwd: The Bare Bones</title>
  <link>http://groups.google.com.pk/group/consumer-pakistan/browse_thread/thread/a774aef3c59b6c77/adcf2c2a2c37253b?show_docid=adcf2c2a2c37253b</link>
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  FYI &lt;br&gt; ---------- Forwarded message ---------- &lt;br&gt; To: mjahangir...@gmail.com &lt;br&gt; Email Marketing By. Shezad Mannan - shahzad.man...@gmail.com - 0321 3318546 &lt;br&gt; &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=nofollow href=&quot;http://www.laask.com&quot;&gt;[link]&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt; ______________________________ ______________________________ ____________________ &lt;br&gt; &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=nofollow href=&quot;http://www.helplinetrust.org&quot;&gt;[link]&lt;/a&gt;
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  <author>
  mjahangir...@gmail.com
  (M Jahangir)
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  <pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 01:42:22 UT
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  <title>Students Articles | Share Ideas, Research and Information</title>
  <link>http://groups.google.com.pk/group/consumer-pakistan/browse_thread/thread/9e9ff3eb1a0cae3e/de84d1a985d8a067?show_docid=de84d1a985d8a067</link>
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  [image: Share Ideas, Research and &lt;br&gt; Information]&amp;lt;&lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=nofollow href=&quot;http://www.ilmkidunya.com/article/index.asp&quot;&gt;[link]&lt;/a&gt;&amp;gt; &lt;br&gt; [image: Share Ideas, Research and &lt;br&gt; Information]&amp;lt;&lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=nofollow href=&quot;http://www.ilmkidunya.com/article/index.asp&quot;&gt;[link]&lt;/a&gt;&amp;gt; &lt;br&gt; * &lt;br&gt; Reckoning Time for HEC &amp;lt;&lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=nofollow href=&quot;http://www.ilmkidunya.com/article/reckoning_HEC.asp&quot;&gt;[link]&lt;/a&gt;&amp;gt; &lt;br&gt; * &lt;br&gt; By Dr. Pervez Hoodbhoy, faculty member at the Quaid-e-Azam University,
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  <author>
  ahmadal...@gmail.com
  (ahmad ali)
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  <pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 09:44:47 UT
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  <title>Fwd: Straight Talk - KESC Saga - The final episode</title>
  <link>http://groups.google.com.pk/group/consumer-pakistan/browse_thread/thread/13de99173f7942a4/e958c91f4f473e12?show_docid=e958c91f4f473e12</link>
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  FYI &lt;br&gt; Moderator &lt;br&gt; ---------- Forwarded message ---------- &lt;br&gt; To: Undisclosed-Recipient &lt;br&gt; ** &lt;br&gt; * * &lt;br&gt; * **Straight Talk - KESC Saga - The final episode.*** &lt;br&gt; * * &lt;br&gt; *In my last article I had written about the meeting at the **SITE** Ass &lt;br&gt; office to discuss the tariff increase in KESC. As reported, the meeting was &lt;br&gt; very well attended by industrialists, traders, shop keepers, and myself,
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  <author>
  mjahangir...@gmail.com
  (M Jahangir)
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  <pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 09:16:40 UT
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  <title>Milk From China</title>
  <link>http://groups.google.com.pk/group/consumer-pakistan/browse_thread/thread/0072f12cf824366e/432409d3b1a7681a?show_docid=432409d3b1a7681a</link>
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  PAKISTAN’S DAIRY SECTOR &lt;br&gt; In Need of Urgent Scrutiny &lt;br&gt; &lt;p&gt;BY SHAHID SIDDIQI &lt;br&gt; China has been rocked by a major crisis due to lack of quality control &lt;br&gt; in raw milk that was supplied to the industry by the farmers and was &lt;br&gt; found contaminated with melamine, a chemical used in manufacturing &lt;br&gt; plastics and fertilizer which, if ingested by infants and children in
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  <author>
  mjahangir...@gmail.com
  (drinking-water-pakistan@googlegroups.com)
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  <pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 06:17:49 UT
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  <title>contemporary furniture design</title>
  <link>http://groups.google.com.pk/group/consumer-pakistan/browse_thread/thread/6cae8559522d86bc/8291b0cbf1dc92dd?show_docid=8291b0cbf1dc92dd</link>
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  contemporary furniture design &amp;lt;&lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=nofollow href=&quot;http://www.elitedeco.com/&quot;&gt;[link]&lt;/a&gt;&amp;gt;** &lt;br&gt; &amp;lt;&lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=nofollow href=&quot;http://www.elitedeco.com/&quot;&gt;[link]&lt;/a&gt;&amp;gt; &lt;br&gt; We encourage you to browse through our online contemporary furniture store &lt;br&gt; &amp;lt;&lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=nofollow href=&quot;http://www.elitedeco.com/&quot;&gt;[link]&lt;/a&gt;&amp;gt;at EliteDeco.com &amp;lt;&lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=nofollow href=&quot;http://www.elitedeco.com/&quot;&gt;[link]&lt;/a&gt;&amp;gt;. &lt;br&gt; Feel free to contact us with any questions or concerns you may have. Our
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  <author>
  lovecap...@gmail.com
  (love love)
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  <pubDate>Sun, 26 Oct 2008 06:48:07 UT
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  <title>Fwd: IMPORTED FOREIGN INVESTORS EFFICIENCY - PHONE DISCONNECTED DESPITE TIMELY PAYMEN</title>
  <link>http://groups.google.com.pk/group/consumer-pakistan/browse_thread/thread/14cb039e5f918496/03579b700e267044?show_docid=03579b700e267044</link>
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  FYI &lt;br&gt; Moerator &lt;br&gt; ---------- Forwarded message ---------- &lt;br&gt; DESPITE TIMELY PAYMEN &lt;br&gt; To: PakistanThink Tank &amp;lt;-pakistanthink-tank@googlegro ups.com&amp;gt; &lt;br&gt; We are selling our golden egg giving national assets mostly to so &lt;br&gt; called foreign investors mostly in eye raising circumstances only to &lt;br&gt; meet our cash requirements for free Umrah trips, foreign tours, this
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  <author>
  mjahangir...@gmail.com
  (M Jahangir)
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  <pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2008 06:21:15 UT
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  <title>Fw: Straight Talk - The KESC Saga</title>
  <link>http://groups.google.com.pk/group/consumer-pakistan/browse_thread/thread/1174cf1224ea83d3/7dd7ca67729b7ef5?show_docid=7dd7ca67729b7ef5</link>
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  Straight Talk A question of good governance part 2) &lt;br&gt; Straight Talk - The KESC Saga. &lt;br&gt; Here is the update on the second episode of the KESC saga, which I had promised last week and has electrified (?) the city for the last 12 years, . &lt;br&gt; &lt;p&gt;A few days back, I received an email from a well placed friend in the KESC, who informed me that KESC would be forced to resort to 8 hours of load shedding, for two hours each, every day. This means, combined with unexpected breakdowns, etc., we will be without electricity for at least ten hours a day.
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  <author>
  tr...@helplinetrust.org
  (Helpline Trust)
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  <pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2008 16:24:23 UT
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