The 50mw plants will be situated near the Salt Range, a 100-mile coal belt that runs east to west and is midway between Lahore and Islamabad, while the 200mw plant will be in southern Punjab in Dera Ghazi Khan.

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The motorway between Islamabad and Lahore is one of his proudest achievements.

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Peerzada held special screenings in Islamabad and Lahore, inviting around 140 people from all walks of life, from rickshaw drivers to judges.

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The cities of Islamabad, Lahore, Peshawar and Rawalpindi were among those affected.

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Several thousand people turned out Friday at demonstrations in Peshawar, Islamabad, Quetta and Lahore following services at mosques on the Muslim day of prayer.

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Associated Press writers Asif Shahzad in Islamabad, Zaheer Babar in Lahore and Rasool Dawar in Peshawar contributed to this report.

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Sharif countered the challenge from Khan by pointing out how much more experience in government he has and touting key projects he completed while in office, including a highway between the capital Islamabad and his hometown of Lahore.

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The U.S. Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan, and its consulates in Lahore, Karachi and Peshawar were closed Monday to routine business, the embassy said in a statement.

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