Of the school's 900 students, over 400 are financed by the Punjab Education Foundation (PEF), a statutory body under the provincial government which in turn receives aid from donors such as Britain.

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There are around 80 terrestrial TV stations, more than 175 FM radios and hundreds of press titles, operating under a wide range of ownerships - from the government, provincial political-military powers and private owners to foreign and NGO sponsors.

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Had we switched to one of the provincial statistical offices still generating reliable figures, we fear it would have come under government pressure.

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To celebrate the tenth anniversary of the 2003 Convention, Chinese National Academy of Arts (China National Center for Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage), International Training Center for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region under the Auspices of UNESCO (CRIHAP), Zhejiang Provincial Department of Culture and Hangzhou Municipal Government are planning to co-organize the West Lake Expo on Traditional Craftsmanship in the Asia-Pacific Region from 17 to 21 October 2013 in Hangzhou, China.

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If all had gone well, Mr Trimble in turn would have delivered an assurance that he would not again walk out on a power-sharing provincial government or threaten to do so the step that a year ago brought Northern Ireland back under direct rule from London.

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