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KARACHI: US ambassador meets Ibad
KARACHI, April 22: The US Ambassador in Pakistan, Ryan C, Crocker, accompanied by Consul General Marry H. Witt, met the Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad Khan at Governor’s House here on Saturday evening.... 
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KARACHI: CDGK squad spoils Earth Day event
KARACHI, April 22: While people across the globe were celebrating the 36th Earth Day, about 300 school children had to sit idle as beach-cleaning, a related event, along the Clifton shoreline...
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KARACHI: 174 graduates awarded degrees: 4th Ziauddin University convocation
KARACHI, April 22: As many as 174 graduates, including 112 MBBS graduates of two batches, were conferred degrees at the 4th convocation of the Ziauddin University held at the Bahria Auditorium on Saturday....
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KARACHI: Govt accused of sheltering culprits
KARACHI, April 22: Senior Vice-President of Jamaat-i-Islami Prof Ghafoor Ahmad on Saturday accused the government of harbouring and protecting culprits of Nishtar Park blast....
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KARACHI: Power breakdowns persist
KARACHI, April 22: The Karachi Electric Supply Corporation continued load-shedding on Saturday in various localities as it was faced with a power shortage of 150 megawatts....
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KARACHI: 2 television employees among 3 die in accidents
KARACHI, April 22: Three men, including two employees of a private television channel, died in road accidents here on Saturday. A TV channel van was hit by a water tanker (LS-2972) near Khayban-i-Shamsheer early in the morning....
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KARACHI: Signal-free roads soon: Kamal
KARACHI, April 22: Work on unique mega projects of their kind for the first time in Karachi has started whereby not only the city’s major thoroughfares would be made signal-free in...
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KARACHI: Drive against encroachments continues
KARACHI, April 22: The city government on the orders of the Sindh High Court continued drive against encroachments on 40-feet wide road at the Block 6, PECHS, on Saturday....
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KARACHI: Development work in Gulshan reviewed
KARACHI, April 22: The Nazim of Gulshan-i-Iqbal Town, Muhammad Wasey Jalil, visited different parts of the town to review the ongoing development works. He went to blocks 3, 4, 6 and 7 of UC-9 in this regard....
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KARACHI: Women trainees call on naib nazim
KARACHI, April 22: The City Naib Nazim, Nasreen Jalil, on Saturday said that presently women had a healthy representation in local bodies....
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KARACHI: Injured fireman visited
KARACHI, April 22: The EDO Health, Dr Khalid Shaikh, and Dr Abul Jabbar, on the directives of the city nazim, visited the Burns Centre of the Civil Hospital on Saturday to...
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KARACHI: Iqbal’s death anniversary
KARACHI, April 22: The death anniversary of poet and philosopher Allama Muhammad Iqbal was observed here on Friday....
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KARACHI: Phone bills
KARACHI, April 22: PTCL GM STR-III Javed Qureshi informed it customers that last date (24-4-2006) for payment of phone bills for March-2006 has been extended up to April 27....
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KARACHI: Paintings at Zenaini
KARACHI, April 22: An exhibition of paintings by Nilofar Mehrin and Samina Islam opened at Zenaini art gallery on Saturday. The show will continue till May 5....
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KARACHI: Mishandling of Aruna case slammed KARACHI, April 22: The Pakistan People’s Party on Saturday strongly condemned the Sindh administration’s handling of the case of Aruna and Moazzam, a forcibly separated couple....
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KARACHI: Installation of effluent plants stressed
KARACHI, April 22: Sindh Chief Secretary Fazalur Rehman on Saturday asked for early installation of combined effluent plants in Site and four other industrial estates of Karachi including the North Karachi, Federal B Area, Landhi and Korangi industrial estates....
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KARACHI: Hearing of case against Asif
KARACHI, April 22: Special anti-corruption judge, Central, Fahmida Qadeer, put off on Saturday hearing of the container case against Asif Ali Zardari....
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KARACHI: Course at MTRI ends
KARACHI, April 22: A week-long training course on “Fundamentals of municipal engineering” concluded here on Saturday at the Municipal Training and Research Institute (MTRI), Clifton, Karachi....
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HYDERABAD: Sindh’s water share under ’91 accord demanded
HYDERABAD, April 22: Responding to the statement of the Sindh irrigation minister that farmers should cultivate their crops keeping in view the availability of water, the president of the Sindh Abadgar...
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SANGHAR: — shortage due to natural causes: Arbab
SANGHAR, April 22: Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim said on Saturday the nagging problem of water shortage in the province was due to natural causes and it would be resolved the moment snow started melting in the mountains....
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KHAIRPUR: PPP pledges struggle against anti-Sindh projects
KHAIRPUR, April 22: Sindh People’s Party Parliamentarians president Syed Qaim Ali Shah has said that the PPP will continue its struggle against construction of the greater Thal canal and the Kalabagh dam....
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THATTA: Fishermen march for rights
THATTA, April 22: About 400 fishermen, including women and children, took out a procession against the contract system and proposed auction of various wetlands of Sindh....
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SUKKUR: Recovery of power dues reviewed
SUKKUR April 22: Wapda dues should be cleared on the basis of actual power consumption and in accordance with sanctioned load of electricity connections....
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PESHAWAR: Woman recovered from brothers’ custody
PESHAWAR, April 22: A famous Pushto singer, Ms Shabnum, was handed over to her husband by a local court after she was recovered from illegal confinement of her brothers....
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PESHAWAR: ‘Pre-marriage test vital to check thalassaemia’
PESHAWAR, April 22: Pakistan has an estimated 250,000 thalasaemia major patients but the disease could be controlled through pre-marriage tests, doctors say....
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PESHAWAR: Hoti likely to join ANP
PESHAWAR, April 22: Chief of the Pakistan People’s Party (Hoti) Khwaja Mohammad Khan has said that he will decide about joining the Awami National Party after meeting ANP chief Asfandyar Wali Khan....
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PESHAWAR: WHO urges vigorous anti-polio campaign
PESHAWAR, April 22: The World Health Organisation has urged healthcare professionals to speed up the anti-polio campaign in refugees camps to eradicate the crippling ailment....
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PESHAWAR: Qissakhwani martyrs to be remembered
PESHAWAR, April 22: The Gandhara Hindko Board is holding a conference here on Sunday to pay tribute to those who laid down their lives at Qissakhwani Bazaar on April 23, 1930, in the struggle for freedom....
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