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KARACHI: PA session prorogued amid chaotic scenes
KARACHI, May 3: The requisitioned session of the Sindh Assembly which had resumed on Wednesday after a four-day break was prorogued amid pandemonium and uproar.... 
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KARACHI: No billboards on Sharea Faisal, says governor
KARACHI, May 3: A meeting held at the Governor’s House on Wednesday under the chairmanship of Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad decided to make Sharea Faisal billboard-free by June 30 this year....
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KARACHI: K-III system starts functioning
KARACHI, May 3: Karachiites on Wednesday started getting 44mgd additional water from River Indus with the functioning of K-III system....
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KARACHI: KESC fails to maintain supply in most areas
KARACHI, May 3: Several parts of the city on Wednesday experienced an acute water shortage in the current hot and sultry weather owing to frequent power failures occurring at local pumping stations....
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KARACHI: Work on 267 projects in full swing, says Kamal
KARACHI, May 3: City Nazim Mustafa Kamal has said that work is going on 267 development projects costing Rs11 billion and some of them were in the completion stage....
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KARACHI: Pagara again advises Musharraf to lead PML
KARACHI, May 3: Chief of the Pakistan Muslim League-Functional Pir Pagara has repeated his call for the unification of all PML factions in accordance with the party’s constitution....
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KARACHI: PA prorogued to cover up shortcomings: Khuhro
KARACHI, May 3: The joint opposition in the Sindh Assembly on Wednesday accused the government of being indifferent to the problems of Sindh, and avoiding a discussion on the Nishtar Park...
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PESHAWAR: ANP criticises MMA’s move
PESHAWAR, May 3: The Awami National Party on Wednesday termed just an ‘eyewash’ the Jamaat-i-Islami’s move to expel two lawmakers for violating party discipline in the Senate elections....
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KARACHI: Govt told to submit remarks in detention case
KARACHI, May 3: A division bench of the Sindh High Court asked the defence ministry and Corp-V of the Pakistan Army on Wednesday to submit their comments on a petition alleging...
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KARACHI: City govt’s employee shot dead
KARACHI, May 3: An employee of the city government was shot dead by unknown persons in Malir on Wednesday. Police said Syed Azfar, 55, was operating a water tanker meant for...
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KARACHI: Media urged to expose rulers’ ‘exploitative policies’
KARACHI, May 3: Increasing poverty in Pakistan is a direct outcome of the exploitative policies of rulers, and media should further raise its voice to expose them, said speakers at a seminar here on Wednesday....
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KARACHI: Laws to streamline working of electronic media urged
KARACHI, May 3: Former Senator Javed Jabbar here on Wednesday called for framing laws to further streamline the working of electronic media....
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KARACHI: Sindh govt not to pay disputed power bills
KARACHI, May 3: The Sindh government on Wednesday decided not to pay electricity dues regarding un-metered billing. This decision was made at a meeting with the Chief Secretary, Fazalur Rehman, in the chair....
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KARACHI: Reduction in grants for varsities criticized
KARACHI, May 3: The Federation of All Pakistan Universities Academic Staff Associations (FAPUASA) has strongly condemned the reduction in grants of three public universities of Sindh by the Higher Education Commission...
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KARACHI: Women’s role in nation building discussed
KARACHI, May 3: Sindh Local Government Adviser Waseem Akhtar has said that inclusion of women in the government as councillors is our first step towards involving women in nation building activities....
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KARACHI: 200 cattle colonies planned in Sindh
KARACHI, May 3: The Sindh Adviser on Livestock and Fisheries, Fakir Mohammed Jadam Mangrio, has announced a plan envisaging the construction of cattle colonies on 200 acres of land each in 14 districts and three towns of Sindh....
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KARACHI: Qatar CG meets Nasreen
KARACHI, May 3: Naib Nazim Nasreen Jalil has said that the city government is pursuing the policy of extending all possible support to foreign investment and as a result investment is registering growth....
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KARACHI: Paintings show at Chawkandi
KARACHI, May 3: An exhibition of paintings by Mahmudul Haq from Bangladesh opens at the Chawkandi Art gallery at 5.30pm on Thursday. The exhibition will continue till May 11....
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KARACHI: — at Alliance Francaise
KARACHI, May 3: An exhibition of paintings by Zainab Taj opens at the Alliance Francaise art gallery at 6pm on Thursday....
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KARACHI: Anti-govt drive in a few months: Qazi
KARACHI, May 3: The President of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal, Qazi Hussain Ahmed, on Wednesday said the alliance was planning a countrywide protest campaign within the next two to three months against the government''s anti-people and anti-Islam policies....
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KARACHI: Opposition not sincere, claim ministers
KARACHI, May 3: Soon after the Sindh Assembly session was prorogued amid pandemonium on Wednesday, several provincial ministers accused the opposition of not being sincere to the people of Sindh and resolving their problems....
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KARACHI: Senior MLO beaten up at JPMC
KARACHI, May 3: A senior medico-legal officer was beaten up allegedly by the additional police surgeon at the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre on Wednesday....
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KARACHI: AJK minister demands fair probe into April 11 blast
KARACHI, May 3: The Nishtar Park tragedy is a conspiracy against Islam and the failure of the provincial government, says the Chairman of the Supreme Council of Markazi Jamaat Ahle Sunnat...
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KARACHI: Narcotics worth Rs300m seized
KARACHI, May 3: Rangers seized 49 kgs of heroin, nine kgs of opium and 237 bottles of liquor, valued in the international market at Rs300 million, in a raid on a den in Landhi area on Tuesday night....
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HYDERABAD: Seminar calls for press freedom
HYDERABAD, May 3: Leaders of political parties, elected representatives and journalists at a seminar held here on Wednesday called for freeing the press because functioning of democracy is directly linked to an independent press....
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HYDERABAD: Six doctors, paramedics suspended
HYDERABAD, May 3: District Nazim Kanwar Naveed Jamil on Wednesday suspended six doctors and paramedics for dereliction of duty and issued written warnings to four others of action if they fail to fulfil requirements of their job....
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KHAIRPUR: Jashn to spread Latif’s message
KHAIRPUR, May 3: Muttahida Qaumi Movement’s parliamentary leader in the National Assembly, Dr Farooq Sattar, has said that Jashn-i-Latif is being celebrated in Khairpur to spread Shah Latif’s message of brotherhood....
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PESHAWAR: PPP blames govt for price hike
PESHAWAR, May 3: The PPP Parliamentarians has held the federal government responsible for the unprecedented increase in prices of items of daily use, sugar shortage and lawlessness....
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PESHAWAR: Police urged to form liaison bodies
PESHAWAR, May 3: The city police chief has asked all police stations in the provincial capital to form peace committees in their respective areas, says an official statement issued here on Wednesday....
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PESHAWAR: Concern over denial of women’s rights
PESHAWAR, May 3: Speakers at a workshop held here on Wednesday expressed concern over the situation in Dir district where women councillors were denied permission to attend local body meetings by...
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