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KARACHI: Hubco-Baldia power link goes dead
KARACHI, May 18: The newly built Hubco-Baldia power link, having a capacity of supplying 500 megawatts from Hubco to Baldia grid station, went dead on Thursday during testing phase........ 
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KARACHI: 11-hour power cut stirs disturbances
KARACHI, May 18: People staged a sit-in and lit bonfire in Liaquatabad in protest against a prolonged power breakdown as an exposed extra high-tension line of 132 KV developed fault on...
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KARACHI: Couple runs for life to save love marriage
KARACHI, May 18: A young and lawfully wedded couple has taken refuge at the Edhi Foundation fearing the wrath of girl’s indignant father, who is opposed to their marriage....
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KARACHI: Lyari to get additional 6mgd water, says nazim: Rs805m package announced
KARACHI, May 18: Amid loud applause from Lyari Town’s councillors, City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal announced on Thursday a Rs805 million package for development of Lyari Town....
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KARACHI: Experts call for setting up more museums
KARACHI, May 18: Experts at a seminar on Thursday called for establishing separate departments of archaeology in Sindh and Balochistan, saying these two provinces were the hub of great civilizations of the world....
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KARACHI: SC rules payment of pension, dues on retirement date
KARACHI, May 18: Pension cases of government servants shall be finalized well in advance of their retirement date, the Supreme Court directed the accountant-general, Pakistan Revenue, and the provincial chief secretaries and directors-general on Thursday....
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KARACHI: Sindh PA meets today
KARACHI, May 18: The Sindh Assembly, which is scheduled to meet on Friday, is not likely to deliberate on any matter on the first day of its sixth session of the current parliamentary year....
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KARACHI: Two get life in ransom case
KARACHI, May 18: An anti-terrorism court sentenced on Thursday two men to life in jail for kidnapping a three-year-old boy for ransom....
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KARACHI: Lady doctor alleges criminal assault KARACHI, May 18: A lady doctor was allegedly raped by a man after being kidnapped from North Nazimabad on Wednesday. On Thursday, the doctor with her husband came to the North...
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KARACHI: Omar Sheikh shifted to Karachi
KARACHI, May 18: Ahmed Saeed Omar Sheikh convicted in the Daniel Pearl case was shifted to the Karachi Central Prison from the Hyderabad Jail on Thursday amid tight security....
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KARACHI: Iranian intellectuals get warm reception in city
KARACHI, May 18: Speakers at a ceremony on Thursday stressed the need for exchange of contemporary poets, writers and scholars between Iran and Pakistan for further strengthening the cultural and intellectual acquaintances of peoples of both countries....
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KARACHI: SLGC wants action against DCO
KARACHI, May 18: Advisor on local government Waseem Akhtar has directed that public complaints against local government institutions should immediately be redressed while all inquiries by the Local Government Commission be...
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KARACHI: Illegal beverages factory sealed
KARACHI, May 18: An illegal factory producing spurious cold drinks and mineral water was sealed in Malir by the town administration late on Wednesday night....
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KARACHI: Baloch leader Yusuf Naskandi dies
KARACHI, May 18: Waja Yusuf Naskandi, one of the senior Baloch Marxist leaders in Karachi, died here on Wednesday night after a protracted illness. He was 78....
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KARACHI: Lecturers seek promotion
KARACHI, May 18: The Sindh Professors and Lecturers'' Association has expressed grave concern over the delay in promotion of lecturers, demanding the government to take action against those responsible....
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KARACHI: Act on cyber crimes ready
KARACHI, May 17: The Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication has framed the ‘Cyber Crimes Act’ which will be submitted with the cabinet soon....
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KARACHI: Ibad wants Sharea Faisal free from hoardings
KARACHI, May 18: The Sindh Governor, Dr Ishratul Ibad, has called for early finalisation of rules and regulations and their implementation to make Sharea Faisal hoardings free....
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KARACHI: Canada wants Pakistan to help build Afghanistan
KARACHI, May 18: The Canadian High Commissioner in Pakistan, Mr David B. Collins, believes that the security across Pakistan-Afghanistan border is critical for lasting peace and stability in Afghanistan....
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KARACHI: Govt creating hurdles for Sunni Tehrik
KARACHI, May 18: The Sunni Tehreek said on Thursday that the provincial government was creating hurdles for the holding of a meeting at Nishtar Park, and permission has not yet been issued....
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KARACHI: Councillors disturb nazim’s briefing
KARACHI, May 18: As many as 12 council members of Lyari Town boycotted the press conference that was addressed by City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal, held at the municipal office in Chawkiwara on Thursday, in protest against inadequate seating arrangement....
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KARACHI: Mengal’s plea dismissed
KARACHI, May 18: An anti-terrorism court dismissed on Thursday an application of the defence counsel seeking transfer of a case against former Balochistan chief minister Sardar Akhter Mengal and four others to an ordinary court....
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KARACHI: Victim deposes against Imtiaz in ransom case
KARACHI, May 18: An anti-terrorism court put off on Thursday the hearing of a kidnapping for ransom case against the sacked provincial minister, Imtiaz Shaikh, and others after recording the statement of the victim....
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KARACHI: Jafria Alliance stages protest
KARACHI, May 18: The Ulema and Zakireen on Thursday under the banner of Jafferia Alliance staged a protest demonstration against on-going raids and arrest of their youth without any warrants....
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HYDERABAD: Calamity-hit status for T.M. Khan urged
HYDERABAD, May 18: The Sindh Abadgar Board has appealed to the government to include Tando Mohammad Khan among the calamity-hit districts....
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KHAIRPUR: Kidnapped villagers may have been killed: relatives
KHAIRPUR, May 18: Relatives of three people kidnapped a few days ago have expressed apprehensions that the kidnappers might have killed them....
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MIRPURKHAS: SC takes notice of children’s electrocution
MIRPURKHAS, May 18: Police on Wednesday arrested four men booked in two cases under the orders of Supreme Court which took suo motu notice of the electrocution of three children a couple of weeks ago....
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DADU: Two killed in village clash
DADU, May 18: Two people were killed and three others injured in a clash in Arzi Wahan village of the Khairpur Nathan Shah taluka on Thursday....
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DADU: Four escape from custody
DADU, May 18: Four accused escaped from police custody on Wednesday night at the RBB colony post when they were being shifted to the Jamshoro police station....
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