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KARACHI: Lyari tense after PPP-MQM clash
KARACHI, June 3: Tension prevailed in most parts of Lyari on Saturday as people observed a shutterdown on the call of the local PPP supporters following overnight acrimonious exchanges between activists of PPP and MQM.... 
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LARKANA: MMA offers conditional support to ARD: Charter of democracy
LARKANA, June 3: JUI-F Senator Khalid Mehmood Soomro has said that the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal is ready to support the charter of democracy if the Alliance for Restoration of Democracy incorporates some Islamic provisions in it....
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PESHAWAR: Tesco’s monthly loss touches Rs971 million
PESHAWAR, June 3: The Tribal Areas Electricity Supply Company is in financial crisis because of non-payment of dues by the consumers....
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KARACHI: Research on rising allergy cases urged: Workshop on biotechnology
KARACHI, June 3: Speakers at a workshop stressed the need for conducting research on allergic diseases and for developing technologies to control the disease that was on the increase significantly....
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KARACHI: Three killed in separate incidents
KARACHI, June 3: Three persons, including a woman, were killed in separate incidents in different areas of the city on Saturday. Police said that Mohammad Alam, 40, was standing near the...
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KARACHI: Child, old man killed in road accidents
KARACHI, June 3: Two persons, including a child, died in road accidents on Saturday....
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KARACHI: IO told to produce accused for remand
KARACHI, June 3: The administrative judge of anti-terrorism courts in Karachi on Saturday remanding back a case of two men, arrested under extortion charges, directed the investigation officer to produce them before concerned judicial magistrate for obtaining their remand....
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KARACHI: Varsities to be assessed on basis of research: Atta
KARACHI, June 3: The Higher Education Commission is considering assessing the performance of all universities funded by it on the basis of their academic research, citation index in journals of repute,...
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KARACHI: Nursing exams
KARACHI, June 3: The University of Karachi on Saturday announced the schedule of BSc (Nursing) and MSc (Physiotherapy) 2nd Semester Examinations 2006 (July 2005 batch) for candidates of the colleges of Nursing and Physiotherapy, Liaquat National Hospital Karachi....
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KARACHI: Boards’ heads meet tomorrow
KARACHI, June 3: The Committee of Chairmen of Sindh’s educational boards will meet in Karachi on June 5 to determine the modus operandi for the 9th class annual examinations likely to commence from June 20....
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KARACHI: Notices issued on Imtiaz’s plea
KARACHI, June 3: The Sindh High Court issued notices to the advocate-general in a petition moved by former provincial minister Imtiaz Ahmed Shaikh for transfer of a kidnapping case being tried against him by an anti-terrorism court....
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KARACHI: 3 IT towers planned in major cities
KARACHI, June 3: The Minister of State for Information Technology and Telecommunication, Ishaq Khakwani, has announced that three IT towers would be established in three mega cities of the country....
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KARACHI: Lease deed signed for highrise construction
KARACHI, June 3: Sindh Chief Minister Arbab Ghulam Rahim said on Saturday that only the genuine investors would be allotted land in Karachi under a transparent policy in future....
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KARACHI: Khuhro raps Arbab for remarks
KARACHI, June 3: Pakistan People’s Party leader Nisar Ahmed Khuhro has rebutted the remarks of Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim about PPP chairperson Ms Benazir Bhutto’s return to the country, accusing him of trying to create misconceptions....
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KARACHI: MQM’s love for Lyariites strange: PPP
KARACHI, June 3: President of the Pakistan People’s Party, Sindh, Syed Qaim Ali Shah has termed ‘absurd’ the statement of Dr Farooq Sattar that the Muttahida Qaumi Movement was the ‘real heir to Bhuttoism’....
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KARACHI: Second module of teachers’ training ends
KARACHI, June 3: The second module on Education Psychology of the Staff Development Programme has been completed under the Resource Centre, University of Karachi....
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KARACHI: 161 buildings declared dangerous
KARACHI, June 3: The KBCA’s Technical Committee for Dangerous Buildings inspected various old and dilapidated buildings and declared 161 of them as dangerous....
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KARACHI: Five held
KARACHI, June 3: Five people were arrested by Mubina Town police for attempting to steal extra high-tension copper wire while three of their accomplices, happened to be policemen, escaped....
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KARACHI: Reception held
KARACHI, June 3: A reception was held in a local hotel on Saturday to celebrate the 55th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Pakistan....
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PESHAWAR: Govt, rickshaw-owners at odds over technical issues
PESHAWAR, June 3: Rickshaw-owners have rejected the city district government’s decision to replace their two-stroke engine vehicles with four-stroke ones and demanded permit for 2,000 more rickshaws in the provincial capital....
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LARKANA: NGO coalition plans fight against blood diseases
LARKANA, June 3: A group of 20 NGOs working in Larkana and Qambar-Shahdadkot districts formed a regional action network on Saturday to fight against increased cases of blood-borne diseases in the region....
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NAWABSHAH: IJT’s appeal to apex court
NAWABSHAH, June 3: The Islami Jamiat-e-Tuleba has appealed to the chief justice of the Supreme Court to take action against the government for spreading secularism in academic institutions, omitting Quranic verses...
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PESHAWAR: Incidence of measles in NWFP
PESHAWAR, June 3: Measles has resurfaced in the NWFP with a large number of children catching the disease despite having been vaccinated against it, say paediatricians....
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SUKKUR: Nadra installs 19 bill collecting machines
SUKKUR, June 3: The National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra), Sukkur Region, has installed kiosks (billing machines) at 19 of its Swift Registration Centres to facilitate people in depositing payments of their utility bills....
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HYDERABAD: Hesco facing Rs10bn deficit: chief
HYDERABAD, June 3: The Hyderabad Electric Supply Company (Hesco) is facing a Rs10-12 billion deficit on account of unauthorised extension of load by people, non-payment of electricity dues by official and private consumers and power theft....
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HYDERABAD: Poet Nisar Hussaini passes away
HYDERABAD, June 3: Noted poet and writer Nisar Hussaini (Syed Naik Mohammad Shah) died here on Friday. He was 65. Mr Hussaini had suffered a heart stroke and was taken to the Hyderabad Civil Hospital but he could not survive....
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