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KARACHI: Rs8.15 billion allocated for Karachi projects
KARACHI, June 15: Out of a total allocation of Rs43 billion for 23 districts of Sindh, Karachi has a budget estimate of Rs8.15 billion for 2006-2007 as against the last revised estimate of Rs 8.7... 
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KARACHI: Uproar, walkout mar PA session
KARACHI, June 15: Noisy protest, uproar and walkout by opposition benches marred the budget session of the Sindh Assembly on Thursday....
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KARACHI: Dars fails to prove ‘conspiracy’: Nishtar Park tribunal
KARACHI, June 15: A cleric who alleged “a deep-rooted conspiracy” behind the Nishtar Park blast was unable to substantiate his allegation during a day-long cross-examination....
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KARACHI: Early shop closure rule relaxed
KARACHI, June 15: Shops and bazaars will be exempt from compulsory 8pm closure on Saturdays in view of the improved electricity supply situation....
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KARACHI: Police suspect mafias behind Niazi’s killing
KARACHI, June 15: Police investigators suspect that any of the criminal groups whose men are languishing in jail could be involved in the killing of the deputy superintendent of the Central...
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KARACHI: Opposition rejects budget
KARACHI, June 15: Leader of the opposition in the Sindh Assembly Nisar Ahmad Khuhro on Thursday rejected the provincial budget for 2006-07, saying that it amounted to selling out Sindh’s rights and interests viz-a-viz the NFC, Kalabagh Dam and other issues....
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KARACHI: Law, order situation improving: minister
KARACHI, June 15: The government has been able to improve the overall law and order situation in the province, according to Sindh’s Senior Minister Syed Sardar Ahmad....
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KARACHI: Major part of city without electricity
KARACHI, June 15: A major portion faced power outage on Thursday morning after an extra high-tension line of 132-kilovolts, carrying power from the KDA grid to Gulistan-e-Jauhar grid, snapped....
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KARACHI: Electronic media can help promote peace: Ibad
KARACHI, June 15: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad Khan said on Thursday that electronic media can play a significant role in sustaining ongoing peace process between Pakistan and India besides strengthening democracy....
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KARACHI: National blood transfusion policy urged
KARACHI, June 15: Speakers at seminar on “focus on safe blood donation” said thousands of people die every year in Pakistan due to improper means of blood donation, inexpert staff, lack of awareness and misconception in masses on donating blood....
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KARACHI: KU’s second merit list on 20th
KARACHI, June 15: The University of Karachi will issue a second admission list for its evening programmes on June 20. The Director Admissions of the varsity, Dr Saleem Shahzad, told Dawn...
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KARACHI: Towns’ plans for rain emergency
KARACHI, June 15: The administrations of different towns have started work on various plans to meet any monsoon rain emergency in the city....
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KARACHI: Indian firm offers sewage treatment technology
KARACHI, June 15: Acting City Nazim Nasreen Jalil has said that alternative sources are being explored to meet water shortage in Karachi....
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KARACHI: FCS head elected
KARACHI, June 15: One of the Fishermen Cooperative Society directors Shahnawaz Husain was elected unopposed as chairman of the Society while another director Haji Ali Mohammad as its vice-chairman on Thursday....
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KARACHI: Funds urged to improve condition of children
KARACHI, June 15: Speakers at a conference held here on Thursday demanded allocation of more funds for children so that they could be provided with better education, health and other facilities....
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KARACHI: Arbab says budget to benefit people KARACHI, June 15: Terming the new Sindh budget for the year 2006-07 as people friendly, the Chief Minister, Arbab Ghulam Rahim, said the government was working to lay a network of...
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KARACHI: Govt given two weeks for reply
KARACHI, June 15: A Sindh High Court division bench gave the ministries of interior and defence two weeks to submit a categorical statement that a detainee was neither arrested nor held in custody by any of the agencies working under them....
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KARACHI: Shop looted
KARACHI, June 15: A jewellry in Saddar was deprived of cash and ornaments worth Rs 10 million by two armed bandits on Thursday morning. Two armed men deprived a goldsmith of...
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KARACHI: Hospital
KARACHI, June 15: The Azam Basti Hospital will be upgraded to a 50-bed hospital, while construction of a drain at the Solider Bazaar will be completed in a year’s time....
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KARACHI: Warm weather
KARACHI, June 15: The Met office has forecast warm and humid weather with gusty winds in Karachi on Friday. The maximum temperature in the city is expected to range between 33 and 35°C.—PPI...
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HYDERABAD: Work begins on Rs5.3m filter plant in Matiari
HYDERABAD, June 15: Adviser to the Sindh Chief Minister for Local Bodies and Katchi Abadis Waseem Akhtar has said that the government believes in serving the downtrodden....
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HYDERABAD: Indonesian diplomat stresses need to boost trade
HYDERABAD, June 15: The Indonesian Head of Chancery Karachi, Mr Heru Budiarso, has stressed the need for increasing trade relations between Pakistan and Indonesia....
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HYDERABAD: HDA cancels NOCs of housing projects
HYDERABAD, June 15: Building control department of the Hyderabad Development Authority has cancelled the ‘no objection certificates’ issued for some housing projects....
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KHAIRPUR: Two killed in road accident
KHAIRPUR, June 15: A speeding truck hit a donkey-cart on Thursday and injured three persons on the National Highway near Gambat chowk....
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