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KARACHI: Shooting toll rises to six as one more dies
KARACHI, June 17: Yet another victim of Thursday’s firing incident died here on Saturday, bringing the death toll to six. Mohammad Azeem, an employee of the water board and a... 
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KARACHI: QTV told to produce design of stage
KARACHI, June 17: The tribunal probing the Nishtar Park explosion asked a Quran Television (QTV) director on Saturday to produce the structural design and relevant record pertaining to the stage prepared...
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KARACHI: Artefacts shifted from Karachi illegally
KARACHI, June 17: The Department of Archaeology and Museums has illegally shifted a large number of early Mughal era artefacts from Karachi to Sher Shah Suri Museum at Rohtas Fort in Jehlum, it is learnt here reliably....
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KARACHI: Underpasses to be ready next month KARACHI, June 17: City Naib Nazim Nasreen Jalil said here on Saturday that City Government is striving for completion of all mega projects ahead of target period....
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KARACHI: 30 vehicles, 33 cellphones taken away
KARACHI, June 17: Bandits took away 33 cellphones, 20 four-wheelers and 10 motorbikes from various localities on Saturday. Police sources said 15 cellphones were snatched at gunpoint, most of them in Gulshan-i-Iqbal and Saddar....
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KARACHI: Imran calls for joint anti-govt drive ‘to save country’
KARACHI, June 17: Time has come for all people-friendly political parties to join hands together and launch a vigorous movement against the military rulers to save the country....
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KARACHI: Altaf seeks changes in 1973 constitution
KARACHI, June 17: Founder of Muttahida Qaumi Movement Altaf Hussain has demanded that either a new Constitution be drafted or fundamental changes should be made in the 1973 document....
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KARACHI: Opposition terms Sindh budget unrealistic
KARACHI, June 17: Leader of the opposition in the Sindh Assembly Nisar Ahmed Khuhro on Saturday has termed the provincial budget-2006-07 ‘unrealistic’....
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LARKANA: MMA ready to work with PPP, nationalists: Anti-govt agitation
LARKANA, June 17: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal has made an offer to the Pakistan People’s Party and nationalists to launch a joint struggle against the government....
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KARACHI: Robber shot dead near Muttahida headquarters
KARACHI, June 17: Police shot dead a suspected robber and arrested his accomplice on Saturday following a shootout near the headquarters of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement in Azizabad....
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KARACHI: Acting governor
KARACHI, June 17: Speaker Syed Muzaffar Hussain Shah on Saturday took oath as acting governor. Justice Ghulam Rabbani of the Sindh High Court administered oath to Mr Shah....
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KARACHI: 80pc deliveries take place at home, moot told
KARACHI, June 17: Speakers at a seminar on Saturday stressed the need for strengthening midwifery to reduce the complexities of childbirth at homes, particularly in rural areas....
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KARACHI: Replacement of sewerage lines in Shah Faisal begins
KARACHI, June 17: Work on improvement of sewerage system started on an emergency basis with the replacement of 30-year-old sewerage lines in all the union councils of Shah Faisal Town....
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KARACHI: Contaminated water supply
KARACHI, June 17: Sindh Chief Secretary Fazlur Rehman on Saturday took notice of contaminated water being supplied to various parts of the city, including Malir Extension, Orangi, Gulshan-i-Iqbal, Eidgah Lines, Upper...
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KARACHI: Cloudy weather
KARACHI, June 17: The meteorological department has forecast partly cloudy weather in the city for Sunday. The maximum temperature is expected to remain between 33 and 35 degrees Centigrade.—PPI...
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KARACHI: Compensation approved
KARACHI, June 17: The city council of the city district government has approved to pay compensation of Rs 0.3 million and Rs50,000 for the staff of fire brigade department of the CDGK who died or injured, respectively, during discharging their duties....
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KARACHI: Petrol pump razed
KARACHI, June 17: The KBCA on Saturday razed many illegal structures, including a petrol pump in Baldia Town. The illegal petrol pump was operating at Plot ST-01, Sector 3-B Saeedabad.—PPI...
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PESHAWAR: Call for improving Fata TB control plan
PESHAWAR, June 17: The director, health services in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata), Dr Muhammad Zubair, on Saturday asked the authorities concerned to improve the TB control programme in Fata....
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SUKKUR: Sadhu Bela temple’s boundary wall caves in
SUKKUR, June 17: The boundary wall of the 150-year-old Sadhu Bela temple, revered by Hindus as “Tirath Asthan”, collapsed on Saturday....
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KHAIRPUR: Water rotation programme
KHAIRPUR, June 17: The west irrigation division of Khairpur announced here on Saturday a tentative rotation programme for 25 minors due to the shortage of water....
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