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KARACHI: Altaf wants phone-call tape made public: US threat to Pakistan
KARACHI, Sept 23: Founder of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement Altaf Hussain on Saturday demanded that recording of the controversial threatening telephone call made by US government functionary after 9/11 should be... 
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KARACHI: Century-old water conduit revived
KARACHI, Sept 23: City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal on Saturday inaugurated supply of five million gallons water to Malir Town from K-III project following revival of one-and-a-half century-old conduit at Dumlotti....
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KARACHI: People brave another day of power breakdowns
KARACHI, Sept 23: Citizens endured frequent and prolonged power failures on Friday night and Saturday while hot and humid conditions prevailed in the city....
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KARACHI: Ibad orders study of environment problems
KARACHI, Sept 23: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad Khan has called for having a comprehensive study by experts about problems facing the coast and environment in the city....
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KARACHI: Completion of schemes on time stressed
KARACHI, Sept 23: Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim has called upon the government officials to ensure on time completion of the ongoing development schemes and said no slackness in this regard will be tolerated....
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KARACHI: Homage paid to Tabish Dehlavi
KARACHI, Sept 23: Friends and admirers paid homage to the late poet Syed Masoodul Hassan Tabish, known as Tabish Dehlavi, at a seminar organised on Friday night to mark the poet’s second death anniversary....
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KARACHI: KU and BU sign deal to enhance cooperation
KARACHI, Sept 23: The University of Karachi has signed a memorandum of understanding with the University of Balochistan for enhancing cooperation in different academic fields between the two institutions of higher learning....
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KARACHI: Guidance about Rozgar scheme
KARACHI, Sept 23: Sindh Chief Secretary Fazlur Rehman has directed all DCOs in the province to provide right guidance to people regarding government-sponsored Rozgar scheme and the needy one be fully helped in acquiring loans....
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KARACHI: Survey ordered on chemical dumping
KARACHI, Sept 23: Sindh Minister for labour, transport, industries and commerce Mohammad Adil Siddiqui on Saturday directed the officials of SITE Limited to constitute a record of those who were illegally...
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KARACHI: Placement list for commerce announced
KARACHI, Sept 23: The centralised admission committee of the Sindh Education department has not been able to select about 3,777 applicants who had desired admissions in the commerce faculty of various city colleges due to absence of related facilities....
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KARACHI: Opposition reacts to cabinet reshuffle
KARACHI, Sept 23: Leader of the opposition in the Sindh Assembly Nisar Ahmed Khuhro has criticised the Friday reshuffle in the provincial cabinet, saying that important ministries are given to the advisers who cannot sit in the assembly....
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KARACHI: Lateef Jafri remembered
KARACHI, Sept 23: A meeting of the Karachi Union of Journalists, Dawn unit, held here on Saturday paid tribute to the late journalist and author, Lateef Jafri, who served Dawn for almost half a century....
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PESHAWAR: Chief justice for positive criticism of judiciary
PESHAWAR, Sept 23: Supreme Court Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry has said that some organisations paint bleak picture of the judiciary while criticism, however severe, should be positive....
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PESHAWAR: Record uplift in NWFP, says minister
PESHAWAR, Sept 23: NWFP Health Minister Inayatullah Khan has said that the present government has carried out record development in a short period while the development budget has been increased from Rs8 billion to Rs26 billion during the last four years....
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PESHAWAR: Polio: donors unsatisfied with EPI results
PESHAWAR, Sept 23: Donors have expressed concern over ‘low’ immunisation coverage of seven vaccine-preventable diseases in the NWFP and Fata and said that despite the availability of huge financial resources, the health department has failed to deliver....
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PESHAWAR: USC urged to implement PM’s Ramzan package
PESHAWAR, Sept 23: Federal Minister for Political Affairs and president of the NWFP chapter of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League Amir Muqam has directed the Utility Stores Corporation to ensure strict implementation on the prime minister’s Ramzan package....
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PESHAWAR: ‘Alternative medicine to be introduced’
PESHAWAR, Sept 23: Provincial Heath Minister Inayatullah on Saturday informed a meeting about steps so far taken for introduction of alternative methods of treatment at DHQ hospitals....
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PESHAWAR: ‘Sincerity needed for national progress’
PESHAWAR, Sept 23: NWFP Additional Chief Secretary Ghulam Dastagir Akhtar has asked government servants to perform their duties with honesty, dedication, sincerity and punctuality as progress of a nation is directly linked to active performance of public servants....
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