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KARACHI: Retired judge questions bar on practice
KARACHI, Dec 16: The Sindh High Court has issued a notice to the attorney-general in a plea raised by one of its retired judges that he is not disqualified by the Constitution to appear before it as counsel.... 
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KARACHI: Calligraphy for fund raising
KARACHI, Dec 16: A fund raising auction of Islamic calligraphy by renowned artist Dr Ahmed Moustafa, for rebuilding earthquake zones, has been organised by the National Commission for Human Development in Pearl Continental hotel this evening....
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KARACHI: 396 awarded degrees at IoBM
KARACHI, Dec 16: As many as 396 graduates were conferred masters’ and honours’ degrees of business administration and computer science at the ninth convocation of the Institute of Business Management (IoBM) on Saturday....
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KARACHI: Asif to undergo surgery: lawyer
KARACHI, Dec 16: The District and Sessions Judge, East, Nisar Mohammed Shaikh, condoned on Saturday the absence of Asif Ali Zardari during the hearing of the Justice Nizam case on the application of the defence counsel....
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KARACHI: PPP not to take ‘solo flight’ to power corridors
KARACHI, Dec 16: Chief of the Pakistan People’s Party-Parliamentarians Makhdoom Amin Fahim has said that his party would not take ‘solo flight’ for coming into power and if any proposal in...
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KARACHI: Drive against illegal blood banks in the offing
KARACHI, Dec 16: The Sindh Blood Transfusion Authority (SBTA) has reactivated six monitoring teams to launch a vigorous campaign against unauthorised blood banks in the province to ensure safe blood supplies, well-placed officials told Dawn....
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KARACHI: Herbal drug kills man, wife and mother-in-law
KARACHI, Dec 16: A man, his pregnant wife and mother-in-law died after consuming homemade herbal medicine in Landhi, late on Friday night....
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KARACHI: 69 deprived of vehicles, phones
KARACHI, Dec 16: Sixty nine people were deprived of their cars, motorbikes or cellphones in various localities on Saturday....
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KARACHI: Governor approves several bills
KARACHI, Dec 16: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad Khan has given approval to an amendment to the Sindh Government Rules of Business 1986 whereby College Education Management has been declared an attached department....
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KARACHI: Last day of Karafilm Festival
KARACHI, Dec 16: Today (Sunday) is the last day of festival screenings and theatres are expected to be packed. There will be two collections of shorts at the PIIA including “A Pakistani Love Story” and “Explosions”....
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KARACHI: Shop gutted
KARACHI, Dec 16: Two men suffered burns in an explosion that rocked a money changer outlet and ignited flames which engulfed the entire shop here on Saturday at Guru Mandir intersection....
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KARACHI: Two more JWP leaders released
KARACHI, Dec 16: Two more leaders of Jamhoori Watan Party were released by security agencies, party sources confirmed on Saturday....
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KARACHI: Weather
KARACHI, Dec 16: The Met office has forecast fair weather with cool night on Sunday in Karachi with the minimum temperature expected to range between 14 and 16 degrees Centigrade.—PPI...
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KARACHI: MQM, ANP to jointly foil ‘conspiracy’ KARACHI, Dec 16: Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain in a telephonic conversation with the Awami National Party leader, Haji Ghulam Ahmed Bilour, has said anti-peace elements were conspiring to disturb...
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KARACHI: KU new exam dates
KARACHI, Dec 16: The examinations department of the University of Karachi on Saturday announced the date for the postponed papers of BCom, BSc and MSc, which were scheduled to be held on December 15....
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KARACHI: Offal disposal
KARACHI, Dec 16: City Nazim Mustafa Kamal on Saturday asked all towns to devise strategy for quick disposal of offal during Eid and identify dumping sites in their areas.—Staff Reporter...
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PESHAWAR: Pakistan to get Asia’s second biggest shake table
PESHAWAR, Dec 16: The Earthquake Engineering Centre (EEC) of the University of Engineering and Technology (UET), NWFP, will soon have Asia’s second biggest shake table, with Japan having the biggest....
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PESHAWAR: Development projects to be completed soon: Akram
PESHAWAR, Dec 16: NWFP Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani on Saturday said that his government had always been trying to solve the problems of people on priority....
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PESHAWAR: Tetanus kills 25,000 infants: expert
PESHAWAR, Dec 16: Saarc Medical Association president Dr Umar Ayub has said that an estimated 25,000 infants die of tetanus every year in Pakistan out of about 350,000 neonatal deaths in the world....
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PESHAWAR: Punjab’s opposition holds up consensus: Eids, Ramazan with S. Arabia
PESHAWAR, Dec 16: Provincial Minister for Religious Affairs Maulana Amanullah Haqqani on Saturday said that three smaller provinces had agreed to celebrate Eids and Ramazan with Saudi Arabia, however due to...
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HYDERABAD: MUET students to get financial aid
HYDERABAD, Dec 16: The Mehran University of Engineering and Technology (MUET) has set up a Students Financial Aid Office (SFAO) to help financially-constrained students study in top public or private institutes by extending them scholarships and grants....
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HYDERABAD: Safe water being supplied: govt
HYDERABAD, Dec 16: The district government has claimed that city residents are being supplied safe drinking water according to World Health Organization standards....
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HYDERABAD: Entry test for law college on 21st
HYDERABAD, Dec 16: The principal of the Government Sindh Law College announced on Saturday that students of LLB Part-I who had submitted their admission forms with reference numbers starting from 201...
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HANGU: Government employees freed
HANGU, Dec 16: Police on Saturday claimed to have recovered the four employees of the Works and Services Department, kidnapped from Mamo Town, west of Hangu, on Thursday....
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