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KARACHI: Karsaz tribunal rejects PPP plea for halt to proceedings
KARACHI, Jan 26: The Karsaz inquiry tribunal rejected on Saturday the PPP’s demand to stop further proceedings and summoning witnesses as the party has no trust in the tribunal.... 
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KARACHI: Police high-up said to be behind Orangi drugs racket
KARACHI, Jan 26: Police are still clueless about the audacious escape of a head constable, who fled hours after his arrest from inside a police station in a raid conducted by...
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KARACHI: PPP leader acquitted in murder case
KARACHI, Jan 26: The additional district and sessions judge, South, Irfan Hussain Siddiqi, on Saturday acquitted Dr Zulfiqar Ali Mirza of the Pakistan People’s Party in the murder case of former chairman of the Pakistan Steel Mills Sajjad Hussain....
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KARACHI: ANP activist shot dead in Nazimabad
KARACHI, Jan 26: A local leader of the Awami National Party was gunned down in Nazimabad on Saturday....
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KARACHI: Non-bailable arrest warrant out for PPP worker
KARACHI, Jan 26: The tribunal has issued a non-bailable warrant for the arrest of a PPP worker, Abdul Ghani Baloch, who was driving the float carrying PPP chairperson Benazir Bhutto upon her homecoming on Oct 18....
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KARACHI: Transfers of senior Sindh officers revoked: EC
KARACHI, Jan 26: The Sindh government has revoked transfers of senior officials on the directive of the chief election commissioner, Justice (retd) Qazi Mohammad Farooq....
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KARACHI: City Council pays tribute to Benazir Bhutto
KARACHI, Jan 26: Members of the City Council on Saturday paid tribute to the slain PPP leader Benazir Bhutto’s untiring struggle for the cause of democracy in the country....
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KARACHI: Weather
KARACHI, Jan 26: The Met Office has forecast fair/partly cloudy weather with cool night for the city on Sunday. The minimum temperature is expected to range between 6°C and 8°C....
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KARACHI: Hearing in case against Mengal put off
KARACHI, Jan 26: An anti-terrorism court on Saturday adjourned the hearing in a kidnap case of two army personnel against the former chief minister of Balochistan, Akhtar Mengal....
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PESHAWAR: Missile bang sparks panic in Peshawar
PESHAWAR, Jan 26: Some unidentified persons on Friday night fired rocket from an unknown location which landed on a road in Phase-6 of the posh Hayatabad locality of the provincial capital creating panic, however, no causality was reported....
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HARIPUR: 20 labourers sacked for seeking raise in salaries
HARIPUR, Jan 26: Twenty labourers working in a soapstone grinding mills were terminated when they demanded raise in their salaries here on Saturday....
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PESHAWAR: Speakers oppose use of force in Asia
PESHAWAR, Jan 26: Speakers at a seminar here on Saturday opposed the use of force by the various governments, their surrogate outfits in the form of religious militias and tribal warlords operating in different parts of the South Asian states....
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TIMERGARA: Importance of casting vote stressed
TIMERGARA, Jan 26: Speakers at a workshop on Saturday urged the people to cast their votes according to their free will and without any pressure....
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MARDAN: Mardan bar holds elections
MARDAN, Jan 26: An alliance of the Malgari Wakeelan and the People’s Lawyers Forum defeated the Democratic Alliance in the annual election of the Mardan District Bar Association here on Saturday....
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LAKKI MARWAT: Protest against Abduction of teachers
LAKKI MARWAT, Jan 26: The Sarhad College Teachers Association (SCTA) Bannu Division on Saturday held a demonstration in the district headquarters complex Tajazai to protest the abduction of two lecturers....
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MARDAN: Two killed in Mardan
MARDAN, Jan 26: A boy and a girl were killed on Saturday in two different incidents here....
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