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KARACHI: Imran again barred from entering Karachi
KARACHI, Feb 7: Imran Khan, cricketing hero and the chief of the Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf (PTI), was prevented from entering the city for the second time in less than five months on... 
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KARACHI: PPP request to stay Karsaz probe turned down
KARACHI, Feb 7: The inquiry into the October 18, 2007, blasts in the city will continue but the tribunal will not issue coercive processes to enforce the presence of four key...
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KARACHI: ‘Judges could be reinstated through a notification’ KARACHI, Feb 7: Former Supreme Court judge Wajihuddin Ahmed has said that a two-third majority in parliament is not necessary for the reinstatement of the judges who were deposed under the ‘unconstitutional and illegal’ Provisional Constitution Order....
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KARACHI: Fires hit three industrial zones
KARACHI, Feb 7: Three factory fires that devoured goods and property of million of rupees on Thursday kept the fire-fighters busy all day long. However, no one was injured in the incidents....
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KARACHI: MQM sets eyes on 18 NA seats from Karachi
KARACHI, Feb 7: With the country due to go to the polls on Feb 18, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) is eyeing with some confidence 18 national assembly seats out of...
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KARACHI: Police no match for motivated, well-trained militants
KARACHI, Feb 7: Instead of taking on terrorists in situations like the recent Shah Latif Town shootout, anti-terrorist commandos, an elite group of the Sindh police, perform escort duties for the president, ministers and other VIPs, it has emerged....
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HYDERABAD: 3,000 industrial units closed due to energy crisis: union leader
HYDERABAD, Feb 7: Closure of 3,000 industrial units because of acute power and gas shortage has rendered jobless tens of thousands of workers, said Pakistan Wapda Hydro Electric Central Labour Union (CBA) President Abdul Latif Nizamani....
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HYDERABAD: ANP condemns leader’s murder
HYDERABAD, Feb 7: Awami National Party leader Asmatullah Khan Mehsud has warned that if the party were to allow its workers to pick up guns, then no one will remain safe....
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KARACHI: Spring around the corner
KARACHI, Jan 7: While most parts of the country can expect to have to endure the current cold wave for some time yet, for Karachi the warmth of spring lies just...
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KARACHI: Water tankers continue to ruin roads
KARACHI, Feb 7: Several roads and streets around the Rangers-manned hydrants have been ruined due to the leaking nozzles of the tankers drawing water from these pumps and causing immense difficulties to people living in those areas....
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KARACHI: Corruption termed challenge to good governance
KARACHI, Feb 7: Good governance and the rule of law are of fundamental importance for Pakistan to develop as a nation and become part of the developed world....
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KARACHI: Art gallery’s impressive debut
KARACHI, Feb 7: Gandhara Art is an art gallery run by a Pakistani couple in Hong Kong whose mission is to showcase Pakistani artists. The duo has now set up a similar institution back home in Karachi ....
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KARACHI: Demand for recovery of ‘missing’ activists
KARACHI, Feb 7: Family members of Abdul Wahid Qamber who has been missing since March last staged a demonstration in front of the Karachi Press Club here on Thursday....
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KARACHI: Exhibition at Majmua
KARACHI, Feb 7: An exhibition of paintings by an Indian artist, Massarat Khan, opened at Majmua art gallery on Thursday. It will continue till Feb 23....
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KARACHI: Jundullah suspects remanded
KARACHI, Feb 7: Administrative Judge of the Special Anti-Terrorism Courts, Karachi, Khwaja Naveed Ahmed on Thursday remanded Qasim Toori alias Hamza, an alleged activist of the banned outfit, Jundullah, in police custody till Feb 14....
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KARACHI: Many vehicles torched in sporadic violence
KARACHI, Feb 7: Sporadic on Thursday in different parts of the city heightened tension that prevailed after the killing of Fazal Rahman Kakakhel, vice-president of the Awami National Party, on Wednesday morning near Al Asif Square on Super Highway....
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KARACHI: Poultry bylaws still await enforcement
KARACHI, Feb 7: Under the new bylaws approved to regulate poultry farming in the city, no new poultry farm can be established in residential and commercial areas of the city in...
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KARACHI: Sindh cabinet
KARACHI, Feb 7: The Sindh cabinet will meet at 3pm on Saturday in the cabinet room, Sindh Secretariat Building No.1, according to a handout issued here on Thursday....
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SHIKARPUR: NFC award should be based on income: NPP
SHIKARPUR, Feb 7: The National People’s Party’s candidate for NA-202 Dr Ibrahim Jatoi has said that he will continue to oppose controversial water projects and demand that the National Finance Commission award should be based on income and population....
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JACOBABAD: Fair polls a myth under Musharraf, says STP
JACOBABAD, Feb 7: Sindh Taraqi Pasand Party Chairman Dr Qadir Magsi said on Thursday that President Pervez Musharraf was a security risk to the country and he has failed to deliver the goods during the eight years of his reign....
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SANGHAR: Man run over by bus in Sanghar
SANGHAR, Feb 7: A man was killed and two others were injured when a stone-laden truck overturned and fell on them on M. A. Jinnah Road here on Thursday....
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LARKANA: Mumtaz arranges BB’s Chehlum
LARKANA, Feb 7: Mumtaz Ali Bhutto, the chief of the Sindh National Front, organised Quran Khawani in Mirpur Bhutto village on Thursday to observe the Chehlum of Benazir Bhutto....
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DADU: Protest against traffic police
DADU, Feb 7: A large number of people staged a demonstration outside the press club on Thursday in protest against traffic police for allowing heavy vehicles to pass through the city....
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PESHAWAR: Disqualification of PPP candidate set aside
PESHAWAR, Feb 7: The Peshawar High Court on Thursday set aside disqualification of Pakistan People’s Party candidate Niaz Mohammad and allowed him to run for the provincial assembly seat PF-10, Peshawar....
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PESHAWAR: Peshawar citizens getting unsafe water
PESHAWAR, Feb 7: More than two million population of the provincial capital of North West Frontier Province drinks contaminated water, environmental scientists at Pakistan Council for Scientific and Industrial Research reveals in a latest report....
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SWABI: One killed in accident
SWABI, Feb 7: One person was killed and nine others were injured in a road accident here on Thursday....
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KOHAT: Darra tribesmen to boycott polls
KOHAT, Feb 7: The tribal elders belonging to Darra Adamkhel have announced to boycott the upcoming general elections in protest against the indifferent attitude of the candidates during the military operation in the area....
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PESHAWAR: PPP warns against poll rigging
PESHAWAR, Feb 7: Pakistan People’s Party provincial president Rahimdad Khan said here on Thursday that government would be responsible for the consequences if Feb 18 general elections were rigged....
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SWAT: Blast destroys two shops, garage in Swat
SWAT, Feb 7: Two shops and a garage were blown up in Upper Swat’s Chuprial area on Thursday, after the bomb disposal squad failed to defuse explosives in a jeep....
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MANSEHRA: Rangers man dies in accident
MANSEHRA, Feb 7: A soldier of Pakistan Rangers was killed and nine others sustained serious injuries when a Rawalpindi-bound passenger bus fell into a deep ravine near Mara Basham here on Thursday....
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LANDI KOTAL: Two held with explosives
LANDI KOTAL, Feb 7: The Khasadar force on Thursday morning arrested two people and seized a huge quantity of explosives from their vehicle at the Enzari checkpost in Jamrud near the Afghan border....
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