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KARACHI: Bird flu outbreak confirmed at third Karachi farm
KARACHI, Feb 23: As test results confirmed the presence of the dreaded Avian Influenza (AI) virus in a Malir farm on Saturday evening — the third outbreak in Karachi since Jan... 
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KARACHI: WSF moot called off as delegates denied visas
KARACHI, Feb 23: The caretaker government has refused visas to renowned Palestinian leader Leila Khaled and 16 other foreign delegates who had been invited by the Pakistan Organising Committee of the...
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KARACHI: Karsaz tribunal told damaged vehicles had no bullet marks
KARACHI, Feb 23: An inquiry tribunal investigating the Oct 18 Karsaz blasts was told on Saturday that no bullet mark was found during the forensic examination of seven vehicles, including former...
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KARACHI: Stamps show shines at All About Lifestyles
KARACHI, Feb 23: An array of rare, historical and remarkably well-preserved stamps and other postal paraphernalia was on display at the Pakistan Stamps Show, 2008, part of the latest All About...
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KARACHI: Lawyers’ caravan leaves for Hyderabad
KARACHI, Feb 23: A large number of the city’s lawyers along with the deposed judges of the Sindh High Court left for Hyderabad from the Sindh High Court building on Saturday...
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KARACHI: CDGK to use solar energy
KARACHI, Feb 23: In a bid to explore alternative sources of energy under the public-private initiative, the city government has decided to use solar energy for spot lights installed in parks and on the streets etc....
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KARACHI: Weather
KARACHI, Feb 23: The Met Office has forecast dry weather for the city on Sunday with the minimum temperature expected to range between 15 and 17 degrees centigrade....
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KARACHI: Murder suspects remanded
KARACHI, Feb 23: The civil judge and judicial magistrate-X, South, Asif Ahmed, on Saturday, remanded two accused for their alleged involvement in the murder of renowned artist Abdul Mohammad Ismail Gulgee,...
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PESHAWAR: Appointment of RCOs causes resentment in official circles
PESHAWAR, Feb 23: Appointment of regional coordination officers (RCOs) with sweeping powers has created resentment in official circles of the Frontier government, it is learnt....
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PESHAWAR: Reshuffle in bureaucracy
PESHAWAR, Feb 23: The NWFP caretaker government has ordered reshuffling of senior officers of different cadres with immediate effect....
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MANSEHRA: Seven MCHFs donated to health department
MANSEHRA, Feb 23: The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Saturday handed over seven prefabricated Mother and Child Health Facilities (MCHF) to the district health department....
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LANDI KOTAL: No clue to missing envoy after lapse of two weeks
LANDI KOTAL, Feb 23: Authorities in Khyber Agency have failed to find any clue to the whereabouts of missing Ambassador Tariq Azizuddin despite a lapse of two weeks....
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Uplift projects win votes for PML-Q in Chitral
THE Lowari rail tunnel and a number of other projects launched on the directives of President Pervez Musharraf in Chitral won votes for the Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) in the February 18 elections....
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HARIPUR: Akhtar denies hand in killing of rival’s kin
HARIPUR, Feb 23: Former provincial minister and MPA-elect from PF-51, Haripur-III, Akhtar Nawaz Khan has denied involvement in the killing of the uncle of Tehsil Nazim Iftikhar Ahmed Khan, saying that...
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SWABI: Swabi bar elects new office-bearers
SWABI, Feb 23: Elections for the general bodies of the People’s Lawyers Forum (PLF) and the Swabi Bar Association (SBA) were held here on Saturday....
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SWABI: Clerk booked for alleged rigging
SWABI, Feb 23: An FIR has been registered against a clerk who allegedly double stamped ballot papers polled in favour of the Awami National Party (ANP) candidate at the government high school Utla polling station on the elections day....
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KOHAT: Man, son killed in clash
KOHAT, Feb 23: A man and his son were killed and three others injured in an armed clash between two groups in the district’s Sherkot area on Saturday, hospital sources said....
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