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KARACHI: KESC system down as mercury goes up
KARACHI, March 1: With summer fast approaching, widespread and prolonged power outages hit the city from Friday night due to the overnight collapse of the Karachi Electric Supply Corporation’s generation and distribution system.... 
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KARACHI: Special courts for women in the works: CJ
KARACHI, March 1: Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar on Saturday said that separate courts and prisons for women would be set up, along with similar facilities for juveniles, across the country....
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PESHAWAR: NWFP lawyers to continue boycott till 13th
PESHAWAR, Mar 1: The NWFP Bar Council and all bar associations in the province decided on Saturday to continue boycott of superior courts till March 13....
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MARDAN: Hoti for talks with militants
MARDAN, March 1: Awami National Party nominee for chief minister slot Amir Haider Khan Hoti has said the most serious issue facing the province, particularly the tribal region, is militancy, which will be resolved through dialogue....
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LAKKI MARWAT: Special team to probe Lakki bomb attack
LAKKI MARWAT, March 1: The government constituted a special team to investigate Friday’s bomb attack wherein DSP Javed Iqbal and three constables were killed, official sources said on Saturday....
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KARACHI: Tribunal reissues summons against PPP men
KARACHI, March 1: The Karsaz inquiry tribunal again issued on Saturday a warrant for the arrest of the driver of the float that carried former prime minister Benazir Bhutto upon her...
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KARACHI: Victim’s body exhumed in Orangi
KARACHI, March 1: A special medical board of the Sindh police exhumed the body of a man on Saturday for post-mortem in Orangi Town, where he was buried after being killed...
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KARACHI: PPP activist tortured to death in Korangi
KARACHI, March 1: A teenaged supporter of the Pakistan People’s Party was found tortured to death on Saturday in Korangi, police and party sources said....
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KARACHI: Baloch nationalists skeptical about govt’s intentions
KARACHI: Government leaders in Quetta have sounded an optimistic note about a negotiated settlement of Balochistan problems. They have even hinted at initiating dialogue with militant groups....
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KARACHI: Two KU buildings inaugurated
KARACHI, March 1: The Sindh governor, Dr Ishratul Ibad, on Saturday inaugurated the newly-constructed buildings of the National Centre for Proteomics and the Department of Food Science and Technology, University of Karachi....
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KARACHI: Rs21.5 million uplift works in Malir approved
KARACHI, March 1: The Malir Town Council on Saturday approved Rs21.5 million for the continuation of various uplift projects in the town and also renewed the contract of a legal adviser....
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KARACHI: ‘Pakistan at war against itself’
KARACHI, March 1: Terrorism and terrorists have been produced in Pakistan as a result of the state’s origin in communal politics, Cold War geo-strategic interests and the inequalities inherent within the state structure and policies....
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KARACHI: Woman acquitted in four children’s murder case
KARACHI, March 1: The additional district and sessions judge, Malir, Khawaja Nazar Ahmed, on Saturday acquitted a woman who had killed her children as her husband has pardoned her....
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PESHAWAR: Nadra to set up civil registration system
PESHAWAR, March 1: The National Database Registration Authority (Nadra) would set up civil registration management system to compile computerised data and issue certificates of birth, death, marriage and divorce in the NWFP....
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PESHAWAR: Peshawar security beefed up
PESHAWAR, March 1: Keeping in view the frequent bomb explosions in different parts of the province the capital city police on Saturday carried out body search of suspected persons and also checked the pillion riders....
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PESHAWAR: University student injured in clash PESHAWAR, March 1: Two groups of students at the Peshawar University on Saturday clashed over the arrangement of a party, which resulted in injury to at least one student, police and eye-witnesses said....
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HARIPUR: Over 600 cases of labour law violation filed
HARIPUR, March 1: Over 600 cases of violation of labour laws were filed with the labour judge of Haripur against entrepreneurs of the Hattar Industrial Estate during the last three months....
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HARIPUR: Ex-Q leader likely to join ANP today
HARIPUR, March 1: MPA-elect from Haripur and former provincial vice president of PML-Q Qazi Mohammad Asad is likely to announce joining Awami National Party at a meeting scheduled to be held on Sunday....
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