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KARACHI: Lawyers want victims compensated
KARACHI, April 12: The legal fraternity on Saturday asked the Sindh government to immediately arrest the perpetrators of the April 9 violence and punish them according to the law and pay compensation to the victims’ families.... 
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KARACHI: Muhafiz force merger with police helpline 15 shortly
KARACHI, April 12: In an attempt to effectively fight crime and to respond to distress calls, the Muhafiz force and the police helpline ‘15’ are being merged to form a unified force within two weeks, it is learnt....
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KARACHI: APMC gets off to a tuneful start
KARACHI, April 12: Music Festival 2008, organised by the All Pakistan Music Conference, began at the Indus Valley School of Architecture on Friday evening. The programme, originally scheduled for three days...
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KARACHI: ‘Pemra bill is not a validation of PCO’
KARACHI, April 12: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Sherry Rehman has said the recently tabled Pakistan Electronic Media Authority (Amendment) Bill, introduced by her in the National Assembly on Friday,...
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LANDI KOTAL: Tribesmen burn contraband
LANDI KOTAL, April 12: Hundreds of armed Kukikhel tribesmen stormed the Wazir Dhand market on Saturday and seized huge quantity of alcohol, heroin, hashish and other contraband....
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TANK: Suspected militants’ houses demolished
TANK, April 12: Security forces demolished houses of two suspected militants in Tank district on Saturday and recovered weapons and ammunition, officials said. The house demolition operation was carried out in...
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PESHAWAR: Centre for drug addicts in crisis
PESHAWAR, April 12: The rehabilitation centre for drug addicts in the provincial capital is facing problems and is on the verge of collapse....
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HARIPUR: Wheat shortage hits Haripur
HARIPUR, April 12: Like other parts of the country, the Haripur district is also likely to be hit by a flour crisis as its godowns have exhausted wheat stocks....
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KARACHI: ATC sends notice to jail chief
KARACHI, April 12: An anti-terrorism court on Satur-day issued a show-cause notice...
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KARACHI: Three aircraft inducted into PN fleet
KARACHI, April 12: The Pakistan Navy enhanced on Saturday its airborne early warning, reconnaissance and fighting capabilities by inducting two Alouette and one Fokker aircraft into the naval aviation fleet....
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KARACHI: Check on HR violations pledged
KARACHI, April 12: Federal Minister for Law Farooq H. Naek has said that all steps would be taken to curb violations of human rights and eliminate gender-based discrimination....
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KARACHI: Illegal fees
KARACHI, April 12: Chief Secretary Fazlur Rehman has directed the education department to take appropriate steps to stop private educational institutions from demanding fees for June and July (summer vacations)....
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KARACHI: UN envoy, Ibad discuss security
KARACHI, April 12: The UN Under-Secretary-General for Safety and Security, David Veness, met Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad Khan at the Governor’s House on Saturday....
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KARACHI: PIA engineers want court order implemented
KARACHI, April 12: A group of flight engineers, who have challenged in the Sindh High Court the termination of their services by the PIA management, have accused the airline of not...
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KARACHI: Census body formed
KARACHI, April 12: The Sindh government has constituted a provincial census coordination committee to achieve credible results of the next population and housing census in October 2008....
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PESHAWAR: Pak-Afghan academic interaction stressed
PESHAWAR, April 12: Pakistani and Afghan academia stressed the need of active academic interaction and exchange of expertise in various fields of knowledge for strengthening the universities of the two countries....
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PESHAWAR: Contractual teachers want services regularised
PESHAWAR, April 12: The Contract Lecturers and Subject Specialists Association, NWFP, has urged the provincial government to regularise their services....
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PESHAWAR: Owais for establishing technical institutions
PESHAWAR, April 12: NWFP Governor Owais Ahmed Ghani has supported balance between religious and modern education, declaring both equally important for visionary and intellectual promotion of the younger generation....
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BANNU: Cutting of trees resented
BANNU, April 12: A large number of trees along the Marwat Canal are being ruthlessly cut while the officials of the department concerned are least bothered to take action in this regard....
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