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KARACHI: Three arrested for lynching co-worker
KARACHI, April 16: Police have arrested three co-workers of Jagdeesh, who was beaten to death for allegedly making blasphemous remarks about Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him).... 
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KARACHI: Bill to amend controversial SPSC law adopted
KARACHI, April 16: The Sindh Assembly, in its first regular session, adopted the Sindh Public Service Commission (Amendment) Bill 2008 with a majority after a brief discussion....
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KARACHI: Boy killed in Lyari shootout
KARACHI, April 16: Tension and panic gripped parts of mafia-infested Lyari on Wednesday after rival gangsters exchanged heavy gunfire that left a seven-year-old boy dead and another child wounded, witnesses and police said....
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KARACHI: SSGC plea for tariff hike opposed
KARACHI, April 16: The Sui Southern Gas Company’s request to the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) for a tariff increase was strongly opposed by representatives of the industry, especially by...
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KARACHI: Brecht finds echoes in Karachi
KARACHI, April 16: The third (final) year students of the National Academy of Performing Arts (Napa) put up an outstanding performance of ‘Insaaf ka daira’ at the Karachi Arts Council auditorium here on Wednesday....
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KARACHI: Karachiites Continue to suffer loadshedding
KARACHI, April 16: Load-shedding by the Karachi Electric Supply Company continued on Wednesday at least thrice a day as the Bin Qasim power plant’s unit number three could not be reactivated on Tuesday....
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KARACHI: ‘Welfare package’ for police announced
KARACHI, April 16: Sindh Home Minister Dr Zulfikar Mirza announced on Wednesday a welfare package for the provincial police that included a raise in basic salaries and an enhanced reward money...
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KARACHI: Mehar denies forming forward bloc
KARACHI, April 16: Ghous Bux Mehar, a central leader of the Pakistan Muslim...
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KARACHI: Artist Maqsood Ali passes away
KARACHI, April 16: Well-known artist Maqsood Ali died of a heart attack on Wednesday morning. He was 72....
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KARACHI: Govt given two weeks to file comments: ‘Illegal’ appointments
KARACHI, April 16: The Sindh High Court on Wednesday allowed the provincial government two weeks to file comments on a petition alleging large-scale appointments in violation of merit, particularly in the...
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KARACHI: Mengal’s indictment deferred till May 6
KARACHI, April 16: An anti-terrorism court on Wednesday deferred the indictment of the former chief minister of Balochistan, Sardar Akhtar Mengal, till May 6 since he was under medical treatment at a hospital....
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KARACHI: Judgment in kidnap case reserved
KARACHI, April 16: An anti-terrorism court on Wednesday recorded final arguments from both sides in a case of kidnap for ransom of a 13-year-old boy....
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KARACHI: Amir’s appeal
KARACHI, April 16: An appellate bench of the Sindh High Court comprising Justice Qaiser Iqbal and Justice Syed Mahmood Alam Rizvi on Wednesday adjourned the hearing of an appeal filed by the chief of Muhajir Quami Movement-Haqiqi till April 18....
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HYDERABAD: Protests halt work at Sindhi Adabi Board
HYDERABAD, April 16: Routine work at the Sindhi Adabi Board Jamshoro has come to a grinding halt as the board employees are busy staging demonstrations and hunger strikes against and in...
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BADIN: Many looted by cheats in Badin
BADIN, April 16: The town is in grip of swindlers, soothsayers and cheaters who have cheated many innocent people. Their main target is mostly women....
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KHAIRPUR: Teacher, student shot dead
KHAIRPUR, April 16: A primary schoolteacher and a matriculation student were killed on Wednesday in two separate firing incidents over old enmity....
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MIRPURKHAS: Workers’ dismissal condemned
MIRPURKHAS, April 16: Scores of sacked employees of Mirpurkhas Sugar Mills staged a rally here on Tuesday in protest against the large-scale forced dismissals of workers by the mills management....
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PESHAWAR: Protest against rise in flour prices
PESHAWAR, April 16: The people of various localities on Wednesday staged protest demonstration against increase in flour (atta) prices....
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PESHAWAR: Seven houses damaged due to digging
PESHAWAR, April 16: The digging being carried out for construction of a multi-storey plaza at Ramdas bazaar caused damages to several residential quarters here on Wednesday....
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PESHAWAR: Terrorism leaves tourism in tatters: NWFP needs $40m as compensation
PESHAWAR, April 16: The Sarhad Tourism Corporation (STC) has asked the NWFP government to claim $40 million from the federal government as compensation for financial losses suffered by the province’s tourism...
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PESHAWAR: 125 killed in three months in Peshawar
PESHAWAR, April 16: Incidents of crime reported in the first three and a half months this year shows a rise in crime rate in the city as compared to the corresponding periods in 2006 and 2007....
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