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KARACHI: Relatives of May 12 victims blame MQM for violence
KARACHI, May 9: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) was behind the May 12, 2007 violence in the city, says a report quoting the family members of the victims.... 
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KARACHI: Banks told to formulate loan recovery policy
KARACHI, May 9: The Sindh High Court asked commercial banks on Friday to formulate a loan recovery policy under the guidance of the State Bank of Pakistan and in accordance with...
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KARACHI: Protest held Against water shortage
KARACHI, May 9: Residents of Liaquatabad staged a violent demonstration near Teen Hatti on Friday in protest against the suspension of water supply to their households....
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KARACHI: Sindh minister reaffirms control over KWSB
KARACHI, May 9: The Sindh minister for local government, Agha Siraj Durrani, has said that the Karachi Building Control Authority (KBCA) is no longer a part of the city government and it will continue functioning as an independent body....
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KARACHI: Qaim for prompt steps to rid Lyari of gangs
KARACHI, May 9: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah has said that the government is committed to maintaining law and order as it is a must for the country’s social and economic development....
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KARACHI: Hearing in Asif’s plea adjourned
KARACHI, May 9: Justice Bin Yamin Khan of the Sindh High Court adjourned till May 13 criminal revision applications moved on behalf of Pakistan People’s Party leader Asif Ali Zardari, former...
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NEW YORK: Kamal seeks resources to solve city’s problems
NEW YORK, May 9: City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal has said that if given adequate resources he would be able to solve city’s problems relating to security, water, power and land-grabbing mafia....
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KARACHI: US envoy meets MQM leaders
KARACHI, May 9: US Ambassador to Pakistan Anne W. Patterson met the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leadership at the Khurshid Memorial Hall here on Friday, and expressed her government’s resolve to interact and consult with all democratic forces in Pakistan....
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MIRPURKHAS: Arbab will be held accountable, says minister MIRPURKHAS, May 9: Former Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim who has gone abroad with the help of his ‘masters’ will be made accountable for the misdeeds, said Minister for Law and Parliamentary Affairs Ayaz Soomro....
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HYDERABAD: Hesco drive against govt departments
HYDERABAD, May 9: The Hyderabad Electric Company has launched an operation for recovery of massive dues against government and semi-government organisations and disconnected power supply of 230 major defaulters, including the...
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HYDERABAD: MBBS results announced
HYDERABAD, May 9: The controller of examinations, Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences Jamshoro, here on Friday announced results of second professional MBBS annual examinations, 2008, of LUMHS, Chandika Medical...
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PESHAWAR: PHC grants bail to eight persons in Hudood case
PESHAWAR, May 9: The Peshawar High Court on Friday granted bail to a person who married a girl against wishes of her family and seven of his family members charged under the Hudood law....
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PESHAWAR: Money-changers threaten to go on strike: Arrest of highwaymen demanded
PESHAWAR, May 9: Money-changers have warned to go on strike from Monday if the people involved in the Motorway robbery on Tuesday night, near the Swabi interchange, are not arrested in three days....
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KARACHI: Education facilities for 20,000 working children planned
KARACHI, May 9: Speakers at a programme on Friday stressed that steps be taken to eliminate child labour from the province and arrangements be made to educate children so that as grown-ups they could lead the country to prosperity....
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KARACHI: Lyari tense after killing of Muttahida activist
KARACHI, May 9: Tension gripped parts of Lyari following the killing of an activist of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement late Thursday night....
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KARACHI: Verdict reserved in girl’s murder case
KARACHI, May 9: An anti-terrorism court on Friday reserved its verdict till May 13 after hearing final arguments from both sides in a case pertaining to the kidnap, rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl....
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KARACHI: Pirated books seized
KARACHI, May 9: The Federal Investigation Agency conducted a raid at a godown of books and arrested its owner on charges of piracy under the Copyrights Ordinance....
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KARACHI: SSC practical forms
KARACHI, May 9: The Board of Secondary Education Karachi on Friday announced that the forms of SSC part-I and II, Science and General groups (regular) practical examinations-2008 could be submitted from...
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KARACHI: Measures for jail reforms pledged
KARACHI, May 9: Sindh Home Minister Dr Zulfiqar Ali Mirza has pledged revolutionary steps to bring about jail reforms to increase the security environment in prisons and upgrade facilities for inmates....
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KARACHI: Accountability court convicts KPT clerk in fraud case
KARACHI, May 9: The Accountability Court-IV, Karachi, on Friday convicted Mohammad Akhtar Qureshi, an employee of the Karachi Port Trust, after he was found guilty of misappropriating over Rs5.4...
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KARACHI: Exhibition
KARACHI, May 9: An exhibition of paintings by Lal Mohammad Pathan opens at the art gallery of Alliance Francaise on Saturday at 6pm....
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KHAIRPUR: Teams to check sale of farm inputs
KHAIRPUR, May 9: Following the Sindh chief minister’s directives, the district agriculture department has constituted special teams to check the sale of substandard fertilisers, pesticides and seeds....
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Nawabshah sizzles as canal closed
NAWABSHAH, May 9: Residents of Nawabshah city are experiencing hardship in sizzling summer due to shortage of water after closure of Gajrah Canal under water rotation programme....
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MIRPURKHAS: Plucking mango costs life
MIRPURKHAS, May 9: It has been told that the youth who had jumped into a sewage pond to escape from the wreath of a mob running after him but couldn’t swim and drowned, had just plucked a mango from a tree....
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LARKANA: PMA condemns doctor’s killing
LARKANA, May 9: Protesting the murder of Dr Dharmo Das, a medical officer working in the radiology department of Chandka Medical College Hospital (CMCH), the Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) Larkana chapter,...
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LAKKI MARWAT: Govt employees form new body
LAKKI MARWAT, May 9: Government employees have set up a coordination council to launch a joint struggle for solution of their problems....
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SWABI: Third hike in fares leads to scuffles in Swabi
SWABI, May 9: Transporters have started charging increased fares for the third time in a month, resulting in exchange of words and, at times, scuffles between passengers and conductors in buses plying on different routes here, local people said on Friday....
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PESHAWAR: NWFP’s first burn unit to open in two weeks
PESHAWAR, May 9: A 16-bed burn unit established with financial assistance of a UK-based NGO, Bridging Frontiers, in the Lady Reading Hospital will start functioning in a fortnight....
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