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KARACHI: Bar wants Justice Iftikhar to be CJ till 2013
KARACHI, May 20: Any constitutional package denying Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry his right to hold the office till 2013 will be resisted by lawyers with full force, the Sindh Bar Council and the Karachi Bar Association warned on Tuesday.... 
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KARACHI: Large-scale blocking of Sims in Karachi likely
KARACHI, May 20: Telecoms authorities, preparing to block some seven million unregistered cellphone connections, have found Karachi with more than half of the total illegal cellular subscribers across the country, thanks...
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KARACHI: Govt restrained from taking action against policemen: Out-of-turn promotions
KARACHI, May 20: The Sindh High Court restrained the provincial government and police on Tuesday from taking any adverse action against the nine police officers rewarded with out-of-turn promotions for their good performance....
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KARACHI: Jail authorities fail to produce gang-rape accused in court
KARACHI, May 20: The additional district and sessions judge-IV, east, adjourned on Tuesday the hearing of a case pertaining to the gang-rape of an 18-year-old woman on the premises of Mazar-i-Quaid due to non-production of the accused in court....
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KARACHI: Camera captures killing of ASI
KARACHI, May 20: A closed-circuit television camera recorded a targeted killing of a policeman executed close to M.A Jinnah Road on Tuesday evening....
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PESHAWAR: No plan to cut nazims’ powers: Hoti
PESHAWAR, May 20: Chief Minister Amir Haider Khan Hoti has assured district nazims that the provincial government has no plan to limit their powers or abolish the local government system....
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PESHAWAR: Rockets hit houses of defence officers
PESHAWAR, May 20: Two rockets landed in the houses of two high-ranking officers of defence forces in Peshawar Cantonment here in the small hours of Tuesday....
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PESHAWAR: Security beefed up; weapons seized in Peshawar
PESHAWAR, May 20: Following rocket attacks in Peshawar and a suicide blast in Mardan, the city police beefed up security and deployed law enforcers at various sensitive areas....
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PESHAWAR: Court seeks explanation on jurisdiction of APA
PESHAWAR, May 20: The Peshawar High Court on Tuesday sought explanation from additional advocate-general Ikramullah Khan and a tehsildar of the tribal administration if the assistant political agent (APA) could detain...
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KARACHI: PQA urged to assess effect of industrial activity
KARACHI, May 20: Stakeholders at a public hearing on Tuesday said that it was high time the Port Qasim Authority (PQA) realized the threats posed to the natural and socio-economic environment...
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KARACHI: Power cuts as KESC loses Kanupp supply
KARACHI, May 20: The Karachi Nuclear Power Plant that supplies 80 megawatts to the Karachi Electric Supply Company tripped on Tuesday morning after the breakdown of Baldia-Kanupp circuit of the KESC....
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KARACHI: JPMC project opposed
KARACHI, May 20: The Pakistan Medical Association (PMA), Karachi chapter, has expressed its reservations over the resumption of the project of a 26-storeyed ‘Health Tower’ at the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JMPC)....
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KARACHI: Revised MBBS, BDS exams schedule
KARACHI, May 20: The University of Karachi on Tuesday announced the revised schedule of MBBS part-B and BDS supplementary examinations 2008....
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KARACHI: Humour in Urdu prose & poetry highlighted
KARACHI: To pay homage to the late Eqbal Ahmad at a programme, a prominent scholar from India delivered a lecture on humour in Urdu prose and poetry of pre-partition India here on Tuesday....
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KARACHI: Ailing poet needs govt assistance
KARACHI, May 20: With a walking stick resting alongside him on the bed, well-known Sindhi poet Sail Azad lies in a Jinnah hospital ward, complaining of a lack of attention by the hospital staff and insanitation all around....
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KARACHI: Zay Khay Sheen’s literary contribution discussed
KARACHI: Zahida Khatoon Sherwani was a remarkable woman about whom very few people know today. Much ahead of her times in thought and wisdom, this poetess has been brought back to...
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KARACHI: Weather
KARACHI, May 20: The Met Office has forecast warm, humid and windy weather conditions for the city on Wednesday with the maximum temperature expected to range between 33 and 35 degrees centigrade....
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KARACHI: Transfer of officials stayed to defuse nazim-minister row
KARACHI, May 20: In an attempt to defuse the tussle between Sindh Local Government Minister Agha Siraj Durrani and City Nazim Mustafa Kamal over the exercise of authority in certain institutions,...
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KARACHI: Three PR officials suspended
KARACHI, May 20: The Pakistan Railways (PR) on Tuesday suspended a senior station master and two other staff members for their negligence that led to the rolling down of an empty train rake on Monday night....
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KARACHI: Fumigation in Malir
KARACHI, May 20: A fumigation drive was launched in Malir Town here on Tuesday....
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HYDERABAD: Sindh university exams to resume on 26th
HYDERABAD, May 20: Semester examinations of the University of Sindh will resume from Monday, May 26 as per already notified schedule and the postponed papers will be conducted at the end of the examinations....
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THATTA: CM asked to remove ‘corrupt’ EDO
THATTA, May 20: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah has been asked to remove the EDO Education of Thatta district from the post because of his alleged corruption....
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HYDERABAD: Awards for reporting on women’s issues instituted
HYDERABAD, May 20: Sindh Minister for Women Development Touqeer Fatima Bhutto has announced 10 annual “Shaheed Rani Awards” for journalists for filing best reports on women’s problems and highlighting the cases of violence against women....
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HYDERABAD: Bangle industry urged to pursue innovation
HYDERABAD, May 20: Hyderabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry president Haji Mohammad Yaqoob has said that through revival of sick industry, unemployment can be controlled, adding that the sick bangle industry is being revived....
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MITHI: Health education in schools urged
MITHI, May 20: Speakers at a seminar on “Health and Cleanliness” emphasised that health education should be imparted to students at schools....
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PESHAWAR: Rs1.3m looted from bank
PESHAWAR, May 20: A group of armed men looted Rs1,328,000 from the Allied Bank, Chowk Yadgar branch, on Tuesday morning....
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