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KARACHI: Mastermind’s surrender unveils a trail of death
KARACHI, May 21: Mohammed Wajahat Khan, the mastermind behind a string of murders in Karachi including those at Rimpa Plaza’s Idara-i-Aman-o-Insaf, who is also the man behind the Tehrik-i-Islami Lashkar-i-Muhammadi, is... 
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KARACHI: Constitutional package may prove disastrous, warns Wajih
KARACHI, May 21: Former Supreme Court judge Wajihuddin Ahmed has warned that the constitutional package being prepared by the Pakistan Peoples Party-led coalition will have disastrous consequences for the democratic character...
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KARACHI: Nazim submits to Sindh minister’s authority
KARACHI, May 21: A power struggle between the Sindh local government minister and the Karachi Nazim was finally resolved on Wednesday after the latter conceded to the authority of the minister and announced that he would accept his decisions....
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HYDERABAD: MQM comes down on Hesco for ‘creating water, power mess’
HYDERABAD, May 21: The crisis brewing up due to unprecedented load-shedding and water shortage obligated the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) office-bearers, MNAs, MPAs, and Hesco officials to devise formula for overcoming the magnifying problem....
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PESHAWAR: PHC wants two detained Tajik youths in court
PESHAWAR, May 21: The Peshawar High Court on Wednesday issued production orders of two Tajik boys who had allegedly been in illegal detention for the last seven months....
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PESHAWAR: Owais for using Fata coal for power generation PESHAWAR, May 21: The coal reserves in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas could be used for thermal power generation, NWFP Governor Owais Ahmed Ghani said here on Wednesday during a presentation on coal prospects in Fata....
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PESHAWAR: Work on historical sites in Swat resumes
PESHAWAR, May 21: The archaeologists of federal government resumed work on restoration of archaeological sites in violence-hit Swat district after a gap of almost eight months, officials said....
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KARACHI: Parties in couple’s murder case seek compromise
KARACHI, May 21: The additional district and sessions judge, Central, Tasneem Sultana, on Wednesday adjourned till May 31 the hearing of a case pertaining to the murder of a newly wed...
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KARACHI: Experts suggest changes to education policy
KARACHI, May 21: The draft of the federal government’s new national education policy came under close scrutiny by educationists at a roundtable discussion here on Wednesday, with speakers suggesting that though...
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KARACHI: Bank warned against harassing ‘defaulter’
KARACHI, May 21: A division bench of the Sindh High Court consisting of Justices Yasmin Abbasy and Rana Mohammad Shamim warned a commercial bank against harassment of an alleged defaulter and...
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KARACHI: Unregulated quarrying poses a threat to biodiversity
KARACHI, May 21: Hamidullah, Abul Waheed and Ashraf, along with 10 others, do not know that the World Biodiversity Day is being observed on Thursday. They remain busy taking out huge...
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KARACHI: Three immolation suspects remanded in police custody
KARACHI, May 21: The civil judge and judicial magistrate-V, South, on Wednesday remanded three suspects in police custody till June 2 for their alleged involvement in the death of three bandits in Eidgah area....
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KARACHI: Weather
KARACHI, May 21: The Met Office has forecast partly cloudy/ windy weather for Karachi on Thursday with maximum temperature expected to range between 33ºC and 35ºC....
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KARACHI: 1,000 SSGC men not reinstated despite SC orders
KARACHI, May 21: Despite orders of the Supreme Court, the management of the Sui Southern Gas Company has not reinstated over 1,000 employees of the company, most of whom were employed...
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KARACHI: Fishermen start hunger strike
KARACHI, May 21: A group of fishermen representing their respective community settlements in different parts of the city started a three-day token hunger strike in front of the Karachi Press Club...
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KARACHI: Over 270 caught cheating in exams
KARACHI, May 21: As many as 272 candidates were found indulging in unfair means in the ongoing Higher Secondary Certificate Part-I and II (Class XI and XII) Science, Commerce and Home Economics group annual examinations-2008....
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KARACHI: Health dept to supervise anti-polio campaign
KARACHI, May 21: The Sindh health department will field its own team of senior officials to monitor the special anti-polio vaccinations to be administered to children in various districts of Sindh...
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KARACHI: Call to rid water board of financial woes
KARACHI, May 21: The newly appointed managing-director of the Karachi Water and Sewerage Board, Suleman Chandio, on Wednesday asked KWSB officials to help increase the board’s revenue and steer it out of the current financial crisis....
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KARACHI: ‘Terrorism is political blowback’
KARACHI, May 21: Arguing that the number of radicalised European Muslims was quite small, scholar Dr Yunas Samad said that primarily discrimination and lack of opportunities were pushing some young European...
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MIRPURKHAS: Body for mango fair constituted
MIRPURKHAS, May 21: The Sindh Agriculture Department constituted a Managing Committee for 43rd National Annual Mango and Summer Fruit Festival Mirpurkhas here on Wednesday....
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HYDERABAD: Committee to probe anomalies in education dept: nazim
HYDERABAD, May 21: Jamshoro District Nazim Malik Asad Sikandar said that between 2004 and 2005 illegal promotions, postings and transfers were made at massive scale while favouritism was the order of the day....
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SUKKUR: Eye camps
SUKKUR, May 21: Al-Shifa Trust Eye Hospital has chalked out a schedule of free eye camps from May 22 to June 9....
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HYDERABAD: MPA wants changes in exam system
HYDERABAD, May 21: People’s Party MPA Humera Alwani has said that keeping in view the prevailing conditions in the educational examination system, it is imperative to bring in drastic change in the examination system....
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HYDERABAD: Rape victim maltreated outside court
HYDERABAD, May 21: Relatives of a scheduled caste woman on Wednesday maltreated her on court premises when she came out of a courtroom after pursuing her criminal assault case against her father-in-law and others....
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PESHAWAR: Appointment of BISE secretary raises eyebrows PESHAWAR, May 21: In sheer violation of the decision taken by the disciplinary committee of Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE) which disqualified him permanently for any such post, the...
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PESHAWAR: ‘Islam in America’ show opens
PESHAWAR, May 21: US Consulate Principal Officer Lynne Tracy opened a five-day photo exhibition depicting facets of Islam in America at the Sahibzada Abdul Qayyum Museum of the University of Peshawar....
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MANSEHRA: PPP candidate elected Mansehra naib nazim
MANSEHRA, May 21: Amid pandemonium and protest over delay of polling, a candidate supported by the Pakistan People’s Party was elected the district naib nazim here on Wednesday....
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PESHAWAR: Runaway child reunited with family in Afghanistan
PESHAWAR, May 21: A seven-year-old boy, who had run away from a local seminary, was reunited with his family in Afghanistan with the efforts of the Society for the Protection of the Rights of the Child (Sparc)....
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KHAR: Security forces’ movement scares Bajaur people
KHAR, May 21: Unusual movement of security forces in parts of the Bajaur Agency forced bazaars and markets closed for three hours on Wednesday, with local people fearing a military operation in the troubled region....
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PESHAWAR: Poet donates books to UoP
PESHAWAR, May 21: Renowned researcher, writer and poet Professor Khatir Ghaznavi has donated his private library, containing thousands of books, to University of Peshawar (UoP)....
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