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KARACHI: SHC bar rejects draft of 18th amendment
KARACHI, June 4: The Sindh High Court Bar Association dismissed on Wednesday the proposed 18th amendment to the Constitution ‘as a measure calculated to maintain the status quo and delay the reinstatement of the deposed judges’.... 
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KARACHI: Pandemonium mars city council session
KARACHI, June 4: The City Council proceedings on Wednesday were marred by noisy protests and disorder as both the treasury and opposition benches traded accusations over a resolution passed on Monday,...
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KARACHI: Reshuffle in city govt continues
KARACHI, June 4: The Sindh government has posted back Iftikhar Ali Kaimkhani as the Executive District Officer (EDO) of the master plan group of offices in the city district government of Karachi by withdrawing an earlier transfer order....
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KARACHI: Order in PSM land case set aside
KARACHI, June 4: A Sindh High Court division bench set aside on Wednesday a single judge’s order for payment of interest to the owners of the land acquired for the Pakistan Steel Mills on the compensation paid to them....
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KARACHI: Consumers attack KESC offices
KARACHI, June 4: As hundreds of thousands of KESC consumers experienced yet another sleepless night due to massive power outages caused by a sudden closure of two generating units of the...
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KARACHI: ‘Patience, not arrogance, was Imam Khomeini’s message’
KARACHI, June 4: To observe the 19th death anniversary of Ayatollah Ruhollah Musawi Khomeini, the Iranian Cultural Centre in Karachi – Khana-i-Farhang – organized a conference on Tuesday night to pay tribute to the leader of 1979’s Islamic revolution in Iran....
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HYDERABAD: Jirgas pose challenge to writ of govt: WAF
HYDERABAD, June 4: The Women Action Forum (WAF) has said that jirgas pose a serious challenge to the writ of state and supremacy of judiciary, and termed the practice a rejection of the supremacy of constitutional institutions....
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HYDERABAD: Traders seek extension in shop closure time
HYDERABAD, June 4: The Hyder-abad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (HCCI) and a number of other trade organisations have demanded that the federal and provincial governments should extend the timing of closure of shopping centres and business houses to 10.30pm...
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PESHAWAR: Locals to be hired to get desired results in Fata: Foreign-funded health projects
PESHAWAR, June 4: Health authorities changed strategy for the implementation of the donor-driven projects in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas to achieve maximum results, sources said....
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KARACHI: Seven people shot dead in different areas
KARACHI, June 4: Seven people, including a doctor and an ex-army man, were killed in different parts of the city on Wednesday, police and hospital sources said....
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KARACHI: Asia Finance Conferences Series-IV from 17th
KARACHI, June 4: A two-day event featuring an exhibition and a conference titled “Asia Finance Conferences Series IV — Banking and Financial Technology Expo” begins on June 17 at the Pearl Continental, says a press statement....
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KARACHI: Dr Fehmida appointed SLA chairperson
KARACHI, June 4: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah has appointed Dr Fehmida Hussain as the first woman chairperson of the Sindh Language Authority....
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KARACHI: Judgment in KPT land scam case deferred
KARACHI, June 4: An accountability court on Wednesday deferred till June 6 its judgment on an acquittal plea moved by the private parties nominated as accused along with some government officials in a land misappropriation case....
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KARACHI: Paintings exhibition
KARACHI, June 4: An exhibition of paintings titled “A Moment of Silence” by Zarmeene Shah opened on Wednesday at Zenaini art gallery. The show will remain open till June 11, daily from 10:30am to 8pm (except Sunday)....
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KARACHI: KBCA warning
KARACHI, June 4: The Karachi Building Control Authority has asked occupants of all those structures which have been declared “dangerous” to vacate the same before the onset of the monsoon....
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KARACHI: Manifestations of change
KARACHI, June 4: India’s transition from a highly centralized, planned economy fuelled by the ideals of Nehruvian socialism to becoming a poster child for free market capitalism has made it into one of the fastest growing economies of the world....
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KARACHI: Rain likely
KARACHI, June 4: The Met Office has forecast partly cloudy/cloudy weather with chances of a light rain/drizzle in the metropolis on Thursday. The maximum temperature is expected to range between 34°C and 36°C.—APP...
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SHIKARPUR: Canal breach
SHIKARPUR, June 4: A 50-feet breach developed in Rato canal at RD-6 in the Garhi Yasin area on Tuesday....
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NAUSHAHRO FEROZE: Police arrest relatives on failure to trace couple
NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, June 4: The Daur police of Nawabshah district raided two houses in Kandiaro, Naushahro Feroze district for recovery of a newly-married couple and arrested three relatives, on Tuesday....
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THATTA: People take to the streets for water
THATTA, June 4: Scores of people took to streets and blocked the National Highway here on Wednesday to protest against acute shortage of drinking water....
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JACOBABAD: Policeman dies in car crash
JACOBABAD, June 4: A police head constable was killed and two other officials were injured when their car overturned near Dodapur on Wednesday....
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SUKKUR: Ultimatum issued to Hesco
SUKKUR, June 4: More than 35 trade bodies of the district issued an ultimatum to the Hyderabad Electricity Supply Company that they would hold massive protests if the power utility did not end unannounced loadshedding within a week....
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NAWABSHAH: Prisons planned
NAWABSHAH, June 4: Advi-ser to Sindh chief minister on prisons Gul Mohammad Jakh-rani has said that jail manual will be amended and two new jails will be constructed in the province....
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PESHAWAR: Citizens’ body to open schools in NWFP
PESHAWAR, June 4: The Citizens Foundation (TCF) on Wednesday launched its Peshawar chapter to impart standard education to children of the under-privileged and downtrodden segment of the society....
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TIMERGARA: 104 to lose jobs as govt winds up Dir project
TIMERGARA, June 4: The NWFP government has directed for winding up the multi-million foreign-funded Dir Area Support Project before its completion, an official said....
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MARDAN: Two kidnapped persons released, three arrested
MARDAN, June 4: Police claimed to have arrested three kidnappers and released two kidnapped persons from their captivity in Shergarh area of the district....
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PESHAWAR: PHC stays recruitment in water project
PESHAWAR, June 4: The Peshawar High Court on Wednesday stayed recruitments in an important project for conservation of water over a writ petition filed by some agriculture engineers challenging the qualification for the key posts....
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PESHAWAR: Two killed, five injured in Peshawar
PESHAWAR, June 4: Two people were killed and five others injured in three incidents in different parts of the city on Wednesday....
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