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KARACHI: Rs2.4bn light rail project being revived: CM
KARACHI, June 17: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah has said that the existing $800million ADB-funded mega city project will be redesigned and improved with the inclusion of mass transit schemes such as a light rail, costing Rs2.4... 
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KARACHI: Long journey to freedom
KARACHI: In the case of Jammu and Kashmir, propaganda and twisted versions of history have led to a general perception that the Kashmiri peoples’ desire for freedom and their demand for...
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KARACHI: ATC judges, prosecutors being replaced
KARACHI, June 17: The Sindh government is learnt to have decided to replace the judges of the anti-terrorist courts in the province....
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KARACHI: Power outages still haunting citizens
KARACHI, June 17: Citizens braved prolonged power load-shedding, coupled with frequent breakdowns, on Tuesday as the Karachi Electric Supply Corporation failed to meet the overall power demand despite the restoration of...
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KARACHI: Groom’s father acquitted in couple murder case
KARACHI, June 17: The additional district and sessions judge-V, Central, Tasneem Sultana, on Tuesday acquitted the father of the deceased groom in the double murder case of a newly-wed couple since both parties jointly filed a compromise application in the court....
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KARACHI: Private school told to refund excess fee
KARACHI, June 17: A three-member team comprising officials of the private schools directorate, formed by Sindh Education Minister Pir Mazhar-ul-Haq to check irregularities allegedly being committed in private schools, has issued...
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KARACHI: Probe ordered against seven CHK doctors
KARACHI, June 17: The Sindh Minister for Health, Dr Sagheer Ahmed, has ordered a departmental probe against seven doctors of the Civil Hospital Karachi accused of negligence....
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KU declares results of BSc exams
KARACHI, June 17: The examinations department of the University of Karachi on Tuesday announced the results of BSc (Medical Technology) part-II annual examinations 2007....
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KARACHI: Exhibition
KARACHI, June 17: The sixth Emerging Talent Exhibition, a display of selected thesis works by the graduating class of all the leading art institutions, colleges and fine arts departments of the leading universities of the country, opens at the V.M....
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KARACHI: Encroachments removed
KARACHI, June 17: The nazim of Site Town, Izharuddin Ahmed Khan, on Tuesday said that all the hurdles in the execution of uplift projects would soon be removed and the operation against encroachments would continue at all cost....
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KARACHI: Weather
KARACHI, June 17: The Met Office has forecast cloudy weather for the city on Wednesday with the maximum temperature expected to range between 34 and 36 degrees centigrade....
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KARACHI: Hearing in Karsaz FIR case put off
KARACHI, June 17: Justice Qamaruddin Bohra of the Sindh High Court adjourned on Tuesday the hearing of a provincial government plea against registration of a second FIR lodged by the late...
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KARACHI: KWSB in a fix over resources
KARACHI, June 17: Financial managers of the Karachi Water and Sewerage Board (KWSB) are in a fix over the preparation of its budget for the financial year 2008-09 as the utility’s...
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KARACHI: Foreign experts due to assess anti-polio steps
KARACHI, June 17: Alarmed by the recent reports of laboratory-confirmed polio-virus cases in Sindh, some highly designated international experts on polio eradication are rushing to Karachi to review the long prevailing supplementary immunisation activities and find out the loopholes....
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KARACHI: Robber killed
KARACHI, June 17: A suspected robber was killed on Tuesday during a bungled house robbery in Mohammed Ali Housing Society, witnesses and police said....
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KARACHI: Constable among four shot dead in city
KARACHI, June 17: Four people, including a constable, were shot dead on Tuesday in different parts of the city....
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HYDERABAD: High arsenic levels in underground water causing skin diseases
HYDERABAD, June 17: A joint team of scientists of the Sindh University and doctors of the Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences on Tuesday detected skin diseases among four villagers...
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HYDERABAD: Dist govt plans free treatment of patients
HYDERABAD, June 17: The district government has chalked out a plan of providing free medical treatment to patients suffering from hepatitis, diabetes, breast cancer and kidney dialysis, said District Nazim Kanwar Naveed Jamil....
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HYDERABAD: Oil firms urged to provide facilities to people
HYDERABAD, June 17: The Hyderabad district council on Tuesday called on oil exploration companies to ensure expenditure of one per cent of their revenue on provision of basic facilities of education, health and transport to the people of their areas....
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HYDERABAD: Veterinary aid centres set up
HYDERABAD, June 17: The Directorate of Animal Husbandry had established a fieldwork emergency cell and 212 veterinary aid centres across the province to meet any possible eventuality during rains and floods...
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MIRPURKHAS: Steps to stop leakage of question papers
MIRPURKHAS, June 17: The Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education BISE Mirpurkhas has taken steps to stop leakage of question papers during annual examinations of the Higher Secondary Certificate after reports...
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HYDERABAD: Cadet college proposed
HYDERABAD, June 17: A scheme has been submitted to the government for setting up a cadet college in New Saeedabad to provide quality education to rural youth, said Sindh Minister for Inter-provincial Coordination, Makhdoom Jamiluzzaman....
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HYDERABAD: Bio diesel plant to energise village
HYDERABAD, June 17: Government efforts to explore new vistas of alternative energy and overcome energy crisis has been further strengthened with a bio-diesel project launched by the Alternative Energy Development Board (AEDB)....
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MANSEHRA: Book exhibition opens
MANSEHRA, June 17: A book exhibition was launched at the Hazara University’s garden campus here on Tuesday, which was inaugurated by Prof Dr Ihsan Ali, vice-chancellor of the varsity....
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HAIRPUR: Water level rises in Tarbela dam
HAIRPUR, June 17: Water level in Tarbela reservoir has increased by about 45 feet during the last six days augmenting the power generation capacity of country''s biggest hydel power generation unit....
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KOHAT: Women warned to wear burqa in Kohat
KOHAT, June 17: The local Taliban on Tuesday pasted leaflets at the mosques in Bilitang town, which is 22 kms east of the Kohat city, warning women and school going girls...
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PESHAWAR: Court seeks govt reply in zakat bodies’ case
PESHAWAR, June 17: The Peshawar High Court on Tuesday sought comments from the provincial government in a writ petition challenging the dissolution of zakat committees and councils in five districts....
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PESHAWAR: Flood-hit people to be compensated: minister
PESHAWAR, June 17: Chief Minister Ameer Haider Khan Hoti on Tuesday expressed grief and sorrow over the damages and loss of lives due to floods triggered by heavy rains in different parts of the province....
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PESHAWAR: ANP urges reactivation of peace jirga: Tension between Pakistan, Afghanistan
PESHAWAR, June 17: Awami National Party (ANP) has asked Pakistan and Afghanistan to exercise patience and immediately start dialogue to resolve issues through peaceful means....
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GHALANAI: Hujra of murder accused set on fire
GHALANAI, June 17: A tribal lashkar (group) on Tuesday set the hujra (guesthouse) of an accused on fire for allegedly killing an Afghan national in Yakaghund, Mohmand region....
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