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KARACHI: Sindh Assembly hall project not yet approved
KARACHI, June 22: The construction of the new Sindh Assembly hall is not likely to take off during the coming financial year 2008-09 as the planning and development department has not approved the project.... 
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KARACHI: PA resumes discussion on budget today
KARACHI, June 22: The Sindh Assembly, which is scheduled to meet after a two-day break on Monday, will resume the general discussion on the budget statement for the financial year 2008-09 and on the supplementary budget statement for 2007-08....
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KARACHI: Clearing agent found dead
KARACHI, June 22: A clearing agent, who went missing on Saturday morning, was found dead in the trunk of his car in Firdous Colony in the small hours of Sunday....
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THATTA: 8 protesters hurt in police action
THATTA, June 22: Eight villagers, including women and children, were injured, five critically, when police resorted to aerial firing, used batons and lobbed tear-gas shells on a crowd who were protesting...
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KOHAT: Cable service suspended in Kohat: Taliban deadline
KOHAT, June 22: The cable operators suspended service throughout the district following threats from the Taliban....
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KARACHI: ‘Rs90m CHK development project near completion’
KARACHI, June 22: Sindh Health Minister Dr Saghir Ahmed has said that the development project being executed at the Civil Hospital Karachi (CHK) at a cost of Rs90 million is in its final stage of completion....
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LARKANA: CM opens train service between Larkana, Karachi
LARKANA, June 22: Inaugurating Qalandar Express, a new train from Larkana to Karachi, Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah on Saturday night urged the Pakistan Railways authorities to introduce more such trains in Sindh to facilitate commuters....
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NAWABSHAH: Four killed in accident
NAWABSHAH, June 22: Four people were killed and 10 others injured when a speedy coach hit a truck on the National Highway near Qazi Ahmed on Sunday....
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KARACHI: Govt plans inspection of private schools to address public woes
KARACHI, June 22: Taking note of the blatant violation of the Privately Managed Educational Institutions Regulations (Amended) Act-2002 by the private schools operating in the city, the directorate of private schools,...
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KARACHI: Private sector may help control wheat crisis, say experts
KARACHI, June 22: Warning of a substantial increase in the prices of wheat in the coming few months if the government failed to check market manipulation by farmers, millers and traders,...
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KARACHI: ‘Sheedis have been hurt most by attitudes’
KARACHI: The city of Karachi is like a multi-coloured quilt, with various ethnic, linguistic and religious communities forming a patchwork that comes together in a diverse whole....
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KARACHI: Steps taken to cope with rain emergency
KARACHI, June 22: The municipal administration of Shah Faisal Town has finalised the arrangements to cope with any untoward situation during the ensuing monsoons, says a statement issued on Sunday....
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KARACHI: Plaque at Benazir’s birthplace
KARACHI, June 22: Acting Governor Nisar Ahmed Khuhro unveiled a memorial plaque at the birthplace of Benazir Bhutto on Saturday night. Ms Bhutto was born in Dr Pinto’s Nursing Home, Doli Khata, Soldier Bazaar....
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KARACHI: NBP workers on hunger strike
KARACHI, June 22: Eleven people, who served the National Bank of Pakistan for years, have demanded of the higher authorities to ensure implementation of court orders by regularising their services under the bank’s policy....
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KARACHI: Transporters seek loans
KARACHI, June 22: The Karachi Transport Action Committee and the Anjuman Ittehad-i-Bus Malikan have urged the government to extend loans to transporters for the conversion of their public transport vehicles to CNG....
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KARACHI: KESC workers’ demand
KARACHI, June 22: The executive committee of the KESC Labor Union adopted three resolutions at a meeting held under the chairmanship of its president, Usman Baloch....
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KARACHI: Amar Jalil to be honoured
KARACHI, June 22: The University of Karachi will celebrate the golden jubilee of the career of the renowned short-story writer, novelist, playwright and columnist Amar Jalil on June 29 at a programme to be held in a local hotel....
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KARACHI: Ex-minister leads jirga in city to settle land dispute
Karachi, June 22: A self-styled tribal court, popularly known as “Jirga”, was held in Karachi on Sunday to settle a dispute between two clans of Bhand community of Pir Jo Goth....
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KARACHI: Youth killed in attack
KARACHI, June 22: A 32-year-old man was shot dead and two others sustained bullet wounds in an attack at a carom club in Sohrab Goth....
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DADU: Tail-end farmers decry water shortage: Dadu Canal
DADU, June 22: Vast swaths of farm lands could not be cultivated due to unfair distribution of water to the tail-enders of Dadu Canal where a number of modules and watercourses...
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HYDERABAD: Concern raised over rising number of polio cases
HYDERABAD, June 22: The Centre for People’s Empowerment and Equality (CPEE) at a meeting of its executive committee here on Sunday expressed concern over rising number of polio cases in the...
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NAUSHAHRO FEROZE: Policemen booked on court order
NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, June 22: Two sub-inspectors of police, 15 constables and three private persons were booked under the directives of a court on Sunday....
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HYDERABAD: Cane growers seek payment of dues
HYDERABAD, June 22: The Sindh Chamber of Agriculture on Sunday appealed to the government to ask sugar mills to pay dues to growers, and end water rotation programme, which had been...
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HYDERABAD: Housing society body wants issues resolved
HYDERABAD, June 22: The office-bearers of Daman-i-Khohsar Housing Society have appealed to the authorities to come to the rescue of the people who have been allotted plots in the housing scheme and urged the government to get their problem resolved....
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HYDERABAD: Scholars’ help sought for encyclopaedia
HYDERABAD, June 22: Sindh Minister for Culture and Tourism Sassui Palijo has said that instructions have been issued for compiling a Sindhi encyclopaedia and urged Sindhi writers, scholars and intellectuals to cooperate with the provincial government in this huge project....
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PESHAWAR: Passage of package to worsen crisis: Rashid
PESHAWAR, June 22: The passage of constitutional package by National Assembly and increase in number of Supreme Court judges would plunge the country into crisis, said president of the newly-formed Awami Muslim League (AML) and former federal minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed....
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