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KARACHI: KWSB raises water tariff by nine per cent
KARACHI, June 23: The Karachi Water and Sewerage Board has increased the water and sewerage tariff by nine per cent for all categories of its consumers, except for those residing in flats, with effect from July 1.... 
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KARACHI: PA sees lively exchanges as budget session continues
KARACHI, June 23: The general discussion on the budget statement for the year 2008-09 and supplementary budget for the year 20007-08 in the Sindh Assembly continued on Monday when the house reassembled after a two-day break....
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KARACHI: Indian dies in Landhi jail
KARACHI, June 23: An Indian fisherman was electrocuted in the Landhi jail on Monday morning, jail authorities said....
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KARACHI: Murder accused granted bail
KARACHI, June 23: Justice Rana M. Shamim of the Sindh High Court on Monday allowed bail to a murder accused in the sum of Rs200,000 and a personal bond in the like amount....
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KARACHI: Govt trying to roll back LG system: Jam Madad
KARACHI, June 23: Leader of the Opposition in the Sindh Assembly Jam Madad Ali has said that the Pakistan People’s Party-led coalition government is looking for an excuse to undo the local government system....
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KARACHI: Committee to amend bylaws formed after heated debate: City council session
KARACHI, June 23: The City Council on Monday constituted a seven-member committee to amend the conduct of meetings bylaws 2002, which was approved through Resolution 136 in October 21, 2002....
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KARACHI: ‘29,035 schools in Sindh without power’
KARACHI, June 23: Sindh Education Minister Pir Mazhar-ul Haq has disclosed that 29,035 schools in the province are still functioning without electricity though Rs2.3 billion were allocated to district governments in...
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LANDI KOTAL: Lashkar apologises for kidnapping Christians
LANDI KOTAL, June 23: The Bara-based militant organisation Lashkar-i-Islam has apologised for kidnapping of Christians from Peshawar on Saturday....
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PESHAWAR: Police high-ups ‘avoiding action’ against militants
PESHAWAR, June 23: Following a kidnapping incident of 16 members of Christian community from Peshawar on June 21, Capital City Police Officer Attaullah Wazir and SSP Operations Syed Imtaiz Shah were...
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MANSEHRA: Women to vote for first time in Battagram
MANSEHRA, June 23: Female voters would exercise their right to vote for the first time in the urban areas of Battagram district in the June 26 by-election on PF-59 seat....
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KARACHI: Cleanliness drive to justify new tax planned
KARACHI, June 23: In its bid to persuade the city’s inhabitants to happily accept the newly levied “public utility charges” and pay them regularly, the City District Government Karachi (CDGK) has...
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KARACHI: Sewage samples to be tested to detect polio viruses
KARACHI, June 23: As a part of the ongoing polio virus control and environmental surveillance activities, the Sindh health department is considering a proposal to test sewage specimens to be collected from various parts of Karachi and others parts of Sindh....
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KARACHI: A case of varying trajectories
KARACHI: It very seldom occurs that you sit for an hour-and-a-half with a similar posture in the same uncomfortable position only to realise that your legs have been cramped until after...
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KARACHI: No clue yet to culprits of Gulshan robbery
KARACHI, June 23: Police have failed to make any headway in tracking down the gang which committed a robbery in the house of a senior journalist, Mehmood Sham, on Sunday....
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KARACHI: BSc results
KARACHI, June 23: The University of Karachi on Monday announced the results of BSc (Pass) annual examinations 2007. A total of 2,491 candidates appeared in the examination and 676 of them were declared pass.—PPI...
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KARACHI: ‘Lawyers ready to court arrest’
KARACHI, June 23: Representatives of bar associations and civil society have criticised the government for delaying the restoration of the independent judiciary and demanded that the deposed judges be reinstated immediately....
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KARACHI: Customs officer gets bail
KARACHI, June 23: Customs officer Khalid Pervez was granted interim bail before arrest by the Sindh High Court on Monday....
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HYDERABAD: Shortage of water at tail-end of canals slated
HYDERABAD, June 23: The recently-formed Sindh Tail Abadgar Welfare Board on Monday blamed ‘an unholy alliance of big feudal lords and irrigation officials’ for the perennial shortage of water at the...
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NAWABSHAH: Angry villagers beat driver to death
NAWABSHAH, June 23: Angry villagers beat a 22-year-old man to death and seriously injured his friend after their car hit a rickshaw on the Airport Road near Juma Bhangwar village here on Monday....
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HYDERABAD: Illegal allotment of land being probed: adviser
HYDERABAD, June 23: An investigation has been initiated into illegal allotment of thousands of acres to feudal lords, capitalist, and favourite people by the previous government with its proof to be...
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MIRPURKHAS: Surgery for cleft lip
MIRPURKHAS, June 23: Surgeons performed 40 operations for cleft lip and pelt free of cost at a medical camp organised in Mohammad Medical College and hospital from June 19 to 22....
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NAWABSHAH: ACJ transfers judge after prisoners’ complaints
NAWABSHAH, June 23: The acting chief justice of the Sindh High Court Justice Azizullah A. Memon on Monday transferred the second additional sessions judge of Nawabshah to Jacobabad over prisoners’ complaints...
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NAUSHAHRO FEROZE: Parents fear forcible marriage of minor girl
NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, June 23: Apprehending forcible marriage of their 11-year old daughter by one Taj Mohammad in collusion with the police, Mohammad Hanif Solangi and Hasina, father and mother respectively...
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MITHI: Cases against PPP workers withdrawn
MITHI, June 23: The Sindh government has decided to withdraw 23 cases of arson and rioting registered against Pakistan People’s Party activists in Tharparkar district after the assassination of Benazir Bhutto....
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PESHAWAR: Minister submits reply to election petition
PESHAWAR, June 23: The provincial minister for prisons, Mian Nisar Gul, on Monday filed a reply to the petition challenging his election as MPA....
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PESHAWAR: Legislature asked to enact budget related laws
PESHAWAR, June 23: Former speaker of NWFP Assembly Abdul Akbar Khan has proposed to the provincial legislature to enact a law for the provincial public accounts and budget related matters as...
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PESHAWAR: Lawyers file reply in contempt case
PESHAWAR, June 23: Five senior advocates including cabinet members of Peshawar High Court Bar Association submitted their replies to the contempt of court notices issued to them by the high court’s administration....
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PESHAWAR: Rot sets in for Swat fish farmers
PESHAWAR, June 23: Apart from other people associated with different trades and professions, the fish farmers of the tourist resort of Madyan in Swat valley have been hit hard by the...
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LAHORE: Constable shot dead on resistance
LAHORE, June 23: Two alleged robbers gunned down a police constable in Factory Area when he was on his way home after performance of duty on Monday....
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LAHORE: PU students protest fee rise
LAHORE, June 23: A number of students of the Punjab University on Monday staged a protest demonstration, which was organised by the Islami Jamiat Tulaba (IJT) against students’ expulsion, increase in fees and suspension of university bus service....
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