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KARACHI: Sindh govt kept in the dark: Rangers’ withdrawal from Mazar
KARACHI, June 27: The Rangers’ withdrawal from the Mazar-i-Quaid, hardly a week after their deputation in line with the revised security plan, came as a surprise to the provincial authorities as they had no information about this unilateral move.... 
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KARACHI: City council opposes administrative changes in water board
KARACHI, June 27: Treasury members in the city council in its Friday session criticised the Sindh government over the recent administrative changes in the Karachi Water and Sewerage Board....
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KARACHI: Smooth sailing for govt as budget approved
KARACHI, June 27: With the approval of all 59 demands for grants amounting to over Rs246 billion in respect of different heads, the Sindh Assembly on Friday passed the budget for 2008-09....
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KARACHI: Over Rs15bn KWSB budget approved
KARACHI, June 27: An over Rs15.7174 billion balanced budget for the Karachi Water and Sewerage Board (KWSB) was approved by its governing body on Friday. Sindh Minister for Local Government Agha...
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KARACHI: KU hit hard by cut in HEC funds
KARACHI, June 27: The federal finance ministry’s recent decision to stop the release of the Higher Education Commission’s (HEC) fourth quarterly instalment of development and recurring grant of over Rs8 billion...
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KARACHI: Sindh govt to take over public transport affairs from CDGK
KARACHI, June 27: Criticising the attitude and performance of the City District Government Karachi (CDGK), Sindh Minister for Transport Akhtar Hussain Jadoon has said that the provincial government will henceforth utilise...
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KARACHI: Sindh getting 46pc less water, PA told
KARACHI, June 27: The Sindh Assembly on Friday was informed that the province was receiving 46 per cent less water than its requirement while around 609,072 acres in coastal district Thatta had been badly affected due to sea intrusion....
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HYDERABAD: MPA proposes village-based committees, ban on jirga: Violence against women
HYDERABAD, June 27: Pak-istan People’s Party MPA Humera Alwani has said committees with women representatives should be formed at the village level to curb violence against women and shelters homes should be formed for women victims of violence at district level....
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HYDERABAD: Protest against Nawaz’s disqualification
HYDERABAD, June 27: Activists of Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) and Muslim Students Federation (MSF) observed ‘black day’ by taking out rallies on Friday in protest against disqualification of Nawaz Sharif....
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SUKKUR: Ex-speaker wants deposed judges restored
SUKKUR, June 27: Former speaker of National Assembly Illahi Bux Soomro has said that there is no other way to extricate the country from the present political crisis but to restore deposed judges and implement Bhurban declaration....
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PESHAWAR: People plan defence against militants
PESHAWAR, June 27: After receiving threatening letters from militants, residents of various localities in the city have started holding meetings to devise a defence strategy in case they carry out their threat....
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KOHAT: Two officials among three kidnapped in Hangu
KOHAT, June 27: Some militants kidnapped three people, including two officials of a tribal area, and also took away their vehicles in separate incidents in the Doaba area of the Hangu district on Friday, sources told Dawn....
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PESHAWAR: Rs18.5bn supplementary budget presented
PESHAWAR, June 27: NWFP Finance Minister Mohammad Humayun Khan on Friday presented a supplementary budget of Rs18.565 billion containing Rs13.037 billion for state trading in food, grains and sugar for the previous fiscal year, 2007-2008....
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KARACHI: Doctors cleared in wrongful death case
KARACHI, June 27: An inquiry committee formed to probe the June 24 incident in which, according to media reports, two persons injured in a road accident were wrongly declared dead by...
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KARACHI: BSEK results of deaf candidates
KARACHI, June 27: The Board of Secondary Education Karachi on Friday announced the results of SSC Part I and II annual examination-2008 for deaf candidates....
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KARACHI: City govt’s budget today
KARACHI, June 27: City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal will present the city government’s surplus budget for the financial year 2008-09 in the City Council session on Saturday....
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KARACHI: Suspected kidnappers remanded
KARACHI, June 27: Administrative judge of the Anti-Terrorism Courts, Karachi, Justice Khawaja Naveed Ahmed on Friday remanded three suspects into police custody till July 3 in a kidnapping for ransom case....
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HYDERABAD: Nazim sees no end to child labour
HYDERABAD, June 27: Dist-rict Nazim Kanwar Naveed Jamil has expressed scepticism over the success of an International Labour Organisa-tion project aimed at eliminating child labour in the country by the year 2,010....
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KARACHI: Nadra centre
KARACHI, June 27: Apropos a news item published in Thurs-day’s issue of Dawn and captioned, “Queues for CNICs swell in absence of Nadra office, the provincial general-manager of the authority has...
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HYDERABAD: CM urged to seek enforcement of 1991 water accord
HYDERABAD, June 27: The Sindh government should seek implementation of 1991 Water Accord in letter and spirit as anything less than that would be atrocity to the people of Sindh, lower...
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TANDO ALLAHYAR: Council passes budget amid rumpus
TANDO ALLAHYAR, June 27: The Tando Allahyar district council passed budgetary estimates for 2008-09 with a surplus of Rs303,046 here on Friday....
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HYDERABAD: ST gives SOS call to PPP
HYDERABAD, June 27: The Hyderabad chapter of the Sunni Tehrik has called on the authorities to take notice of the alleged atrocities unleashed by the Muttahida Qaumi Movement against ST leaders and workers....
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NAUSHAHRO FEROZE: Man kills father; 2 die in clashes
NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, June 27: Three people, including a woman were killed in different incidents in the district on Friday....
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MINGORA: Two more girls’ schools destroyed
MINGORA, June 27: Two more girls’ schools were set on fire by unknown militants in the restive Swat district on Friday, sources said....
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KOHAT: Kohat Taliban allow 12 more TV channels
KOHAT, June 27: The local Taliban have allowed cable operators to air 12 more TV channels, including a sports channel, raising the total number to 25....
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