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KARACHI: Boards of governors in four teaching hospitals dissolved
KARACHI, July 16: The boards of governors installed over the past few years in four teaching hospitals being run by the provincial government were dissolved on Wednesday when the government withdrew a relevant notification with immediate effect.... 
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KARACHI: Banks still using illegal recovery methods: SHC
KARACHI, July 16: A Sindh High Court division bench deplored that illegal recovery methods continue to be employed against credit card holders defaulting on payments despite warnings and declarations that creditor...
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KARACHI: Two young men shot dead
KARACHI, July 16: Two people were killed on Wednesday in acts of violence in different parts of the city, police said....
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KARACHI: Arshad Pappu indicted in three murder cases
KARACHI, July 16: An alleged gangster of Lyari, Arshad alias Pappu, and his brother, Yasir Arafat, were again indicted on Wednesday in three murder cases by Abdul Naeem Memon, Additional District and Sessions Judge-VI, South....
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KARACHI: Transport EDO barred from assuming charge
KARACHI, July 16: A newly posted officer in the Karachi city government was on Wednesday not allowed to assume his responsibilities as Executive District Officer (EDO) of the transport group of offices....
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KOHAT: 13 militants arrested in Hangu sent to jail
KOHAT, July 16: An Anti-Terrorism Court sent 13 militants, arrested in Hangu, to district prison on Wednesday.The militants, including an alleged deputy of Baitullah Mehsud, were presented before ATC Judge Mohammad Ayub, who sent them to district jail amid tight security....
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PESHAWAR: Edhi denied entry into restive Hangu
PESHAWAR, July 16: The law enforcement agencies on Wednesday did not allow social worker Abdus Sattar Edhi to enter the curfew-clamped Hangu district, where he was going along with his volunteers to set up a relief camp for the displaced people....
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PESHAWAR: 2 killed, one kidnapped in Peshawar
PESHAWAR, July 16: Two persons were killed and one was kidnapped in separate incidents here on Wednesday....
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NOWSHERA: Woman, son shot dead in Nowshera
NOWSHERA, July 16: A woman and her son were gunned down in their home in the Khweshgi Payan village on Wednesday....
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PESHAWAR: Supply of hepatitis vaccines to provinces slashed
PESHAWAR, July 16: The Ministry of Health has instructed all the provinces to concentrate on the prevention of hepatitis in accordance with the PC-1 of Prime Minister’s Hepatitis Control Programme....
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KARACHI: Animal exchange programme hits snags: Death of two red deer in Karachi zoo
KARACHI, July 16: The animal exchange programme between the Safari Park and the Karachi Zoo has once again come to an abrupt halt following the death of two red deer during their shifting to the zoo recently....
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KARACHI: Street schools — a distinct feature of Lyari
KARACHI: Once street schools were a distinct feature of Lyari, as they were not found in any other part of the city, but their number has come down from more than 60 to only six over the past few years....
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KARACHI: JM summoned to testify in murder case
KARACHI, July 16: An anti-terrorism court adjourned the hearing of a case pertaining to the kidnap and murder of a young man till July 18 and summoned Judicial Magistrate Khalil Anwar Jaffari to record his statement....
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KARACHI: Judgment in kidnap case reserved
KARACHI, July 16: Judge Haq Nawaz Baloch of the Anti-terrorism Court-V on Wednesday recorded final arguments from both sides in a kidnap for ransom case and reserved the judgment for pronouncement on July 28....
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KARACHI: Govt unable to introduce new scheme of studies
KARACHI, July 16: Sindh will lag behind other provinces in imparting education to students up to Class X and conducting examinations of Class IX and XI in the coming academic session...
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KARACHI: SHO told to recover girls
KARACHI, July 16: District and Sessions Judge, Central, Soofia Latif, on Wednesday directed the SHO of Gulberg to recover two girls from the illegal confinement of their uncle and produce them in court on Thursday....
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KARACHI: Looted money recovered
KARACHI, July 16: Police arrested two suspects after a shootout in Orangi on Wednesday, and recovered cash snatched by them from a money-changer a few hours back....
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KARACHI: Hearing of case against ex-minister on 24th
KARACHI, July 16: Special judge of the Federal Anti-corruption and Emigration, Central, Shaukat Ali Memon on Wednesday adjourned till July 24 the hearing of a corruption case against former federal minister...
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KARACHI: Workshop on cardiac problems
KARACHI, July 16: A three-day workshop on the management of cardiac patients got under way at the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan (CPSP) on Wednesday....
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HYDERABAD: Defaulting govt depts to lose power
HYDERABAD, July 16: Hesco officials have been directed to disconnect power supply to defaulting government establishments and restore only after the dues are cleared....
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SHIKARPUR: Court issues notices to MNA, his MPA son
SHIKARPUR, July 16: The fourth additional sessions’ judge issued notices on Tuesday to MNA Ghous Bux Mahar, his son and MPA Mohammad Shaharyar Mahar, nazim of union council Taib, Nadir Shah,...
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HYDERABAD: House hunt worries ejected families
HYDERABAD, July 16: Five days after their homes in Rani Bagh were pulled down by municipal administration, the families of 10 sanitary workers are still running from pillar to post and...
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HYDERABAD: PPP asks people to stay united
HYDERABAD, July 16: Peo-ple should unite on one platform and reject the elements trying to create disappointment in the interest of country, said Speaker Sindh Assembly and acting governor Nisar Khohro, on Tueday....
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JACOBABAD: Mill workers seek raise in wages
JACOBABAD, July 16: Rice mills’ workers on the call of Jacobabad Rice Mills Employees Union took out a rally to protest against ill treatment meted out to them by the mill managements....
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PARACHINAR: Official, two Levies men kidnapped
PARACHINAR, July 16: An official and two Levies personnel were kidnapped by some people near Tari Mangal in the Kurram tribal region on Wednesday, hours before two rival tribes agreed to end the four-month-long conflict, sources said....
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PESHAWAR: Hoti seeks world help in improving infrastructure
PESHAWAR, July 16: NWFP Chief Minister Ameer Haider Khan Hoti has sought the support of the federal government, other provinces and the world community in improving infrastructure of the province and providing maximum job opportunities to people....
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