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KARACHI: Badr says no plans to expel Fahim from PPP
KARACHI, July 26: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Secretary-General Jahangir Badr has categorically rejected any plans to expel any central leader, including senior vice-chairman Makhdoom Amin Fahim, from the party.... 
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KARACHI: Gold trader booked for shootout with police
KARACHI, July 26: Gold trader Kamran Tessori, who reportedly fled from police custody last month, has been booked here by the Docks police in a case pertaining to a shootout with police....
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PESHAWAR: Malakand power station to be operational next month
PESHAWAR, July 26: The newly built Malakand-III Power Complex is expected to start commercial power generation by next month, opening another source of earning for the cash-strapped Frontier government....
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LARKANA: Police claim success in crackdown on dacoits
LARKANA, July 26: Police officials have claimed that they have busted two notorious gangs of dacoits and secured release of 27 kidnapped people from their custody during an ongoing anti-dacoits operation in Larkana and Shikarpur districts....
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HYDERABAD: 3,200 jobless vets to be trained: secy
HYDERABAD, July 26: Provincial secretary for livestock and fisheries Shoaib Ahmed Siddiqui said on Saturday that the department would train 3,200 jobless veterinary, poultry and fisheries workers this year under Shaheed...
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HYDERABAD: Killing of PPP, MQM workers aimed at sowing chaos: Sattar
HYDERABAD, July 26: Deputy Convener of Muttahida Qaumi Movement’s coordination committee and its parliamentary leader in National Assembly Dr. Farooq Sattar has expressed fear that attempts are being made to create instability in Karachi by killing PPP and MQM workers....
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KARACHI: Tasman disaster still haunts port authorities
KARACHI, July 26: Five years after the Tasman Spirit caused the oil spill that is considered the most serious environmental disaster in the country’s chequered history, no settlement is in sight...
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KARACHI: A taste of vaudeville
KARACHI: Though still not on a large scale, one is getting to see more and more good plays in the city. Here one must add that the National Academy of Performing...
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KARACHI: Effective steps to cope with rain emergency ordered
KARACHI, July 26: Sindh Chief Secretary Fazalur Rehman has directed all relevant departments to take effective measures to cope with any emergency during the rains in the province....
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KARACHI: No proceedings in Nishtar Park case for a year: Security concerns
KARACHI, July 26: The hearing of the Nishtar Park blast case has been pending in an anti-terrorism court for more than one year for want of permission from the authorities concerned...
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KARACHI: Weather
KARACHI, July 26: The Met Office has forecast cloudy/partly cloudy weather with chances of a drizzle for Karachi on Sunday. The maximum temperature is expected to range between 32ºC 34ºC....
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KARACHI: Bandmaster dies
KARACHI, July 26: A 55-year-old bandmaster was killed when he received a fatal bullet wound during firing into the air at a marriage ceremony at around 12:30am on Saturday....
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KARACHI: Man killed
KARACHI, July 26: A 50-year-old man was shot dead by two unknown attackers riding a bike in Korangi on Saturday....
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KARACHI: Shot dead
KARACHI, July 26: An18-year-old man was shot dead in Saeedabad on Saturday. His body was shifted to the Civil Hospital where he was identified as Aqeel Ahmed....
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TIMERGARA: JI accuses govt of following previous govt’s policies
TIMERGARA, July 26: The prime minister had neither taken the parliament nor the nation into confidence before his maiden official visit to the United States of America, said Jamaat-i-Islami deputy chief Liaquat Baloch here on Thursday....
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SWABI: Teachers want jobs regularised
SWABI, July 26: About 600 primary schoolteachers (PSTs) appointed on contract basis in October 2004 by the previous provincial government of Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) have demanded regularisation of their services, saying they would launch a movement to achieve this objective....
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MINGORA: Police constable killed
MINGORA, July 26: A police constable was killed in a family dispute in Salampur area near Saidu Sharif here on Friday....
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KOHAT: House of police officer attacked
KOHAT, July 26: Suspected militants early on Saturday attacked the house of a police official in Sheikhan area of Kohat, damaging its boundary wall. However, no casualty was reported, police sources said....
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TIMERGARA: Two shops torched in Dir
TIMERGARA, July 26: Unidentified persons set on fire two mobile phone centres at Kumbar bazaar, Maidan, the hometown of Tehrik Nifaz Shariat-i-Mohammadi chief Maulana Sufi Mohammad on Saturday, police and residents said....
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KHAIRPUR: Houses gutted
KHAIRPUR, July 26: Three katcha houses were gutted when an 11kilo volts high tension electricity wire fell on a shanty house area near Lohi Railway Pul on Saturday....
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HYDERABAD: SU announces MPhil schedule
HYDERABAD, July 26: The director of admissions of the University of Sindh announced on Saturday admission schedule for MS/MPhil in different disciplines for 2008 session....
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SUKKUR: Man shot dead
SUKKUR, July 26: A young man died of gun shot in mysteriously circumstances in village Ghar Pehenja near Fauji Fertiliser Company, in Mirpur Mathelo early on Saturday....
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SUKKUR: Two killed as trailer hits rickshaw
SUKKUR, July 26: Two people were killed and three others were injured in an accident on National Highway, near Al-Nisar petrol pump near Mirpur Mathelo on Saturday....
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KHAIRPUR: Irrigation workers press for rights
KHAIRPUR, July 26: More than 300 people took out a rally here on Saturday under the banner of Sindh Irrigation Muttahida Federation (SIMF), to press the government for the acceptance of their demands....
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LARKANA: Rangers start canal patrol
LARKANA, July 26: The personnel of Rangers started patrolling on Saturday along the banks of Saifullah Magsi Canal and Khairthar Canal to check water theft. Rangers were also deployed at the...
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SUKKUR: 3 brothers gunned down
SUKKUR, July 26: Three brothers were gunned down by armed men near Nawab Samejo village in Kashmore police limits on Saturday....
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SUKKUR: Woman, man killed over karo-kari
SUKKUR, July 26: Armed men shot dead a woman and a man on the pretext of karo-kari in village Saifal Magsi, in Dera Sarki police limits, near Kandhkot on Saturday....
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MITHI: Govt urged to strengthen Sindh Coal Authority
MITHI, July 26: Marooara, a network of more than 60 social welfare organisations of Tharparkar, has urged the government to make Thar Coal Board subordinate to Sindh Coal Authority and give...
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SUKKUR: Aisha’s spouse released
SUKKUR, July 26: Zahid Malik, the husband of Aisha Malik, was released from Central Jail-I, Sukkur on Saturday....
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DADU: UC nazims booked for creating disturbance
DADU, July 26: Khanoth and Chhachhar police on Saturday registered two separate FIRs against taluka nazim Manjhand, UC nazim Sann, former taluka nazim Kotri and 400 others activists of Sindh United...
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LARKANA: Reports of embezzlement prompt ACE raids
LARKANA, July 26: The personnel of Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) of Larkana raided the offices of engineers of Saifullah Magsi Canal and Khairthar Canal after receiving reports about massive embezzlement of the...
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