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KARACHI: City govt rejects police takeover of traffic monitoring system
KARACHI, Aug 2: The city government has turned down a proposal of the Sindh police who sought authority to operate the CDGK’s recently established command and control system mainly for traffic management.... 
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KARACHI: Warehouse in shopping plaza gutted
KARACHI, Aug 2: A major fire broke out on Saturday at a warehouse in Gul Plaza, a popular shopping complex in the city....
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KARACHI: ‘Govt records still show land denuded of trees as forests’
KARACHI, Aug 2: Rampant deforestation for commercial and agriculture purposes over the past decades has drastically reduced the forest cover in Sindh. As a result, a substantial forest area is without...
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KARACHI: Minister rejects report of Taliban presence in Sindh
KARACHI, Aug 2: Sindh Home Minister Dr Zulfiqar Mirza has rejected reports about existence of Taliban in Sindh, and said that there was not truth in reports about a Sindh cabinet decision to carry out “an operation against Taliban....
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KARACHI: Glimpses of Ms Jinnah
KARACHI, Aug 2: For students of Pakistan’s short but turbulent history, the exhibition under way at the National Museum of Pakistan at Burnes Garden featuring selected personal items of Mohtarma Fatima...
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KARACHI: Woman found shot dead
KARACHI, Aug 2: The bullet-riddled body of another young woman, second in the last three days, was found at a desolate place in Gulistan-i-Jauhar on Saturday, police said....
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KARACHI: Three indicted in Mazar rape case
KARACHI, Aug 2: An assistant manager of Quaid-i-Azam mausoleum’s security staff, an accountant and a personal assistant to the resident engineer of the mausoleum management board were indicted in a gang-rape case on Saturday....
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KARACHI: Witnesses depose in murder case
KARACHI, Aug 2: An anti-terrorism court on Saturday recorded the statement of two defence witnesses in a case pertaining to the kidnap and murder of a young man and put off the hearing till Aug 4....
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KARACHI: Steps urged to check spread of diseases
KARACHI, Aug 2: Expressing its concern over the surge in cases of malaria and gastroenteritis in the city, the Pakistan Medical Association, Karachi, has stressed the need for effective measures to check the situation....
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KARACHI: Four dacoity accused acquitted
KARACHI, Aug 2: The additional district and sessions judge (west & south) on Saturday acquitted five persons in a dacoity case....
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KARACHI: KESC fails to avoid huge losses in rain: Power cuts persist
KARACHI, Aug 2: As the citizens continue to experience prolonged power breakdowns, sources in the Karachi Electric Supply Company estimated that the utility suffered a loss of over Rs10 billion due...
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TIMERGARA: Army camp comes under rocket attack
TIMERGARA, Aug 2: An army base camp, set up at the Dir Scouts Headquarters, came under rocket attack here in the small hours on Saturday. However, no casualty was reported....
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PESHAWAR: New law may undermine KMU status
PESHAWAR, Aug 2: In an effort to ensure promotion of non-PhD medical teachers, the Khyber Medical University has been reduced to a mere examination conducting body through a recent ordinance, sources said....
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PARACHINAR: Three minors die of diarrhoea in Kurram
PARACHINAR, Aug 2: Three children died of diarrhoea in Kurram Agency, as doctors feared spread of contagious diseases in the restive area, due to non-availability of medicines....
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MANSEHRA: Project for quake survivors launched
MANSEHRA, Aug 2: The United Nations Rehabilitation Agency (UN-Habitat), with the financial support of the UK’s Department for International Development, here on Saturday launched ‘Virtually Landless Project’ for earthquake survivor families....
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BADIN: Fertiliser dealers warned of action
BADIN, Aug 2: The district coordination officer on Saturday warned fertiliser dealers that they would have to face punitive action if they failed to declare their stocks....
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KHAIRPUR: Police claim arresting ‘criminals’
KHAIRPUR, Aug 2: Police claimed to have arrested after encounters three criminals allegedly wanted in a number of cases on Friday evening....
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THATTA: Sindh MPA’s husband made OSD to CM
THATTA, Aug 2: Hamid Alwani, husband of Pakistan People’s Party MPA Humera Alwani, has been appointed officer on special duty (OSD) to chief minister Sindh on political affairs at the Chief Minister’s Secretariat, according to an official notification issued on Friday....
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NAWABSHAH: 4 policemen booked for detaining man
NAWABSHAH, Aug 2: Police on Saturday booked six people including four police officials on charges of detaining a man and depriving him of cash and valuable belongings....
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