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KARACHI: Three men killed in separate incidents
KARACHI, Aug 3: Three people were killed on Sunday, police said. The bullet-riddled body of a 20-year-old man was found at a desolate place near Baber Garden in the Memon Goth police limits. The victim, later identified as Imtiaz Ahmed, was a trainee technician at an air-conditioner workshop in Saudabad.... 
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KARACHI: Two die from electrocution
KARACHI, Aug 3: Two people were electrocuted on Sunday as a weakening rain-bearing monsoon system, crossing over southern Sindh, headed towards Balochistan....
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KARACHI: Special courts for narcotics control also delaying justice
KARACHI, Aug 3: The special courts for the control of narcotic substances were constituted several years ago for dispensation of speedy justice to the masses, but the objective seems to remain...
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KARACHI: No curbs on food adulteration
KARACHI, Aug 3: A large number of food items and other edible commodities available in the market are adulterated with different contaminants, many of which are injurious to health, it is learnt....
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KARACHI: CDGK to expand tax net before placing new levies
KARACHI, Aug 3: Before starting collection of the less-publicised public utility charges, the city district government of Karachi (CDGK) is all set to prepare an updated database of all residential, commercial...
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KARACHI: Child custody in foreigners’ cases a nightmare
KARACHI, Aug 3: Saira, name changed on request, was married a few years back to a man living abroad and had a daughter from the union....
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KARACHI: Tetra milk prices increased once again
KARACHI, Aug 3: At a time when Ramazan is only a month away, producers of tetra milk have announced an increase in the prices of their products and, on the other...
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KARACHI: City’s transport system still without a rail network
KARACHI, Aug 3: Karachi, one of the biggest cities of the world, has somewhat the smallest urban public transport because of the neglect on the part of the relevant authorities who...
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KARACHI: MCB management, workers close to a patch-up
KARACHI, Aug 3: The conflict between the management of the Muslim Commercial Bank and the bank’s workers is moving, though slowly, towards a viable solution as the judiciary and the federal...
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KARACHI: Citizen boards to manage parks’ affairs
KARACHI, Aug 3: Announcing the city government’s plan to set up “Citizen Park Board” to manage the city’s parks in cooperation with citizens, City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal has called for...
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KARACHI: Consensus over judges issue: PPP
KARACHI, Aug 3: Leader of the house in the Senate and deputy secretary-general of the Pakistan People’s Party Mian Raza Rabbani has claimed that the component parties of the ruling coalition...
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KARACHI: Hub dam gains only one-foot water
KARACHI, Aug 3: The Hub dam, which supplies 100 million gallons water per day to the city, has received only one-foot rainwater in the current monsoon....
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KARACHI: Higher grades for teachers
KARACHI, Aug 3: Sindh Minister for Education Pir Mazharul Haq has said that the government is considering to allocate higher grades to teachers in order to improve their quality of life....
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KARACHI: Govt asked not to roll back NCHD
KARACHI, Aug 3: Leader of the opposition in Sindh Assembly Jam Madad Ali has expressed concern over a reported move of the government to roll back the National Commission for Human Development....
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KARACHI: Rehabilitation delaying phase-II of expressway
KARACHI, Aug 3: Work on the northbound Lyari Express-way (LEW) phase-I (between Essa Nagri and Sohrab Goth) will be completed by October 2008 to open this section for traffic but the...
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KARACHI: Action against gambling dens ordered: Shahenshah murder case
KARACHI, Aug 3: The city police chief has ordered the three zonal police chiefs in the city to take immediate and strict action against gambling dens, it is learnt....
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KARACHI: ‘Over 1m trees to be planted’
KARACHI, Aug 2: More than one million trees will be planted in Karachi by December this year, City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal said in a statement issued by the city government....
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HYDERABAD: PM seeks report on Aisha Malik
HYDERABAD, Aug 3: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has sought a detailed report from Hyderabad DCO on Aisha Malik who made headlines after she offered her two children for sale a couple of weeks ago in the city’s main bazaar....
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KHAIRPUR: Man dies in clash
KHAIRPUR, Aug 3: A man was killed and two people were injured in a clash between groups of Odha and Ulra communities which started on Saturday and continued on Sunday....
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HYDERABAD: Irregular allotment of land for windmill projects criticised
HYDERABAD, Aug 3: Local leaders of the Kohistan Bachayo Action Committee has criticised the Sindh government for allotting 15,000 acres of land in Deh Kohitan Tapu Jhimpir to different companies for setting up windmill power projects....
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HYDERABAD: Govt considering to take back control of universities, boards
HYDERABAD, Aug 3: Sindh Education Minister Pir Mazharul Haq said on Sunday that the provincial government was considering a proposal for getting back control of universities and intermediate boards as in other provinces where the institutions were working under provincial governments....
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JACOBABAD: Man, two sons gunned down
JACOBABAD, Aug 3: Three people were killed in Kharore village in the jurisdiction of Kashmore on Sunday....
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SANGHAR: Protest against lawlessness
SANGHAR, Aug 3: Awami Tehrik activists brought out a procession against deteriorating law and order situation, price hike and demanded restoration of deposed judges....
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HYDERABAD: DCO cancels staff leave
HYDERABAD, Aug 3: Hyderabad DCO Ali Ahmed Loond has declared emergency in the city’s civic bodies and cancelled leave of the employees of Hyderabad Development Authority (HDA) and Water and Sanitation Agency (Wasa)....
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NAWABSHAH: Teachers Demand job offers
NAWABSHAH, Aug 3: Candidates who have passed the IBA-test for government schoolteacher jobs held a demonstration outside the local press club demanding appointment offer orders on Sunday....
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SHIKARPUR: Two cargo bogies derail
SHIKARPUR, Aug 3: Two cargo bogies attached to the Karachi-bound Zargoon passenger train derailed near Habibkot railway junction on Sunday....
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HYDERABAD: Milk sellers prepare to raise price
HYDERABAD, Aug 3: Retailers want the district government to raise the price of milk to Rs40 to Rs42 per litre from Rs38, citing Rs1.50 raise per litre in wholesale price by dairy farmers and commission agents as the reason....
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PESHAWAR: Stock exchange in Peshawar planned
PESHAWAR, Aug 3: The Awami National Party-led provincial government is in the process of establishing a business city and stock exchange in Peshawar to boost trade activities and create job opportunities for youths....
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KHAR: Alleged spy killed in Bajaur
KHAR, Aug 3: An Afghan national was killed on charges of spying for America in the Bajaur tribal region on Sunday....
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PESHAWAR: CM promises freedom of expression
PESHAWAR, Aug 3: NWFP Chief Minister Ameer Haider Khan Hoti has said that his government believed in freedom of expression and promised to work for the development of the newspaper industry of the province....
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BANNU: Protest against scholar’s murder
BANNU, Aug 3: A procession was taken out against the killing of scholar Feroz Ali Karbalai here on Sunday....
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GHALANAI: Taliban release six hostages in Mohmand
GHALANAI, Aug 3: The Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) released six hostages of a rival group in the Mohmand tribal region on Sunday....
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PESHAWAR: Journalist injured in Khyber Agency attack
PESHAWAR, Aug 3: The president of Khyber Agency Journalists Union, Khyal Zaman Afridi, received serious injuries when some armed persons attacked him at Akakhel Area of Bara, Khyber Agency, on Sunday morning....
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MANSEHRA: Lawyers set up ‘Pro-Taliban Group’ in Mansehra
MANSEHRA, Aug 3: About 14 lawyers of Mansehra announced to form a Pro-Taliban Group (PTG) here on Sunday, saying they were fed up with the political system and politicians of the country....
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HARIPUR: Man, daughter axed to death
HARIPUR, Aug 3: A man and his married daughter were axed to death, while his son was wounded when a relative allegedly attacked them in village Chulairi of Ghazi tehsil, some 32 kilometres off here on Sunday....
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MIRAMSHAH: Five die in clash after football match
MIRAMSHAH, Aug 3: A clash left five tribesmen dead and three others wounded in the Khuziaie village of North Waziristan tribal region on Saturday evening, eyewitnesses said....
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