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KARACHI: ‘Taliban bogey’ creates uproar in city council
KARACHI, Aug 4: Fireworks erupted in the City Council on Monday when an opposition leader belonging to the Al-Khidmat group drew the attention of the presiding officer towards what he described...
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KARACHI: SHC disposes of suit instituted by wheat importer
KARACHI, Aug 4: The Sindh High Court on Monday disposed of a suit instituted by a wheat importer against shipment of sub-standard wheat from Australia in 2004 on the point of territorial jurisdiction....
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KARACHI: Mystery surrounds Ukrainian’s death
KARACHI, Aug 4: A 30-year-old Ukrainian field worker of the Tabbani Group at a project of the Pakistan Steel Mills died of a stab wound to the abdomen in mysterious circumstances on Sunday....
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KARACHI: Recovery of two girls in jirga case ordered
KARACHI, Aug 4: The district and sessions judge, central, on Monday directed the police high-ups and home department to ensure recovery of two girls allegedly kidnapped by their uncle and submit a report till Aug 11....
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CHARSADDA: ANP leader among three shot dead
CHARSADDA, Aug 4: An ANP leader and a woman were among three people allegedly shot dead in different incidents here on Monday....
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PESHAWAR: Lack of flood warning system, encroachments cause havoc
PESHAWAR, Aug 4: Flash floods on Monday wreaked havoc in different parts of the provincial metropolis owing to lack of an effective flood warning system and growing encroachments along river banks and in the beds of natural watercourses....
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KARACHI: Larkana nazim gets pre-arrest bail
KARACHI, Aug 4: Acting chief justice of the Sindh High Court Justice Azizullah M. Memon Monday granted pre-arrest bail to Larkana Taluka Nazim Qurban Ali Abbasi and issued notices to the prosecutor-general for Aug 18....
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KARACHI: JI condemns ‘harassment’ of Dr Aafia’s family
KARACHI, Aug 4: Secretary-General of the Jamaat-i-Islami Syed Munawwar Hassan has said that the government should stop harassing the family of Dr Aafia Siddiqui now when the US investigation agency, FBI,...
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KARACHI: ‘Exotic’ wild animals seized in raid on Defence house
KARACHI, Aug 4: A team of the Sindh Wildlife Department has confiscated “exotic” wildlife animal in a raid on a house in the Defence Housing Authority (DHA), it is learnt....
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KARACHI: Govt takes steps to control prices
KARACHI, Aug 4: The Sindh government, in an attempt to control the prices of essential commodities during Ramazan, has asked the city government to provide it with a list of wholesale dealers and retailers within a week....
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KARACHI: College admission process begins
KARACHI, Aug 4: The process of admissions to first year classes under the Centralised Admission Policy-2008 (CAP) will begin on Tuesday with the sale of brochures/placement forms at 42 designated branches...
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KARACHI: Vegetable, milk prices skyrocketing
KARACHI, Aug 4: The retail price of vegetables hit a new peak on Monday as a result of arrival of fewer than usual trucks at the wholesale market on the Super...
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KARACHI: Two men killed
KARACHI, Aug 4: Two men were killed in violent activities in parts of the city on Monday, witnesses and police said....
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KARACHI: KU offers scholarships
KARACHI, Aug 4: The University of Karachi has invited applications for merit-cum-need scholarships 2008....
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KARACHI: Isolation ward
KARACHI, Aug 4: A 20-bed isolation ward was set up for dengue patients on Monday at the Jinnah hospital....
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KARACHI: Low rates frustrate fishermen
KARACHI, Aug 4: Representatives of the fishing community on Monday said that the fishermen were incurring huge losses as exporters were not paying them adequately for their catch....
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KARACHI: Road in Lyari named after football icon
KARACHI, Aug 4: D.D. Chaudhary Road in Lyari was renamed as Ali Nawaz Baloch Road as a mark of respect to the living football legend, Ali Nawaz Baloch, on Monday....
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HYDERABAD: Conspiracy afoot to usurp Thar coal: Jalal Shah
HYDERABAD, Aug 4: Sindh United Party (SUP) chief Syed Jalal Mehmood Shah said on Monday that the Pakistan People’s Party had always sold Sindh’s resources to the centre and once again...
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MIRPURKHAS: Mirpurkhas board’s SSC-II result out
MIRPURKHAS, Aug 4: The controller of the Mirpurkhas Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE) Abdul Rahim Shaikh announced on Monday the results of annual examination for Secondary School Certificate Part-II (Class-X) General Group....
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HYDERABAD: Demos held for and against Mannu
HYDERABAD, Aug 4: Demo-nstrations for and against Mannu Bheel were held simultaneously outside the local press club on Monday in the wake of registration of an FIR against Mannu on a...
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MIRPURKHAS: Sacked bank officials seek reinstatement
MIRPURKHAS, Aug 4: Action committee of the sacked officers of the United Bank Limited demanded on Monday that the prime minister and co-chairman of Pakistan People’s Party get the bank reinstate...
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HYDERABAD: Transporters asked to deploy guards in buses
HYDERABAD, Aug 4: Hyder-abad DPO Dr Najaf Quli Mirza asked transporters and bus owners on Monday to deploy guards in buses during travel and install secret lights and alarms to caution police if a robbery was taking place inside the vehicle....
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HYDERABAD: Woman seeks protection
HYDERABAD, Aug 4: A woman and her husband, protesting outside the local press club on Monday, demanded of the police to arrest accused of her case still harassing the family....
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THATTA: Clerks boycott office work
THATTA, Aug 4: The government staff at DCO secretariat observed pen down strike here on Monday in protest against what they described as harassment and use of derogatory and abusive language...
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NAWABSHAH: 12 injured in accident
NAWABSHAH, Aug 4: More than 12 people were injured when a speedy coach overturned at the National Highway near Sakrand Sugar Mills, on Monday....
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PESHAWAR: Projects being planned to avail WB offer
PESHAWAR, Aug 4: The NWFP government is preparing plans in education, health and social welfare sectors to avail a loaning facility offered by the World Bank....
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PESHAWAR: Flour millers warn of strike
PESHAWAR, Aug 4: The All Pakistan Flour Mills Association will give a call for a countrywide strike if the ban on inter-provincial movement of wheat is not lifted by Aug 12....
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PESHAWAR: Million dollar project to map heritage sites
PESHAWAR, Aug 4: A $1 million project sponsored by the Norwegian government and the Unesco was launched here on Monday to carry out mapping of cultural heritage sites in seven districts of the NWFP....
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