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KARACHI: Drugs tribunal Performance ‘unsatisfactory’
KARACHI, Aug 9: Legal proceedings at the drugs court tribunal in Karachi mostly remain suspended as the tribunal has been waiting for the appointment of a full-time chairman for the last four months.... 
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KARACHI: Sindh PA to meet on 12th
KARACHI, Aug 9: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad has summoned the provincial assembly to meet on Aug 12 at 3pm in the Sindh Assembly Building, said a handout issued on Saturday.—PPI...
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KARACHI: Altaf urges people to get arms for self-defence
KARACHI, Aug 9: Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain has asked the people of Karachi to get licences and buy arms to counter an impending threat of Talibanisation of Karachi....
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KARACHI: Napa to stage play on the pressures of urban life
KARACHI, Aug 9: Taking a step into uncharted territory – as far as theatre in Karachi is concerned – the Napa Repertory Theatre Company (NRTC) plans to stage an original experimental...
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HYDERABAD: Altaf trying to incite ethnic riots: Magsi
HYDERABAD, Aug 9: Sindh Taraqqi Pasand Party Chairman Dr Qadir Magsi on Saturday accused Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain of trying to incite ethnic riots in Sindh on the pretext of Talibanisation....
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LAKKI MARWAT: Disgruntled ANP workers hold demo
LAKKI MARWAT, Aug 9: The disgruntled workers of the Awami National Party on Friday organised a protest camp here against what they alleged corruption of the party''s local leadership....
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NAWABSHAH: Growers protest mills refusal to pay dues
NAWABSHAH, Aug 9: Hundreds of sugarcane growers demonstrated after taking out a rally on Saturday against non-payment of dues by a sugar mills....
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KARACHI: Nizam murder case hearing put off
KARACHI, Aug 9: A district and sessions court adjourned on Saturday the hearing of the Justice Nizam murder case till Aug 29 due to the absence of an accused....
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KARACHI: Top health official tasked to supervise anti-polio efforts
KARACHI, Aug 9: In view of the growing number of polio virus cases in Sindh, a high-level meeting convened on the directive of the federal health minister has resolved that an...
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KARACHI: Baitul Maal funds
KARACHI, Aug 9: Disbursement of the 13th instalment of the Food Support Programme under the Pakistan Baitul Maal (PBM) has started in Karachi after a break of more than a month....
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KARACHI: Shedding light on dhrupad
KARACHI: This time Sampurna presented us with a double-banger, offering both a workshop and a performance by the young, visually impaired singer, Aliya Rasheed from Lahore, in the elegant residence of Sampurna’s founder-director, Saffia Beyg....
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KARACHI: Trader shot dead
KARACHI, Aug 9: A 50-year-old man was shot dead in Ibrahim Haidri on Saturday....
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KARACHI: MBBS suppl results
KARACHI, Aug 9: The University of Karachi on Saturday announced results of the MBBS first professional part-B supplementary examination 2008. The pass percentage stood at 71, according to a KU press release.—PPI...
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KARACHI: Rain forecast
KARACHI, Aug 9: The Met Office has forecast cloudy/partly cloudy weather with chances of a light rain/drizzle for Karachi on Sunday with the maximum temperature expected to range between 31°C and 33°C....
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PESHAWAR: Peshawar needs alternative power supply line
PESHAWAR, Aug 9: As militants disrupt power supply to nearly seventy per cent population of the provincial capital, power authorities remain clueless about how to ensure an alternative power supply system to the metropolitan....
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PESHAWAR: CM asks people to help overcome crimes
PESHAWAR, Aug 9: Chief Minister NWFP Ameer Haider Khan Hoti on Friday said that his government in consultations with the allied parties was striving hard to steer the province out of the crises and enable its dwellers live a peaceful life....
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PESHAWAR: Arrest of murder accused sought
PESHAWAR, Aug 9: An aggrieved person Sher Zaman on Friday alleged that his daughter was killed by her husband at Hayatabad on July 27 this year, but police had so far failed to arrest the accused....
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HYDERABAD: Passengers on 1st flight to Hyderabad to be feted
HYDERABAD, Aug 9: The passengers and the staff of the first flight of the PIA will be given a befitting reception at the airport on August 19, said Hyderabad District Nazim...
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HYDERABAD: No-trust vote against UC nazim passed
HYDERABAD, Aug 9: A vote of no confidence in the nazim of Sanjjar Chang union council of Chambar taluka, Raees Lakhi Mohammad Rind, was passed in the union council meeting held in the presence of a returning officer on Friday....
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KHAIRPUR: Four cultural complexes planned
KHAIRPUR, Aug 9: The director general of Sindh Culture Department Monis Ayaz said on Saturday that the department was planning to construct cultural complexes in Larkana, Sukkur, Shikarpur and Khairpur to...
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NAWABSHAH: Man dies
NAWABSHAH, Aug 9: A man was killed and another injured in an accident on the National Highway near Qazi Ahmed on Saturday....
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