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KARACHI: Impeachment resolution not on PA agenda
KARACHI, Aug 11: The Sindh Assembly, which meets here on Tuesday at 3pm, is likely to witness a few surprise moves as the session has been summoned in the wake of... 
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KARACHI: MQM likely to abstain
KARACHI, Aug 11: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement has decided that its lawmakers in the Sindh Assembly will abstain from the voting process on a resolution to be tabled by the Pakistan...
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KARACHI: Landhi tense on Afaq’s visit
KARACHI, Aug 11: The eight-hour parole granted to Afaq Ahmed, the imprisoned chief of the Muhajir Quami Movement-Haqiqi, to attend the funeral of his father on Sunday evening was a nerve-racking...
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KARACHI: Three women crushed to death by train
KARACHI, Aug 11: Three middle-aged women were crushed to death by a train near Drigh Road Railway Station on Monday evening....
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KARACHI: SWD drags heels over punishing wildlife traffickers
KARACHI, Aug 11: Four highly-publicised cases of trafficking protected wildlife species have been disposed of by the Sindh Wildlife Department (SWD) with the mere imposition of fines and institution of court...
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KARACHI: Move against taluka nazim stopped
KARACHI, Aug 11: The Sindh High Court restrained the election and municipal authorities of Taluka Shaheed Fazil Rahu, Badin District, on Monday from proceeding against the Taluka Nazim, Mohammad Aslam Rahu, otherwise than in accordance with the law....
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KARACHI: Hearing in terror plot case adjourned
KARACHI, Aug 11: An additional district and sessions court adjourned on Monday the hearing of a case against five suspected terrorists arrested on the eve of Ashura till Aug 25 because the accused had not been brought from the Central Prison....
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KARACHI: ‘No change to be allowed once admission finalised’
KARACHI, Aug 11: The admission committee formed under the Centralized Admission Policy-2008 (CAP) has impressed upon all candidates seeking admission to class-XI to fill in their placement forms very carefully keeping...
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KARACHI: Flooding in Jamshed Town feared
KARACHI, Aug 11: Residents of Karachi Administrative Employees Housing Society (UC-5) in Jamshed Town have expressed apprehensions that the whole society will be flooded if emergency measures are not taken to clean the choaked drains and fill the dug-up roads....
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KARACHI: ‘Activists’ remanded
KARACHI, Aug 11: A judicial magistrate, East, remanded four suspects, stated to be the activists of the Sunni Tehrik, in judicial custody till Aug 20....
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KARACHI: Validity of KU results curtailed
KARACHI, Aug 11: The University of Karachi has announced that the duration of validity of the results of all examinations held under its examinations department, except the BDS and MBBS examination, has been curtailed to five years....
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KARACHI: Group show at Canvas
KARACHI, Aug 11: A group show of miniature paintings opens at the Canvas Gallery on Tuesday at 5pm. Works of Hadia Moiz, Farheen Maqsood, Murad Khan Mumtaz and Saima Munawar will be on display....
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KARACHI: New academic year brings in a host of problems
KARACHI, Aug 11: With the beginning of the new academic year, people who are already perturbed by sky-rocketing prices of essential commodities are facing a host of problems ranging from shortage...
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KARACHI: Developer told to alter pipeline plan: Heritage safety
KARACHI, Aug 11: The Sindh Environmental Protection Agency has asked a gas field developer to make alterations in their gas transmission pipelines plan ensuring no harm is caused to cultural heritage...
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KARACHI: Man kills wife, commits suicide
KARACHI, Aug 11: A man committed suicide after killing his wife over a dispute in Korangi on Monday, police said....
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KARACHI: ‘Drive against pan, chhalia soon’
KARACHI, Aug 11: Sindh Health Minister Dr Saghir Ahmed on Monday announced that a campaign would soon be launched across the province against the manufacturing and sale of pan, gutka, chhalia,...
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KARACHI: Action against jirgas ordered
KARACHI, Aug 11: Sindh Home Minister Dr Zulfiqar Mirza on Monday directed the inspector-general of Sindh police to take legal action against the organisers of jirgas for the settlement of their disputes....
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DADU: TV reporter, brother, nephew shot dead
DADU, Aug 11: Attackers gunned down a TV journalist, his brother and nephew and left two passers-by for dead at the Cinema Chowk in close proximity of the Dadu town police station and escaped with ease on Monday....
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HYDERABAD: PFF to launch movement against lake occupation
HYDERABAD, Aug 11: The Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum announced on Monday that the forum would launch a province-wide movement starting from Aug 18 to protest excesses against fishermen by influential people....
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HYDERABAD: Govt slammed for ‘handing over Dr Aafia to US’
HYDERABAD, Aug 11: The Women Wing of Jamaat-i-Islami protested against the handing over of Dr Aafia Siddiqui to the US authorities, outside the press club here on Monday....
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SUKKUR: Irrigation employees stage demo at barrage
SUKKUR, Aug 11: Hundreds of irrigation employees staged a protest demonstration at Sukkur Barrage and outside the press club here on Monday to press for acceptance of their demands....
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LARKANA: Larkana nazim to be removed for corruption: PPP
LARKANA, Aug 11: Corruption charges have been levelled against taluka nazim by the Larkana district body of Pakistan People’s Party and PPP-backed Awam Dost Panel members of Council....
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SUKKUR: Two die, three hurt in clash
SUKKUR, Aug 11: Two brothers were gunned down and three other people were injured in an armed clash between the members of Jatoi and Kharos community over a piece of land in Mirzapur village on Monday....
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HYDERABAD: Government urged to declare 87 buildings heritage
HYDERABAD, Aug 11: The district government and Hyderabad Development Autho-rity (HDA) have recommended to the Culture Department to declare 87 buildings cultural heritage, said DCO Ali Ahmed....
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HYDERABAD: SU teacher to get award
HYDERABAD, Aug 11: The Higher Education Commission (HEC) announced the Best Teacher Award to Prof Dr Pervez Ahmed, faculty and research scholar, Sindh Development Studies Centre of the Sindh University....
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NAUSHAHRO FEROZE: School teachers, students protest against Hesco
NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Aug 11: Teachers and students of a high school, including girls, boycotted classes and took out a rally in Morath near Darbelo on Monday to protest against Hyderabad Electric Company (Hesco)....
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HYDERABAD: More hospitals needed for the mentally-ill
HYDERABAD, Aug 11: Pakistan has only 500 qualified psychiatrists to attend to a multitude of the mentally-ill people and the country badly needs to put in place adequate infrastructure for psychiatric...
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PESHAWAR: KMU to carry out survey on hearing problems
PESHAWAR, Aug 11: The Khyber Medical University will conduct a nationwide survey to ascertain the number of people afflicted with the problems of hearing and make recommendations to the government for making a policy regarding their treatment, welfare and education....
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PESHAWAR: One killed, two injured in Peshawar blast
PESHAWAR, Aug 11: One person was killed and two others were injured when a time-bomb went off in the hands of a youth in front of a private hospital in the Shaikhabad area of Gulbahar early on Monday....
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PESHAWAR: More powers for RCOs in the offing
PESHAWAR, Aug 11: The NWFP government is mulling over upgradation of recently-created five posts of regional coordination officers (RCOs), delegating more authority to the civil servants occupying ‘coveted’ slots, it is learnt....
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BUNER: Buner jirga bans entry of Taliban, security forces
BUNER, Aug 11: Rejecting the proposal of deploying security forces in the area, a jirga here on Monday decided to maintain law and order on its own....
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PESHAWAR: Centre turns down plea to cut nazims’ powers: Extension of law to Pata
PESHAWAR, Aug 11: The federal government has turned down a request of the NWFP government seeking permission to extend to the Provincially Administered Tribal Areas (Pata) a ‘controversial’ ordinance that transferred...
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PESHAWAR: PA takes up impeachment motion today
PESHAWAR, Aug 11: The Speaker of NWFP Assembly, under clause (3) of article 54 read with article 127 of the constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan summoned the session of the Provincial Assembly at 9.30am...
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GHALANAI: Checkpost blown up, two kidnapped in Mohmand
GHALANAI, Aug 11: Unidentified persons blew up Ghazi Baig checkpost, vacated by the paramilitary troops a few days ago, in Haleemzai tehsil of Mohmand Agency on Monday....
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PESHAWAR: ‘Operation in Swat, Bajaur to continue’
PESHAWAR, Aug 11: A high-level meeting held here on Monday to review the prevailing situation in Swat and Bajaur tribal region, resolved that the military operation in the areas would continue till all the objectives were achieved....
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