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KARACHI: Anti-terrorism policeman attacked
Tahir Siddiqui..KARACHI, Aug 23: The town police officer of Lyari, who had also been instrumental in smashing several Al Qaeda and Taliban-linked groups and sectarian outfits, and a motorcyclist were injured on Saturd....
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KARACHI: Musical tribute to Amir Khusrau
KARACHI: The Arts Council of Pakistan, Karachi, added another feather to its cap by organising an event on Friday night at which classical singer Ustad Fateh Ali Khan of Hyderabad (Gwalior...
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KARACHI: Three depose in cases against Pappu
KARACHI, Aug 23: Three witnesses deposed on Saturday in an additional district and sessions court in two intent-to-murder cases registered against an alleged gangster of Lyari, Arshad Pappu, and others....
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KARACHI: Extremism may be nurturing within police force
KARACHI, Aug 23: A police constable was visibly upset when his senior official turned down his request for leave to attend a book launch in a Punjab town organized by the proscribed Jaish-i-Muhammad organization a few months ago....
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KARACHI: CAP formula for Class XI admission termed unfair
KARACHI, Aug 23: A large number of students who have passed their matric exams from an educational board other than the Karachi boards would not be able to qualify for admission...
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KARACHI: Govt jobs
KARACHI, Aug 23: Sindh Minister for Education and Literacy Pir Mazharul Haq has asked all those who have emerged successful in the IBA-conducted tests for government jobs to prepare themselves for employment....
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KARACHI: Drizzle forecast
KARACHI, Aug 23: The Met Office has forecast a cloudy/ partly cloudy weather for Karachi with chances of a drizzle on Saturday night or Sunday. The maximum temperature is expected to range between 31 and 33 degrees centigrade.—APP...
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KARACHI: Dug-up roads in Lyari causing immense hardship
KARACHI, Aug 23: Two key roads linking Lyari Town with Saddar, Keamari and Site towns are in shambles for quite some times but the relevant civic agency have turned a blind...
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KARACHI: Bias against women workers slammed
KARACHI, Aug 23: Speakers at a meeting on Saturday stressed that a nation could not progress in the real sense if half of its population was deprived of their rights and discriminated against in almost every field....
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KARACHI: Indictment in Gulgee murder case deferred
KARACHI, Aug 23: A district and sessions court on Saturday once again deferred indictment of two suspects nominated in the murder case of renowned artist Ismail Gulgee, his wife and thier maidservant till Sept 13....
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KARACHI: Woman killed by bandits
KARACHI, Aug 23: A 50-year-old woman was shot dead on Saturday by bandits in Shah Faisal Colony, police and witnesses said....
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PESHAWAR: Govt urged to review ‘war on terror’ policy
PESHAWAR, Aug 23: Former governor of NWFP, Lt-Gen (retiredd) Ali Mohammad Jan Aurakzai, has said as long as Nato forces are in Afghanistan peace will never dawn upon the Federally Administered Tribal Areas and the settled district of the province....
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KOHAT: ‘Afghan soldier’ executed, claims tribal leader
KOHAT, Aug 23: The Bangash tribesmen have executed an alleged Afghan soldier who was involved in sectarian clashes in Kurram Agency....
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WANA: Wana-Jandola road reopened
WANA, Aug 23: Political authorities opened the Wana-Jandola road for traffic on Saturday after talks with the elders of the Ahmadzai Wazir tribe of South Waziristan, officials said....
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PESHAWAR: Girl killed over varsity admission
PESHAWAR, Aug 23: A girl’s wish to get admission in university infuriated her brother who reportedly shot her dead here on Saturday....
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KARAK: Naib nazim ousted
KARAK, Aug 23: A vote of no confidence against the district naib nazim was carried at the district council meeting held here on Saturday. Eighteen votes out of a total of 29 were cast against the naib nazim Advocate Jan Alam....
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HYDERABAD: Zardari unfit for president’s office: Mumtaz
HYDERABAD, Aug 23: Sindh National Front Chairman Mumtaz Ali Bhutto on Saturday opposed nomination of the Pakistan People’s Party co-chairperson Asif Ali Zardari as future president of the country and said he was not fit for such an important post....
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HYDERABAD: FIR registered against nazim
HYDERABAD, Aug 23: The Bhittai Naggar police have lodged an FIR against UC Nazim of Qasimabad Mehboob Abro following an alleged murderous attack on a PPP-SB activist, Irshad Khaskheli, near the grid station of Qasimabad on Friday....
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HYDERABAD: JUI-F seeks removal of SAU vice-chancellor
HYDERABAD, Aug 23: The Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl leader Maulana Abdul Ghafoor Haideri on Saturday demanded removal of vice-chancellor of the Sindh Agriculture University, Dr Basheer Ahmed Shaikh, and warned if he was...
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JACOBABAD: 800kg hashish, smuggled cloth seized
JACOBABAD, Aug 23: Personnel of Excise police seized 800 kilograms of hashish and 400 bundles of smuggled cloth from an oil tanker on the Indus Highway near Dero-More in the jurisdiction of Kashmore police station on Saturday....
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HYDERABAD: Violence against women, children rising in Sindh
HYDERABAD, Aug 23: The president of the Lawyers for Human Rights and Legal Aid (LHRLA), Zia Ahmed Awan, has said that incidents of violence against women and children continue to show...
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NAWABSHAH: Gastroenteritis on the rise
NAWABSHAH, Aug 23: About 150 people have reportedly been admitted to the hospitals and health centres of the district for gastroenteritis during last 48 hours....
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MIRPURKHAS: Boy caught travelling to India without papers
MIRPURKHAS, Aug 23: Rangers personnel have arrested a 12-year-old boy going to India in Thar Express train from the Zero Point railway station for travelling without passport and other legal documents on Saturday....
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SANGHAR: 900 urea bags recovered
SANGHAR, Aug 23: The DCO Sanghar, Khuda Bux Larik raided a cotton factory at Nauabad and recovered 900 bags of urea fertilizer....
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KHAIRPUR: Growers protest water shortage
KHAIRPUR, Aug 23: More than 100 growers of Imam minor, Sobhodero taluka staged a sit-in on Sobhodero-Saghiyoon Road on Saturday in protest against irrigation water shortage since last four months....
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SANGHAR: 7 injured in police raid
SANGHAR, Aug 23: Seven people, including three policemen were injured when police raided a house at Malhi Paro, Khipro after midnight on Saturday....
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SUKKUR: Two die as hardened criminals clash
SUKKUR, Aug 23: Two persons were killed and two others injured in an armed clash between two groups of hardened criminals, including Moso Lolai and Jado Arbani over an old enmity,...
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NAUSHAHRO FEROZE: Big landlords accused of water theft
NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Aug 23: The tail-end growers of Darbelo, Larik and Detha minors took out a rally and staged a demonstration outside the SDO irrigation office and Tharushah Press Club on Saturday to protest against the non-supply of water....
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