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KARACHI: Massive power outages as city faces 600-megawatt shortfall
KARACHI, Aug 25: As many areas of the city remained without electricity for over five hours on Monday, the shareholders’ association of the utility slammed the proposed increase in power tariff... 
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KARACHI: Wounds of Bugti ‘refugees’ need a healing touch
KARACHI, Aug 25: Ali Jan named his son Noori with the prayer that he might have a bright future and brighten his family’s days ahead. But after five years of the...
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KARACHI: Scuffle mars meeting of lawyers
KARACHI, Aug 25: A scuffle among rival groups of lawyers broke up a general body meeting of the Sindh High Court Association on Monday....
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KARACHI: No shortage of fertilisers in Sindh, PA told
KARACHI, Aug 25: Sindh Agriculture Minister Ali Nawaz Shah on Monday informed the assembly that there was no shortage of fertilisers in Sindh, but complaints of non-availability of urea were prompted by its defective distribution system....
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PESHAWAR: Malik hints at head money on militants
PESHAWAR, Aug 25: Prime Minister’s Adviser on Interior Rehman Malik has said that the government has banned Tahrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and would consider putting head money on top militant leaders....
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PESHAWAR: Militants blow up girls’ school in Badbher
PESHAWAR, Aug 25: Unidentified militants blew up a government girls’ high school in Badbher area on the outskirts of the provincial capital in the small hours on Monday....
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PESHAWAR: Talks with foreign elements ruled out
PESHAWAR, Aug 25: Chief Minister Ameer Haider Khan Hoti has ruled out dialogue with foreign elements, saying that local people should not become puppets in the hands of outsiders....
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LANDI KOTAL: Taliban, Lashkar swap prisoners
LANDI KOTAL, Aug 25: Local Taliban in Bara set free a resident of Punjab province on Monday in exchange of their two colleagues, who were held by Lashkar-i-Islam, sources said....
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KARACHI: Three killed in acts of violence
KARACHI, Aug 25: Three people, including a woman, were shot dead on Monday in acts of violence in different parts of the city, police and witnesses said....
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KARACHI: Plastic recycling poses risk to citizens’ health
KARACHI, Aug 25: A large number of factories associated with the informal recycling industry in the city burn plastic in residential areas and release hazardous fumes into the air....
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KARACHI: Efforts on to start first year classes on Sept 15
KARACHI, Aug 25: The process of admission to Class-XI in the city’s government colleges under the Centralized Admission Policy 2008-09 (CAP) will be completed by Sept 10 and regular classes will...
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KARACHI: Kidnapped sisters reunited with mother in court
KARACHI, Aug 25: The two minor girls reportedly kidnapped by their uncle under the tribal custom of vani, were produced step an additional district and sessions judge on Monday following their recovery from Kala Dhaka, a tribal area of district Mansehra....
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KARACHI: Nawab Bugti’s death anniversary today
KARACHI, Aug 25: Baloch nationalists across the country and abroad will observe the second death anniversary of Nawab Akbar Bugti, founder of the Jamhoori Watan Party, various Baloch nationalist parties and groups announced here on Monday....
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KARACHI: Truckers call off strike
KARACHI, Aug 25: The Supreme Council of the Karachi Goods Transport Ittehad has called off its strike on the assurance of a 40 per cent reduction in the toll tax ....
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KARACHI: KU institute on Oct 18 investigation
KARACHI, Aug 25: The Dr A.Q. Khan Institute of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (KIBGE) has distanced itself from the investigations into the October 18 attacks on Benazir Bhutto’s welcome procession, saying...
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KARACHI: ‘Pakistan no more a nation’
KARACHI, Aug 25: The nation that we were in 1947 no longer exists, and the Pakistani people could never create the state we set out to, said the eminent historian and author of a number of books I.A....
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KARACHI: Discrepancies detected in SSGC system
KARACHI, Aug 25: The public audit committee has detected some discrepancies in the customer care and billing (CC&B) system of the Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) as the utility has not...
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KARACHI: Govt bid to ‘divide lawyers’ criticised
KARACHI, Aug 25: Representatives of the legal fraternity on Monday urged the Pakistan Bar Council to endorse the protest plan of the newly-formed National Coordination Council, led by Supreme Court Bar Association President Aitzaz Ahsan....
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LARKANA: Asifa visits mother’s grave
LARKANA, Aug 25: Asifa Bhutto-Zardari, daughter of late Benazir Bhutto, arrived in Garhi Khuda Bakhsh Bhutto from Karachi on Monday along with the Sindh Home Minister Dr Zulfikar Mirza and Minister for Local Bodies Agha Siraj Durrani....
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HYDERABAD: Rangers rent out part of school’s hostel
HYDERABAD, Aug 25: Rangers who are using hostel of the historic Noor Mohammad High School as their lodgings for over two decades and have even rented out its premises to a...
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HYDERABAD: Night courts planned in Sindh
HYDERABAD, Aug 25: More courts will be established in Sindh, besides starting night courts to decrease the backlog of cases, said Federal Secretary, Law and Justice Division, Justice Agha Rafiq Ahmed Khan....
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HYDERABAD: Lawyers boycott ceremony: Presence of PCO judges
HYDERABAD, Aug 25: Several lawyers boycotted the inauguration ceremony of Sessions Court Building here on Monday in protest against the presence of PCO judges. Lawyers condemned the Pakistan Bar Council’s resolution,...
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LARKANA: Growers decry shortage of fertiliser
LARKANA, Aug 25: Growers from different areas of the district held demonstrations outside the office of mukhtiarkar and on Lakhpat road here on Monday to protest against fertiliser shortage....
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MITHI: Bheels protest against landlord
MITHI, Aug 25: A large number of people belonging to Bheel community, including women and children, held a demonstration outside the press club here on Monday in protest against what they called excesses of an influential Thakur....
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SUKKUR: PM urged to reject proposed power tariff rise
SUKKUR, Aug 25: The Sukkur Chamber of Commerce and Industry has rejected the proposed increase in electricity tariff by Nepra and called on the prime minister to reject the proposal....
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HYDERABAD: Six suspects arrested in kidnap case
HYDERABAD, Aug 25: Six suspects were picked-up by the joint teams of Hyderabad and Matiari police following kidnapping of Works and Services Director-General Munawar Junejo on Sunday....
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HYDERABAD: BA results announced
HYDERABAD, Aug 25: The University of Sindh has announced the results of BA (pass) part-II (college side) annual examination 2007....
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HYDERABAD: Doctors seek interview letters
HYDERABAD, Aug 25: Post-graduate doctors who have cleared a test conducted by the National Testing Services for jobs of eye-nose-throat, cardiology and chest specialists have complained of not being called for...
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GHALANAI: Two Afghans held in Mohmand
GHALANAI, Aug 25: Border security forces arrested two Afghan nationals who crossed over into Mohmand tribal region from Kunar province on Monday, sources said....
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