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KARACHI: KESC management admits negligence
KARACHI, Aug 29: As angry people took to the streets over prolonged power outages on Thursday night, the privatized management of the Karachi Electric Supply Company on Friday admitted that despite... 
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KARACHI: Gorakh Hills Development body formed
KARACHI, Aug 29: The Sindh Assembly on Friday unanimously passed the Gorakh Hills Development Authority Bill 2008 into law after a brief discussion on its general principles....
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PESHAWAR: Swat MPAs seek decisive operation in ‘lost paradise’
PESHAWAR, Aug 29: The ongoing killings and burning of their ‘paradise’ has forced the terrified and broken MPAs from Swat to lament the “helplessness” of their government and denounce the “meaningless” operation against militants in the valley....
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TIMERGARA: Taliban agree to pull out of Dir in two days
TIMERGARA, Aug 29: The Taliban agreed to wind up their camps and pull out of Maidan area of Lower Dir within the next two days, sources told Dawn here on Friday....
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NAWABSHAH: Water shortage, tree chopping ruin forest
NAWABSHAH, Aug 29: The Pai Forest is facing a drought-like situation due to acute shortage of water and its wildlife is in danger due to vanishing flora and fauna and excessive hunting in the area....
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KARACHI: Private schools lend books to ‘fleece’ students
KARACHI, Aug 29: It appears as if the privately-managed schools, both registered and unregistered, want to leave no stone unturned to mint more and more money on one pretext or the other....
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KARACHI: Remand of lockers heist suspects extended
KARACHI, Aug 29: Judicial Magistrate (South) Ashraf Hussain on Friday extended physical remand of three suspects of a bank robbery case till Sept 2. He ordered medical examination of one of...
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KARACHI: Gang of ‘jewellery robbers’ busted
KARACHI, Aug 29: Police on Friday busted a gang allegedly involved in the recent jewellery shops robberies and recovered arms and ammunition and some looted gold from their possession....
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HYDERABAD: Scholars urge national status for major languages
HYDERABAD, Aug 29: Major languages spoken in the country, including the Sindhi, Balochi, Pashto, Punjabi and Seraiki, should be given the status of national language, demanded speakers at the National Language...
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THATTA: Three bandits killed, four kidnap victims freed
THATTA, Aug 29: Three dacoits, including their ring leader, were killed in a brief encounter with police on Friday near Bachal Shah Ji Sim on Sujawal-Badin Road....
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KARACHI: Federal govt bans import of big cats
KARACHI, Aug 29: The federal government has banned the import of tigers, lions and other big cat species....
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KARACHI: Question mark over meter testing
KARACHI, Aug 29: While the power crisis in the city has aggravated owing to the deteriorating generation and transmission capacity of the KESC, its foreign managers are imposing penalties on consumers in violation of Nepra rules....
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KARACHI: City govt told to submit report on disputed park
KARACHI, Aug 29: The Supreme Court directed the city district government on Friday to submit a detailed report on a public park said to have been illegally occupied by shopkeepers and others....
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KARACHI: Senior artists’ show
KARACHI, Aug 29: An exhibition of paintings by senior artists — Abdul Hayee, Chitra Pritam, M.A. Bukhari, Mansur Aye, Mashkoor Raza, Mansur Rahi, Mohammad Kazim, Nahid Raza, Riaz Rafi, Tassaduq Sohail,...
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KARACHI: HBL referendum
KARACHI, Aug 29: The Habib Bank Workers Front (HBWB) won the referendum held on Friday to choose the collective bargaining agents of the bank’s employees. The...
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KARACHI: PIA flight engineers’ plea dismissed
KARACHI, Aug 29: A civil suit filed by certain flight engineers of Pakistan International Airlines against what they have termed the flag carrier’s policy of forced retirement has been dismissed as not maintainable by a senior civil judge, Dawn has learnt....
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KARACHI: Suicide attempt
KARACHI, Aug 29: An unidentified man tried to commit suicide by setting himself on fire behind the shrine of Abdullah Shah Ghazi in Clifton late Thursday night....
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HYDERABAD: Fleeing suspect arrested
HYDERABAD, Aug 29: An alleged drug peddler who fled from the Market police station on Friday was rearrested later in the day from the Ghaushala area....
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