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KARACHI: Rs83 million income tax racket busted
KARACHI, Aug 31: The Federal Investigation Agency has unearthed a multi-million rupee fraud, involving bogus income tax refunds, and arrested an income tax official.... 
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KARACHI: Culprits unpunished even after one year: Shershah bridge collapse
KARACHI, Aug 31: Despite the passage of exactly one year, the culprits behind the Shershah bridge collapse remain unpunished....
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KARACHI: Trucks carrying Isaf supplies unprotected
KARACHI, Aug 31: No security net is in place to protect the 200 to 400 trailers that have been leaving Karachi nearly every day since 2003, carrying supplies for the International Security Assistance Force (Isaf) in Afghanistan....
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KARACHI: Several city areas getting water unfit for consumption
KARACHI, Aug 31: The Karachi Water and Sewerage Board is supplying unfit drinking water — in most cases infected with E-coli — to at least 12 towns of the city, it has been learnt....
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KARACHI: Mushahid unleashes charm offensive
KARACHI, Aug 31: Negotia-tions between the Pakistan Muslim League-Q and the Muttahida Qaumi Movement over the issue of the upcoming presidential election apparently failed to make any breakthrough as the latter...
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MINGORA: Swat Taliban reject govt’s Ramazan ceasefire
MINGORA, Aug 31: The Swat chapter of Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan rejected the government’s offer of ceasefire on Sunday and vowed that they would continue attacks on security forces and government installations during the holy month of Ramazan....
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KOHAT: Forces besiege militants in Darra mountains
KOHAT, Aug 31: Security forces continued to target hideouts of militants in Sherakai, Akhorwal and Tor Chappar areas on Sunday and killed brother of a key Taliban commander....
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PESHAWAR: Foreign forces in Afghanistan termed threat to security
PESHAWAR, Aug 31: An all parties’ conference on Sunday asked the government to stop military operation in the troubled parts of the NWFP and its adjacent tribal area and take steps for lasting peace in the region....
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MARDAN: Bridge blown up in Mardan
MARDAN, Aug 31: A local bridge was blown up while another sabotage attempt was foiled as four bombs were defused before explosion, officials and residents told Dawn here on Sunday....
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KARACHI: Overflowing sewage
KARACHI, Aug 31: Filthy water gushing out of various choked sewerage lines inundated a number of major thoroughfares of Saddar and the old city areas on Sunday creating hindrance in the flow of vehicular traffic, besides causing an unhygienic environment....
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KARACHI: Jamali, Zehri slammed for defending murders
KARACHI, Aug 31: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan has strongly criticised the acting chairman and a member of the Senate who, on the floor of the house, defended the barbaric act of burying women alive under a traditional custom....
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KARACHI: Rs30m grant for SBC pledged
KARACHI, Aug 31: Sindh Minister for Law and Parliamentary Affairs Mohammad Ayaz Soomro has announced a Rs30 million grant for the Sindh Bar Council (SBC) to make it more effective....
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KARACHI: Postponed KU exams rescheduled
KARACHI, Aug 31: The University of Karachi has revised the schedule for the postponed papers of BPEd, BEd, MEd and MBBS examinations....
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KARACHI: Only two students secure A-1 grade in HSC exam
KARACHI, Aug 31: Only two candidates could secure “A-1” grade marks in the Class XII General Science (Computer) group annual examination-2008 and were accordingly declared first and second position-holders at a...
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KARACHI: Bureaucracy is being made people-friendly, says CM
KARACHI, Aug 31: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah has said that the Pakistan People’s Party was transforming the bureaucracy into a people-friendly wing of governance....
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KARACHI: KESC may come under fire in PA today
KARACHI, Aug 31: When it resumes business after a two-day break on Monday, the Sindh assembly is likely to take on the Karachi Electric Supply Company over its performance as it...
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KARACHI: Designer’s murder
KARACHI, Aug 31: Police have formally included friends of Shaikh Amir Hassan, the famous fashion designer, who was found trussed up and shot dead in his DHA flat on Saturday....
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KARACHI: New colleges
KARACHI, Aug 31: Sindh Minister for Education Pir Mazharul Haq will inaugurate on Monday five new colleges established in the city under the directorate-general of colleges, Sindh....
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HYDERABAD: Hyderabad’s wheat quota increased
HYDERABAD, Aug 31: District Coordination Officer Ali Ahmed has claimed that the issue of providing flour to the people at the price fixed by the government has been resolved....
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HYDERABAD: Farmers urge govt to ban movement of fertiliser
HYDERABAD, Aug 31: The Sindh Chamber of Agriculture on Sunday urged the Sindh government to stop transportation of more than the sanctioned quota of urea fertiliser to Punjab and its sale in black-market....
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HYDERABAD: Price list of essential commodities issued: Ramazan arrangements reviewed
HYDERABAD, Aug 31: The district government has issued a price list of essential commodities. The list has been prepared in consultation with the Hyderabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry and wholesalers’ and retailers’ associations....
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HYDERABAD: Teachers criticise delay in promotion
HYDERABAD, Aug 31: A large number of secondary school teachers of Hyderabad district held a demonstration in front of the press club here on Sunday in protest against the inordinate delay in their promotion....
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LARKANA: Demand for arrest of PML-N leader’s killers
LARKANA, Aug 31: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leader Saleem Zia has urged the Sindh government to immediately arrest the killers of local leader of PML-N Deedar Ghanghro....
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SANGHAR: National status for Sindhi urged
SANGHAR, Aug 31: A resolution adopted at a conference on “Sindhi Language: National Language” on Sunday called for declaring Sindhi a national language and making it a compulsory subject in schools....
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PESHAWAR: Drive against profiteers launched
PESHAWAR, Aug 31: To control price hike during the holy month of Ramazan, the Peshawar administration has started raids against hoarders and profiteers and arrested more than a dozen shopkeepers under different food acts....
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