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KARACHI: Sindh PA rejects ‘discriminatory’ power tariff
KARACHI, Sept 1: The Sindh assembly on Monday heard angry members criticise the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority over prolonged load-shedding, excessive billings and discriminatory tariff slabs in the province.... 
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KARACHI: City council okays increase in land-use conversion charges
KARACHI, Sept 1: Amid a walkout staged by the opposition, the city council on Monday hurriedly adopted a resolution approving an increase in the conversion charges of land use on roads declared commercial....
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KARACHI: Prolonged outages persist
KARACHI, Sept 1: Amid strong criticism of the government’s move to increase electricity tariff by 31 per cent, Karachiites continued to suffer prolonged load-shedding, stretching beyond two hours, at least for four times on Monday....
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TIMERGARA: Displaced people start returning to Bajaur
TIMERGARA, Sept 1: Thousands of displaced people left relief camps in Lower Dir and other parts of the NWFP and went back to their homes in the Bajaur Agency after security forces suspended their operation in the region....
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PESHAWAR: Body of ‘Indian spy’ found
PESHAWAR, Sept 1: Body of an unidentified young man was recovered from a dry water channel here at Mattani area....
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KOHAT: Militant killed, 4 security men hurt in Darra clash
KOHAT, Sept 1: Four security personnel were seriously injured and one militant was killed during exchange of heavy fire in Zarghunkhel and Sheraki areas of Darra Adamkhel late on Sunday night....
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BUNER: Seven die as pick-up falls into ravine
BUNER, Sept 1: Seven people were killed and one person was injured, when a pick-up plunged into a hundred feet deep gorge in the mountainous range in tehsil Chozi on late Sunday night....
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LANDI KOTAL: Cleric pledges not to harbour militants
LANDI KOTAL, Sept 1: The political administration of Khyber Agency signed an agreement with a firebrand cleric here on Monday barring him from attacking security forces and harbouring local and foreign militants....
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KARACHI: Protesters condemn senators’ remarks
KARACHI, Sept 1: A noisy protest was staged outside the Karachi Press Club on Monday by emotionally charged activists of various political and social groups against the recent burying alive of five female members of a tribe in Balochistan....
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KARACHI: Protesters condemn Kurram killings
KARACHI, Sept 1: A protest demonstration was held at the Numaish intersection on Monday as part of the countrywide protests against the continued bloodshed in the Kurram Agency....
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KARACHI: SHC seeks list of cases against gold trader
KARACHI, Sept 1: A division bench of the Sindh High Court asked the district police officer of Badin to produce a list of cases registered or being probed against Kamran Khan Tessori and any of his relatives.The...
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KARACHI: Man killed by wife’s brother
KARACHI, Sept 1: A 25-year-old man who married a woman without the consent of her parents six months ago was shot dead in Moch Koh by his wife’s brother and the latter’s friend, police and witneses said....
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KARACHI: Ibad says LG system not being abolished
KARACHI, Sept 1: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad has categorically stated that the local government system will not be abolished and that no proposal in this regard is under consideration....
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KARACHI: Two drug peddlers awarded life term
KARACHI, Sept 1: A special control of narcotics substance court sentenced two drug peddlers to life imprisonment in a drug smuggling case on Monday....
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KARACHI: Urea shortage crisis deepening, PA told
KARACHI, Sept 1: The issue of an acute shortage of fertilisers in the province was again raised by over a dozen members, who warned that if urea was not made available...
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KARACHI: Motorcyclist killed
KARACHI, Sept 1: A 45-year-old man was killed when his motorcycle slipped in Pak Colony....
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LARKANA: Fertiliser to be imported to end crisis
LARKANA, Sept 1: The district government has taken measures to meet the demand of urea fertiliser through imported stuff. The District Coordination Officer Larkana Abdul Aziz Uqaili said this while visiting...
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HYDERABAD: Fisherwomen seek release of water into sea
HYDERABAD, Sept 1: A convention of fisherwomen demanded on Sunday protection to fishermen from influential feudal lords who had occupied most of the sweet water resources in the province, issuance of...
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HYDERABAD: Milksellers continue to overcharge
HYDERABAD, Sept 1: Milk sellers continue to sell milk to consumers at Rs40 and 42 per litre in the city in violation of the official rate of Rs35 per litre....
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LARKANA: Govt claims ring hollow, says Mumtaz
LARKANA, Sept 1: All claims of the present government have proved hollow slogans, said the Chairman, Sindh National Front, Mumtaz Ali Bhutto....
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HYDERABAD: Official rejects funds stoppage reports
HYDERABAD, Sept 1: The Mirpurkhas EDO of works and services Ghulam Mustafa Abro denied reports on Monday that work on development schemes in the district had come to a stop due to non-release of funds....
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HYDERABAD: HCCI slams proposed hike in power tariff
HYDERABAD, Sept 1: The Hyderabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (HCCI on Monday criticised proposed increase of 31 per cent in electricity tariff and said that it would reflect badly on exports and lead to shutdown of small industrial units....
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LARKANA: Protest against price hike
LARKANA, Sept 1: A large number of workers, labourers and daily wagers held a demonstration and staged a sit-in outside Jinnabagh here on Monday in protest against skyrocketing prices of essential items....
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HYDERABAD: Police clueless about govt official’s kidnapping
HYDERABAD, Sept 1: The joint investigation team of Hyderabad and Matiari police is still clueless about the kidnapping of a grade-20 Sindh government official, Munawar Junejo, who was kidnapped on Aug 24 on way to his agricultural farm....
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MINGORA: Army claims killing militants in Swat
MINGORA, Sept 1: Several militants were killed and others received injuries when jet fighters and helicopter gunships pounded their hideouts in Peuchar, Shakardara and other areas in Upper Swat on Monday....
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