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KARACHI: Posting of 650 teachers awaits CM’s nod
KARACHI, Sept 11: At a time when there is a shortage of around 1,100 college teachers throughout the province, 650 teachers who had passed their examination from the Sindh Public Service... 
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KARACHI: Lawyers boycott courts
KARACHI, Sept 11: The legal fraternity on Thursday observed their weekly boycott of court proceedings at the City Courts and the Malir District Courts in response to the Pakistan Bar Council’s standing call....
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HYDERABAD: Hesco asked not to cut off power supply to Wasa installations
HYDERABAD, Sept 11: District Nazim Kanwar Naveed Jamil on Thursday warned Hesco not to disconnect power supply to Wasa installations and restore the power where it had been cut off to...
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HYDERABAD: Body formed to end SAU row
HYDERABAD, Sept 11: The Sindh Agriculture University Teachers Association, at a meeting, has expressed concern over prevailing situation at the campus and constituted a six-member committee to mediate between the employees and university administration....
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KOHAT: Baitullah’s aide to be freed on bail today
KOHAT, Sept 11: A close aide of militant commander Baitullah Mehsud, whose arrest triggered a fierce battle between militants and security forces in Doaba claiming dozens of lives, will be released from the Kohat district prison on Friday, officials told Dawn....
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KOHAT: Militants slaughter 2 kidnapped cadets
KOHAT, Sept 11: The headless bodies of two cadets of Police Training College Hangu, kidnapped a week ago, were found in Shahu area of Hangu district on Thursday, officials said....
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LANDI KOTAL: 5 injured as tribal elder escapes kidnapping
LANDI KOTAL, Sept 11: An elder of the Kukikhel tribe and four other people sustained injuries during a kidnapping attempt in Jamrud on Thursday, sources said....
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TIMERGARA: Victims rule out possibility of tribal feud: Attack on Dir mosque
TIMERGARA, Sept 11: The victims of grenade attack on a mosque in Miskene area have ruled out that the incident was result of any tribal feud....
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KARACHI: Four children killed in school wall collapse
KARACHI, Sept 11: Four children, aged between five and nine years, were killed on Thursday when a wall of their old school building collapsed on Manora Island, witnesses said....
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KARACHI: Shortage of funds keeps aquarium closed
KARACHI, Sept 11: The fate of a once popular recreational spot in the city – Clifton Fish Aquarium – hangs in the balance as the work to revive the project has...
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KARACHI: Quaid’s death anniversary observed with reverence
KARACHI, Sept 11: The 60th death anniversary of the Father of the Nation, Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah, was observed in Karachi, like other parts of the country, with due reverence and solemnity on Thursday....
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KARACHI: Transporters flout laws
KARACHI, Sept 11: Residents of Lyari Town are facing immense hardships reportedly due to flouting of all traffic rules by transporters at Lea Market....
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KARACHI: Prof Ahsan remembered
KARACHI, Sept 11: A condolence meeting held at the Adamjee Government Science College on Thursday paid homage to Prof Syed Riaz Ahsan, the president of Sindh Professors and Lecturers’ Association (SPLA) who passed away here on Monday....
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KARACHI: Minister says police guards necessary
KARACHI, Sept 11: Sindh Minister for Information Shazia Marri has said that it is true that public representatives have been provided police escort and argued that it is necessary because of the nature of their assignments....
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KARACHI: JI rally
KARACHI, Sept 11: The Jamaat-i-Islami, Karachi chapter, has announced that it will hold a protest demonstration on Friday outside Masjid-i-Nauman, Lasbella Chowk, after Jumma prayers against the government’s failure to arrest...
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KARACHI: Two ASF men get jail term in drugs case
KARACHI, Sept 11: The special court for control of narcotic substances on Thursday awarded four-year imprisonment each to two personnel of the Airport Security Force (ASF) in a drug smuggling case....
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KARACHI: Karachi sizzles at 41.5°C
KARACHI, Sept 11: Citizens of Karachi braved an unusually hot and dry day on Thursday as the mercury shot up to 41.5 degrees centigrade....
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KARACHI: Guard’s bail plea in dacoity case rejected
KARACHI, Sept 11: Justice Qaiser Iqbal of Sindh High Court on Thursday dismissed bail application of a private security company’s guard in a case pertaining to a Rs30 million dacoity....
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KARACHI: KESC saves fuel at consumers’ expense
KARACHI, Sept 11: As the mercury surged to 41.5 Celsius with 23 per cent humidity on Thursday, Karachiites suffered yet another hot day of prolonged power outages as the Karachi Electric...
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KARACHI: Bandit injured by partner in Landhi
KARACHI, Sept 11: A bandit was shot at by his associate when he fell off the motorcycle he was riding while they were trying to flee from the scene of crime in Landhi on Thursday....
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KARACHI: Free-will couple
KARACHI, Sept 11: A Sindh High Court bench comprising Justice Khilji Arif Hussain and Justice Bin Yamin on Thursday directed police not to harass or arrest Taj Mohammad and Sumaira, who have married at their free will.—PPI...
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HYDERABAD: Govt urged to strengthen dist relief committee
HYDERABAD, Sept 11: MPA Pir Amjad Hussain Shah Jilani on Thursday recommended to the Sindh government to broaden the scope of district relief committee to enable it to undertake rehabilitation works in addition to providing timely relief to disaster-affected people....
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THATTA: Inspection team’s visit bewilders UC nazims
THATTA, Sept 11: Members of the Sindh Chief Minister’s Inspection Team (CMIT) reached here on Wednesday to conduct inquiries into the alleged corruption in the development schemes....
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HYDERABAD: Irregularities in teachers’ recruitment alleged
HYDERABAD, Sept 11: Candidates clearing the mandatory IBA-conducted test for post of teachers have opposed the present government’s criteria of 60 per cent marks as at the time of test no such condition was evident....
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HARIPUR: Slain ANP legislator laid to rest
HARIPUR, Sept 11: The slain Awami National Party (ANP) MPA and former provincial minister, Akhtar Nawaz Khan, was laid to rest in Khalabat Township here on Thursday evening....
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PARACHINAR: Warring Kurram tribes exchange bodies
PARACHINAR, Sept 11: Rival factions exchanged bodies in the Kurram Agency on Thursday as the political administration decided to start deployment of paramilitary forces in troubled pockets of the area from Friday....
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