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KARACHI: Karachi plagued by ‘relentless’ load-shedding
KARACHI, Sept 13: A collapse of the KESC generation, transmission and distribution system on Saturday resulted in the shortfall of over 700 megawatts and sparked two-hour load-shedding after every 30 minutes... 
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KARACHI: Hot weather persists
KARACHI, Sept 13: The heat wave continued its grip on the city on Saturday, though the mercury slightly climbed down as the Met office recorded the highest temperature at 41.7...
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KARACHI: ‘Public vehicles damaged on April 9 were uninsured’
KARACHI, Sept 13: A Sindh High Court inquiry tribunal investigating the April 9, 2008 violence came to know on Saturday that none of the public vehicles damaged or burnt that day...
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KARACHI: Three killed in road accident
KARACHI, Sept 13: Three people were killed and three others injured early in the morning on Saturday in a head-on-collision between a truck and a pickup at Quaidabad....
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KARACHI: Former PIA Chairman acquitted in graft case
KARACHI, Sept 13: A special judge of the federal anti-corruption and emigration court on Saturday acquitted the former federal minister and the ex-chairman of the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), Shahid Khaqan...
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KARACHI: NICVD emergency ward reopened after renovation
KARACHI, Sept 13: The National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases (NICVD) will need enhancement of its emergency facilitation services and an increase in patient beds in the next couple of years....
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KARACHI: Strokes of genius
KARACHI, Sept 13: Perhaps due to the general disdain with which figurative art has been viewed in traditional Muslim societies, calligraphy has been an outlet for artists wishing to express themselves creatively ever since the advent of Islam....
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KARACHI: Dengue virus
KARACHI, Sept 13: Sindh Minister for Health Dr Saghir Ahmed has said that a total of 571 patients of suspected dengue fever have been brought to various hospitals in the province...
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KARACHI: Qawwals enthral audience
KARACHI: Farid Ayaz Al Hussaini – Abu Mohammad Qawwal were in their element as they performed before a discerning audience which filled the huge hall of a local club the other night....
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KARACHI: Seminar on Tabish
KARACHI, Sept 13: A seminar on the life and literary works of well-known poet Tabish Dehlvi is being held on Sunday at 3pm at the Arts Council of Pakistan.—Staff Reporter...
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KARACHI: Complainant testifies in murder case
KARACHI, Sept 13: An anti-terrorism court on Saturday recorded the statement of a complainant in a kidnapping and murder case....
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MARDAN: Sugarcane growers threaten to stop supply to mills
MARDAN, Sept 13: Farmers of Mardan district have threatened to stop supply of sugarcane to mills in Peshawar valley if owners of mills refuse to spend the sales duty collected from sugarcane products for the welfare of growers....
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PESHAWAR: Jirga ‘persuades’ militants to wind up camps in Dir
PESHAWAR, Sept 13: A jirga in Lower Dir, headed by Tehrik Nifaz-i-Shariat-i-Muhammadi chief Maulana Sufi Mohammad, has ‘convinced’ local militants to wind up their camps and leave the region following successful parleys....
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PESHAWAR: Swat situation affects efforts for power restoration
PESHAWAR, Sept 13: The Peshawar Electric Supply Company is unable to restore power supply to various parts of violent-stricken areas of the Swat valley because of the ongoing military operation, says its spokesperson....
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PESHAWAR: WHO, Unicef team meets governor
PESHAWAR, Sept 13: A joint delegation of the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the Unicef, led by their country representatives, called on NWFP Governor Owais Ahmed Ghani here on Saturday....
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MANSEHRA: Mansehra nazim rejects minister’s transfer orders
MANSEHRA, Sept 13: Rejecting the provincial government’s posting and transfer orders in the education department, the district nazim has told the executive district officer (EDO) not to obey the education minister’s orders, Dawn has learnt....
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SWABI: PPP urged to part ways with ANP
SWABI, Sept 13: Pakistan People’s Party local leaders have urged the provincial leadership to part ways with the Awami National Party....
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