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KARACHI: Proposed changes to transplant law attract criticism
KARACHI, Sept 19: While the National Assembly’s standing committee on health is unlikely to debate any time soon certain changes proposed in the Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues Ordinance 2007,... 
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KARACHI: New sampling of palm oil ordered
KARACHI, Sept 19: Sindh Health Minister Dr Sagheer Ahmed has ordered a fresh sampling of 1,000-metric-ton palm oil, a portion of which was believed to have become contaminated during its initial storage at the port....
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KARACHI: Altaf hails Zardari’s gesture
KARACHI, Sept 19: Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain has praised President Asif Ali Zardari for taking prompt action on certain grievances of MQM ministers and nazims....
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HYDERABAD: PPP leadership accused of ignoring party workers
HYDERABAD, Sept 19: People’s Party activists from Mithi, Chhachhro and Nagarparkar, district Tharparkar staged a protest demonstration outside the press club here on Friday against the indifferent attitude of the party leadership towards the workers....
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MANSEHRA: Talks between Erra officials, landowners fail: New Balakot City
MANSEHRA, Sept 19: The talks between a delegation of landowners of Bakrial, the proposed site for the establishment of the New Balakot City, and officials of the Earthquake Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Authority (Erra) failed in Islamabad on Friday....
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KOHAT: Rocket lands near Kohat court
KOHAT, Sept 19: A rocket hit a road near the court of the district and sessions judge on Thursday night. No loss of life or damage to property was reported.The...
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PARACHINAR: Clashes claim four lives in Kurram
PARACHINAR, Sept 19: Four people were killed and four others injured in sporadic clashes between rival tribes in different areas of the Kurram Agency on Friday....
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PESHAWAR: Shortage of vaccines puts newborns at risk
PESHAWAR, Sept 19: Non-availability of vaccines for childhood ailments in public sector health facilities due to the alleged delaying tactics by the federal health ministry has been adversely affecting newborns across the province, health officials and parents said....
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KARACHI: Explanation sought in contempt plea
KARACHI, Sept 19: The Sindh High Court asked a federal secretary on Friday to explain why the promotion cases of grade 16 senior auditors of the sales tax department were not...
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KARACHI: Kidnapped teenager found strangled
KARACHI, Sept 19: The strangled body of a teenager was found in his car parked in a Clifton apartment on Friday afternoon in the jurisdiction of the Boat Basin police....
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KARACHI: Rs3bn uplift funds lapsed last year
KARACHI, Sept 19: The Sindh government’s development funds, amounting to Rs3,052.361 million, lapsed during the last financial year because they remained unutilised despite their release. Out of 29 departments, only four managed to utilise all their allocated funds....
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KARACHI: DUHS asks candidates to turn up on Sunday or lose seat: Admission to medical colleges
KARACHI, Sept 19: The Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS) has advised the 750 candidates whose names have appeared in the final merit list of candidates eligible for admission to its...
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KARACHI: Acting governor
KARACHI, Sept 19: Sindh Assembly Speaker Nisar Ahmed Khuhro on Friday took the oath as acting governor of Sindh....
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KARACHI: Captivating images on display at Canvas
KARACHI: This Ramazan, a couple of art galleries have experimented with the idea of organising shows in addition to traditional exhibitions of calligraphy held in the month of fasting....
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KARACHI: Liquor seized, suspect held
KARACHI, Sept 19: A divisional intelligence team of the excise police on Friday arrested a suspect, Rehmat Shah, and recovered from his possession 150 packs of home-made liquor....
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KARACHI: Verdict on bail plea in kidnap case reserved
KARACHI, Sept 19: An anti-terrorism court on Friday recorded arguments from both sides on a bail application of a woman suspect in a case pertaining to the kidnap of an eight-year-old boy for ransom and reserved its order till Sept 24....
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DADU: PML-N wants corruption cases against ex-ministers
DADU, Sept 19: Provincial president of PML-N women wing Sourath Theabo has said that corruption cases should be lodged against the former ministers of PML-Q government who had minted billions of dollars during their tenure....
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SHIKARPUR: Crime rate rises in Khanpur
SHIKARPUR, Sept 19: After a lull of a few weeks, criminals have become active again with a sudden rice in highway robberies, motorcycle snatching and street crime -- in Shikarpur district,...
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HYDERABAD: Job test on 20th
HYDERABAD, Sept 19: Written and oral examinations for the posts of assistant, senior and junior clerk, driver, naib qasid, watchman and sanitary worker in the department of women development and gender...
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SHIKARPUR: New tier formed to monitor uplift works
SHIKARPUR, Sept 19: The Shikarpur district president of the People’s Party, Qazi Naeem Akbar, has been appointed the chairman of the Sindh People’s Development Committee (SPDC) for the district....
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MIRPURKHAS: Factory workers protest against retrenchment
MIRPURKHAS, Sept 19: The sacked workers of Sattary cotton and ginning factory Mirpurkhas staged a demonstration outside press club here on Thursday and protested against depriving them of their means of livelihood....
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HYDERABAD: Stress, extreme cold and heat may cause eczema: expert
HYDERABAD, Sep 19: The abnormal response of body immune system may cause eczema, which though not contagious, is often not treated in a proper manner, dermatologist Dr Dharam Dev Rathi says....
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PESHAWAR: ‘Hermit’ granted bail in drug case
PESHAWAR, Sept 19: The Peshawar High Court has granted bail to a person charged by the local police with selling contraband disguising himself to be a hermit at a graveyard....
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CHARSADDA: Constable shot dead
CHARSADDA, Sept 19: A police constable was shot dead over a petty dispute in the jurisdiction of Nisata police station here on Friday....
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KOHAT: Kohat varsity may relieve senior teachers
KOHAT, Sept 19: The Kohat University of Sciences and Technology (Kust) has cut its developmental and non-developmental projects by 30 per cent and delayed some important projects for about three years on the instructions of the Higher Education Commission (HEC)....
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PESHAWAR: Three brothers killed over land dispute
PESHAWAR, Sept 19: Three brothers were killed and their father was critically injured when some gunmen ambushed their vehicle near the Shah Alam Bridge on the Charsadda Road on Friday morning....
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