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KARACHI: Monopoly of airlines pushes up Haj fares
KARACHI, Sept 20: With the first Haj flight due to take off on November 1, performing the pilgrimage for people of limited means this year will be next to impossible as the fares for Haj are hitting astronomical highs.... 
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KARACHI: Most April 9 cases against ‘unknown suspects’, tribunal told
KARACHI, Sept 20: Examining 34 cases registered at the city’s different police stations, a Sindh High Court inquiry tribunal investigating the April 9, 2008 violence learnt on Saturday except for one...
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KARACHI: Two indicted in Gulgee’s murder case
KARACHI, Sept 20: A district and sessions court on Saturday indicted two men in the murder case of the renowned artist Mohammad Ismail Gulgee, his wife and their maid in December 2007....
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KARACHI: Council allows changes in Gulshan administration
KARACHI, Sept 20: A heated debate took place in the City Council on Saturday when treasury and opposition members started rowing over the quorum issue and the convener of the house...
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KARACHI: Over Rs1.4 billion KU budget presented
KARACHI, Sept 20: The syndicate of the University of Karachi on Saturday approved Rs1,499 million budget for 2008-09, showing a massive shortfall of Rs388 million. The budget will now be forwarded to the KU’s senate for approval....
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KARACHI: ‘18 sugar mills produce substandard product’
KARACHI, Sept 20: A federal government’s quality control organisation has declared that sugar produced by 18 mills does not meet the standards and contains impurities that could pose a threat to human health....
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PESHAWAR: NWFP increases cost of construction by 120pc: Development works
PESHAWAR, Sept 20: The Frontier government has increased by almost 120 per cent its official rates for carrying out civil works, making adjustments in Composite Schedule Rates (CSR) in the wake of the soaring oil prices....
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CHITRAL: Chitral may miss chunk of compensation
CHITRAL, Sept 20: The district is being denied its due share in the compensation money by the provincial government which it had claimed from the federal government due to the colossal...
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PESHAWAR: JI protests against US strikes, military operation
PESHAWAR, Sept 20: The provincial chapter of Jamaat-i-Islami on Saturday organised a protest demonstration in front of the Peshawar Press Club to denounce the US strikes and military operation in tribal belt and Swat....
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KARACHI: Kidnapped suitor found shot dead
KARACHI, Sept 20: The bullet-riddled body of a 22-year-old man, who was kidnapped three days ago in Korangi allegedly by the father of the girl he wanted to marry, was found in Ibrahim Haidri on Saturday....
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KARACHI: Khairpur date growers in need of govt support
KARACHI, Sept 20: Due to the lack of proper infrastructure and facilities, the state of dates’ production in Khairpur district largely stands where it was at the time of independence, with...
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KARACHI: Policemen depose in Arshad Pappu case
KARACHI, Sept 20: An additional district and sessions judge recorded on Saturday the statements of four police officials in a case registered against the alleged gangster of Lyari, Arshad Pappu and others....
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KARACHI: Magistrate testifies in kidnap case
KARACHI, Sept 20: An anti-terrorism court recorded the testimony of a judicial magistrate in a kidnap for ransom case on Saturday....
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KARACHI: Action against defiant flour millers likely
KARACHI, Sept 20: The provincial food department is set to take action against Karachi-based flour mills for undermining the government’s efforts aimed at ensuring the sale of wheat flour at reasonable prices....
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HARIPUR: Man killed, five injured in pileup
HARIPUR, Sept 20: A man was killed and five others, including a woman, were injured critically when four vehicles collided on the Sirikot Road near Panian, some four kilometres from here, on Saturday....
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PESHAWAR: ANP welcomes Asif’s speech
PESHAWAR, Sept 20: The Awami National Party leadership on Saturday welcomed the speech of President Asif Ali Zardari to the joint session of parliament and expressed the hope that the government would fulfil the people’s expectations....
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PESHAWAR: Two brothers among three shot dead over monetary dispute
PESHAWAR, Sept 20: A monetary dispute took lives of three persons including two brothers in Sufaid Dheri area here on Saturday....
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CHITRAL: Jobless youth commits suicide
CHITRAL, Sept 20: A jobless youth committed suicide by jumping into river on Saturday morning here in Kosht village....
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