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KARACHI: SC seeks report on ‘encroached’ parkland
KARACHI, Sept 22: A Supreme Court bench comprising Justices Zia Pervez and Sabihuddin Ahmed asked the Karachi Building Control Authority on Monday to submit a comprehensive report on the state of two-and-a-half-acre park on M.A.... 
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PEHSAWAR: Militants now preaching in urban mosques
PEHSAWAR, Sept 22: Militants have gradually started moving from backward hilly areas to urban parts of different districts in the Frontier province....
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PESHAWAR: Two PPP lawyers made deputy attorney general
PESHAWAR, Sept 22: The federal government on Monday appointed two senior advocates affiliated with the Pakistan People’s Party as deputy attorneys general (DAGs)....
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Islamia College University becomes functional
ISLAMIA College University became functional on Monday by granting admissions to about 800 students in various disciplines. The highest marks were required for getting admission in Bachelor of Business Administration, followed by the departments of Botany, Zoology and Chemistry....
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MANSEHRA: Hazara PPP against renaming province
MANSEHRA, Sept 22: Local leaders and workers of the Pakistan People’s Party have demanded that if the government wanted to rename the NWFP, it should declare the Hazara region a separate province....
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BUNER: Alleged suicide bomber held in Buner
BUNER, Sept 22: Pir Baba police has held one of the three absconding alleged suicide bomber from Pir Baba bazaar early on Monday morning....
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KARACHI: Suspects in Pearl case yet to be tried over fears of damaging testimonies
KARACHI, Sept 22: Two high-profile militants of the banned Lashkar-i-Jhangvi, Attaur Rehman and Faisal Bhatti, who were picked up under suspicion of involvement in the kidnapping and murder of US journalist...
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KARACHI: Toll-free number allotted for rescue services
KARACHI, Sept 22: The City District Government Karachi has been allotted a toll-free number, 1122, for its rescue and ambulance services presently being operated with nine ambulances across the city with its central command at the Civic Centre....
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KARACHI: Yaum-i-Ali observed
KARACHI, Sept 22: The main procession in connection with the martyrdom of Hazrat Ali (AS) culminated peacefully at Hussainian Iranian Kharadar after passing through its traditional route on Monday....
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KARACHI: Security for new US consulate building, school
KARACHI, Sept 22: The Sindh government has decided to beef up security at the under-construction US consulate building on Mai Kolachi Bypass and the American School in KDA Scheme No 1, it has been learnt....
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KARACHI: Two Eid trains planned
KARACHI, Sept 22: The Pakistan Railways has decided to run two special trains for passengers intending to go to upcountry areas to celebrate Eid with their families....
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KARACHI: KCR revival awaiting Ecnec approval
KARACHI, Sept 22: Revival of Karachi Circular Railway (KCR) still needs approval of the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) even though the Central Development Working Party (CDWP) has already approved it....
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KARACHI: Steps to control prices
KARACHI, Sept 22: The prices of essential commodities like pulses, ghee, oil, rice, beans, chickpeas (Kabuli chana), gram flour (Baisan) have been reportedly reduced by wholesalers, but retailers are reluctant to...
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KARACHI: KESC told to stop unannounced load-shedding
KARACHI, Sept 22: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah on Monday chaired a meeting at the Chief Minister’s House regarding power load-shedding in Karachi and the problems being created by the interruption in the power supply....
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KARACHI: Dow varsity finalises admissions
KARACHI, Sept 22: Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS) has finalised admissions to its MBBS and BDS programme-2008 and will hold introductory class for new entrants on Sept 29....
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KARACHI: Murder suspect remanded in police custody
KARACHI, Sept 22: The administrative judge of the anti-terrorism courts in Karachi, Khawaja Naveed Ahmed, on Monday remanded a suspect in police custody till Sept 29 for his alleged involvement in the kidnapping and murder of his cousin....
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KARACHI: Pakistan Post sets up ‘Eid stalls’
KARACHI, Sept 22: The Pakistan Post has announced that it will set up camp offices during the Eid mail season....
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KARACHI: Victim’s driver, others indicted in kidnap case
KARACHI, Sept 22: An anti-terrorism court on Monday indicted four men on charges of kidnapping a 45-year-old man for ransom....
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KARACHI: Secretariat security beefed up
KARACHI, Sept 22: The provincial government has introduced special security measures to protect its offices in and around the Sindh Secretariat from possible terrorist attacks....
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KARACHI: Labourer commits suicide
KARACHI, Sept 22: A 45-year-old man, father of eight, committed suicide on Monday in Orangi Town....
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KARACHI: 18 more dengue cases reported
KARACHI, Sept 22: Sindh Minister for Health Dr Saghir Ahmed said on Monday that 18 new patients with suspected dengue virus were brought to various hospitals in city on Sunday night and Monday....
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HYDERABAD: HDA workers warn of strike over salary issue
HYDERABAD, Sept 22: Activists of HDA Mehran Workers’ Union staged a demonstration outside the press club on Monday in protest against non-payment of three months salary to Hyderabad Development Authority employees....
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HYDERABAD: University teachers call for filling vacant posts
HYDERABAD, Sept 22: The teachers of the Sindh Agriculture University demanded on Monday that supervisors of PhD assignments should be given remuneration, vacant posts should be filled and all the departments...
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HYDERABAD: Yaum-i-Ali observed
HYDERABAD, Sept 22: Like elsewhere, the martyrdom day of Hazrat Ali was observed with reverence in most parts of the interior of Sindh amid tight security measures here on Monday....
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MITHI: Tharis get inflated bills for solar energy connections
MITHI, Sept 22: Villagers of Nagarparkar taluka who use solar-generated power complained on Monday of excessive and unjustified billing by the contractor of the solar energy project....
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SHIKARPUR: Protest against outages
SHIKARPUR, Sept 22: Perturbed by the absence of electricity in their localities for the past three days, residents of Mehar Shah Qubo Mohalla, Gagrani Street, and Chorigar Bazaar on Monday took to the streets to protest prolonged outages....
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HYDERABAD: Govt keen on ending poverty: minister
HYDERABAD, Sept 22: The PPP government is working on a multidimensional strategy by encouraging non-governmental organisations in helping eradicate poverty from the society, said Sindh Minister for Women Development Ms Tauqir Fatima....
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SHIKARPUR: Highway robberies haunt Khanpur
SHIKARPUR, Sept 22: As many as six persons including the driver of a passenger coach were injured in separate robberies on Indus Highway along Khanpur area on late Sunday night....
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PESHAWAR: New vaccine for childhood diseases being introduced
PESHAWAR, Sept 22: The federal government is introducing new vaccines to safeguard children against influenza in addition to diphtheria, pertussis (whooping cough), hepatitis and tetanus....
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TIMERGARA: Family feud claims four lives
TIMERGARA, Sept 22: Four people were killed and three injured in exchange of fire between two rival groups over a family dispute in Maidan area on Monday, locals and police told Dawn....
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