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KARACHI: Colleges’ handover notification withdrawn
KARACHI, Sept 29: The Sindh government on Monday withdrew the notification under which the control of two prominent colleges of the city — Raana Liaquat Ali Khan College of Home Economics...
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KARACHI: KESC signs contract for more power
KARACHI, Sept 29: While there was no letup in power outages on Monday, the Karachi Electric Supply Company management declared it had signed an agreement with an unspecified company for the...
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KARACHI: Eid remission: 68 convicts to be released today
KARACHI, Sept 29: As many as 68 convicts, including six women, will be released on Tuesday from different prisons in the province under the remission announced by the president of Pakistan on the occasion of Eidul Fitr....
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KARACHI: Construction of multi-storey buildings banned in Lyari
KARACHI, Sept 29: The municipal administration of Lyari Town has imposed a ban on construction of multi-storey buildings in the limits of the town....
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KARACHI: Illegal construction being carried out at 100 sites
KARACHI, Sept 29: Illegal construction is going on at full speed in at least 100 under-construction buildings either with the connivance, or owing to criminal negligence, of the Karachi Building Control Authority officials, it has been learnt....
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PESHAWAR: Law reviewed to revive magistracy system
PESHAWAR, Sept 29: The NWFP government has decided to amend the relevant laws for revival of executive magistracy in a bid to put in place a mechanism for authority to administer law and exercise its powers....
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PESHAWAR: Court accepts bank appeal against former NA speaker
PESHAWAR, Sept 29: The Peshawar High Court on Monday declared as legal the payment of Rs9.3 million by former National Assembly speaker Gohar Ayub Khan to a bank to qualify for contesting the 1993 general elections....
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MANSEHRA: Five ‘militants’ arrested from refugee camp
MANSEHRA, Sept 29: The law enforcement agencies arrested five Afghan nationals from Khaki refugee camp for having links with militants, sources said....
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KOHAT: ‘Kidnapped’ schoolteacher recovered
KOHAT, Sept 29: The Cantt police claimed the recovery of a kidnapped schoolteacher after the aggrieved party moved court expressing their dissatisfaction over the efforts of the City police on Monday....
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TIMERGARA: Timergara jail inmates end strike: Hearing of cases to be expedited
TIMERGARA, Sept 29: The prisoners in Timergara jail ended their strike after holding successful talks with government on Monday, sources said....
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KARACHI: SC issues notices to LTF men: Govt moves appeal against quashment of Brohi murder case
KARACHI, Sept 29: The Supreme Court issued on Monday notices to the accused police officers of the Lyari Task Force in an appeal moved by the state against the quashment of a murder case against them....
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KARACHI: Anti-Aids efforts hampered by lack of resources
KARACHI, Sept 29: Sindh which has the highest number of HIV/Aids patients in the country is finding it difficult to continue with its anti-HIV activities owing to the limited delivery of service packages and intervention sites....
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KARACHI: Public transport situation worsening in Karachi
KARACHI, Sept 29: The urban public transport problem in Karachi is aggravating with each passing day. The provincial and city governments seem to be lacking a vision and strategy to deal...
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KARACHI: Ordeal of motorists on University Road
KARACHI, Sept 29: The recently set up traffic police kiosk underneath the Hassan Square flyover on University Road has become a source of harassment for motorists as the police personnel deployed...
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KARACHI: Land grant scheme
KARACHI, Sept 29: The Sindh government has asked district coordination officers to complete the data related to the available state land so that woman peasants without land of their own are granted a piece of land....
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KARACHI: Rangers on VVIP duty
KARACHI, Sept 29: Referring to a report suggesting that during President Asif Ali Zardari’s last visit to the city, the presence of the Rangers personnel along the VVIP route was negligible,...
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KARACHI: Fishermen held
KARACHI, Sept 29: A joint team of the fisheries department and the Maritime Security Agency (MSA) arrested nine fishermen for using banned nets while fishing at Keti Bunder, Thatta district, on Monday, said a statement issued here....
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KARACHI: Stabbed to death
KARACHI, Sept 29: A 28-year-old man was stabbed to death inside his house in Madina Colony, Baldia Town....
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KARACHI: Police given three days to file final charge-sheet: Designer murder case
KARACHI, Sept 29: A district and sessions court on Monday gave three days to police to submit a final charge-sheet against two brothers accused of killing a famous fashion designer, Shaikh Amir Hassan....
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KARACHI: Shot dead
KARACHI, Sept 29: A 55-year-old junkyard dealer was shot dead at his shop and his 24-year-old son and an employee were wounded by unknown bandits in Liaquatabad in the small hours of Monday....
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HYDERABAD: Action ordered against transporters guilty of overcharging
HYDERABAD, Sept 29: District Coordination Officer Ali Ahmed Loond has directed the revenue officials with powers of special judicial magistrates to take action against transporters who were overcharging passengers on the eve of Eidul Fitr....
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MIRPURKHAS: DPO denies payment of ransom
MIRPURKHAS, Sept 29: Rejecting reports regarding the payment of ransom for the recovery of a kidnapped trader, DPO Umerkot Abdul Hadi Bullo said that recovery of the man was result of the efforts made by the police....
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SHIKARPUR: Town observes strike against lawlessness
SHIKARPUR, Sept 29: Townspeople observed shutter-down strike in Khanpur town on Monday in protest against growing lawlessness in the area....
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Three robbed of cell phones
JACOBABAD, Sept 29: Three pedestrians were deprived of their cellphones and around Rs50,000 near Quaid-i-Azam road in the jurisdiction of the City police station here on Saturday....
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MIRPURKHAS: Major power breakdown in Mirpurkhas
MIRPURKHAS, Sept 29: Power supply to various areas of the city was disrupted when various transformers in the city and Satellite town reportedly imploded on Monday morning....
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HYDERABAD: Body seeks feasibility reports
HYDERABAD, Sept 29: The nominated chairman of the District Peoples Development Committee (DPDC) has directed the officers of nation-building departments to prepare feasibility reports of new development schemes and upgrade existing...
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HYDERABAD: Wasa dues: nazim to move Sindh govt
HYDERABAD, Sept 29: District Nazim Kanwar Naveed Jameel said that provincial government would be approached for clearance of Rs700 million dues of the Water and Sanitation Agency (Wasa) outstanding against various government and private consumers....
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GHALANAI: US choppers violate airspace
GHALANAI, Sept 29: The US helicopters violating Pakistan’s airspace flew over Khwazai Bazai, Korakhel and Yaqub Kandaw areas of Mohmand region on Monday....
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MARDAN: Man planting bomb blown up in Mardan
MARDAN, Sept 29: A man was blown up while planting an explosive device at a CD shop in the Hoti locality here early Monday morning....
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