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KARACHI: Saif, Maqbool declared Pos: Zardari murder attempt case
KARACHI, Sept 30: A district and sessions court declared a former chairman of the Ehtesab Bureau, his brother and three senior police officers proclaimed offenders on Tuesday and asked the interior... 
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KARACHI: Four killed in violent acts
KARACHI, Sept 30: Four people were killed in acts of violence in different parts of the city on Tuesday, police and witnesses said....
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KARACHI: When upcountry buses become death traps
KARACHI, Sept 30: As the relatives of nearly 40 persons mourn the tragic deaths of their loved ones, who died on Monday night in a bus accident travelling from Karachi to...
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KARACHI: Prosecution dept directed to issue posting letters within 30 days
KARACHI, Sept 30: The Sindh High Court directed the provincial prosecution department to issue within 30 days posting letters to the deputy prosecutors-general, assistant prosecutors-general, deputy district public prosecutors, assistant district...
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KARACHI: KWSB fails to set up permanent hydrants
KARACHI, Sept 30: Since the closure of Muslimabad hydrants, the Karachi Water and Sewerage Board has been unable to set up alternative hydrants on a permanent basis....
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KARACHI: Eid prayer timings
KARACHI, Sept 30: Following are timings for Eid prayers to be offered at various mosques, Eidgahs, playgrounds and Imambargahs in the metropolis:...
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KARACHI: Court seeks medical report of prisoner
KARACHI, Sept 30: Sindh High Court division bench comprising Justice Yasmin Abbasey and Justice Khwaja Naveed Ahmed on Tuesday directed the chief medical officer of Karachi Central Jail to submit a medical report of an ailing prisoner before the court....
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KARACHI: Traffic police set to cross swords with transporters: Law on enhanced fine money
KARACHI, Sept 30: While the traffic police authorities are determined to get the Provincial Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Ordinance 2008 re-enforced, transporters in Karachi continue to oppose it and threaten to observe...
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KARACHI: Library for Thar coal project investors
KARACHI, Sept 30: The Sindh government has set up a library in Clifton for the parties interested in making investment in the Thar coal energy project....
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KARACHI: Shifting of sub-registrar office irks Lyariites
KARACHI, Sept 30: The shifting of the sub-registrar office from Lyari Town to Saddar Town has stirred a great resentment among the residents of the area who are now having a hard time in getting their legal property documents registered....
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KARACHI: SHC issues notices in plea against Nepra
KARACHI, Sept 30: A Sindh High Court division bench headed by its chief justice issued notices to the federation and the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) for October 16 in...
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KARACHI: Four ADP schemes still awaiting approval: Women’s empowerment
KARACHI, Sept 30: Four of the five schemes planned for women’s empowerment as part of the annual development programme are awaiting approval of the authorities concerned as only one of the projects was sanctioned during the last three months....
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KARACHI: Court rejects bail petitions in gang-rape case
KARACHI, Sept 30: An additional district and sessions court on Tuesday rejected bail applications submitted by three accused allegedly involved in the gang-rape of a woman on the premises of Mazar-i-Quaid....
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KARACHI: Weather
KARACHI, Sept 30: The Met Office has forecast hot and dry weather for Karachi on Wednesday with the maximum temperature expected to range between 34 and 36 degrees centigrade.—PPI...
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MIRPURKHAS: Politicians’ role in jirga condemned
MIRPURKHAS, Sept 30: A non-government organisation, Society for Development and Human Rights (SDHR), has condemned the recent holding of a jigra in Dharki area of Ghotki district to resolve a six-year-old...
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HYDERABAD: English medium brought to 190 schools: nazim
HYDERABAD, Sept 30: Dist-rict Nazim Kanwar Naveed Jamil said that 190 Urdu and Sindhi medium government schools in the district had been converted to English medium institutions, which was an achievement of the district government....
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HARIPUR: Body found
HARIPUR, Sept 30: The body of a proclaimed offender was found here on Monday night....
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PESHAWAR: Afghan envoy not recovered yet, say police
PESHAWAR, Sept 30: Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Mohammad Suleman has said that the police were clueless about the whereabouts of the kidnapped Afghan ambassador-designate....
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PESHAWAR: Swat forests at the mercy of militants
PESHAWAR, Sept 30: Forests of Swat are nowadays at the mercy of militants who have fixed their share with the timber mafia and given them a free hand to cut trees wherever they can, officials and locals said....
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CHITRAL: Chitralis want control over own resources
CHITRAL, Sept 30: The local people have complained that the government had leased out mineral resources to non-locals on nominal rates....
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SWABI: Lawyers criticise judges for taking fresh oath
SWABI, Sept 30: Leaders of the Swabi Bar Association said here on Tuesday that judges who took fresh oath of their offices wanted to harm the lawyers’ struggle for independence of the judiciary....
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PESHAWAR: Naming institutions after politicians vainglorious
PESHAWAR, Sept 30: Naming government institutions after political leaders, which has become a passion of ruling political parties, serves no public interest but only gives birth to controversies....
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