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KARACHI: CDGK to fund $200m IT tower project
KARACHI, Oct 4: The foreign investment of about $200 million that was supposed to finance the city government’s IT Tower is not coming and now the project will be funded by the CDGK itself.... 
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KARACHI: Undertrial released ‘by mistake’; young prisoner ‘goes missing’
KARACHI, Oct 4: Police have mounted a search for a man who was released from prison by mistake on the eve of Eid and a juvenile prisoner who escaped from the penitentiary on Friday....
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KARACHI: Corridor-II to be opened within a week, says nazim
KARACHI, Oct 4: The signal-free corridor-II will be inaugurated within a week, City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal said while inspecting development work on the Gulshan and Nagan Chowrangi flyovers on Friday night....
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KARACHI: Community-based primary care can save mothers, babies, says report
KARACHI, Oct 4: A part of a research, case studies on maternal, newborn and child health (MNCH) carried out in Pakistan and Uganda show that community-based primary health care can make...
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PESHAWAR: Dir residents seek police protection: Fear of militants
PESHAWAR, Oct 4: The people of Dir have asked the police to check movement of miscreants on roads and provide them protection particularly business outlets and schools in the district....
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KOHAT: Kohat jirga told to ensure security of government installations
KOHAT, Oct 4: Authorities on Saturday warned a representative jirga of the six tribes belonging to the Frontier Region (FR), Kohat to ensure security of government property including Indus Highway and...
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MANSEHRA: Five of a family die in accident
MANSEHRA, Oct 4: Five members of a family were killed when their car plunged into a deep ravine near the Puttan area of the Kohistan district early Saturday morning....
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PESHAWAR: Qazi calls for review of foreign policy
PESHAWAR, Oct 4: Jamaat-i-Islami chief Qazi Hussain Ahmad on Saturday called upon the government to immediately stop cooperation in the war on terror and close the routes being used for transportation of goods to the US-led forces in Afghanistan....
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TIMERGARA: TNSM to stage peace rally
TIMERGARA, Oct 4: Tehrik Nifaz Sharia-i-Muhammadi (TNSM) chief Maulana Sufi Mohammad on Saturday announced that a division-level rally for establishment of peace in the region would be held here on October 9....
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KARACHI: Policeman’s young son commits suicide
KARACHI, Oct 4: A 22-year-old man committed suicide on Saturday at his house in Qasba Colony, police said....
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KARACHI: Vakeel Sahab gets a touch of humour
KARACHI: The fourth drama presentation by the Napa Repertory Theatre, Vakeel Sahab, opened at the Arts Council Auditorium on Friday. Written by Hungarian playwright Molnar, the slapstick comedy play has been...
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KARACHI: Nature lovers pine for flower shows of yore
KARACHI, Oct 4: There was a time when the city government of Karachi used to host around six flower shows annually, all held either under its control or with the blessings of the administration....
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KARACHI: Strategy urged to deal with illegal immigration
KARACHI, Oct 4: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad, taking a serious notice of the deportation of some 600 Pakistanis from Oman, has directed all government departments and non-governmental organisations, ministry of...
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KARACHI: Low turnout at courts
KARACHI, Oct 4: A very low turnout of litigants and lawyers was witnessed at the City Courts and the Malir District Courts on Saturday when they reopened after three days on account of Eidul Fitr....
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KARACHI: Bomb hoax stirs panic at Expo Centre
KARACHI, Oct 4: Police on Saturday afternoon evacuated the Karachi Expo Centre and Bomb Disposal Squad carried out a thorough search of the exhibition halls and other spaces in the vicinity...
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KARACHI: Lyari wants restoration of ‘natural boundaries’
KARACHI, Oct 4: The Lyari Town municipal administration demanding revival of natural boundaries of the locality has decided to take up the issue of the town’s delimitation with the National Reconstruction Bureau and other relevant authorities, it has been learnt....
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KARACHI: 500kg charas seized
KARACHI, Oct 4: Jamshed Town police arrested two suspected drug-peddlers and recovered more than 500 kilograms of Charas from a den in Chanesar Goth on Saturday....
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HARIPUR: Man shot dead over petty dispute
HARIPUR, Oct 4: A man was allegedly shot dead over a petty dispute in the jurisdiction of the city police station here....
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PESHAWAR: Police claim arresting three outlaws
PESHAWAR, Oct 4: The city police claimed on Saturday to have arrested three suspected outlaws, one of them in an injured condition, in an encounter on the Ring Road in the limits of the Peshtakhara police station....
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MINGORA: Medicines sent to hospital
MINGORA, Oct 4: Pakistan Army handed over a consignment of medicines to Dr Mohammad Khan, the medical superintendent of Saidu Sharif Hospital for the treatment of gastroenteritis....
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PESHAWAR: Fata to benefit from Benazir Bhutto Trust programmes
PESHAWAR, Oct 4: The federal government has decided to include the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) into Benazir Bhutto Trust to provide assistance to the victims of the ongoing conflict and terrorist activities in the region, sources said....
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CHARSADDA: Boy killed
CHARSADDA, Oct 4: A boy was killed on Saturday when he was hit by a stray bullet, police and hospital sources said....
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