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KARACHI: Constable, bandit wounded in Rs15m robbery
KARACHI, Oct 6: A policeman and a bandit were wounded when gunmen robbed Rs15 million from private security guards at the Water Pump intersection on Monday.... 
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KARACHI: City council defers debate on land-use charges resolution
KARACHI, Oct 6: Confusion prevailed in the City Council on Monday over the legal status of a special session called by the convener seeking an amendment to a resolution earlier passed...
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KARACHI: Post-Ramazan price-hike hits consumers
KARACHI, Oct 6: Except for a slight relief in onion prices, the post-Ramazan situation has become more difficult for the people with fresh increases in wheat flour, sugar, beef, mutton and milk powder prices....
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KARACHI: Govt urged to release promised legal aid: Dr Aafia case
KARACHI, Oct 6: Dr Fauzia Siddiqui, who has been mobilizing support for her younger sister facing trial in a New York court, has urged the Pakistan government to release the promised...
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KARACHI: ‘Over 600 die in road accidents annually’
KARACHI, Oct 6: More than six hundred citizens die in road accidents in the metropolis every year while the casualty rate of pedestrians is higher than that of many other major urban cities of the world....
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LANDI KOTAL: Elders refuse to form Lashkar in Landi Kotal
LANDI KOTAL, Oct 6: Elders of Kukikhel and Shinwari tribes in Khyber Agency have refused to adhere to the government demand about the formation of a tribal Lashkar in their respective areas....
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PESHAWAR: Owais approves Sharia regulation for Malakand
PESHAWAR, Oct 6: NWFP Governor Owais Ahmad Ghani on Monday approved the summary of the proposed Sharia Nizam-i-Adl Regulation for the troubled Malakand region....
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PESHAWAR: Another camp to be set up for IDPs at Jalozai
PESHAWAR, Oct 6: Authorities decided to set up another relief camp for the internally displaced people of Bajaur tribal region and Darra Adamkhel at Jalozai near Nowshera amid exodus from the conflict hit areas, a senior official said....
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PESHAWAR: Two killed in car cylinder blast
PESHAWAR, Oct 6: The CNG cylinder of a car burst at a filling station near the Peshawar Bus Terminal on Monday, killing two people and injuring four others....
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PESHAWAR: Loadshedding haunts NWFP residents again
PESHAWAR, Oct 6: The Peshawar Electric Supply Company has resumed four to six hours daily loadshedding in NWFP, affecting once again the routine of its over 2.1 million consumers....
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KARACHI: Garbage disposal project hits snag over collection fee issue
KARACHI, Oct 6: The garbage collection project of the city government awarded to a Chinese firm has again run into trouble with the CDGK reportedly “requesting” the multinational company to lower the already agreed upon price....
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KARACHI: Five-year-old killed by water tanker
KARACHI, Oct 6: A five-year-old boy was killed when he was run over by a water tanker on Monday. Police said Farhan was playing in front of his home in Manzoor...
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KARACHI: JSM criticises Sindh govt’s land grant policy
KARACHI, Oct 6: The Jeay Sindh Mahaz (JSM) has criticised the Sindh government for regularising the slums inhabited by non-Sindhis....
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KARACHI: 50,000 jobs to be offered within a few weeks: CM
KARACHI, Oct 6: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah has said that 60,000 youths are being trained in different trades under the Pakistan People’s Party’s youth development programme named after...
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KARACHI: Teachers to get higher grades, says minister
KARACHI, Oct 6: Sindh Minister for Education and Literacy Pir Mazharul Haq has directed officials of his department to arrange ceremonies at all schools and colleges over the month in connection with the World Teachers Day....
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KARACHI: Security
KARACHI, Oct 6: Sindh Home Minister Dr Zulfiqar Mirza has ordered extraordinary security for the offices and residences of foreign diplomats, foreigners, besides important government and private concerns, buildings, sensitive installations and public places.—PPI...
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KARACHI: Paintings at Canvas
KARACHI, Oct 6: An exhibition of paintings and drawings by Abdul Jabbar Gull opens at the Canvas Gallery on Tuesday at 5pm. The show will continue till October 11, daily from 11am to 8pm....
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KARACHI: No end to power cuts in sight
KARACHI, Oct 6: The Karachi Electric Supply Company on Monday failed to prevent load-shedding from happening which forced people to endure spells of outages stretching up to one and a half hour....
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KARACHI: Man commits suicide
KARACHI, Oct 6: A man committed suicide by hanging himself from a ceiling fan in Korangi late on Sunday night....
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KARACHI: Sindh to get new vaccines against five diseases soon
KARACHI, Oct 6: Like other provinces of the country, infants in Sindh will start getting a new combination of vaccines to contain pneumonia, meningitis and a few other preventable diseases from the next month, it has been reliably learnt....
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KARACHI: Road cutting
KARACHI, Oct 6: City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal has asked all nazims to lodge an FIR against anyone found cutting the newly-constructed roads, footpaths, green belts, etc without a prior permission having been obtained from the city government....
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KARACHI: Weather
KARACHI, Oct 6: The Met Office has forecast hot and humid weather for Karachi on Tuesday with the maximum temperature expected to range between 33 and 35 degrees centigrade.—PPI...
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KARACHI: Women welfare
KARACHI, Oct 6: Sindh Minister for Woman Development Tauqir Fatima Bhutto has urged NGOs to join hands with the government in introducing skilled women’s handicrafts in international market....
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HYDERABAD: JI to launch train march from Peshawar
HYDERABAD, Oct 6: The Jamaat-i-Islami has decided to start a train march from Peshawar to protest against price hike, lawlessness, unemployment, military operation in the northern areas of the country and US aggression against Pakistan....
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HYDERABAD: Woman’s appeal
HYDERABAD, Oct 6: A primary school teacher has appealed to President Asif Ali Zardari to direct the relevant authorities to shift her ailing husband to the Civil Hospital for medical treatment....
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HYDERABAD: Students protest against police
HYDERABAD, Oct 6: About two dozen students of Sindh, Mehran and Liaquat universities of Jamshoro, belonging to Meghwar community, staged a demonstration outside the press club here on Monday....
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HYDERABAD: Delay in completion of Sehwan shrine project worries devotees
HYDERABAD, Oct 6: Millions of devotees of Hazrat Usman Marvandi Lal Shahbaz Qalandar are frustrated because reconstruction work at the shrine has not been completed although 14 months have passed and millions of rupees have been spent....
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HYDERABAD: Varsity to hold admission test from 19th
HYDERABAD, Oct 6: The test for admissions to Masters Degree programmes in the University of Sindh will be held on October 19, and for admissions to Sindh University, Laar College Badin on October 23....
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SANGHAR: Dispute over marriage claims fifth life
SANGHAR, Oct 6: A man was killed and another suffered wounds in a clash between members of Talpur and Magsi communities near Sarhari on Sunday....
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LARKANA: Audit team formed
LARKANA, Oct 6: In accordance with the Sindh Local Government Ordinance, the district nazim and DCO have set up an internal audit team....
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LARKANA: Two kidnap victims freed
LARKANA, Oct 6: Larkana police claimed to have recovered two people kidnapped some time ago....
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HYDERABAD: Smoking: a serious health hazard
HYDERABAD, Oct 6: Smoking damages lungs in many ways as the irritating effect of cigarette smoke attracts cells to the lungs that cause inflammation....
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KOHAT: Kohat phone exchange repaired
KOHAT, Oct 6: Telecommunication link between Kohat and rest of the country was restored on Monday morning after remaining suspended for 16 hours....
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PESHAWAR: Ukrainian team offers help in Fata uplift
PESHAWAR, Oct 6: A Ukrainian delegation, comprising the Ambassador Ihor Pasko, Sergy Hebenko, first secretary and Ziaud Din, project manager called on Governor NWFP Owais Ahmed Ghani at the Governor’s House here on Monday....
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PESHAWAR: Tribunal constituted to hear election pleas
PESHAWAR, Oct 6: The Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) has constituted a tribunal of three judges of the Peshawar High Court (PHC) for quick disposal of election appeals as regards holding of by-election for the PF-51 Haripur-III constituency....
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