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KARACHI: Young addict kills parents, nephew
KARACHI, Oct 7: A dissolute young man killed his elderly parents and a teenaged nephew in their Federal B Area home on Tuesday, police said.... 
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KARACHI: Intercity bus terminal project threatened by land-grabbers
KARACHI, Oct 7: A much-awaited intercity bus terminal project, to be built along the Super Highway, has again hit a snag as some influential encroachers have occupied the land reserved for it by the city government....
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KARACHI: ‘Wheat flour to be sold at Rs24 per kg’
KARACHI, Oct 7: The Sindh cabinet at a meeting on Tuesday decided to provide relief to the people by ensuring availability of wheat flour at the rate of Rs24 per kg...
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KARACHI: Tetra pack milk price raised by Rs4
KARACHI, Oct 7: Dropping yet another bombshell on harried consumers reeling from rocketing prices, a leading producer of tetra pack milk has increased the price of its one litre pack by Rs4 soon after Ramazan....
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KARACHI: SHC bars utilities from providing connections to 100 buildings
KARACHI, Oct 7: On a writ petition moved by Chief Controller of Buildings, Manzoor Qadir, on behalf of the KBCA, an SHC division bench consisting of Justices Munib Ahmed Khan and...
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KARACHI: Centre may discontinue hepatitis-C drug supply
KARACHI, Oct 7: The federal government may pull out from dispensing free medicines to thousands of viral hepatitis-C patients registered with the Prime Minister’s National Programme for the Control and Prevention...
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KARACHI: No headway in Rs15m heist case
KARACHI, Oct 7: The police have made no headway in one of the biggest heists in the city’s recent history....
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ISLAMABAD: Karachi fish harbour set to be privatised: Master plan, ‘roadmap’ for uplift almost ready
ISLAMABAD, Oct 7: Master plan of the Karachi Fish Harbour that includes a roadmap for the modernisation of the existing auction halls and construction of new ones is almost complete....
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KARACHI: Demand for arrest of ‘kidnappers’
KARACHI, Oct 7: Workmen Union (CBA) of the United Bank Limited (UBL) has alleged that its president, Tufail Ahmed, had been kidnapped and tortured by one of the bank’s officers and his associates....
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KARACHI: Bottleneck in construction of airstrip removed: Thar coal project
KARACHI, Oct 7: Construction of an airstrip at Islamkot in Thar which had been in the doldrums for more than three and a half years is likely to be kicked off...
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KARACHI: Dawn staffer grieved
KARACHI, Oct 7: Munawwar Ali Soomro, the father of Ateequn Nabi, an assistant in Dawn’s library section, died here on Tuesday. He was 68....
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KARACHI: Quake anniversary
KARACHI, Oct 7: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad has said that the nation has not forgotten the heavy loss of life and widespread devastation caused by the Oct 8, 2005 massive earthquake even after passage of three years....
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KARACHI: Warrants out for arrest of bank team member: Defaulter’s suicide
KARACHI, Oct 7: The civil judge and judicial magistrate, Khushi Mohammad, on Tuesday issued non-bailable warrants for the arrest of a bank employee in a case pertaining to the suicide of a bank defaulter....
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KARACHI: Dengue virus
KARACHI, Oct 7: The number of people contracting the suspected dengue virus continued to rise with five more people reporting at various hospitals of the city....
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SHIKARPUR: PPP govt won’t betray people, says Mirani
SHIKARPUR, Oct 7: PPP MNA Aftab Shaban Mirani has said that the democratic government will not betray people’s confidence and provide basic amenities without any discrimination as per aspirations of the...
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HYDERABAD: Measures discussed to check mutiny in jails
HYDERABAD, Oct 7: Overcrowding in prisons of Hyderabad zone is the main problem and jail staff in the prisons need teargas guns, shells and smoke bombs to contain mutiny and control...
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HYDERABAD: Seed processing plants to work round the clock
HYDERABAD, Oct 7: The managing director of the Sindh Seed Corporation, Gul Hassan Saand, has directed the relevant officials of the corporation to keep the central seed processing plant, Sakrand and...
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NAWABSHAH: Regulator wall collapse creates water shortage
NAWABSHAH, Oct 7: Crops standing over thousands of acres in two irrigation divisions of irrigation department have been badly affected due to short supply of water after the collapse of flank wall at Sakrand regulator of Rohri canal....
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HYDERABAD: Classes begin at SAU
HYDERABAD, Oct 7: The Sindh Agriculture University has announced that regular classes in all the faculties including the department of information and food technologies have started and admissions to the second semester in all the faculties are also under way....
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HYDERABAD: SUP plans protest
HYDERABAD, Oct 7: The Sindh United Party said on Tuesday it would observe province-wide hunger strikes on Wednesday in protest against the proposed privatisation of Qadirpur gas field and other anti-Sindh measures....
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HYDERABAD: Nazim seeks end to traffic gridlocks
HYDERABAD, Oct 7: District Nazim Kanwar Naveed Jamil said on Tuesday that lack of planning by the National Highway Authority had led to growing complaints about long drawn-out traffic gridlocks on Phulelli and Pinyari canals and Lined Channel....
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SUKKUR: Uplift schemes reviewed
SUKKUR, Oct 7: A meeting of the district development committee was held here on Tuesday to review progress on various developments schemes....
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HYDERABAD: Joblessness blamed for criminal tendencies
HYDERABAD, Oct 7: The general secretary of the Sindh chapter of the Pakistan Workers Federation, Abdul Latif Nizamani, said on Tuesday that continued state of unemployment was leading to development of criminal tendencies among the country’s jobless youths....
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HYDERABAD: Sindh varsity gets new IT lab
HYDERABAD, Oct 7: The department of zoology, University of Sindh, has established a modern computer laboratory to facilitate its students and teachers engaged in research projects....
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HYDERABAD: Banned outfit accused of occupying mosque
HYDERABAD, Oct 7: Leaders of the Hyderabad chapter of the Jamaat Ahl-i-Sunnat Pakistan on Tuesday accused a banned outfit of trying to occupy Ahl-i-Sunnat mosques by force and appealed to authorities to take action against the miscreants....
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KOHAT: Lashkar destroys houses, training centres of Taliban
KOHAT, Oct 7: A tribal Lashkar destroyed two houses and three training centres of the Taliban in the Alikhel area of the Orakzai Agency while a jirga in Hangu swapped 16 militants with five security personnel on Tuesday....
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KARAK: 3 killed as rival groups clash
KARAK, Oct 7: Three persons were killed and one was seriously injured when two rival groups clashed in Takht-i-Nusrati on Tuesday....
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MINGORA: Terrorists blow up historical educational institutions
MINGORA, Oct 7: The Missionary Girls High School Sangota and semi-government Excelsior College Swat also fell prey to unabated militancy in the restive scenic valley as Taliban blew up these historical educational institutions on Monday night....
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MIRAMSHAH: Rain kills two in North Waziristan
MIRAMSHAH, Oct 7: Two persons were killed and several houses destroyed as heavy downpour coupled with hailstorm wreaked havoc in North Waziristan tribal region on Tuesday....
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LANDI KOTAL: LI claims capturing eight Taliban
LANDI KOTAL, Oct 7: A religious outfit, Lashkar-i-Islam, claimed to have captured eight suspected Taliban along with their commander here on Tuesday....
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