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KARACHI: Twelve wounded as student groups trade fire
KARACHI, Oct 12: Twelve people, including a reporter and cameraman of a TV news channel, were wounded on Sunday when rival student groups clashed at an educational institution, police and witnesses said.... 
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KARACHI: Bulging Sindh cabinet set to swell further
KARACHI, Oct 12: The Sindh government may induct more ministers in the provincial cabinet, particularly from the smaller parties in the assembly, sources in the government have told Dawn....
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KARACHI: Pollution, govt negligence hamper Baba Island’s development
KARACHI, Oct 12: Decades of official neglect and increasing pollution have turned the once flourishing Baba Island literally into a big dump of filth. The entire island, invaded by mosquitoes and...
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KARACHI: Three picnickers drown near Port Qasim
KARACHI, Oct 12: Three teenaged boys drowned near Port Qasim on Sunday. The Bin Qasim police said the three victims were friends and residents of Federal B Area....
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KARACHI: Kidnappers’ gang busted
KARACHI, Oct 12: Police have busted a gang of kidnappers comprising two Afghan nationals and a dismissed police official....
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PESHAWAR: Qazi opposes raising tribal lashkars against militants
PESHAWAR, Oct 12: Jamaat-i-Islami chief Qazi Hussain Ahmad has asked the federal government to desist from encouraging the phenomenon of raising Lashkars in tribal belt as it will not only undermine...
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MINGORA: Swat nurses vacate hostel after militant threat
MINGORA, Oct 12: After destroying schools, tourist spots, and other government installation in Swat, it is now the turn of hospitals as the nursing staff hostel at the District Headquarters Hospital...
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PESHAWAR: Govt asked to launch final assault on Swat militants
PESHAWAR, Oct 12: The administration of Malakand region requested the provincial government to launch aerial and ground operation against militants in Swat district, sources said....
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HYDERABAD: Sassui vows to protect heritage of Sindh
HYDERABAD, Oct 12: Sindh Minister for Culture and Tourism Sassui Palijo has expressed her resolve to strive to preserve and protect the cultural heritage of Sindh despite opposition from various circles....
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HYDERABAD: JI rejects claims about Sindh Talibanisation
HYDERABAD, Oct 12: The amir of the Sindh chapter of Jamaat-i-Islami, Maulana Asadullah Bhutto, has said that an ethnic organisation has unleashed a propaganda about Taliban’s presence in Sindh to incite ethnic riots and pave the way for American interference....
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KARACHI: EIA of windmill projects on the back burner
KARACHI, Oct 12: Several environmental and social impact reports pertaining to the installation of windmills in the Gharo-Keti Bander-Hyderabad Wind Corridor have been gathering dust at the Sindh Environmental Protection Agency...
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KARACHI: Spreading God’s message through calligraphy
KARACHI: Calligraphy has been defined as “the art of giving form to signs in an expressive, harmonious and skilful manner.”...
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KARACHI: Crises attributed to dictatorships: Oct 12 coup anniversary
KARACHI, Oct 12: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz Sindh chapter president, Syed Ghous Ali Shah, has stressed the need for unity among political parties, saying that the country’s survival depends on democracy....
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KARACHI: Complaint cell
KARACHI, Oct 12: The public complaint cell at the CM’s House will be operational from Monday with one minister and one adviser having been made available daily to attend to people’s grievances....
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HYDERABAD: Farmers demand centres for rice procurement
HYDERABAD, Oct 12: The Sindh Chamber of Agriculture urged the government on Sunday to direct Pasco to establish centres across the province for the purchase of rice at government-fixed rate of Rs900 per 40 kilogram....
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HYDERABAD: Admission test for MBBS course held
HYDERABAD, Oct 12: Test for admission to MBBS and BDS courses was simultaneously conducted at the LUMHS selection centre Jamshoro, Chandka Medical College, Larkana, and Ghulam Mohammad Mehar Medical College, Sukkur, by the Institute of Business Management Karachi on Sunday....
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HYDERABAD: Foundation stone laid for new filter plant unit
HYDERABAD, Oct 12: District Nazim Kanwar Naveed Jamil has said that the extended unit of the filter plant will provide clean water to all the people of the city till 2027....
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HYDERABAD: Sacked employees seek reinstatement
HYDERABAD, Oct 12: A large number of former employees of the UBL whose services were terminated on Oct 12, 1997, held a demonstration outside the press club here on Sunday to protest against delay in their reinstatement....
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KHAIRPUR: Conference
KHAIRPUR, Oct 12: The Shah Abdul Latif University (SALU) will organise an international conference on “Literature and National Consciousness” on Oct 14-15 in collaboration with the Higher Education Commission....
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LANDI KOTAL: Man executed on Mangal’s orders
LANDI KOTAL, Oct 12: A person charged with the killing of a Lashkar-i-Islam activist was executed by his relatives on the order of the organisation in Bara....
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LANDI KOTAL: Bodies found
LANDI KOTAL, Oct 12: The bullet ridden bodies of two persons were found in Jamrud tehsil of Khyber Agency on Sunday, officials said.— Correspondent...
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MINGORA: Security post attacked
MINGORA, Oct 12: One person got killed and a security person sustained injuries during exchange of fire when the militants attacked a security post in Khwazakhela on Sunday...
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TIMERGARA: Sit-in for Sharia enters fourth day
TIMERGARA, Oct 12: A sit-in, held here by the Tehrik Nifaz-i-Shariat-i-Muhammadi (TNSM) continued for the fourth day on Sunday....
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