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KARACHI: High court orders payment of compensation to detainee
KARACHI, Oct 14: The Sindh High Court directed the provincial home secretary on Tuesday to pay up Rs185,000 as compensation to an illegally-confined detainee within 10 days and report compliance on Oct 24.... 
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KARACHI: Demand for withdrawal of power tariff hike
KARACHI, Oct 14: After a three-day debate, the City Council on Tuesday adopted a unanimous resolution urging the federal government to direct the Karachi Electric Supply Company to withdraw the recent...
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KARACHI: Trader, two women killed in violent acts
KARACHI, Oct 14: Three people, including two women, were killed on Tuesday in acts of violence in different parts of the city, police and witnesses said....
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KARACHI: ‘Musharraf brought Kashmir close to a solution’
KARACHI, Oct 14: While discussing the complex issues that have plagued relations between the states of Pakistan and India ever since independence in 1947, eminent Indian lawyer, author and political commentator A.G....
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PESHAWAR: Police given two weeks to locate 4 missing persons
PESHAWAR, Oct 14: The Peshawar High Court on Tuesday allowed two weeks time to the Peshawar Police for contacting intelligence agencies to know the whereabouts of four missing persons including a union council nazim....
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KARACHI: Killed constable turns out to be bandit
KARACHI, Oct 14: The constable who was shot dead on Monday near Aladin Park turned out to be a dacoit killed by the young man he had looted at gunpoint....
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KARACHI: IO’s absence annoys judge in designer’s murder case
KARACHI, Oct 14: A district and sessions court on Tuesday expressed annoyance over police failure in the submission of a final charge-sheet against two brothers accused of killing a famous fashion designer, Shaikh Amir Hassan....
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KARACHI: APC seeks reversal of power tariff hike
KARACHI, Oct 14: An All Parties Conference (APC) organised by the Jamaat-i-Islami has called for immediate withdrawal of the recent increase in power tariff, end to load-shedding, and cancellation of the privatisation of KESC to rescue the economy....
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KARACHI: Need for electricity production from coal stressed
KARACHI, Oct 14: Emphasizing the need for exploiting the Thar coal reserves for power generation, inappropriate energy policy and flawed policies of relying heavily on imports were termed major causes of...
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KARACHI: KPC receives Rs1m grant
KARACHI, Oct 14: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah has directed the administration and the police to take notice of excesses and oppression against journalists and ensure that they could perform their duty without any difficulty....
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KARACHI: Prison constable in ‘critical condition’
KARACHI, Oct 14: A constable of the jail police, who was injured on Monday in a clash with prisoners at the Central Prison, was shifted to a private hospital in view of his precarious condition....
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KARACHI: KU extends exam forms submission dates
KARACHI, Oct 14: The University of Karachi on Tuesday extended the date for submission of exam forms and fee for BA, BSc (pass) and B.Com annual examinations 2008 (fresh and failure) for regular students from Oct 20 to Oct 22....
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KARACHI: Performance of public safety body earns criticism
KARACHI, Oct 14: The Provincial Public Safety and Police Complaints Commission disposed of just 64 of the 320 complaints against police excesses lodged with it since its formal activation in June last year....
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KARACHI: Paintings show
KARACHI, Oct 14: An exhibition of paintings of historical monuments with reference to everyday life titled “Karachi: City of Lights” by Hanif Shahzad, opens on Wednesday at Clifton Art Gallery at 6.30pm....
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KARACHI: Deposed CJ due on 18th
KARACHI, Oct 14: President of the Karachi Bar Association Mahmood-ul-Hassan has announced that lawyers, civil society, students and people from all walks of life will welcome the deposed chief justice of...
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KARACHI: SHC issues notices in expressway DPs case
KARACHI, Oct 14: The bench consisting of Justices Memon and Ahmed issued notices to the provincial and city district governments in a petition moved by seven persons displaced by the Lyari Expressway project....
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HYDERABAD: Universityemployees protest against VC
HYDERABAD, Oct 14: Employees of the Sindh Agriculture University observed a strike and held a sit-in at the campus on Tuesday in protest against Vice-Chancellor Dr Basheer Ahmed Shaikh....
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SHIKARPUR: Clerks on strike
SHIKARPUR, Oct 14: Members of the All Pakistan Clerks’ Association, Population Welfare Department unit, continued their token hunger strike on the second consecutive day at Lakhi Gate Tower Chowk here on...
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HYDERABAD: Minister asks law officers to protect state land
HYDERABAD, Oct 14: Sindh Law Minister Ayaz Soomro has said that law officers of his ministry have been directed to protect Sindh government’s thousands of acres of land worth billions of...
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HYDERABAD: MUET seeks Rs743.1m grant to face financial crisis
HYDERABAD, Oct 14: Members of the senate committee of the Mehran University of Engineering and Technology (MUET) have recommended Rs1024.727 million annual budget for 2008-09 and requested the Higher Education Commission to pump Rs743.167...
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HYDERABAD: Makhdoom denies row with Asif
HYDERABAD, Oct 14: Sindh Minister for Provincial Coordination Makhdoom Jamiluzzaman has said that there are no differences between the Makhdoom family and President Asif Ali Zardari and added that people of...
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HYDERABAD: Social uplift linked with technological progress
HYDERABAD, Oct 14: The vice-chancellor of the University of Sindh, Mazharul Haq Siddiqui, has said that the welfare of the people is dependent on scientific advancement and all nations whether small...
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HYDERABAD: Complaint cell at DCO office
HYDERABAD, Oct 14: DCO Ali Ahmed has announced that a complaint cell on prices of essential commodities has been established in his office with phone No. 9200676....
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HYDERABAD: Workers slam Expulsion from PPP
HYDERABAD, Oct 14: Supporters of the former information secretary of the PPP, Hyderabad district, Sheeba Amir Zardari, and her husband staged a demonstration in front of the press club here on Tuesday to protest against their expulsion from the party.Later,...
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PESHAWAR: Policy devised to stop brain drain from govt depts.
PESHAWAR, Oct 14: The provincial government has devised a policy regarding deputation and appointments of civil servants to the donor-driven projects on merit to control brain drain from the government departments, sources say....
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DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Teacher accused of kidnapping girl student
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Oct 14: The father of a 12-year-old girl accused a schoolteacher of kidnapping and sexually abusing his daughter here on Tuesday....
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