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KARACHI: Controversy hits new Oct 18 FIR
KARACHI, Oct 17: Police have registered another FIR of the October 18 midnight attacks that targeted former prime minister Benazir Bhutto’s welcome procession near Karsaz against unknown culprits on the basis...
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KARACHI: New academic year of schools, colleges from April 1
KARACHI, Oct 17: The steering committee of the Sindh education department on Friday decided that the next academic session of schools and colleges in the province would commence, simultaneously, on April...
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KARACHI: Three political workers shot dead
KARACHI, Oct 17: Three political activists – two workers of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement and an activist of the Sunni Tehrik – were shot dead and around half a dozen others...
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KARACHI: Warrant out for arrest of Arbab
KARACHI, Oct 17: A court on Friday issued bailable warrants for the arrest of former chief minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim and others after they failed to appear in court as...
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KARACHI: Govt school turned around in 17 months, says NGO
KARACHI, Oct 17: SMB Fatima Jinnah School has been brought on a par with some of the best private schools in the city....
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SUKKUR: Hesco asked to exempt water supply units from loadshedding
SUKKUR, Oct 17: Hesco has been requested to exempt water supply works from loadshedding for smooth supply of drinking water to people. Sukkur City Taluka Nazim Mohammad Naeem Siddiqui made this...
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TIMERGARA: Timergara jail revolt: 54 inmates shifted to other prisons
TIMERGARA, Oct 17: The revolting prisoners of the District Jail were shifted to Haripur and other jails of the province while the situation inside the jail was normal and under-control, sources told Dawn here on Friday....
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KARACHI: Local govt body functional, SHC told
KARACHI, Oct 17: The Sindh Local Government Commission was not only functioning but has already decided 33 cases, a provincial government law officer stated before a division bench of the Sindh High Court on Friday....
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KARACHI: Amputation at CHK: govt to form probe body
KARACHI, Oct 17: The Sindh health minister said on Friday that the government would set up a committee to hold an inquiry into the case of the infant whose right forearm...
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KARACHI: Fair land distribution stressed
KARACHI, Oct 17: Speakers at a meeting on Friday urged the authorities to ensure that the needy people get the land that was to be distributed by the government under a land reform policy....
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KARACHI: NICVD hit by water shortage
KARACHI, Oct 17: The National Institute of Cardio-Vascular Diseases (NICVD) is facing an acute shortage of potable water, causing hardship to patients and their attendants, doctors, paramedics and other staff....
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KARACHI: KU extends enrolment date
KARACHI, Oct 17: The University of Karachi on Friday announced extension of the date for the submission of enrolment forms and fees for BA, BSc and BCom students admitted by Oct 22 in the academic session 2007-2008....
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KARACHI: Two tons of hashish seized in raid on boat
KARACHI, Oct 17: The Maritime Security Agency (MSA) and the Pakistan Customs in a joint operation arrested nine drug smugglers in a raid on a Yemen-bound boat and seized 2,000 kgs of hashish....
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KARACHI: Paintings at Gandhara-Art
KARACHI, Oct 18: An exhibition of paintings titled “Isn’t she lovely?” by Ayesha Durrani opens at the Gandhara-Art at 5pm on Saturday. The show will continue till Nov 5, daily from noon to 7pm....
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KARACHI: Fishing cats, pelican to be released shortly
KARACHI, Oct 17: The two fishing cats and the pelican, which were confiscated by Sindh wildlife department staff recently and shifted to the zoo to be kept in quarantine, will be released soon, it has been reliably learnt....
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KARACHI: Minister vows to ensure high wheat crop yield
KARACHI, Oct 17: Sindh Minister for Agriculture Syed Ali Nawaz Shah has said that the government is paying full attention to develop agriculture sector by adopting new technologies and benefiting from high-yield seed varieties and research....
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KARACHI: 10 Nepalese being freed today
KARACHI, Oct 17: Ten Nepalese languishing in the Malir District Jail even after being ordered to be released are to be flown to Nepal on Saturday....
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HYDERABAD: Religious leaders slam suicide attacks
HYDERABAD, Oct 17: Terming suicide attacks as anti-Islam, leaders of different schools of thought called upon religious figureheads to come out of their abodes and put the nation on true path....
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HYDERABAD: Dist govt spending 65pc budget on education: nazim
HYDERABAD, Oct 17: The district government has decided to spend 65 per cent of its budget on education sector for providing quality education to all, said District Nazim Kanwar Naveed Jamil....
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HYDERABAD: Official rules out flour shortage
HYDERABAD, Oct 17: DCO Ali Ahmed has said that district administration is committed to providing wheat flour to the common man at official rates....
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LARKANA: Development projects reviewed
LARKANA, Oct 17: Sindh Additional Chief Secretary, Development and Planning, Nazar Hussain Mahar, has asked the works and services department to immediately invite tenders for work on uplift schemes under the Larkana Development Package....
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HYDERABAD: 12 robbed of cash, cellphones
HYDERABAD, Oct 17: Around one dozen persons were deprived of cash and cellphones late Thursday night in the jurisdiction of the Cantonment police station....
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PESHAWAR: Cinema owner kidnapped
PESHAWAR, Oct 17: The owner of Arshad Cinema was kidnapped by unidentified armed men here, while he was on his way to his home on Thursday night....
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PESHAWAR: Pay water bill or lose even more
PESHAWAR, Oct 17: Pay water charges or water supply to your house will be disconnected and sewerage system will be blocked, threatens a notice issued by the City Development and Municipal...
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