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KARACHI: KU teachers warn against rollback of HEC projects
KARACHI, Oct 25: Several senior teachers of Karachi University have urged the government not to roll back the process of liberal research support and institutional development initiated by the Higher Education... 
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PESHAWAR: WHO blamed for rise in polio cases
PESHAWAR, Oct 25: The health department has blamed the World Health Organisation (WHO) for rise in polio cases in the NWFP, sources claimed....
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KOHAT: Kidnapping for ransom on the rise in Kohat
KOHAT, Oct 25: Kidnappers have been making regular strikes in the district as eight people, two of them boys, were kidnapped for ransom during the last four days....
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DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Nine policemen kidnapped
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Oct 25: Nine policemen were kidnapped by unidentified gunmen from a checkpost in Darazinda Frontier Region on Saturday, officials said....
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MOHMAND AGENCY: Tribesmen vow not to cultivate poppy
MOHMAND AGENCY, Oct 25: Farmers belonging to Khuzai village here have vowed not to cultivate poppy crop in future....
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KARACHI: Gang-rape case
KARACHI, Oct 25: An ASI on Saturday testified in a case pertaining to the gang-rape of a woman on the premises of the Quaid-i-Azam’s mausoleum on March 15....
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KARACHI: New hope for end-stage heart patients
KARACHI, Oct 25: With heart diseases attaining an epidemic proportion in the region, senior doctors at the Karachi Institute of Heart Diseases have started to attach great importance to a non-invasive...
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KARACHI: MQM-H Chief deposes in arms case
KARACHI, Oct 25: An additional district and sessions court (east) on Saturday recorded the statement of Mohajir Qaumi Movement (Haqiqi) chairman Afaq Ahmed in two cases lodged against him under the...
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KARACHI: Two more newborns found dead
KARACHI, Oct 25: Bodies of two newborns were found on Saturday at as many places in the city, taking the number of such victims to five in the current month alone, witnesses said....
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KARACH: Power outages continue
KARACH, Oct 25: Citizens had no respite from power loadshedding that was extended up to more than eight hours on Saturday as the Karachi Electric Supply Company faced a 400-megawatt shortfall, sources privy to the power supply situation told Dawn....
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KARACHI: ‘Asian art must be vigilant of colonial influence’
KARACHI, Oct 25: Discussions about the effect colonialism has had on non-western and specifically Asian art dominated at ‘The anxious century: discourses waiting to be born,’ a two-day art criticism seminar that kicked off on Saturday at the Goethe-Institut here....
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KARACHI: Call to let provinces frame fisheries policies
KARACHI, Oct 25: Speakers at a consultative meeting on the proposed national fisheries policy have urged provincial governments to frame their own policies keeping in view the socio-economic conditions of their respective provinces....
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KARACHI: Drive launched for women’s right to land, food
KARACHI, Oct 25: Women from the coastal areas of Sindh took out a rally and staged a demonstration outside the press club here on Saturday to launch a campaign, titled “Hunger-free women”, with the support of several non-governmental organisations....
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KARACHI: LJ suspect
KARACHI, Oct 25: The administrative judge of the anti-terrorism courts, Karachi, Justice Khawja Naveed Ahmed, on Saturday extended the deadline for submission of a charge-sheet till Nov 2 against an alleged activist of the banned Lashkar-i-Jhangvi (LJ)....
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KARACHI: Weather
KARACHI, Oct 25: The Met Office on Saturday afternoon forecast a hot and dry weather for the metropolis over the next 24 hours. According to a Met statement, the maximum temperature...
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PESHAWAR: Presiding officers given powers of magistrate: PF-51 by-poll
PESHAWAR, Oct 25: The Election Commission (EC) has given the presiding officers for the PF-51 by-election, the powers of a magistrate to ensure smooth polling on the election day on Nov 5....
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PESHAWAR: Recovery of trader’s son sought
PESHAWAR: Oct 25: The leaders of different traders’ organisations have expressed concern over the increasing kidnapping incidents in the provincial capital and asked the government to take effective steps for recovery and protection of the victims....
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PESHAWAR: NWFP sets up new dept for natural resources
PESHAWAR, Oct 25: The NWFP government on Saturday formally set up a new department to exploit and develop natural resources including hydropower generation, oil and gas of the province....
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MANSEHRA: Minister warns teachers against absenteeism
MANSEHRA, Oct 25: Provincial Minister for Haj and Auqaf Nimroz Khan has warned the teachers of the Kala Dhaka tribal area to end the absenteeism or face termination....
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PESHAWAR: Stray bullet injures boy
PESHAWAR, Oct 25: A ten-year-old boy was hit by a stray bullet in Sulemankhel Village in the limits of Badbher Police station who suffered serious injuries and was shifted to a local hospital, police said....
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