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KARACHI: Key police informer, family executed in Swat
KARACHI, Oct 26: A police informer, who tipped off the special investigation unit of the police about the presence of militants belonging to the Al Qaeda-linked group Jundullah in the sleepy... 
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KARACHI: Police, cellphone firms trade barbs over unverified SIMs
KARACHI, Oct 26: Police authorities claim to have found more than 100,000 unregistered cellphone connections, which they believe can be used in criminal activities, raising questions over the mobile phone companies’...
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KARACHI: Experts warn against changes in organ transplant law
KARACHI, Oct 26: Appreciating the existing Pakistani laws about organ transplantation, key national and international medical personalities at a public forum on Sunday said that any amendment to those laws might...
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KARACHI: Two suspected bandits beaten to death
KARACHI, Oct 26: Two suspected dacoits were beaten to death by people in Orangi Town shortly after midnight on Sunday, police and witnesses said....
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DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Tribe frees nine policemen after fulfilment of ‘demands’
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Oct 26: The policemen who were kidnapped by Shirani tribesmen from a checkpost in Frontier Region Darazinda on Saturday, were set free after the intervention of political administration on Sunday, officials said....
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LANDI KOTAL: Tribal leader shot dead in Khyber
LANDI KOTAL, Oct 26: A local tribal and religious leader was killed and three of his companions sustained injuries when his car was ambushed in Jamrud tehsil of Khyber Agency on Sunday....
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PESHAWAR: Every sixth child in IDP camps is malnourished
PESHAWAR, Oct 26: More than 15 per cent of the children, living in the camps set up by the government for the internally displaced persons (IDPs) of Bajaur tribal region, are suffering from malnutrition....
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PESHAWAR: Natural disasters: farmers get insurance cover for crops
PESHAWAR, Oct 26: Provin-cial Minister for Agriculture Arbab Mohammad Ayub Jan has said that Rs300 million had been provided to the Bank of Khyber so that farmers could get their crops insured....
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PESHAWAR: Doctors threaten strike over colleague’s kidnapping
PESHAWAR, Oct 26: The Provincial Doctors’ Association has expressed concern over the growing incidents of kidnapping of doctors and has warned that they would withdraw services from all the healthcare facilities...
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KARACHI: Early diagnosis of breast cancer stressed
KARACHI, Oct 26: Women who are diagnosed with breast cancer at an early stage have an 84 per cent survival rate, while these chances are much reduced to 18 per cent for women diagnosed at a later stage....
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KARACHI: About 50,000 vie for 450 Sindh govt jobs
KARACHI, Oct 26: The Sindh home department has received about 50,000 applications against some 450 vacancies. These applications were invited a couple of weeks back through advertisements in newspapers and are...
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KARACHI: Transporters plan strike from 30th
KARACHI, Oct 26: Karachi Transport Ittehad has said that it has decided to start an indefinite wheel-jam strike on Thursday (Oct 30) and convened a meeting of the member transport organizations...
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KARACHI: Exam forms
KARACHI, Oct 26: The University of Karachi has extended the last date for the submission of examination forms for BA (Pass) annual examination 2008 (regular candidates) from October 28 to 29 with a late fee of Rs200....
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KARACHI: Film captures Victor Hugo’s anguish
KARACHI: A true story that ends in tragedy tends to tug at the heart-strings of most viewers. And when the person is the daughter of a famous writer who searched the world to find her, the story becomes even more poignant....
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KARACHI: Islamia College
KARACHI, Oct 26: Director-General of Colleges, Sindh, Prof Rafique Ahmed Siddiqui has said that the education department is making efforts to save the future of thousands of students of Islamia College Complex....
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KARACHI: CM tells power consumers to exercise restraint
KARACHI, Oct 26: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah has appealed to people not to take to the streets against enhanced power rates and prolonged outages as the government has already taken up the matter....
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KARACHI: Police force being upgraded
KARACHI, Oct 26: The Sindh Reserve Police is being turned into a specialised force and will be imparted training of “marksmen” and “assault group”....
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KARACHI: Inquiry against 31 KBCA officials
KARACHI, Oct 26: A five-member inquiry committee has been set up to look into the role of 31 officers of the Karachi Building Control Authority (KBCA) during their posting in Lyari, Saddar and Liaquatabad towns with reference to the illegal constructions....
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MITHI: Vacant posts of judges
MITHI, Oct 26: Chief Justice of Sindh High Court Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali has said that process of filling vacant posts in Sindh’s courts will start soon with the publication of advisements in newspapers within a week....
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HYDERABAD: Zarina influenced Palijo’s thinking: Noorul Huda Shah
HYDERABAD, Oct 26: Noted playwright Noorul Huda Shah has said that it is not Rasool Bux Palijo who moulded Jiji Zarina in his political philosophy but it was the other way round....
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HYDERABAD: 7,300 take test for admission to MUET
HYDERABAD, Oct 26: The Mehran University of Engineering and Technology conducted admission test at the Public School, Latifabad, here on Sunday....
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HYDERABAD: Self-confessed murderer surrenders
HYDERABAD, Oct 26: A local leader of Pakistan Muslim League-Q Dr Shafiq Arain is reported to have surrendered to Hussainabad police in the double murder case of his wife and driver...
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HYDERABAD: Newly-appointed teachers not getting salary
HYDERABAD, Oct 26: The Government Secondary Teach-ers Association, Hyderabad chapter, has protested against non-payment of three-month salary to the newly appointed teachers in Hyderabad....
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HYDERABAD: Release of Dr Khan urged
HYDERABAD, Oct 26: Fundamental Rights Commission of Pakistan activists and members of civil society staged a demonstration outside the press club here on Sunday to protest against continued house arrest of nuclear scientist Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan....
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SUKKUR: Loadshedding
SUKKUR, Oct 26: Activists of the Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz staged a rally and held a demonstration outside the press club in Thull on Sunday in protest against prolonged power outages....
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HYDERABAD: Low caste Hindus complain of bias
HYDERABAD, Oct 26: A group of people belonging to Kolhi, Meghwar and Bheel communities staged a demonstration outside the press club here on Sunday to protest against discrimination being meted out to low-caste Hindus by successive governments....
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THATTA: Two kidnap victims freed
THATTA, Oct 26: Thatta police arrested two bandits and recovered two kidnapped men on Sunday after a brief encounter....
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KOHAT: Bomb control system seized
KOHAT, Oct 26: Bomb disposal squad seized a remote control bomb system from a vehicle at new bus stand and arrested two people here on Sunday....
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