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KARACHI: SC hears petition against cantt board’s powers
KARACHI, Oct 28: The Supreme Court asked the Faisal Cantonment Board on Tuesday to produce the notification that empowered cantonment boards to sanction building plans in civilian areas of the city... 
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KARACHI: Tit-for-tat killing of activists sows fear in Karachi
KARACHI, Oct 28: The killing of a young political worker in the small hours of Tuesday in Orangi Town took the total number of such targeted killings to more than a...
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KARACHI: ‘Sindh can provide power for the whole nation’
KARACHI, Oct 28: Claiming that Sindh has the potential to provide enough energy to power the entire nation, a speaker suggested at a seminar on Tuesday that efforts should be made...
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MINGORA: Artillery shelling kills two women in Swat
MINGORA, Oct 28: Artillery shelling by security forces killed two women and injured 21 other persons in Sirsenai area of Kabal tehsil in Swat, local residents said....
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GHALANAI: Five Taliban held in Mohmand
GHALANAI, Oct 28: Security forces on Tuesday reportedly apprehended five Taliban including a key local commander in the Mohmand Agency....
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KOHAT: Militants persuaded to leave Orakzai
KOHAT, Oct 28: The elders of Mamozai tribe of Orakzai Agency on Tuesday returned after holding talks with local and foreign Taliban at some undisclosed place for three days persuading them to leave the area....
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PESHAWAR: Lack of coordination mars relief work at IDP camps
PESHAWAR, Oct 28: Lack of coordination between the government and donor agencies was hampering relief activities at the camps set up for the internally displaced persons of Bajaur tribal region, sources said....
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KARACHI: 550MW plant to start working in 14 months
KARACHI, Oct 28: City Naib Nazim Nasrin Jalil has said that the ministry of water and power (Private Power and Infrastructure Board) has given its approval for the setting up of...
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KARACHI: 358 dengue cases tested positive in Sindh
KARACHI, Oct 28: Of more than a thousand dengue patients reported at different hospitals in the province, 358 were tested positive....
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KARACHI: Fishermen assured of special development plan
KARACHI, Oct 28: A special development plan for the welfare of fishermen’s community will be announced shortly....
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KARACHI: Poor results blamed on shortage of teachers
KARACHI, Oct 28: Most government colleges in the city whose performance in the 2008 examinations of Higher Secondary Certificate Part-II (Class XII) – in the groups of science (pre-engineering and pre-medical)...
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KARACHI: Two killed in shootout
KARACHI, Oct 28: A suspected bandit and a passer-by were killed during a shootout between police and suspected dacoits on M.A Jinnah Road on Tuesday....
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KARACHI: Three die in accidents
KARACHI, Oct 28: Three persons were killed in two separate road accidents in the city on Tuesday....
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KARACHI: Accused deny involvement in kidnap case
KARACHI, Oct 28: An anti-terrorism on Tuesday court recorded the statements of the accused in a case pertaining to the kidnapping of a factory owner for ransom....
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KARACHI: The interaction of cities through art
KARACHI, Oct 28: Four artists from South Asia, living in the diaspora and seeing their home away from home in their work, has given food for thought to those who viewed...
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KARACHI: Complaints against private schools pile up
KARACHI, Oct 28: The Sindh directorate of private institutions, which is a regulatory body overseeing the functioning of private schools in the province, is fast losing its effectiveness due to official apathy and its inaccessible location....
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KARACHI: Parties agree on formation of standing committees
KARACHI, Oct 28: The parliamentary leaders of the Pakistan People’s Party and the Muttahida Qaumi Movement in the Sindh Assembly reached a complete understanding on formation of standing committees on Tuesday....
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KARACHI: Drive against violations of traffic rules
KARACHI, Oct 28: On the directive of Sindh Home Minister, the Deputy Inspector General of Police (Traffic) on Tuesday announced that a special campaign would be launched against traffic violations from November 3....
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KARACHI: Symposium
KARACHI, Oct 28: The Pakistan-Japan Cultural Association will hold an international symposium on photojournalism from Nov 15 to 19....
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KARACHI: Regulatory body planned for medical technologists
KARACHI, Oct 28: As there are no rules and regulations for vital healthcare experts who are the backbone of any hospital and are responsible for life and death of patients in...
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KARACHI: Shifting of truck stand, markets on back burner
KARACHI, Oct 28: The Sindh government has put the City District Government Karachi’s (CDGK) plan to shift 15 major wholesale markets, warehouses and the Mauripur truck stand to new locations near...
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KARACHI: Gadap SP removed
KARACHI, Oct 28: An officer of the rank of deputy superintendent of police, who was posted against the post of SP Gadap Town, was transferred and ordered to report to the CPO....
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KARACHI: Man acquitted in NAB reference
KARACHI, Oct 28: An accountability court on Tuesday acquitted a deputy manager of the State Life Insurance Corporation, Sukkur, in a NAB reference due to a lack of evidence....
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SUKKUR: Centre for Disabled children in a shambles
SUKKUR, Oct 28: The building of the Centre for Rehabilitation of Disabled Children is in a shambles as no repair and maintenance work has been carried out since long by the quarters concerned....
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HYDERABAD: Bhitai tried hand at Persian, claims Joyo
HYDERABAD, Oct 28: Taj Joyo has said that Shah Abul Latif Bhitai was a scholar of Persian, Arabic, Punjabi, Sindhi and Seraiki languages and claimed the he had also composed verses in Persian language....
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KHAIRPUR: Call to cut defence expenditure
KHAIRPUR, Oct 28: Social workers and peace activists have stressed on creating conducive and peaceful atmosphere not only in Pakistan but all over the globe....
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HYDERABAD: New meters run fast, say officials
HYDERABAD, Oct 28: Heads of different government departments have complained that new meters installed by Hesco are running very fast as compared to old ones....
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HYDERABAD: Accounts office accused of bribery
HYDERABAD, Oct 28: A retired teacher accusing district accounts office of harassing and taking bribe from him has appealed for an inquiry into such corrupt practices....
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HYDERABAD: Financial Assistance for women approved
HYDERABAD, Oct 28: The DCO approved 23 cases of poor women for financial assistance from Baitul Maal/Zakat fund and 17 cases under food support programme....
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BADIN: Oil dividend to be invested
BADIN, Oct 28: The government has decided to release and invest the funds collected through production bonus from the oil and gas exploration and commercial production of its concession areas....
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PESHAWAR: CJ rejects judicial powers for officials
PESHAWAR, Oct 28: Peshawar High Court Chief Justice Tariq Pervez Khan has declined to give concurrence to a proposal by the provincial government for assigning powers of special judicial magistrates to executive officers in accordance with a controversial ordinance....
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PESHAWAR: Top govt officials asked to observe financial discipline
PESHAWAR, Oct 28: NWFP Assembly’s Public Accounts Committee has expressed serious concern over rampant financial malpractices prevalent in various government departments in the province. It called upon the top bureaucrats to...
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TIMERGARA: ‘Community force’ to combat crime in Dir
TIMERGARA, Oct 28: A 450-men community force was formed at a ceremony held at the Police Lines here on Tuesday....
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PESHAWAR: Ownership rights for women in kachi abadis
PESHAWAR, Oct 28: The women living in kachi abadis of the Frontier province would be given ownership rights.Gulmina Bilal Ahmad, member Awami National Party working committee, said this while addressing a meeting of the ANP woman wing here on Tuesday....
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