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KARACHI: Over 40,000 arms of prohibited bore issued to civilians
KARACHI, Nov 7: Over 40,000 weapons of prohibited bore have been issued to civilians from ‘Malkhana’ over the past eight years, Dawn has learnt.... 
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KARACHI: Suspected gangster shot dead in Lyari
KARACHI, Nov 7: A suspected member of the Rehman Dakait gang was killed by unidentified attackers in Lyari on Friday....
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KARACHI: SHC hears govt appeal in Islamia college case
KARACHI, Nov 7: A provincial government appeal against a single judge’s judgment and decree requiring it to pay as a tenant over Rs3 million as rent to the Islamic Education Foundation...
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KARACHI: CHK trauma centre project not out of the woods yet
KARACHI, Nov 7: Work on a joint venture of the federal and provincial governments to provide emergency services to the victims of accidents and calamities in the metropolis has been slowed...
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KARACHI: Victim’s brother testifies in kidnap, murder case
KARACHI, Nov 7: An anti-terrorism court on Friday recorded the statement of a complainant in a kidnapping for ransom and murder case....
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KARACHI: Fair weather forecast
KARACHI, Nov 7: The Met Office has forecast a fair weather with misty morning for Karachi on Saturday with the maximum temperature expected to range between 33 and 35 degrees centigrade....
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KARACHI: Muslim Azeemabadi’s three books launched
KARACHI, Nov 7: Three books by the late Mohammad Muslim Azeemabadi were launched at a ceremony held at the Arts Council here on Friday evening....
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KARACHI: Computerisation of ACE record ordered
KARACHI, Nov 7: Adviser to the Chief Minister on Inquiries and Anti-Corruption Gul Mohammed Laat on Friday ordered an immediate start of work for the computerisation of entire record of the...
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KARACHI: SSC-II exam forms schedule
KARACHI, Nov 7: The Board of Secondary Education Karachi (BSEK) has announced the schedule for the submission of examination forms by the candidates who had appeared in the SSC-I Science and...
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KARACHI: Land grant process
KARACHI, Nov 7: The Sindh government has announced that 25 acres (not 20 acres as earlier reported) of cultivable land will be distributed among landless women peasants....
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KARACHI: Exhibitions
KARACHI, Nov 7: An exhibition of drawings by Abrar Ahmed opens at the Chawkandi Art gallery on Saturday at 5:30pm. It will continue till November 14....
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KARACHI: Verdict put off on acquittal pleas in Nizam murder case
KARACHI, Nov 7: A district and sessions judge on Friday deferred till Nov 13 his judgment on acquittal applications filed by two accused in the Justice Nizam murder case....
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KARACHI: Commander Karachi
KARACHI, Nov 7: Vice-Admiral Saleem Ahmed Meenai has assumed the charge of Commander Karachi. He will be in charge of all naval commands and units ashore at Karachi....
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KARACHI: Violations continue unchecked: Private school rules
KARACHI, Nov 7: Most private schools being run by trusts or communities neither have set up parent-teacher associations nor are providing full fee concessions to a certain number of students which...
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HYDERABAD: Comparative study of literature promotes diversity: scholar
HYDERABAD, Nov 7: Professor Dr Chandra Mohan of India has said that bilingual and multilingual situations prevailing in different parts of the world provide an inclination for undertaking comparative studies in literature of languages....
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NAUSHAHRO FEROZE: Teenage girl tortured for defying father on marriage
NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Nov 7: A man severely beat up his teenage daughter and detained her in their house with hands and legs tied with a rope in Talib Solangi village in...
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NAWABSHAH: UBL’s sacked employees seek reinstatement
NAWABSHAH, Nov 7: Sacked employees of the United Bank have appealed to President Asif Ali Zardari to fulfill the promise of Benazir Bhutto by directing the government to reinstate those fired during the Nawaz Sharif government in 1997....
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HYDERABAD: 932 katchi abadis to be regularised
HYDERABAD, Nov 7: The Sindh government has undertaken the task of regularising 932 katchi abadis with the target to complete 15 such habitations in two months, said provincial Minister for Katchi Abadis Mohammad Rafique engineer....
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HYDERABAD: Three-year plan to control hepatitis
HYDERABAD, Nov 7: Around 40 million people throughout the world are suffering from hepatitis and their number in Pakistan was going up because of the unawareness of the disease among the...
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HYDERABAD: Probe into test mess
HYDERABAD, Nov 7: The prime minister has taken notice of alleged irregularities and nepotism witnessed during the pre-admission test to MBBS classes and BDS courses on the complaint of PPP MNA Nawab Abdul Ghani Talpur....
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MINGORA: Girls’ school, bridge destroyed in Swat
MINGORA, Nov 7: A girls’ school, health centre, a bridge and two security posts were destroyed by suspected militants in different parts of Swat valley....
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PESHAWAR: NWFP awaits another disaster: Building code violations
PESHAWAR, Nov 7: Despite so many disasters, buildings are still constructed in without following the interim building codes owing to lack of implementation and awareness as well as escalating cost of construction material in the NWFP....
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PESHWAR: Over 4,000 houses destroyed in Waziristan operation: report
PESHWAR, Nov 7: A total of 4,007 houses were destroyed as collateral damages during the military operation launched in Mehsuds-dominated areas of South Waziristan in January this year, causing a loss of Rs1.32...
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PESHAWAR: Checkposts, market blown up in Peshawar
PESHAWAR, Nov 7: Unidentified militants blew up two police checkposts and a shopping market in the Nasir Bagh area here on Friday....
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