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KARACHI: Govt barred from disposing of 90 acres in Thatta
KARACHI, Nov 14: The Sindh High Court restrained the provincial government on Friday from disposing of over 90 acres of land in the district of Thatta as its own by allotment... 
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KARACHI: Former SP acquitted in Murtaza killing case
KARACHI, Nov 14: A former superintendent of police who faced trial for his alleged involvement in Mir Murtaza Bhutto’s murder was acquitted on Friday due to a lack of evidence against him....
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KARACHI: Constable, guard killed in Rs5.6 million bank heist KARACHI, Nov 14: A policeman and a private security guard were killed by bandits who took away over Rs5.6 million in a bank heist on Friday morning....
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KARACHI: Altaf sees plot against Muttahida, ST
KARACHI, Nov 14: Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain has said that some unscrupulous elements are conspiring to pit the workers of his party against those of Sunni Tehrik in a bid to wreck the peace and calm of the city....
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KARACHI: Call for steps to improve mother, child health status
KARACHI, Nov 14: Only a well-trained and fully committed workforce provided with quality interventional tools and adequate incentives in addition to recognition of health initiatives by the government and community can...
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KARACHI: Steps against targeted killings ordered
KARACHI, Nov 14: Sindh Home Minister Dr Zulfikar Mirza has directed the police to take action against those involved in putting pressure on police for releasing criminals....
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KARACHI: Revised power tariff issued
KARACHI, Nov 14: Following the government’s announcement about a downward revision of the power tariff amid mounting public criticism of a recent hike , the Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) has...
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KARACHI: SBTE suppl exams
KARACHI, Nov 14: The Sindh Board of Technical Education Karachi (SBTE) has announced that the Matric (technical) supplementary examinations will start on November 17. In a press release, the SBTE controller...
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KARACHI: Gas fields sale opposed
KARACHI, Nov 14: Leader of the opposition in the Sindh Assembly Jam Madad Ali has criticised the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) for its “changed attitude” after coming to power....
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KARACHI: Phone packages irk govt
KARACHI, Nov 14: The Sindh government has approached the federal ministry of information technology to seek its help in discouraging cellular companies from launching “talk packages”, maintaining that such things promoted immoral activities among the youth....
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KARACHI: Man acquitted in woman’s kidnap case
KARACHI, Nov 14: An anti-terrorism court on Friday acquitted an accused in a woman’s kidnapping for ransom case....
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KARACHI: Kamran Tessori granted bail
KARACHI, Nov 14: An additional district and sessions judge (south) on Friday granted bail to a gold trader, Kamran Tessori, on Rs50,000 surety in a case registered under the Arms Ordinance at Gizri police station....
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KARACHI: Fake CNICs
KARACHI, Nov 14: A civil judge and judicial magistrate (south) on Friday sent 11 Nadra and Pakistan Post employees to jail on remand till Nov 22 in a case pertaining to...
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HYDERABAD: China’s rise through peaceful means lauded
HYDERABAD, Nov 14: Former ambassador to China and Philippines, Dr Maqbool Ahmed Bhatty, has said that China is the only major power in history which has risen to greatness through peaceful means....
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SHIKARPUR: No check on flour prices
SHIKARPUR, Nov 14: Wheat flour is being sold for Rs35 to Rs37 per kilogram at retail shops in the district and its adjoining areas despite no shortage of the grain and...
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HYDERABAD: Court seeks report in murder case
HYDERABAD, Nov 14: The additional district judge-1 of Hyderabad on Friday called a report from the investigating officer of murder case of a student, Naveed Shaikh, after an application was filed...
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HYDERABAD: Solid waste Disposal discussed
HYDERABAD, Nov 14: Development Director of Hydro Limited, UK, Robert D. Orr, Technical Director Mazhar Abbas Shaikh and Engineer Naseem Aziz called on District Nazim Kanwar Naveed Jamil at his secretariat to discuss scientific disposal of solid waste and its bi-products....
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HYDERABAD: Results of class XI announced
HYDERABAD, Nov 14: The Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education Hyderabad, has announced the result of Higher Secondary School Certificate part-I (class-XI) annual examinations 2008 of science general, pre-engineering and pre-medical groups....
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MIRPURKHAS: Water shortage worries wheat growers
MIRPURKHAS, Nov 14: Acute water shortage in Digri and Jhuddo talukas may not allow growers to sow wheat crop, said Jhuddo Taluka Nazim Jhuddo Haji Mohammad Hassan Leghari....
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MANSEHRA: Woman killed in roof collapse
MANSEHRA, Nov 14: A woman was killed and three other family members sustained injuries when their house collapsed due to heavy rain here early Friday morning....
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DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Blasts destroy video shops in Dera, three hurt
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Nov 14: Three CD shops were destroyed and three people were injured in twin bomb blasts in the jurisdiction of Cantonment Police Station here on Friday....
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PESHAWAR: Militancy forces closure of 24 phone exchanges
PESHAWAR, Nov 14: Owing to militancy, 24 telephone exchanges have been closed in different parts of the Frontier province and three of them have been blown up, sources said....
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MINGORA: Security forces repulse attack on post
MINGORA, Nov 14: Security forces repulsed an attack by militants on a security post near the Sui gas plant in Balogram on Friday....
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