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KARACHI: Two ST workers gunned down
KARACHI, Nov 20: Five people, including two workers of the Sunni Tehrik, were killed on Thursday in different acts of violence across the city, police and witnesses said.... 
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KARACHI: Task force for police reforms proposed
KARACHI, Nov 20: A task force of citizens be established to introduce reforms in the police and bring about good governance in society. This was proposed at a consultative meeting of the National Project for Participatory Citizens on....
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KARACHI: ATC acquits two in kidnap case
KARACHI, Nov 20: An anti-terrorism court on Thursday acquitted two accused in a kidnapping-for-ransom case apparently due to lack of evidence. Rashid Baloch alias Ustad and Saleem alias TT along with their....
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KARACHI: New rickshaw silencers rule
KARACHI, Nov 20: The Sindh government has proposed an amendment to the West Pakistan Motor Vehicles Rules, 1969. The proposed amendment reads as under:....
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KARACHI: Rs500m subsidy for new transport operators
KARACHI, Nov 20: The federal government has decided to grant a Rs500 million subsidy to new bus operators during the current financial year, Karachi Mass Transit Cell chief Malik Zaheer said here on Thursday....
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KARACHI: ‘Federal govt set to take decision on LG system’
KARACHI, Nov 20: The local government system has failed to deliver and the provinces of Punjab, the NWFP and Balochistan have rejected it outright while Sindh wants necessary changes in it to make it workable....
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KARACHI: Lawyers continue court boycott
KARACHI, Nov 20: Lawyers at the City Courts and the Malir District Courts on Thursday observed their weekly boycott of legal proceedings as part of their sustained struggle for the reinstatement...
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KARACHI: Anwar Goth
KARACHI, Nov 20: The Sindh Katchi Abadis Authority has announced that it has undertaken the regularisation of Malik Anwar Goth Katchi Abadi, Sector 16-B, North Karachi and matter has been referred to the city government for issuance of NOC....
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KARACHI: Niamat terms talk of Talibanisation a ‘bogey’
KARACHI, Nov 20: Former city nazim Niamatullah Khan has described grabbing of amenity plots in the city “under the bogey of Talibanisation” which he called a conspiracy to destroy the city’s...
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KARACHI: Administration of new vaccine in phases now
KARACHI, Nov 20: The Expanded Programme on Immunisation (EPI), Sindh, has decided to introduce a new combination of vaccines to contain pneumonia, meningitis and a few other preventable diseases in children across the province in two phases beginning next month....
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KARACHI: KU finally decides to correct merit list: MS/PhD admissions
KARACHI, Nov 20: The Karachi University (KU) administration finally issued a notification on Thursday to end a controversy triggered by flaws in the entry tests for MS/PhD admissions, stating that the...
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KARACHI: Call for free movement of workers across region
KARACHI, Nov 20: Speakers at the three-day regional consultation on “Workers as citizens: markets and rights in South Asia” urged the South Asian states to open up their borders for workers...
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KARACHI: SHC registrar to supervise trade association’s poll
KARACHI, Nov 20: The Sindh High Court on Thursday asked its registrar to arrange and supervise the annual elections of the Karachi Electronic Dealers Association within two months....
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KARACHI: Illegal arms
KARACHI, Nov 20: Sindh Home Minister Dr Zulfiqar Ali Mirza has directed senior police officials to accelerate their operation for the recovery of illegal weapons in the province....
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KARACHI: Steps against child labour
KARACHI, Nov 20: Sindh Labour Minister Amir Nawab has said that children are an asset of the country and it is the government’s responsibility to protect their rights and provide them good education and training....
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NAUSHAHRO FEROZE: Rallies held to mark World Children Day
NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Nov 20: The Children Rights Committee, Sparc and Sindh Art and Educational Network held separate rallies to mark the World Children Day here on Thursday....
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HYDERABAD: Govt considering restoration of old districts: minister
HYDERABAD, Nov 20: The local bodies system and restoration of district to its original shape are under active consideration of the government, said Sindh Minister for Zakat and Ushr Sajid Jokhio....
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HYDERABAD: Kiln workers call off strike
HYDERABAD, Nov 20: Sindh Bricks Kiln Association called off their strike on Thursday, said General Secretary Mohammad Farooq Shoukat during a news conference at the press club....
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HYDERABAD: Anti-polio campaign in Hyderabad on 24th
HYDERABAD, Nov 20: The anti-polio campaign, from next year, would be launched after every two months instead of the present three, said District Nazim Kanwar Naveed Jamil....
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THATTA: 2,000 appear in test for training course
THATTA, Nov 20: Over 2,000 candidates appeared in written test for six-month on-job training course for 480 jobs in the education department at Makli Stadium on Thursday....
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HYDERABAD: Body threatens fast-unto-death
HYDERABAD, Nov 20: The Employees Action Committee, Sindh Small Industries Corporation has warned of hunger strike unto death if concerned authorities did not reinstate the 12 dismissed workers within 48 hours....
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SANGHAR: 2 men gunned down over piece of plot
SANGHAR, Nov 20: Armed assailants gunned down two men reportedly over an old enmity over a piece of plot in Shahdadpur on Thursday....
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CHARSADDA: Suicide jackets seized
CHARSADDA, Nov 20: Law-enforcement agencies on Thursday claimed to have recovered suicide vests and explosives during a search operation and arrested four alleged militants in the troubled villages of Shabqadar....
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KOHAT: Rockets fired at Kohat, Bannu cants
KOHAT, Nov 20: Militants targeted the Kohat Garrison Officers (KGO) Club in the cantonment area with a rocket that exploded in one of its lawns late Wednesday night....
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PESHAWAR: Court directs govt to curb flour smuggling: FIA asked to file report on utility stores
PESHAWAR, Nov 20: Peshawar High Court on Thursday directed Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to submit a comprehensive report about sale of flour by the utility stores in the province during the last six months....
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LANDI KOTAL: Over Rs800m projects completed in three tribal agencies
LANDI KOTAL, Nov 20: The Fata Rural Development Project (FRDP) has carried out development schemes worth Rs806.66 million in Khyber, Mohmand and Bajaur agencies during the last two years....
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