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KARACHI: Edhi centre receives five more children
KARACHI, Nov 21: A father from Umarkot brought his four children to the Edhi Home in Sohrab Goth hours after a girl was left at the charity’s Meethadar centre by her paternal aunt on Friday....
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KARACHI: Three policemen wounded in Jauhar shootout
KARACHI, Nov 21: Three policemen were wounded in a shootout with armed suspects in Gulistan-i-Jauhar on Friday....
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KARACHI: ‘Awareness key to countering plagiarism’
KARACHI, Nov 21: The need to create awareness about the after-effects of plagiarism in the world of academia as opposed to just being on the lookout for plagiarists was stressed at...
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KARACHI: Forex scam suspects
KARACHI, Nov 21: A judicial magistrate (south) on Friday remanded two top officials of a foreign exchange firm in the custody of the Federal Investigation Agency till Nov 26 for their alleged involvement in illegal transfer of foreign currency from Pakistan....
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KARACHI: SHC injunction against ‘cattle fee’ vacated
KARACHI, Nov 21: Justice Nadeem Azhar Siddiqui of the Sindh High Court vacated on Friday an interim injunction granted against recovery of ‘special Eid fee’ imposed on cattle traders by the Malir municipal administration....
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KARACHI: Anti-Aids plan
KARACHI, Nov 21: Sindh Health Minister Dr Saghir Ahmed on Friday told Dr Nafis Sadik, Special Adviser to the UN Secretary General on Aids/HIV for Asia, that an amount of Rs1.8...
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KARACHI: South Asian labour leaders want end to visa restriction
KARACHI, Nov 21: South Asian labour leaders speaking at the conclusion of the three-day regional consultation on “Workers as citizens: markets and rights in South Asia” on Friday urged all countries...
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KARACHI: Children’s day celebrated
KARACHI, Nov 21: Dedicated to the spirit of peace, love and hope, the colourful programme held on Friday in the Arts Council auditorium in connection with the Universal Children’s Day was...
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KARACHI: Exhibition
KARACHI, Nov 21: An exhibition of paintings by Belinda Eation opened on Friday at the VM art gallery at 5pm....
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KARACHI: Moot on Sindh
KARACHI, Nov 21: The Sindh National Party (SNP) has decided to invite all nationalist parties and leaders to launch a joint struggle for the protection of resources of Sindh and to...
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KARACHI: Father turns hostile in son’s kidnap case
KARACHI, Nov 21: A complainant turned hostile before an anti-terrorism court on Friday during the hearing of a kidnap for ransom case of a schoolboy....
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KARACHI: Call for boost to voluntary blood donation
KARACHI, Nov 21: South Asian experts in blood transfusion medicines at a two-day conference held here on Friday called for expansion of voluntary blood donation system and improving quality of blood and its by-products....
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HYDERABAD: Renovated Rani Bagh awaits visitors
HYDERABAD, Nov 21: Visitors on Saturday will step inside an entirely reinvigorated Rani Bagh after its inaugural by Sindh Governor Ishrat ul Ebad....
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HYDERABAD: Funds for treatment of poet released
HYDERABAD, Nov 21: On the directives of Sindh Education Minister Pir Mazharul Haq, who is also the chairman of the Sindhi Adabi Board, the board has released more funds for medical...
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HYDERABAD: Govt asked to eradicate bonded labour
HYDERABAD, Nov 21: The government should seriously work on eliminating bonded labour and media on highlighting the plight of exploitative trends employed by the powerful landlords....
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HYDERABAD: Groups formed to highlight constituencies’ problems
HYDERABAD, Nov 21: Leaders of the constituency relations groups of NA-220 and 221, Hyderabad district, at separate press conferences here on Friday, said that to maintain a link between the MNAs...
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HYDERABAD: Promotion of children’s literature urged
HYDERABAD, Nov 21: Noted intellectual and writer Mohammad Ibrahim Joyo has said that children are future builders of the nation and they must be taken care of....
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CHARSADDA: Forces take control of Militant hideouts
CHARSADDA, Nov 21: The security forces and police in a joint search operation took control of various militant hideouts after clearing several villages in the disputed area of Sabqadar along the border with Mohmand Agency on Friday....
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ISLAMABAD: Japan to set up children’s hospital in Peshawar ISLAMABAD, Nov 21: The government of Japan will establish a children’s hospital and Khyber Institute of Child Health in Peshawar....
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KOHAT: Darra elders trying to mend ways with Taliban
KOHAT, Nov 21: In an unprecedented development, elders of a number of tribes of the Orakzai Agency, who had earlier raised a Lashkar against the Taliban, have started accepting them as...
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GHALANAI: Two killed by ‘security forces’ in Mohmand
GHALANAI, Nov 21: Security forces allegedly killed two people and injured another when they were crossing the River Kabul in a boat near Gorgorai from Mohmand to Khyber on Friday....
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PESHAWAR: Businessman Forum retains grip on Sarhad chamber
PESHAWAR, Nov 21: The Businessman Forum, Pakistan, retained its dominance over the Sarhad Chamber of Commerce and Industry on Friday, as all of its candidates running for the executive committee were...
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TIMERGARA: Rockets hit army base in Chakdarra
TIMERGARA, Nov 21: Unidentified assailants fired eight rockets on an army base camp set up in the Scouts Fort in Chakdarra late Thursday night, residents and officials told Dawn on Friday....
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MANSEHRA: Plan to build dam on Kunhar river
MANSEHRA, Nov 21: The government plans to build a dam on the Kunhar river in the Kaghan valley to overcome the deepening power crisis in the country....
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KOHAT: Policeman killed by militants
KOHAT, Nov 21: One policeman was killed and four others were injured when militants opened fire on a police mobile in the Doaba area of the Hangu district on Friday evening....
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