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KARACHI: Removal of illegal barricades from city roads ordered
KARACHI, Dec 5: The Sindh government has issued an ultimatum to residents of various localities for immediate removal of all illegal barricades put up on different streets of the city.... 
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KARACHI: Tribunal to hear polluting factory’s case by 23rd
KARACHI, Dec 5: The case of a polluting chickenfeed factory at Korangi would be sent up for trial to the Environmental Protection Tribunal before Dec 23, the environmental protection agency (EPA) director-general assured the Sindh High Court on Thursday....
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KARACHI: Two acquitted in children kidnap case
KARACHI, Dec 5: An anti-terrorism court on Friday acquitted two men accused of kidnapping two minor girls for ransom due to a lack of evidence....
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KARACHI: Accident Claims two lives
KARACHI, Dec 5: A man and his young daughter died when their vehicle fell some 70 feet on a disused rail track passing through Gulistan-i-Jauhar, on Friday....
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KARACHI: Memoirs of a global revolutionary
KARACHI, Dec 5: Speakers at a seminar held here on Friday eulogised the role itinerant revolutionary Dada Amir Haider Khan played in spreading communist revolution across the globe, even though he...
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KARACHI: Winter vacation
KARACHI, Dec 5: All public and private schools and colleges across Sindh will remain closed from Dec 22 to Dec 31 on account of the winter vacation, according to a decision taken on Friday by the provincial education department’s steering committee....
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KARACHI: Postponed papers
KARACHI, Dec 5: The University of Karachi has announced that the postponed papers of BDS first professional (Chemistry of Dental Material) and MBBS first professional part-A (Islamic Studies/Pakistan Studies) will be held on December 12.—APP...
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KARACHI: Need for collective progress stressed
KARACHI, Dec 5: Former federal minister Javed Jabbar said on Friday that the country could not make headway unless every citizen discharged his duties and fulfilled his responsibilities....
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KARACHI: BSEK drive to check recognition criterion
KARACHI, Dec 5: The Board of Secondary Education Karachi (BSEK) has started inspection of all recognised schools to verify whether they meet its recognition criterion or not....
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KARACHI: Group show
KARACHI, Dec 5: An exhibition of paintings by 16 artists opens on Saturday at Amina’s art gallery at 5:30pm....
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KARACHI: Suspects’ names taken off anti-terror law list
KARACHI, Dec 5: The Sindh High Court on Friday disposed of four petitions challenging the enlistment of names of four activists of banned outfits in the Fourth Schedule of the Anti...
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KARACHI: LG system
KARACHI, Dec 5: The Sindh government has notified composition of the committee tasked with recommending changes in the local government system with special focus on restoration of divisional commissionerate system.—PPI...
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KARACHI: President’s orders
KARACHI, Dec 5: Sindh Chief Secretary Fazalur Rehman has asked all departments to take concrete steps to implement the directives issued by President Asif Ali Zardari during his last visit to the city....
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KARACHI: Winter rain
KARACHI, Dec 5: The city on Friday received its first winter shower which continued intermittently till late in the night....
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SUKKUR: Sukkur demo against power, gas loadshedding
SUKKUR, Dec 5: Hundreds of protesters including JUI workers, citizens, traders and tailors staged a protest demonstration and a sit-in at Clock Tower chowk, Sukkur on Friday, against hours-long unannounced power outages and low pressure of gas....
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HYDERABAD: Changes in ‘outdated’ tenancy act sought
HYDERABAD, Dec 5: Hari leaders and agriculture experts have stressed the need for comprehensive amendments to the Sindh Tenancy Act 1950 as according to them it has become irrelevant and outdated....
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HYDERABAD: Uplift works reviewed
HYDERABAD, Dec 5: Taking notice of the slow pace of work on various uplift schemes, District Nazim Kanwar Naveed Jamil has directed the relevant officials to award the contracts of all such projects to other contractors....
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DADU: For majority Eid is another normal day
DADU, Dec 5: Eid shopping is going on in the city but in a very low profile because of high prices of everything from dry and green grocery, vegetable, meat, and chicken to shoes and clothing....
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BADIN: Dialogue urged for peace
BADIN, Dec 5: The president of the Millat-i-Jafria Pakistan and senior vice-president of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal, Allama Syed Sajid Ali Naqvi, stressed the need for continuation of the all-parties national conference....
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HYDERABAD: Out-of-court deal in murder case rejected
HYDERABAD, Dec 5: Father of Naveed Sheikh, who was killed under mysterious circumstances, refused an out-of-court settlement with the father of the prime accused....
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SUKKUR: Rain, storm hit upper Sindh
SUKKUR, Dec 5: Heavy rain and hailstorm hit many parts of upper Sindh including, Mirpur Mathelo, Daharki, Ubauro, Ghotki, Jarwar, Yaroo Loond, Thull, Tangwani, Buxapur, Kandhkot, Kashmore and some parts of Khairpur district on Friday evening, making weather a bit colder....
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SUKKUR : Shopkeeper kidnapped
SUKKUR, Dec 5: A Hindu shopkeeper was kidnapped by armed dacoits from the National Highway near Mahesaro district Ghotki late on Thursday....
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SHIKARPUR: Man shot dead
SHIKARPUR, Dec 5: A pickup driver was shot dead by his enemies near City Top hotel at Lakhi-Gate Suzuki stop here on Friday....
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PESHAWAR: Blasts damage schools in Peshawar, Swat
PESHAWAR, Dec 5: Some unidentified outlaws blasted a school on the University Road here on Friday, officials said....
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LANDI KOTAL: Operation against kidnappers in Khyber Agency on cards
LANDI KOTAL, Nov 5: A decisive operation will be launched to stem increasing cases of kidnap for ransom, says Political Agent Khyber Agency Capt (retired) Tariq Hayat....
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PESHAWAR: Two more commissioners appointed
PESHAWAR, Dec 5: The NWFP government has established two more offices of commissioners in Mardan and Dera Ismail Khan, putting their total number up to seven....
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PESHAWAR: Govt re-issues controversial ordinance: Judicial powers for executive officers
PESHAWAR, Dec 5: The NWFP government has recently re-promulgated a controversial ordinance aimed at assigning judicial powers to executive officers despite the matter being pending before the Peshawar High Court....
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PESHAWAR: IDPs to get aid under income support plan
PESHAWAR, Dec 5: The Benazir Income Support Programme, a federal government initiative for low income groups, will extend financial assistance to displaced persons of Bajaur and Swat regions....
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