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KARACHI: Bar challenges SPSC power to appoint subordinate judiciary
KARACHI, Dec 12: A Sindh High Court division bench headed by its chief justice will hear on Dec 16 a petition moved by the SHC Bar Association for annulment of the... 
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PESHAWAR: Govt moves bill to legalise revival of commissioners
PESHAWAR, Dec 12: The NWFP government has submitted a bill to the provincial assembly secretariat to provide legal cover to recently revived divisional commissioners in the province, it is learnt....
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TIMERGARA: Operation against Maidan Taliban postponed
TIMERGARA, Dec 12: The district administration and security forces put off launching an operation against the Taliban of the Maidan tehsil in Lower Dir after militants agreed to stop their activities in the area, informed sources told Dawn on here Friday....
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KARACHI: Court restrains builder from raising illegal structure
KARACHI, Dec 12: The Sindh High Court restrained a builder on Friday from raising construction in violation of the approved plan and from creating third party interest....
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KARACHI: Demand and supply of staples reviewed
KARACHI, Dec 12: The demand and supply situation of essential food commodities was reviewed at a meeting held here on Friday....
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KARACHI: Govt renews request for KCR loan
KARACHI, Dec 12: The federal government has formally requested the Japanese government to keep a provision of over $872 million loan for the revival of the Karachi Circular Railway in the current financial year, it has been learnt reliably....
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KARACHI: Meaningful steps to alleviate poverty stressed
KARACHI, Dec 12: Sindh Chief Secretary Fazlur Rehman has directed the officials concerned to take meaningful steps for poverty alleviation by providing preferential assistance to those who are living below the...
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KARACHI: Call for end to ‘unethical’ doctor-pharma firm nexus
KARACHI, Dec 12: Speakers at a medical forum on Friday condemned a trend towards greater interaction between physicians and the pharmaceutical industry, saying that the result was usually excessive prescriptions for patients and benefits (both monetary and otherwise) for health professionals....
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KARACHI: Teachers in a fix over ‘illogical’ posting
KARACHI, Dec 12: In a move that defies logic, the Sindh education department has posted a number of recently-promoted associate professors possessing Science degrees at commerce or arts colleges....
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KARACHI: The tricky business of living
KARACHI: When Karachi’s theatre-going audience attends a Napa Repertory Company performance, it expects nothing less than a tour de force. With Napa’s latest offering, audiences can enjoy a veritable tour de farce....
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KARACHI: Rs2.4bn for Treatment of hepatitis patients
KARACHI, Dec 12: Sindh Health Minister Dr Saghir Ahmed has said that the government has earmarked Rs2.4 billion for a three-year programme aimed at providing free treatment and medicines to hepatitis patients....
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KARACHI: Admission date
KARACHI, Dec 12: Director of the Shaikh Zayed Islamic Centre, University of Karachi, has announced that the date for admission to the post-graduate diploma in Islamic Banking and Finance has been extended to December 20.—APP...
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KARACHI: Illegal projects, construction
KARACHI, Dec 12: The Karachi Building Control Authority (KBCA) on Friday declared several projects either illegal or without approval, warning the general public against indulging in sale or purchase of property in these projects....
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KARACHI: SSC calls for ban on display of arms
KARACHI, Dec 12: The Save Sindh Committee (SSC) has called for making the entire province free from illegal weapons and implementing a permanent ban on display of all kinds of weapons....
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KARACHI: Two die in accidents
KARACHI, Dec 12: Two persons died and two others were injured in road accidents in different parts of the city on Friday....
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JACOBABAD: Young trader killed by robbers
JACOBABAD, Dec 12: A youth was killed by robbers at his shop near Tower police picket here on Friday....
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SHIKARPUR: Four killed in accidents
SHIKARPUR, Dec 12: Two motorcyclists were killed when their motorcycle collided with a trailer coming from the opposite direction near the shrine of Pir Zubair on Shikarpur-Sukkur road on Friday....
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HYDERABAD: Relief efforts for flood victims under way
HYDERABAD, Dec 12: DCO Ali Ahmed Loond has said that teams have been constituted and survey work has been started to assess the losses caused due to the breach in the...
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HYDERABAD: Arrangements for BB’s death anniversary
HYDERABAD, Dec 12: A meeting of the Pakistan People’s Party’s local office-bearers was held at a local circuit house here to finalise arrangements to commemorate the first death anniversary of the Pakistan People’s Party’s chairperson, Benazir Bhutto, on December 27....
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HYDERABAD: SU exams
HYDERABAD, Dec 12: The controller of examination, University of Sindh announced here on Friday that VIth paper of Electromagnetic Theory of MSc final (college side), which was postponed would now be conducted on Dec 18 at Sindh University model school Hyderabad....
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THATTA: Thatta people taking water unfit for human consumption: Govt funds go down the drain
THATTA, Dec 12: Out of over 1.2 million population of the district, majority of rural inhabitants is deprived of potable water despite huge funds being spent by the Sindh government to facilitate this misery-stricken coastal belt....
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LARKANA: Uplift work at Garhi picks speed
LARKANA, Dec 12: The pace of development work at Garhi Khuda Bakhsh Bhutto has been accelerated to complete the first phase before the death anniversary of Ms Benazir Bhutto falling on the 27th day of this month....
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HYDERABAD: Tension prevails in T.M. Khan after clash
HYDERABAD, Dec 12: An exchange of fire between two groups caused injuries to two people and forced the shopkeepers to pull down their shutters in Tando Mohammad Khan on Friday....
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