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KARACHI: Weak arms policy fills city with guns
KARACHI, Dec 14: As a result of the liberal and weapons-friendly policies of the previous and present governments, the city has reached the saturation point in illegal and legal weapons, it has emerged.... 
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KARACHI: Commission to probe ethnic riots
KARACHI, Dec 14: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah on Sunday announced the setting up of a judicial commission in light of the decision of the recent all-parties conference....
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KARACHI: Shortage of funds scuttles Rs3bn traffic plan
KARACHI, Dec 14: Financial constraints seem to have brought a proposed Rs3 billion traffic planning and control system almost to a halt, as the officials concerned are hesitant to take up...
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KARACHI: KBCA reworks plan for skyscrapers
KARACHI, Dec 14: The Karachi Building Control Authority has shelved a plan to allow construction of 100-storey or above high-rise buildings “anywhere in the metropolis”, as it is now looking for...
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KARACHI: Saarc urged to defuse Pakistan-India tension
KARACHI, Dec 14: Amid heightened tension between Pakistan and India following the Mumbai terrorist attacks, speakers at the inaugural session of the first Saarc Simulation Exercise urged the leadership of the...
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KOHAT: Taliban burn CD shops, net café in Hangu
KOHAT, Dec 14: Local Taliban burned at least 17 CD shops and a net café in Thall bazaar of Hangu district on late Saturday night....
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PESHAWAR: FC deployed to protect Nato supplies
PESHAWAR, Dec 14: Paramilitary troops and police were deployed at terminals and parking areas along Ring Road here on Sunday to protect Nato and American forces’ supplies from militants, officials said....
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PESHAWAR: Twelve more Dawa men arrested as crackdown continues
PESHAWAR, Dec 14: Security agencies continued crackdown against Jamaatud Dawa and arrested 12 workers and sealed its assets in different parts of the NWFP, said a local leader of the organisation....
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MINGORA: Policewoman kidnapped in Swat
MINGORA, Dec 14: Three unidentified bodies were found and a policewoman and her brother were kidnapped in separate incidents in restive Swat valley on Sunday....
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KHAR: Exodus starts from Mamond: Operation rumours
KHAR, Dec 14: Mass exodus has been reported from the troubled areas of Mamond tehsil to safer places on Saturday after rumours of possible military operation in the tribal region....
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KARACHI: Harassed leopard forced to live in poor conditions
KARACHI, Dec 14: At the mercy of uncouth visitors, the lone female leopard kept in a cage with a cemented floor at the Korangi-Landhi Zoo is visibly in bad shape....
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KARACHI: Two killed in acts of violence
KARACHI, Dec 14: Two people were killed on Sunday in separate acts of violence in the city....
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KARACHI: KU plans institute for printing education
KARACHI, Dec 14: Plans are afoot to transform the University of Karachi’s Bureau of Compilation, Composition and Translation (BCC&T) Press, which turned 50 in 2007, into a fully-fledged institute that would...
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KARACHI: Turtle breeding season nears its end
KARACHI, Dec 14: As winter begins to set in, green turtles, which come to Karachi’s Hawkesbay and Sandspit beaches to lay their eggs, are now beginning to return to the ocean....
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KARACHI: Christmas spirit brings Karachians together
KARACHI: Santa Claus is Coming to Town was the tune being hummed when this writer entered the Alliance Francaise on Saturday night, where a special Christmas concert was organised by the Karachi Vocal Ensemble....
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KARACHI: Demand for FCS board election
KARACHI, Dec 14: A grand assembly of the fishermen community held here on Saturday demanded immediate holding of election for the 15-member board of directors of the Fishermen Cooperative Society (FCS) as required under the society’s by-laws....
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KARACHI: Fazl defends right to censure govt
KARACHI, Dec 14: Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman has said that though his party supports the government, if it deviates from pursuing the national interest, he will criticise the government in the country’s larger interest....
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KARACHI: Exhibition
KARACHI, Dec 14: An exhibition of paintings by Atif Ali opened on Sunday at the Manzar Akbar Hall of the Arts Council....
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KARACHI: Oral cancer
KARACHI, Dec 14: Easy availability of hazardous concoction of tobacco, infected betel nuts, chemicals and colour unfit for human consumption has exposed people as young as 12 to 14 years old to oral cancer....
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HYDERABAD: Kidnappers seek ransom for EDO’s release
HYDERABAD, Dec 14: The kidnappers of the EDO Health of Tando Allahyar, Dr Jalil Bachani, have reportedly sought ransom for his release, but a formal contact is yet to be established for a deal, police sources told this correspondent....
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MIRPURKHAS: Power supply resumed after prolonged loadshedding
MIRPURKHAS, Dec 14: Ten to 14 hours of unannounced loadshedding has led to closure of small industries including oil spellers and chakkis, leading to shortage of flour in the city....
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HYDERABAD: Call for buttressing canal embankments
HYDERABAD, Dec 14: The Sindh Chamber of Agriculture on Sunday called for buttressing embankments of the canals and channels, which had developed breaches in the wake of first winter rains in the province a few days ago....
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MIRPURKHAS: Inquiry ordered
MIRPURKHAS, Dec 14: DPO Muneer Ahmed Shaikh has ordered a probe into a case in which a teacher was implicated in a narcotics case by CIA police and appointed SPO Naseer...
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HYDERABAD: Measures to eradicate forced labour urged
HYDERABAD, Dec 14: Speakers at a seminar on bonded labour have stressed the need for developing harmonious relations between the employer and the employee to help end forced labour....
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HYDERABAD: STP holds protest against police
HYDERABAD, Dec 14: Activists of the Sindh Taraqqi Pasand Party held a demonstration outside the Hyderabad press club on Sunday against an alleged armed attack on the house of a central...
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JACOBABAD: Hospital has no vaccines for hepatitis-C
JACOBABAD, Dec 14: The number of hepatitis-C patients is constantly rising because there is no vaccine for the disease at the city’s Civil Hospital, which has not bought the medicines on the pretext of non-release of funds by the health department....
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BANNU: Sabotage attempt foiled in Bannu
BANNU, Dec 14: A sabotage attempt to blow up a local bridge was foiled by the local police....
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LANDI KOTAL: One killed in Jamrud
LANDI KOTAL, Dec 14: One person was killed and three other sustained injuries when rival groups exchanged fire in Jamrud bazaar on Sunday....
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UPPER DIR: Man gunned down
UPPER DIR, Dec 14: Unidentified assailants gunned down a man at the local bus terminal on Sunday....
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