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KARACHI: Oil pipeline burst causes panic in Korangi
KARACHI, Dec 17: Panic gripped parts of Korangi on Wednesday evening when a major oil pipeline of the Pak-Arab Refinery Company (Parco) burst and a large quantity of crude oil began gushing out of it, police and witnesses said....
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KARACHI: Muttahida worker shot dead
KARACHI, Dec 17: Three people, including a worker of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement, were killed on Wednesday in acts of violence in different parts of the city, police and witnesses said....
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KARACHI: Absence of ‘air guards’ makes travel unsafe
KARACHI, Dec 17: Most domestic and international flights of Pakistan International Airlines originating from the metropolis have no air guards on board to ensure in-flight security to passengers and air crew against hijacking and other terrorist activities, Dawn has learnt....
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KARACHI: No end to unannounced load-shedding
KARACHI, Dec 17: There was no respite from load-shedding for citizens on Wednesday, as vast areas of the city remained without electricity for several hours due to strong fluctuations and power cuts....
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KARACHI: Suspects in family slaughter case remanded
KARACHI, Dec 17: Two suspects arrested in the family slaughter case were remanded in police custody on Wednesday till Dec 24....
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CM orders probe
Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah has taken a serious notice of the burst of an oil pipeline in Korangi, adds APP....
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KARACHI: Woman dies of dengue fever
KARACHI, Dec 17: A young woman died of dengue fever at a city government hospital on Wednesday morning....
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KARACHI: Group show at Arts Council
KARACHI, Dec 17: An exhibition of paintings by 34 artists opens on Thursday at the A.R. Faridi art gallery, Arts Council, at 5:30pm....
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KARACHI: SSC-I practical exams to be held on new pattern
KARACHI, Dec 17: The Board of Secondary Education Karachi (BSEK) has announced that the SSC part-I practical examinations 2009 will be conducted on new pattern....
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KARACHI: SPLA election
KARACHI, Dec 17: The following candidates were declared elected unopposed as office-bearers of the Sindh Professors and Lecturers Association (SPLA), Karachi region, on Wednesday:...
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KARACHI: New NP chief says struggle for Baloch rights to continue
KARACHI, Dec 17: Newly elected chief of the National Party (NP) Senator Dr Abdul Malik Baloch has said that his party will continue its struggle for the restoration of the Baloch people’s “self-rule” through democratic means....
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KARACHI: Foreign dignitaries violate houbara hunting laws
KARACHI, Dec 17: Foreign dignitaries who are issued special permits to hunt the internationally protected houbara bustard do not follow the mandatory guidelines and violate the protection laws, it has been learnt....
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KARACHI: Saarc simulation exercise
KARACHI, Dec 17: The Saarc simulation exercise was enormously successful and will act as a catalyst for further such exercises in future. It will help foster a culture of dialogue and discussion in the South Asia region....
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KARACHI: High court questions caretaker govt’s power
KARACHI, Dec 17: The Sindh High Court on Wednesday questioned the competence of the former caretaker provincial government in making appointments on vacant posts and issuing transfer orders of government functionaries on a large scale....
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KARACHI: ASI booked, arrested in illegal arms case
KARACHI, Dec 17: An assistant sub-inspector was arrested and booked for possessing an illegal weapon, Keamari Town officials said on Wednesday....
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KARACHI: Petition dismissed
KARACHI, Dec 17: A division bench of the Sindh High Court on Wednesday dismissed a petition filed by seven deputy district attorneys who were suspended in 2007 as a result of a judicial inquiry....
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KARACHI: ‘Poverty, violence major causes of mental illness’
KARACHI, Dec 17: In a situation when mental illnesses are reaching alarming proportions all over the world without a bar to age or gender mainly because of rising poverty and violence,...
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HYDERABAD: Committee on lake water meets today
HYDERABAD, Dec 17: A provincial water release committee will meet on Thursday to decide the quantum of water to be released into River Indus from Manchhar Lake whose level is rising...
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HYDERABAD: Move to change names of roads, edifices slammed
HYDERABAD, Dec 17: The Sindh Democratic Forum on Wednesday criticised the district government’s move to change names of roads and buildings and saw it as a provocation to Sindhis....
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HYDERABAD: Last chance for LLB admission
HYDERABAD, Dec 17: The director admissions, University of Sindh, has asked those students who were selected for admissions to LLB honours part-I but did not deposit admission fee, to deposit fee up to Dec 31....
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HYDERABAD: Sindh CM urged to emulate Punjab
HYDERABAD, Dec 17: The Sindh Abadgar Board on Wednesday urged the Sindh chief minister to emulate Punjab by providing 3,500 tractors and agricultural implements to farmers at subsidised rates and at least 60 tractors as reward for achieving maximum yield....
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HYDERABAD: Hesco signs deals with private power producers
HYDERABAD, Dec 17: Chief Executive of Hesco K.B. Qureshi here on Wednesday signed two agreements with private power producers for purchase of electricity....
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HYDERABAD: Canal closure
HYDERABAD, Dec 17: The executive engineer of Akram Wah division announced on Wednesday that Akram Wah and its system would be closed from Dec 23 to Jan 7....
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BUNER: Hoti blames religious parties for Swat unrest
BUNER, Dec 17: Awami National Party (ANP) leader Azam Khan Hoti has alleged that some religious parties were behind the militancy in Swat and other parts of the Frontier province....
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KOHAT: Rockets hit Kohat cantt, 7 held
KOHAT, Dec 17: Security forces arrested seven suspects following three rocket attacks at sensitive places in the Cantonment area in the small hours of Wednesday....
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LANDI KOTAL: Nato trucks escape rocket attack but woman killed
LANDI KOTAL, Dec 17: A woman was killed and a child sustained injuries when suspected militants fired two rockets at Takhta Beg security checkpost in Jamrud tehsil of Khyber tribal region on Wednesday....
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WANA: Alleged spy shot dead in S. Waziristan
WANA, Dec 17: The bullet riddled body of an alleged US spy was found in Wana, South Waziristan tribal region on Wednesday, local people said....
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ABBOTTABAD: PHC CJ declares rejoining office as correct decision
ABBOTTABAD Dec 17: Peshawar High Court Chief Justice Tariq Pervez Khan said here on Wednesday that he believed in free and independent judiciary and had played vital role for the supremacy of judiciary....
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BATKHELA: Shop blown up in Batkhela
BATKHELA, Dec 17: A makeshift shop of contraband items was blown up by suspected militants near Batkhela bus stand on Wednesday night. However, no casualty was reported as nobody was present at the cabin when the explosion occurred....
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