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KARACHI: PPP activist shot dead
KARACHI, Dec 18: A local office-bearer of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) was gunned down on Thursday in North Karachi, police and witnesses said.... 
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KARACHI: Hearing of Aamir Khan’s appeal against conviction adjourned
KARACHI, Dec 18: Justice Sajjad Ali Shah of the Sindh High Court adjourned the hearing of an appeal against the conviction of Muhajir Qaumi Movement leader Aamir Khan on Thursday....
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KARACHI: SSGC accepts blame for ‘oil pipe leak’
KARACHI, Dec 18: The Sui Southern Gas Company has accepted responsibility for Wednesday night’s “oil pipe leak” in Korangi. It has suspended six senior executives for their negligence....
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KARACHI: Residents want oil-drenched sand removed
KARACHI, Dec 18: Residents of Sector 48-B, Korangi, have demanded that the local government ensure the immediate removal of the earth and sand soaked with crude oil, which gushed from a damaged pipeline for hours and flooded the area on Wednesday....
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KARACHI: City council seeks drastic cut in power tariff
KARACHI, Dec 18: After a heated debate, the city council on Thursday adopted a resolution urging the federal government to cut the electricity tariff in proportion to the drop in the...
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NOWSHERA: CD centres among 9 shops blown up
NOWSHERA, Dec 18: Three CD centres among nine shops were blown up by unknown miscreants here in the small hours of Thursday....
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PESHAWAR: Qazi calls for stopping Nato supplies
PESHAWAR, Dec 18: Jamaat-i-Islami chief Qazi Hussain Ahmed has said Pakistani soil cannot be used for supplying weapons to Nato and US forces in Afghanistan because these weapons are being used for killing innocent people....
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KARACHI: Man awarded life term for double murder
KARACHI, Dec 18: Additional district and sessions judge (east) Abdul Rahman Bhatti on Thursday awarded life imprisonment and a fine of Rs100,000 to Atif-ur-Rahman, who was found guilty of killing two...
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KARACHI: Light rain across Karachi
KARACHI, Dec 18: Citizens of Karachi were treated to some winter rain on Thursday as a western depression made its way across the country, causing light to moderate rainfall across Pakistan....
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KARACHI: ‘Libraries need to be patronised’
KARACHI, Dec 18: Recalling some of the invaluable literary and historical documents that in many cases lie buried unloved and uncared for in libraries across Pakistan, senior documentary film-maker and scholar...
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KARACHI: All About Lifestyles opens today
KARACHI, Dec 18: ‘All About Lifestyles’ – one of the city’s premier exhibitions – kicks off on Friday at the Karachi Expo Centre located at Hasan Square, says a press release....
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KARACHI: Korangi still reeling from shock of ‘oil rain’
KARACHI, Dec 18: Normal life on Thursday remained suspended in Korangi 41-B and its adjoining streets following the bursting of an oil pipeline in the densely populated area on Wednesday evening....
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KARACHI: KU tests for evening programme today
KARACHI, Dec 18: The aptitude tests for admission in the MCS, BSCS, BSSE and MBA courses under the Karachi University’s evening programme will be conducted on Friday....
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KARACHI: Group show at Unicorn
KARACHI, Dec 18: An exhibition of paintings by 13 artists opens at the Unicorn gallery at 5:30pm on Friday....
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KARACHI: Ministerial meeting
KARACHI, Dec 18: A meeting between the inter-provincial coordination ministers of Sindh and Balochistan will be held here on Friday....
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HYDERABAD: Water experts’ team on Manchhar proposed
HYDERABAD, Dec 18: A committee of experts should be formed to look into the problems of releasing Manchhar Lake water into the River Indus, said Director, High-tech Central Resources Laboratory, University of Sindh, Dr M.Y....
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HYDERABAD: Court issues notices to Hesco CEO, others
HYDERABAD, Dec 18: The Hyderabad circuit bench of the Sindh High Court on Thursday issued notices to the chief executive officer of the Hyderabad Electric Supply Company and a number of...
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HYDERABAD: Buses for admission seekers
HYDERABAD, Dec 18: The director admissions, University of Sindh, has announced that point buses will ply on Sunday at 8am from Sindh University Model School, Hyderabad, via Hirabad, Latifabad and from...
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HYDERABAD: Pipeline leaks; three houses flooded
HYDERABAD, Dec 18: Water entered three houses of Murad Ali Shah colony due to a leakage in 24-inch-dia pipeline emanating from Paretabad filter plant lagoon here on Thursday....
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HYDERABAD: Death of fourth deer jolts dist govt into action
HYDERABAD, Dec 18: The district government is planning to vaccinate animals at the Rani Bagh zoo after deaths of four deer in a row over a period of more than 20 days....
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PESHAWAR: Man, three daughters die in roof collapse
PESHAWAR, Dec 18: Four members of a family were killed and as many seriously injured as the roof of a room fell on them after a gas cylinder explosion in the Tehkal village here on Thursday....
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PESHAWAR: Ministers clash in PA over corruption charges
PESHAWAR, Dec 18: NWFP Minister for Irrigation Pervez Khattak admitted on the floor of provincial assembly on Thursday that he had no authority and could not transfer even an employee of his department on his own....
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