| December 21, 2008 | Sunday | Zilhaj 22, 1429 |
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KARACHI: KESC blames outages on funds shortage
KARACHI, Dec 20: Because of the accumulated debt running into billions of rupees, the Karachi Electric Supply Company does not have the required liquidity to purchase furnace oil needed to increase... 
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KARACHI: Four resolutions adopted in dull council session
KARACHI, Dec 20: A dull 40-minute session of the city council on Saturday hurriedly adopted four resolutions, including the one authorising a Rs5,000 increase in the weekly imprest account of the city nazim’s secretariat....
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KARACHI: Drug addict shot dead
KARACHI, Dec 20: Two people were killed on Saturday in acts of violence in separate parts of the city, police and witnesses said....
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KARACHI: Cricket’s glorious uncertainties
KARACHI, Dec 20: The increasingly disillusioned nation can, perhaps, find solace in just one thing today: the cherished memories of yesteryear. Memories which rekindle a sense of pride in them; of success, of glory and of happiness....
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KARACHI: At the court of the Ghazi
KARACHI, Dec 20: Perhaps the fact that people of all denominations and income brackets gather to commune with the friends of God is a sign that even in this materialistic age, the human spirit seeks some deeper reality....
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KARACHI: Action against operators of dens ordered
KARACHI, Dec 20: Sindh Home Minister Dr Zulfiqar Mirza has ordered all possible measures to curb drug trade, gambling and other anti-social activities in the province, asking the police to take...
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KARACHI: BCom (external) exam forms
KARACHI, Dec 20: The University of Karachi has extended the date for submission of examination forms and fee for BCom (external) annual examination 2008 to Dec 24....
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PESHAWAR: Woman gets bail in killing, kidnap case
PESHAWAR, Dec 20: An anti-terrorism court here on Saturday granted bail to a woman charged with killing of a senior lawyer and kidnapping of his son for ransom....
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PESHAWAR: ‘Rs123m spent on relief activities in NWFP, Fata’
PESHAWAR, Dec 20: Pakistan Red Crescent Society (PRCS) NWFP and Fata chapter officials claimed to have spent Rs123 million on relief activities both in the tribal areas and the Frontier province during the past one year....
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PESHAWAR: Mohmand tribesmen seek end to military operation
PESHAWAR, Dec 20: Tribesmen from Mohmand Agency have urged the government to immediately end the ongoing military operation in their area. They made it clear they had no plan to form...
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SWABI: Fencing of motorway discussed
SWABI, Dec 20: Talks are underway to either construct a boundary-wall or re-erect fences on both sides of the Islamabad-Peshawar Motorway as the installed fences had been taken away by people in various areas from Peshawar to Swabi....
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KOHAT: Officials blamed for flour shortage
KOHAT, Dec 20: The local administration, police and lawmakers, in connivance with the food department and fake dealers, have allegedly created artificial shortage of wheat flour in the district....
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MINGORA: Swat bridge reopened to traffic
MINGORA, Dec 20: The Ayub Bridge connecting upper Swat, including different areas of Kabal and Matta, with Mingora was reopened for all sorts of traffic on Saturday....
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MANSEHRA: Gang leader held in Mansehra
MANSEHRA, Dec 20: Police arrested ringleader of an inter-provincial gang of robbers, and recovered cash and important documents from his possession, it was officially learnt....
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