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KARACHI: Taxpayers pay for ‘posh’ areas policing
KARACHI, Dec 28: The ‘neighbourhood-care’ policing project being practised in certain affluent residential areas of the city for the last few years is being done at the expense of less affluent... 
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KARACHI: Power cuts continue
KARACHI, Dec 28: Citizens of Karachi suffered yet another day of prolonged scheduled and unscheduled load-shedding, as well as power breakdowns, on Sunday. The disruptions occurred despite the fact that most commercial establishments and offices were closed....
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KARACHI: Three key CDGK projects stalled
KARACHI, Dec 28: The city district government Karachi has drastically changed at least three agreements — involving billions of rupees each — it entered into with different parties on key projects, Dawn has learnt....
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KARACHI: Karachi police vow not to commit ‘mistakes of Mumbai’
KARACHI, Dec 28: In addition to adequate medical emergency response, if Karachi were to be the target of a major terrorist strike, its security apparatus and fire department would have a...
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KARACHI: Marine life exposed to serious threats, warn experts
KARACHI, Dec 28: Dolphin breeding in the Keti Bunder creek and mangroves areas is on a constant decline due to the fast-shrinking mangroves forest cover resulting from a less flow of water downstream Kotri....
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KARACHI: Two killed in city
KARACHI, Dec 28: Two people were killed on Sunday in acts of violence in different parts of the city, police and witnesses said....
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KARACHI: Appointment of health official demanded
KARACHI, Dec 28: The National Council for Homoeopathy (NCH) has urged Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad and Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah to use their good offices for the appointment...
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KARACHI: KU convocation today
KARACHI, Dec 28: The 20th annual convocation of the University of Karachi is being held on the campus on Monday....
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KARACHI: Nishtar Park linked with command & control room
KARACHI, Dec 28: Nishtar Park — one of the ideal places for holding major political and religious gatherings in the city — has been linked with the city government’s command and control room through surveillance cameras....
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KARACHI: BS admission list
KARACHI, Dec 28: The University of Karachi has issued the second merit lists of candidates qualifying for admission in the BS (Hon) first year and BS third year/Masters programmes....
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KARACHI: Massive water shortfall due to power cuts, burst main
KARACHI, Dec 28: Almost half of the metropolis suffered a severe water crisis on Sunday when a prolonged suspension of power hit the Dhabeji pumping station, halting its water supply, while...
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KARACHI: Palestinians’ Massacre by Israeli forces flayed
KARACHI, Dec 28: The Jamaat-i-Islami staged a protest rally outside Jamia Masjid Binnori Town on Sunday against Israeli air strikes on Gaza in which more than 250 Palestinians were killed....
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KARACHI: Plan to upgrade People’s Medical College
KARACHI, Dec 28: A proposal to upgrade the People’s Medical College, Nawabshah, to a medical university is presently under consideration at the top level, it has been learnt....
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KARACHI: Shell explodes
KARACHI, Dec 28: Panic gripped parts of Pak Colony when a shell exploded at a junk warehouse....
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SUKKUR: APC urges action against builder mafia
SUKKUR, Dec 28: Delegates attending an All-Parties Conference and members of the Sukkur Small Traders Association took out a procession here on Saturday in protest against the illegal construction of high...
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HYDERABAD: Growers seek action against fertiliser hoarders
HYDERABAD, Dec 28: Expressing grave concern over acute shortage of urea fertiliser, the Sindh Chamber of Agriculture has urged the government to ensure the availability of urea and take action against hoarders and black-marketeers....
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JACOBABAD: ‘No increase in prices of medicines’
JACOBABAD, Dec 28: Federal Health Minister Aijaz Hussain Jakhrani said on Sunday that prices of medicines would not be increased as the government wanted to provide relief to the poor....
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HYDERABAD: Speakers call for protection of women’s rights
HYDERABAD, Dec 28: Association for Betterment and Development of Human Beings (ABAD) organised a dialogue on the subject of “Women’s Rights and Role of Media” at the press club here on Sunday....
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HYDERABAD: 50-bed hospital inaugurated
HYDERABAD, Dec 28: Hyderabad District Nazim Kanwar Naveed Jamil inaugurated a 50-bed general hospital on Hali Road built at a cost of Rs50 million....
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MINGORA: Four civilians killed in Swat firing
MINGORA, Dec 28: Four civilians were killed when security forces opened fire on their car near a security checkpost in Wenai area of restive Swat valley on Sunday, eyewitnesses said....
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KOHAT: 37 suspects arrested in Kohat
KOHAT, Dec 28: The special anti-terrorism teams of police arrested 37 members of banned Sipah-i-Sahaba Pakistan and ten caretakers and members of illegal imambargarh in KDA Town on Sunday....
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MANSEHRA: EDO, 3 family members die on road
MANSEHRA, Dec 28: The executive district officer (education), Kohistan region, and his three family members including two girls, were killed as the jeep they were travelling in plunged into a deep ravine here on Sunday....
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SWABI: Five policemen hurt as JI workers seize checkpost
SWABI, Dec 28: About five policemen were injured, one of them seriously, when Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) workers took control of a security checkpost after clashes with the personnel on Sunday....
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KHAR: Shelling claims three lives in Bajaur
KHAR, Dec 28: Three civilians including a child were killed in Mandel village of Bajaur tribal region when a mortar shell hit a house on Saturday night....
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LANDI KOTAL: Two Afghan pilgrims Abducted in Jamrud
LANDI KOTAL, Dec 28: Armed kidnappers struck again on Sunday by abducting two recently returned Afghan pilgrims from Jamrud, sources said....
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PESHAWAR: Police deployed at imambargahs
PESHAWAR, Dec 28: The police are likely to face a challenging situation while tackling law and order on the occasion of Muharram in the provincial capital....
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PESHAWAR: Governor, CM condemn Buner blast
PESHAWAR, Dec 28: NWFP Governor Owais Ahmed Ghani and NWFP Chief Minister Ameer Haider Khan Hoti condemned the bomb blast at Shalbandi in Buner on Sunday and described it a cowardly act of terrorism....
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PESHAWAR: ANP blamed for hike in terrorism
PESHAWAR, Dec 28: Chief of his own faction of Pakistan People’s Party Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao has held the ANP-led provincial government responsible for deteriorating law and order situation in the region....
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