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KARACHI: Flour samples fail to meet govt standards
KARACHI, Jan 3: With consumers voicing their doubts over the quality of wheat flour being sold in city markets, a city government laboratory has now found that a number of atta...
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KARACHI: Napa faculty resolves to hold onto gymkhana
KARACHI, Jan 3: Senior faculty members of the National Academy of Performing Arts, who gathered on the Napa premises on Saturday to brief newsmen about their last play of the season,...
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KARACHI: Drill tripod crushes taxi, kills man
KARACHI, Jan 3: A 64-year-old passenger of a cab was killed when a drill tripod system collapsed and fell on the vehicle on Saturday on Sharea Faisal near the Faisal base, police and witnesses said....
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KARACHI: Three impersonators caught
KARACHI, Jan 3: Three cases of impersonation were detected on the second day of the BCom Part I and II external examinations 2008 held at the University of Karachi on Saturday....
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KARACHI: KESC fails to reduce load-shedding
KARACHI, Jan 3: Despite additional supply of between 610 and 700 megawatts from Wapda on Saturday, the KESC failed to curtail the staggering load-shedding in the metropolis as the utility’s management...
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KARACHI: PML-N plans to mobilise masses on judiciary issue
KARACHI, Jan 3: Chief of his own faction of the Pakistan Muslim League Mian Nawaz Sharif will soon visit Sindh to mobilise support for the restoration of the independent judiciary, revision...
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KARACHI: Shopkeepers fined
KARACHI, Jan 3: City government officials with magisterial powers on Saturday carried out surprise raids in different towns to check profiteering and imposed a total fine of Rs71,650 on 63 shopkeepers for overcharging....
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KARACHI: Rs100m for new media centre
KARACHI, Jan 3: The Sindh government has approved a sum of Rs100 million for setting up a media centre....
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KARACHI: Charge-sheet filed against forex dealer
KARACHI, Jan 3: An interim charge-sheet against the director of a foreign exchange firm was submitted in the court of district and sessions judge (south) on Saturday in a case pertaining...
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KARACHI: Fair weather
KARACHI, Jan 3: The Met Office has forecast a fair/partly cloudy weather with misty/foggy morning for the metropolis on Sunday. The minimum temperature is expected to remain between 13 and 15 degrees centigrade.—APP...
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KARACHI: Plantation in coastal areas planned
KARACHI, Jan 3: The chief secretary of Sindh has directed provincial secretaries to complete all ongoing development projects within their deadlines in a transparent manner.The chief secretary, Fazlur Rehman, was addressing a meeting of secretaries at his office on Saturday....
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KARACHI: Minister wants posting of female MLOs
KARACHI, Jan 3: Sindh Minister for Human Rights Nadia Gabol has issued directive to the provincial health secretary to make arrangement for the posting of female medico-legal officers (MLOs) at all government hospitals in the province....
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GHALANAI: Tribe asked to hand over militant
GHALANAI, Jan 3: The political administration on Saturday asked elders of the Haleemzai tribe of the Mohmand Agency to hand over a militant, Wajeehullah, by Jan 8, or face action....
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CHITRAL: Crime rate declines in Chitral
CHITRAL, Jan 3: As many as 2,353 criminal cases were registered during 2008, which included 14 cases each of murder and attempt to murder, police sources said here on Saturday....
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SWABI: Gadoon entrepreneurs shelve agitation plan
SWABI, Jan 3: The industrialists of Gadoon Amazai Industrial Estate (GAIE) have shelved their proposed protest march towards Peshawar and Islamabad after assurance by the district administration and Pesco to ensure smooth supply of electricity to the industrial zone....
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MANSEHRA: Senate body to probe relief fund embezzlement
MANSEHRA, Jan 3: The committee of Senate on Problems of Less Developed Areas will probe embezzlement of millions of rupees in the relief and rehabilitation and reconstruction funds by the governmental and non-governmental organisations....
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MANSEHRA: Balakot quake survivors threaten to block KKH
MANSEHRA, Jan 3: The earthquake survivors from Balakot have threatened to stage a protest in front of DCO office and block the Karakoram Highway if the third and fourth installments of housing compensation amount were not paid to them....
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NOWSHERA: Power cuts force closure of Jehangira industrial units
NOWSHERA, Jan 3: A large number of units of marble and chips factories in the industrial zone of Jehangira have been closed due to prolonged loadshedding, rendering thousands of workers jobless....
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MARDAN: Man killed over family feud in Mardan
MARDAN, Jan 3: A man was killed in Khan Khotey area on the jurisdiction of Hoti police station over a family feud on Saturday....
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PESHAWAR: Calamity-hit areas in NWFP notified
PESHAWAR, Jan 3: NWFP Chief Minister Ameer Haider Khan Hoti has declared certain parts of Mardan, Peshawar, Dera Ismail Khan and Charsadda districts as calamity-hit areas....
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PESHAWAR: Traders to intensify protest against lawlessness
PESHAWAR, Jan 3: Trading community of Peshawar threatened on Saturday to intensify their protest drive against unabated incidents of kidnapping for ransom and frequent power cuts....
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