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KARACHI: Special police cell formed to keep an eye on extremists
KARACHI, Jan 17: Police authorities have set up an ‘Anti-Extremism Cell’, which has primarily been entrusted with the task of gathering intelligence regarding individuals and groups involved in promoting hate ideology... 
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KARACHI: Three people killed in acts of violence
KARACHI, Jan 17: Three people, including a young woman, were shot dead in separate acts of violence in different parts of the city, police and witnesses said on Saturday....
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KARACHI: Infant dies in shanty fire
KARACHI, Jan 17: A two-month-old girl was burnt to death on Saturday when a fire broke out in a shanty in Gulshan-i-Iqbal....
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KARACHI: Road up to Gorakh Hills repaired, says minister
KARACHI, Jan 17: A damaged patch of the road connecting the Gorakh Hills with the highway has been repaired and now people may easily go there, media persons were told on Saturday....
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KARACHI: Interior secy gets 20 more days to submit report: Zardari murder attempt case
KARACHI, Jan 17: An additional district and sessions judge (south) directed the interior secretary on Saturday to submit a comprehensive report till Feb 7 with regard to the issuance of red...
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KARACHI: FPCCI to establish university
KARACHI, Jan 17: The Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) has announced that it is in the process of establishing what it called a “world-class university” in the country....
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KARACHI: Ibad defends local govt system
KARACHI, Jan 17: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad Khan has said that the Centre and provinces can be strengthened by empowering the common man at the grassroots level....
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KARACHI: Retiree hired as forests chief conservator: CM violates cabinet decision
KARACHI, Jan 17: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah has reappointed an influential and well-connected retired bureaucrat on a one-year contract and has posted him on a grade higher than...
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KARACHI: Save The Second Floor
KARACHI: The other night I had the immense privilege of participating in a reading and panel discussion with five other Pakistani women writers: Kamila Shamsie, Muneeza Shamsie, Sehba Sarwar, Nayyara Rahman, and Dr Fahmida Riaz....
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KARACHI: Signature drive against terrorism launched
KARACHI, Jan 17: Sindh Assembly Speaker Nisar Khuhro has said that peace is in the interest of the people of Pakistan and India and reiterated the commitment of the people and the government of Pakistan to combating terrorism....
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KOHAT: Four ANP activists kidnapped in Hangu
KOHAT, Jan 17: Militants kidnapped on Saturday four more members of the ANP from Hangu, making it the seventh incident of abduction involving the party workers and leaders from Hangu and Kohat districts during last one month....
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Early execution of Kala Dhaka development schemes sought
MANSEHRA, Jan 17: The tribes of Kala Dhaka here have threatened to once again start growing poppy in the provincially administered tribal area if the much-awaited development projects are not executed immediately....
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PESHAWAR: 50,000 Swat students admitted to other schools
PESHAWAR, Jan 17: NWFP Minister for Information Mian Iftikhar Hussain has claimed that the government has evolved an effective strategy for the protection of private and government educational institutions in the troubled Swat district....
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BANNU: School blown up in Bannu
BANNU, Jan 17: Unidentified persons blew up a government-run girls’ high school in Norarh union council on Saturday. Police claimed to have arrested two suspected persons after the incident....
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SWABI: Politicians oppose merger of Swabi hospitals
SWABI, Jan 17: Local chapters of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz and Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl have supported separate and independent status for Swabi District Headquarters Hospital and Shahmansoor Hospital Complex (SHC)....
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LANDI KOTAL: Arrested suspects to be tried: PA
LANDI KOTAL, Jan 17: Khyber Agency political agent Tariq Hayat has said suspects arrested during the ongoing military operation will be tried for their involvement in unlawful activities....
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PESHAWAR: Body of abducted ‘faith healer’ found
PESHAWAR, Jan 17: The beheaded body of a faith healer, who was kidnapped from Taro Jabba area of Nowshera on Friday, was found in Matani area of Peshawar on Saturday....
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