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KARACHI: Police collecting data on building plans
KARACHI, Jan 18: Though questions over the terrorist attacks in Mumbai and the response of the Indian security agencies in combating the 10 armed militants reportedly responsible remain largely unanswered, the...
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KARACHI: Campaignreceives lacklustre response: Arms’ registration
KARACHI, Jan 18: A drive launched by the Sindh government last month to register licensed weapons at the police stations concerned has failed to yield positive results, it has emerged....
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KARACHI: ‘PAC reports not presented in assembly for 17 years’
KARACHI, Jan 18: None of the reports of the Sindh Assembly’s Public Accounts Committee containing verified audited accounts of public money has been presented in the assembly during the last 17 years due to ‘dictatorial’ rule....
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KARACHI: Sepa public hearing to asses windmills’ impact tomorrow
KARACHI, Jan 18: The Sindh Environmental Protection Agency (Sepa) is holding the first public hearing on Jan 20 at Jhimpir, in the east of Karachi, on possible adverse environmental impacts of...
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KARACHI: Suspect killed in Orangi
KARACHI, Jan 18: A 30-year-old suspected dacoit was killed and his younger brother arrested in what the police claimed was a shoot-out in Orangi Town on Sunday....
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KARACHI: Recovery teams formed
KARACHI, Jan 18: The New Karachi Town administration has decided to constitute tax recovery teams at union council level to increase the town’s revenue....
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KARACHI: Fishing communities face threat of devastation
KARACHI, Jan 18: After centuries of surviving on fish once found in abundance in coastal waters, many traditional fishing communities face the threat of starvation, for the sea is being stripped...
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KARACHI: TCF plans to set up 75 more schools
KARACHI, Jan 18: The Citizens Foundation that began its journey 12 years ago by setting up only five purpose-built schools has established 530 schools across the country so far, while 75...
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KARACHI: Homage paid to slain BIT leader
KARACHI, Jan 18: Speakers at a programme on Sunday evening paid tribute to the slain leader of the Baloch Ittehad Tehrik, Anwar Bhaijan, for his struggle for the uplift of the Baloch people....
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KARACHI: JI-led rally condemns Israeli brutality
KARACHI, Jan 18: The Jamaat-i-Islami on Sunday afternoon led a massive ‘Palestine march’ from the mausoleum of the Quaid-i-Azam to Tibet Centre to express solidarity with the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas against the brutality perpetrated by Israel in Gaza....
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KARACHI: KPT fountain made operational
KARACHI, Jan 18: After remaining inoperative for some months, the multimillion rupee computerised fountain built by the Karachi...
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KARACHI: Indus delta conference
KARACHI, Jan 18: The Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum is holding a national conference on Indus delta on Monday....
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HYDERABAD: Long march planned for changes in Tenancy Act
HYDERABAD, Jan 18: The Sindh chapter of the South Asia Partnership will organise a long march, starting from the grave of peasant leader Comrade Haider Bux Jatoi in Hyderabad on Feb...
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NAUSHAHRO FEROZE: Four PPP workers receive cheques
NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Jan 18: Pakistan People’s Party MPA Syed Ahmed Ali Shah on Sunday handed over cheques for Rs100,000 to each of the four PPP workers who had been injured ...
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MITHI: Small dams in Thar proposed
MITHI, Jan 18: Speakers at a workshop for farmers on water conservation and development have suggested construction of small dams to store rainwater that goes waste in the Rann of Kutch after flowing through Karoonjhar mountains....
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LARKANA: SNF, PPP-SB merger on the cards
LARKANA, Jan 18: The chief of the Sindh National Front, Mumtaz Ali Bhutto, has said that talks were in progress for the merger of his party and the Pakistan People’s Party-SB....
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HYDERABAD: Kidnap accused arrested
HYDERABAD, Jan 18: Police have arrested a man who has been accused of kidnapping Tando Allahyar EDO (health) Dr Abdul Jalil Bachani in Tando Adam....
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SUKKUR: Police torch 11 houses during raids
SUKKUR, Jan 18: The Ghotki police in search of an absconding criminal raided some villages in the katcho area on Sunday, torched 11 houses and arrested eight suspects....
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HYDERABAD: Call to set up centres for wheat procurement
HYDERABAD, Jan 18: The Sindh Chamber of Agriculture has said that wheat crop in southern Sindh will be in the market by the middle of February....
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PESHAWAR: Efforts afoot to stop polio spread, says official
PESHAWAR, Jan 18: Conceding that the past year had seen steep rise in polio cases in the province due to security reasons and cases of refusals, health department officials said they...
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MINGORA: Two soldiers among four killed in Swat
MINGORA, Jan 18: Four persons including two security personnel were killed and three injured in different incidents of violence in the restive Swat valley on Sunday....
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MARDAN: 25 file papers for Mardan by-poll
MARDAN, Jan 18: Twenty-five candidates have filed nomination papers for by-election on PF-30 (Mardan-VIII), scheduled to be held on February 23....
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KOHAT: Govt offices in Hangu reopen today
KOHAT, Jan 18: The district coordination officer of Hangu has announced that all government departments in the district will be reopened on Monday. The jirga, convened for restoring peace in Hangu, also decided on Sunday to reopen Kohat-Hangu highway for traffic....
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KOHAT: Grenade injures two in Kohat
KOHAT, Jan 18: A policeman and a passerby sustained injuries when militants lobbed hand grenade at the front gate of Said Habib Imamabargah here on Sunday night....
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PESHAWAR: Shop blown up
PESHAWAR, Jan 18: Shop of a local faith healer was blown up by unknown miscreants here on Sunday night....
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