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KARACHI: Offer letters issued to 741 lecturers by mistake, SHC told
KARACHI, Jan 19: The selection of 741 lecturers by an improperly-constituted Sindh Public Service Commission in 2006 was flawed and the offer letters were issued to them in June 2008 by... 
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KARACHI: Gold trader indicted in illicit arms case
KARACHI, Jan 19: An additional district and sessions judge (south) indicted on Monday Kamran Tessori, a well-known gold trader, in a case of possession of illicit weapons....
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KARACHI: Young man shot dead in Landhi area
KARACHI, Jan 19: A 30-year-old man was shot dead on Monday near his home in Bhutto Nagar, a shantytown in the Landhi police limits....
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KARACHI: Call to establish Indus rehabilitation body
KARACHI, Jan 19: A national conference on the Indus delta held here on Monday urged the government to constitute an Indus delta rehabilitation and revival commission and allocate resources for the...
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KOHAT: FC checkposts attacked in Kohat, Hangu
KOHAT, Jan 19: Militants attacked two FC checkposts in Kohat and Hangu districts on Monday....
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PESHAWAR: Destroyed schools to be rebuilt: minister
PESHAWAR, Jan 19: NWFP Minister for Information Mian Iftikhar Hussain assured construction of all the schools destroyed by militants in Swat and other areas of the province....
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PESHAWAR: Committee formed to regulate CD productions
PESHAWAR, Jan 19: The NWFP government has constituted a committee to regulate the making of dramas and films being produced on compact disk (CD) locally, with an objective to protect the values of Pakhtun society.The...
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PESHAWAR: Uproar in PA over increase in ministers’ house rent rise
PESHAWAR, Jan 19: The NWFP Assembly on Monday increased the house rent of provincial ministers from Rs16,000 to 40,000, causing uproar in the house for ignoring the other members of the assembly....
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PESHAWAR: Interviews for judges posts on 26th
PESHAWAR, Jan 19: Sixteen candidates have qualified the written examination for the four posts of additional district and sessions judges and their interviews would be conducted on January 26 at the Peshawar High Court....
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KARACHI: 10 cars, 16 motorbikes taken away
KARACHI, Jan 19: As many as 26 vehicles – 10 automobiles and 16 motorbikes – and 36 cellular phones were taken away by the evening on Monday in different parts of the city....
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KARACHI: Warrants against forex scam suspects reissued
KARACHI, Jan 19: A district and sessions court reissued on Monday non-bailable warrants for the arrest of three absconding accused allegedly involved in a money laundering case....
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KARACHI: Dawn’s anti-terror conference, show opens tomorrow
KARACHI, Jan 19: Dawn is hosting an ‘Anti-terrorism and disaster management conference and exhibition’, beginning here on Wednesday....
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KARACHI: Law-enforcers told to make disarmament drive effective
KARACHI, Jan 19: Sindh Home Minister Dr Zulfikar Ali Mirza has directed the provincial police officer to take appropriate steps for a comprehensive strategy to launch a disarmament drive in Karachi as well as rest of the province....
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KARACHI: Jamaat seeks reversal of unconstitutional acts
KARACHI, Jan 19: Jamaat-i-Islami chief Qazi Hussain Ahmad has said that until the unconstitutional acts of Nov 3, 2007 are reversed, the dream of the supremacy of the judiciary will not materialise....
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KARACHI: Yaum-i-Hussain
KARACHI, Jan 19: Yaum-i-Hussain (AS) will be observed under the auspices of the office of the Karachi University students’ adviser on the university premises on Jan 20....
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KARACHI: Artist Zahoor ul Akhlaq remembered
KARACHI: Remembering their “…most irresponsible friend…” who used to “…come unannounced and leave unannounced…”, friends, former students, patrons, fellow artists, and art fans of Karachi attended Monday’s memorial event for Zahoor...
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KARACHI: Notices issued in new plea on May 12
KARACHI, Jan 19: A division bench of the Sindh High Court issued notices to the federal and provincial attorneys on Monday in an application seeking reopening of proceedings on a petition about the May 12, 2007, mayhem in Karachi....
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KARACHI: Plan to improve public access to poll data: Workshop on election reforms
KARACHI, Jan 19: The Election Commission of Pakistan is planning to develop a highly sophisticated electoral management system integrating the computerized electoral rolls, list of voters and polling stations as well...
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KARACHI: Trader found dead
KARACHI, Jan 19: The body of an Afghan trader was found in a Kalakot hotel....
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KARACHI: Nine cases against tanneries disposed of
KARACHI, Jan 19: The Sindh Environmental Protection Tribunal has disposed of nine cases against tanneries in Korangi after the Sindh Environmental Protection Agency requested for the withdrawal of its complaints....
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KARACHI: Notices issued to IG, CCPO in disappearance case
KARACHI, Jan 19: The Sindh High Court issued notices to the Sindh IG police, CCPO, Deputy Attorney-General, Sindh Advocate-General and others in a case pertaining to the disappearance of a businessman....
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HYDERABAD: Muslims urged to unite against Israel
HYDERABAD, Jan 19: Jamaat-i-Islami leader Asadullah Bhutto has said that Israel is the biggest terrorist state of the world, which has used poisonous bombs in the Gaza Strip to annihilate the Palestinians....
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HYDERABAD: Protest against arrests
HYDERABAD, Jan 19: A large number of members of the Pakhtun community under the aegis of the Markazi Ittehad Pakhtun Qabail Sindh staged a protest demonstration in front of the press...
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HYDERABAD: Power crisis hits industry, hundreds lose jobs
HYDERABAD, Jan 19: The ongoing energy crisis and the resultant electricity load management plan have severely affected the industrial activities in Kotri and Nooriabad of Jamshoro district where manufacturing and production losses are estimated at around 30 per cent....
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HYDERABAD: Compensation promised
HYDERABAD, Jan 19: A spokesman of the district nazim has said that the district government will pay Rs100,000 and taluka municipal administration city Rs500,000 to heirs of chief fire officer of...
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SHIKARPUR: Police blamed for rising crime
SHIKARPUR, Jan 19: Political activists and literary and civic associations took out the rally here on Monday in protest against deteriorating law and order situation in Sindh, particularly Shikarpur district....
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HYDERABAD: Kidnap accused remanded
HYDERABAD, Jan 19: The accused in EDO health Dr Abdul Jalil Bachani’s kidnapping case were remanded in police custody by two different courts here on Monday....
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HYDERABAD: Cane growers advised to file dues recovery case
HYDERABAD, Jan 19: The Sindh Agriculture Department, conceding its defeat in failing to help recover dues from sugar mills, has asked cane growers to file cases for themselves after due authorisation...
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PESHAWAR: Town-III likely to elect new nazim on 22nd
PESHAWAR, Jan 19: Following the resignation of Town-III acting nazim Mujahid Ali the council members have announced to elect new nazim on Jan 22....
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PESHAWAR: Govt plans to open Lowari tunnel for light traffic
PESHAWAR, Jan 19: NWFP Minister for Population Welfare, Saleem Khan has said keeping in view the difficulties of Chitrali people due to closure of the Lowari Top, opening of the newly-constructed...
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