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KARACHI: Detainees yet to be produced in court: Sohrab Goth crackdown
KARACHI, Jan 22: Police who rounded up 79 men in a pre-dawn crackdown on Sohrab Goth last week claiming that they were pro-Taliban militants seem desperate to establish that the detainees have links with any banned religious party.... 
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KARACHI: Counter-terrorism goes high-tech
KARACHI, Jan 22: Since we live in times of terror, the security of individuals and institutions is now foremost in people’s minds as seemingly nothing is immune....
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KARACHI: Businessman from Punjab shot dead
KARACHI, Jan 22: A 35-year-old man was shot dead and his friend wounded on Thursday by two unknown gunmen in Gulshan-i-Jamal....
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KARACHI: ‘Insecurity is built into the present system’
KARACHI, Jan 22: Apart from external threats, if internal issues such as widespread illiteracy, endemic corruption and rapid damage to the environment are not addressed, Pakistan would face a grim future...
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KARACHI: Sepa endorses ban on polythene bags
KARACHI, Jan 22: The provincial environmental agency chief endorsed before the Sindh High Court on Thursday the ban on polythene and plastic bags....
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KARACHI: Demand for body to oversee Braille education
KARACHI, Jan 22: Paying tribute to the services of Louis Braille on his 200th birth anniversary, speakers at a seminar on Thursday demanded an end to discrimination against visually impaired people,...
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KARACHI: Plan to develop Boat Basin park
KARACHI, Jan 22: The Sindh government has initiated a drive to eradicate pollution from within and around the Boat Basin area in Clifton, and will also be developing an existing park...
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KARACHI: Ashes still awaiting immersion in Ganges
KARACHI, Jan 22: Ayaz Baloch claps his hands once and opens the door to a stale room in what was once a Karachi library, saying he needs to warn the Hindu souls inside that a living being is entering....
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KARACHI: NP slams govt over Balochistan policy
KARACHI, Jan 22: Prominent Baloch leader and founder chairman of the National Party Dr Abdul Hayee Baloch has said that the rulers in Islamabad have not changed their policies regarding Balochistan and are still following the policies of their predecessors....
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KARACHI: MS/PhD classes
KARACHI, Jan 22: The MS/PhD classes at the Karachi University will start from February 3, says an official of the university in a statement issued on Thursday....
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KARACHI: Hajra Mansur’s visual delights
KARACHI: If you are one who looks for social or political messages in fine art then Hajra Mansur’s paintings will not interest you but if you are into aesthetics and the...
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KARACHI: New Delhi tells health experts not to attend Karachi event
KARACHI, Jan 22: A health conference aimed at cementing the friendly and cultural relations among South Asian countries will miss a number of anesthesiologists and critical-care specialists from India as the...
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KARACHI: Interim charge-sheet submitted against SNF chief, activists
KARACHI, Jan 22: An investigation officer submitted an interim charge-sheet in the court of a judicial magistrate (south) against politician Mumtaz Ali Bhutto and his party workers for an alleged attack on a Sindhi-language newspaper’s office in Clifton....
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KARACHI: Two ‘bandits’ arrested
KARACHI, Jan 22: Two bandits, allegedly involved in more than 36 robberies, were arrested by the Gizri police late on Wednesday night....
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HYDERABAD: Women councillors for LB system
HYDERABAD, Jan 22: A women’s organisation has opposed the abolition of local governments, calling for amendments to the law to strengthen the system....
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LARKANA: Male nurses’ future hangs in the balance
LARKANA, Jan 22: Future of the students of paramedics institute and nursing school hangs in the balance as the degree they receive at the end of three-year course carries no...
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MITHI: Action against 17 policemen
MITHI, Jan 22: Taking serious notice of dissatisfactory performance, negligence of duty, absenteeism and poor service record, DPO Tharparkar Zahiruddin Tunio here on Thursday took action against 17 police officials of the district....
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HYDERABAD: Upgradation of hospital pledged
HYDERABAD, Jan 22: Syed Mohsin Shah Bukhari, an MPA belonging to the Pakistan People’s Party, said that district hospital in Tando Mohammad Khan would soon be upgraded and notification in that regard would be issued shortly....
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PESHAWAR: Minister, three others indicted for murder
PESHAWAR, Jan 22: A local court on Thursday indicted provincial Senior Minister Bashir Ahmad Bilour and three others for an election-related murder of a member of the Pakistan People’s Party....
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PESHAWAR: Swat jirga wants army to be target focused: Civilian casualties
PESHAWAR, Jan 22: A jirga from the Swat district has called upon the government and security forces to ensure protection of life and property of the people of the troubled valley and make the military operation target focused....
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KOHAT: Another militant attack on Kotal post repulsed
KOHAT, Jan 22: Militants continued attacks for the 13th day on the Kotal FC checkpost on the hilly track from the Bostikhel area of Darra Adamkhel, which is regarded as the main hurdle for their entry into Kohat....
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PESHAWAR: Women teachers refuse to attend schools in Bara
PESHAWAR, Jan 22: Protesting the incident of their manhandling and snatching of the vehicle they were travelling in by armed persons, women teachers of 16 government schools in Bara Qadeem refused to perform their duties....
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LANDI KOTAL: Tirah clashes death toll reaches five
LANDI KOTAL, Jan 22: The death toll in Tirah clashes rose to five amid reports that nine persons were injured on Thursday in the fighting between a religious organisation and members of a tribe....
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PESHAWAR: Court drops charges after DCO’s apology
PESHAWAR, Jan 22: The Peshawar High Court on Thursday dropped contempt of court charges against the district coordination officer (DCO) of Dera Ismail Khan in the case of flour crisis after he tendered an unconditional apology....
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MIRAMSHAH: ‘US spy’ killed in Waziristan
MIRAMSHAH, Jan 22: The body of an alleged US spy was found in the Derpakhel area of the North Waziristan Agency on Thursday, residents said....
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