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KARACHI: Probe into KPT fountain parts theft stalls
KARACHI, Jan 24: The uninterested approach of the police towards crime-scene investigations and an extraordinary lack of enthusiasm for a probe on the part of the Karachi Port Trust seem to... 
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KARACHI: Redress for acid attack victim sought
KARACHI, Jan 24: National Assembly Speaker Dr Fehmida Mirza has said that those who threw acid on Maria Shah, a young lady health worker from Shikarpur, will be brought to justice....
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KARACHI: Call to save crumbling Samma heritage
KARACHI, Jan 24: The tomb of Jam Nizamuddin II, considered the greatest of the Samma kings of Sindh, located in the sprawling Makli necropolis near Thatta, is in danger of collapse...
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PESHAWAR: 160 killed in 21 suicide bombings in Swat
PESHAWAR, Jan 24: With Friday’s suicide car bombing in Swat District the number of incidents involving suicide bombings has risen to 21 in the restive valley claiming lives of at least 160 persons....
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GHALANAI: Suspected militants’ shops razed in Mohmand
GHALANAI, Jan 24: The security forces destroyed and torched over a dozen shops at Lakaro bazaar owned by suspected militants, while five paramilitary soldiers suffered injuries in a road mishap near Darwazgai area of Mohmand Agency on Saturday....
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LAKKI MARWAT: ‘Swat, tribal areas face Gaza-like situation’
LAKKI MARWAT, Jan 24: Former senior minister NWFP Sirajul Haq said that the tribal areas and Swat district were faced with Gaza-like situation as hundreds of thousands of people had migrated...
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SWABI: Steps urged to protect women education in Swat
SWABI, Jan 24: Human rights activist and head of the Gender Studies Department of the Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad Prof Dr Farzana Bari has demanded of the government to establish its writ in Swat and stop extremists from blocking women education there....
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KARACHI: KESC consumers set to face another tariff hike
KARACHI, Jan 24: Karachi Electricity Supply Corporation consumers are set to face yet another hike in tariffs, as the KESC has sought adjustments from the government based on the variation in fuel and power purchase prices....
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KARACHI: ATC reserves verdict in kidnap, murder case
KARACHI, Jan 24: An Anti-Terrorism Court on Saturday reserved its judgment till Feb 7 in a kidnapping-and-murder case....
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KARACHI: Demand for resolution of power crisis
KARACHI, Jan 24: Treasury members in the city council on Saturday once again raised the issue of the electricity crisis in the city by tabling a resolution demanding the immediate installation of energy saver lamps in the streets of the city....
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KARACHI: Woman’s torso found in New Karachi
KARACHI, Jan 24: The torso of a woman was found on Saturday in the bushes at a desolate place in New Karachi....
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KARACHI: CM permits hunting in Nara for today
KARACHI, Jan 24: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah has allowed some people to hunt partridges in the Nara game reserve on Sunday, it has been learnt....
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KARACHI: Rain forecast
KARACHI, Jan 24: The Meteorological Office has forecast partly cloudy/ cloudy weather with chances of a rain in the city on Sunday....
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KARACHI: Moon sighting
KARACHI, Jan 24: The Ruet-i-Hilal Committee will meet on Tuesday at Baitul Hujjaj Camp an hour before sunset to decide sighting of the Safar moon. Chairman of the Central Ruet-i-Hilal Committee Mufti Muneebur Rehman will preside over the meeting.—PPI...
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HARIPUR: Contractor ‘commits suicide’ in Haripur
HARIPUR, Jan 24: A labour contractor reportedly committed suicide over unspecified reasons at Best Way Mustehkan Cement Factory at Farooqia here on Saturday....
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PESHAWAR: Prosecutors’ transfer to law department recommended
PESHAWAR, Jan 24: The NWFP Assembly’s Standing Committee on Law, Parliamentary Affairs and Human Rights has recommended the transfer of public prosecutors from the home department to the law department so that “they could perform their duties more efficiently”....
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PESHAWAR: Calamity-affected areas notified
PESHAWAR, Jan 24: The NWFP government on Saturday notified some regions of the province as calamity-hit areas....
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CHITRAL: Three-day deadline for opening of Lowari tunnel
CHITRAL, Jan 24: Traders and drivers have set a three-day deadline for the government to open the Lowari tunnel for public....
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