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KARACHI: Govt compromises on wheat quality
KARACHI, Feb 1: Despite the fact that the issue of the quality of imported wheat has been raised many times and the government’s own labs have found samples failing to meet... 
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KARACHI: Two committees likely to be elected in today’s PA session
KARACHI, Feb 1: The 10-point order of the day for the Sindh Assembly session beginning on Monday after the winter break includes the election of two committees – on the rules of procedure and privileges and government assurances....
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KARACHI: Man abused by three women
KARACHI, Feb 1: Three women have been accused of abusing a 30-year-old waiter of an eatery in Clifton....
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KARACHI: Computers of Rs944m e-policing project gather dust
KARACHI, Feb 1: As the ambitious e-policing project crawls through the conventional government labyrinth, computer hardware meant for the venture has begun to gather dust in police offices across the city, it has emerged....
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KARACHI: One killed in rubbish dump explosion
KARACHI, Feb 1: An unidentified man was killed while two other people were injured when a home-made explosive device went off near Memon Masjid in Kharadar area, witnesses and police said on Sunday....
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KARACHI: No forensic probe held into North Karachi fire
KARACHI, Feb 1: A police team investigating the North Karachi fire that claimed the lives of 40 people did not conduct a forensic probe into the incident because the police lack...
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KARACHI: ‘Message of mystics needs to be heard’
KARACHI, Feb 1: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah has said that Sindh is the land of mystics, intellectuals and poets who always promoted the message of love, harmony, fraternity...
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KARACHI: Minister seeks report on ongoing uplift projects
KARACHI, Feb 1: Sindh Works and Services Minister Manzoor Hussain Wassan has directed the officials of an inspection team to review all the ongoing development schemes in the province and submit...
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KARACHI: Kalhoro tombs become burial site for the elite
KARACHI, Feb 1: Despite repeated requests from the federal government, the Sindh government has taken no action against the influential people who had carried out illegal burials in the Kalhoro tombs,...
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KARACHI: 128 medical officers get appointment orders
KARACHI, Feb 1: Sindh Health Minister Dr Saghir Ahmed has said that the shortage of doctors in government-run hospitals will be alleviated with the appointment of medical officers....
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KARACHI: Reference for Dr Dani today
KARACHI, Feb 1: An academic reference for late Prof (Dr) A.H. Dani will be held at Karachi University on Feb 2....
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KARACHI: Weather
KARACHI, Feb 1: The meteorological department has forecast fair weather with a hazy morning for the city on Monday....
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KARACHI: Two jailed for life in kidnap, killing case
KARACHI, Feb 1: An anti-terrorism court has sentenced two men to life imprisonment on two counts for the kidnapping and killing of a jeweller....
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BADIN: Sub-registrars, town officials enforcing ‘pocket money’
BADIN, Feb 1: The people of Badin are facing difficulties in getting their property documents registered due to non-cooperation of the sub-registrars and tax recovery clerks who bully their clients for extorting “pocket money”....
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HYDERABAD: District government unable to enforce official milk price: Consumers being fleeced
HYDERABAD, Feb 1: Milk retailers are not abiding by the price fixed by a committee headed by the EDO revenue and charging rates arbitrarily decided by them....
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HYDERABAD: Call to reinstate sacked employees
HYDERABAD, Feb 1: Activists of the All Sindh People’s Paramedical Staff Welfare Association, Isra University hospital chapter, observed a token hunger strike in front of the press club on Sunday in protest against sacking of employees....
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THATTA: Cooperative’s governing body dismissed
THATTA, Feb 1: The Department of Cooperative Societies has ordered dissolution of the governing body of Makli cooperative housing society for its alleged misappropriation and violations of rules and regulations....
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DADU: Arsenic ratio in water rises to dangerous level
DADU, Feb 1: Drinking water has become almost unfit for human consumption as arsenic ratio in water in Dadu district stands at 500ppb much against the WHO and PCWSR limits which are fixed at 10 to 20ppb and 50 ppb respectively....
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HYDERABAD: SU doubles district quota for LLB
HYDERABAD, Feb 1: The University of Sindh has decided to double the district quota for admissions to five-year LLB programme and commence classes of the new batch from Feb 23....
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UMERKOT: Cop booked
UMERKOT, Feb 1: A constable has been booked for negligence....
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HYDERABAD: Recovery of govt land from mafia urged
HYDERABAD, Feb 1: The All Pakistan Clerks Association (APCA) has appealed to the Sindh chief minister, irrigation minister and the Central Board of Revenue to retrieve the irrigation department’s land in Phulelli canal division from land grabbers....
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PESHAWAR: ANP terms Khawaja Hoti’s allegations ‘pack of lies’
PESHAWAR, Feb 1: The Awami National Party (ANP) has rejected the allegations levelled by Khawaja Mohammad Khan Hoti and has asked him to quit his National Assembly seat....
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PESHAWAR: Proposed Pashto TV channel remains in limbo
PESHAWAR, Feb 1: As the process of Talibanisation is on the rise in parts of the NWFP, the government has miserably failed to launch the proposed Pashto TV channel, Abaseen, to counter propaganda of the militants in the region....
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KOHAT: House damaged in Kohat rocket attack
KOHAT, Feb 1: A house was damaged in rocket attack here on Sunday....
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UPPER DIR: Jirga fails to secure release of Afghan official
UPPER DIR, Feb 1: A local jirga has failed to secure release of Akhtar Jan Kohistani, an Afghan official, from militants in Doog Darra and expressed its inability and lack of power to confront the kidnappers....
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PESHAWAR: Bullet-riddled bodies of two women found
PESHAWAR, Feb 1: Bullet riddled bodies of two women were recovered from a water course in Achini area Sunday morning....
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GHALANAI: Four soldiers injured in roadside blast
GHALANAI, Feb 1: Four personnel of the Frontier Corpse received injuries when their vehicle was hit by a roadside explosive near Qayumabad area in tehsil Lakaro of Mohmand Agency on Sunday evening....
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LANDI KOTAL: Curfew imposed
LANDI KOTAL, Feb 1: Authorities have imposed curfew in Shah Kass area of Khyber tribal region from 5pm Sunday to 6am on Monday. The area situated opposite to Hayatabad Township of Peshawar....
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