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KARACHI: PA wants sales tax restored to provinces
KARACHI, Feb 3: The Sindh Assembly on Tuesday called upon the federal government to direct the Federal Board of Revenue to immediately stop collecting General Sales Tax on electricity, gas, telephones... 
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KARACHI: ‘Regulation of private health concerns shortly’
KARACHI, Feb 3: Federal Health Minister Aijaz Hussain Jakhrani said on Tuesday that the government would soon introduce regulations to eliminate the exploitation of doctors and patients by private concerns in the health sector....
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KARACHI: Labour ministry comes under the microscope: Question hour
KARACHI, Feb 3: In a largely subdued question hour, Sindh Labour Minister Amir Nawab answered queries from members of the house regarding the retrenchment of workers from a Tando Mohammad Khan...
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KARACHI: Father of six commits suicide Father of six commits suicide
KARACHI, Feb 3: A 35-year-old man, father of six, committed suicide on Tuesday in his home in Metroville....
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KARACHI: SHC wants affidavits filed in ‘missing’ persons case
KARACHI, Feb 3: The Sindh High Court asked the petitioners seeking recovery of two missing persons to file affidavits about their reported arrest by the Rawalpindi police and adjourned further proceedings to a date in office....
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KARACHI: No action against old settlements: Nazim
KARACHI, Feb 3: City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal said on Tuesday that the no plans were being made to raze old settlements or goths to the ground.He...
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KARACHI: KU guidelines on MS, PhD courses announced
KARACHI, Feb 3: The University of Karachi on Tuesday announced guidelines for the MS/PhD programme 2009....
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KARACHI: ‘New health policy being formulated’
KARACHI, Feb 3: The director-general of health, Prof Rasheed Jooma, has said that the federal government is formulating a new health policy to improve public access to healthcare institutions and facilities....
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KARACHI: Jan 29 SBC meeting termed unlawful
KARACHI, Feb 3: The Sindh Bar Council meeting held on January 29 to elect new office-bearers was “unlawful and of no legal effect” and the council would meet on February 15...
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KARACHI: Exhibition at The Art
KARACHI, Feb 3: An exhibition of “surrealistic abstract compositions and landscapes” by Syed Mumtaz Ahmed from Sweden opens on Wednesday at The Art gallery at 5.30pm....
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KARACHI: Hydrants illegal water connections cut off
KARACHI, Feb 3: The Karachi Water and Sewerage Board on Tuesday disconnected two private hydrants eight illegal connections in Manghopir area which they had taken from a 66-inch diameter main pipeline....
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KARACHI: Weather
KARACHI, Feb 3: The Met office has forecast fair/partly cloudy weather with misty morning in the metropolis for the next 24 hours. The minimum temperature is expected to remain between 16°C and 18°C.—APP...
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KARACHI: Policemen testify in boy’s kidnap case
KARACHI, Feb 3: An anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Tuesday recorded statements of police officers in the case of a five-year-old boy who was allegedly kidnapped for ransom by a cousin and his accomplices....
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HYDERABAD: Jewellers go on indefinite strike after robberies
HYDERABAD, Feb 3: On the call of the Hyderabad Sarafa and Jewellers Group, goldsmiths throughout Hyderabad district observed a shutter down on Tuesday to protest the increasing incidents of robberies....
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HYDERABAD: Basic health unit opened
HYDERABAD, Feb 3: The government, despite limited resources, is providing basic health facilities to the people free of cost, said District Nazim Kanwar Naveed Jamil during the inaugural of Basic Health...
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MIRPURKHAS: Retired army man found murdered
MIRPURKHAS, Feb 3: Body of a retired military captain was recovered from his office near Military graveyard in Satellite town on Tuesday....
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HYDERABAD: Dumb man arrested for robbery
HYDERABAD, Feb 3: Latifabad police have arrested a young man lacking the ability to speak, dumb, for committing a robbery using a fake pistol at the house of custom department employee...
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KOHAT: Ground offensive launched to stop rocket attacks in Kohat
KOHAT, Feb 3: Security forces on Tuesday launched ground operation in different parts along the tribal areas simultaneously to stop rocket attacks on the cantonment region....
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GHALANAI: Jirga vows to revive tribal system for peace
GHALANAI, Feb 3: Elders of various tribes have vowed to strengthen tribal traditions and jirga system which according to them are vital for flushing out militants and restoration of peace in Mohmand Agency....
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LANDI KOTAL: Mangal orders Bara men to grow beard
LANDI KOTAL, Feb 3: Militant organisation Lashkar-i-Islam has ordered all men living in Bara subdivision of Khyber Agency to grow beards and all women of the area to wear veil....
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PESHAWAR: Over 43,000 displaced families to get assistance
PESHAWAR, Feb 3: With the security situation aggravating in the northern parts of the NWFP and the tribal areas, the government has registered over 40,000 internally displaced families living with relatives...
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PESHAWAR: PHC puts army legal branch on notice in spying case
PESHAWAR, Feb 3: The Peshawar High Court on Tuesday put on notice the Judge Advocate General Branch of the Pakistan Army in a writ petition filed by a man convicted by a field general court martial of spying for the US....
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PESHAWAR: Frontier govt to replicate 1979 LG law: Cabinet approves draft
PESHAWAR, Feb 3: The NWFP cabinet on Tuesday approved a draft of a new law to replace the local bodies system introduced by former president Pervez Musharraf in 2001....
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GHALANI: 10 more houses razed in Mohmand operation
GHALANI, Feb 3: Ten more houses were razed in restive Mohmand tribal region as security forces continued search and clean operation on Tuesday....
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