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Demanding justice: Slain ASWJ leaders laid to rest amid protests
Protesters blocked Korangi Road causing a massive traffic jam at the busy thoroughfare.
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No backlash: Police fail to take action in wake of jirga killings
An FIR has been lodged by one of the widows against 15 people.
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On the streets: As business improves, bus owners welcome crackdown against ‘illegal’ rickshaws
The rickshaws are unregistered and therefore do not pay taxes.
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Lyari gang war: 5 relatives of Baba Ladla shot dead
Police said three of the deceased were boxers.
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‘Injustice’ is served: Five killed, five injured as jirga hearing turns bloody
The Supreme Court dubbed jirgas as ‘unconstitutional’ in 2012.
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Mind over math: Children learn to use ‘imaginary abacus’
Students of the ‘Mind Mathlon 2014’ display the benefits of a unique calculating technique.
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The parched land: Relief operations offer only a temporary solution for Tharparkar
Jamatud Dawa’s Hafiz Abdul Rauf asks the government to address the root cause of the problem.
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Urban plantations : When studying mangrove ecology, place them within the context of Karachi
Decision makers need to understand how precious mangroves are.
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Target killings: Week ends with killings of six people in the city
Christian, political workers, minor and spiritual healer victims of the day.
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Result of hard work?: SSUET students await results even after 3 months
The university spokesperson term this delay as "normal" and "expected".
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'Security alert': Do Darya diners pose biggest security threat, it seems
Police have been directed to stop and check each vehicle heading towards the food street.
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The dreamscape: A loaded brush and a stroke of genius
Artist Hamid S Alavi shows Karachi the way he sees it.
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‘Difficult’ working conditions: Fresh polio drive kicks off in city’s high-risk areas
The polio teams will target 500,000 children in 24 areas every Sunday for the next four weeks.
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Five killed in a firing incident in Karachi
All five of the deceased belong to the same family.
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Educated and corrupt
At least 9,500 fake teaching and non-teaching appointments were appointed during previous PPP government's tenure.
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Eye for an eye? Tribesmen protest triple murder
Tribesmen raised slogans against police for their failure to protect the lives and properties of the people.
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Verdict in case of Rangers’ shooting down a civilian deferred
A sepoy of the Pakistan Rangers was charged with killing Ghulam Haider.
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Rescue mission: Police kill two kidnappers before rescuing abductee
The kidnappers opened fire at the SIU police personnel, forcing them into retaliation.
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Exclusively for women: Goodbye harassment, hello Basanti Express!
SRDO believes the service will help women travel around the city without fear.
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Labour tribunal to get two judges this month
Lawyer Rafiq Malik says province’s labour courts lying vacant for a long time.
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In desperation, unpaid teachers turn to court
Staff of various govt schools hasn't received salary for more than a year.
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Information lapse: Forensics struggles with manpower, systems
The department has not produced a detailed ballistics report over the last eight months.
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Three rape accused held in Karachi
Three men accused of raping a 14-year-old girl in Karachi’s Shah Rasul Colony were arrested by the police.
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Palijo may be Lyari's unlikely peacebroker
Groups following Uzair Baloch and Baba Ladla have expressed confidence in Palijo to resolve differences.
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Hand-me-down: Detainee sent into police remand after 90 days
The ATC-III awarded physical custody remand of the suspect to the police till March 10.
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Ethics in medicine: Doctors stress need to check organ transplantation
Speakers advocated the need to implement the deceased donor programme in Pakistan.
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Protecting the ‘weaker’ sex: ‘More laws needed to prevent crimes against women’
Situation can't improve unless there is justice, says Madadgaar Helpline's Zia Awan.
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Equal rights: Speakers demand better treatment of working women
Activists and trade unionists criticise the govt and country's chauvinist work culture.
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Explain yourself: High court asks election tribunal about bogus votes
Barrister Nasim said MQM candidate requested tribunal to show the entire 92,731 votes or 63,496 unverifiable votes.
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In remembrance: Larkana politician Altaf Unar dies at 55
The former revenue minister was suffering from a kidney-related disease.
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Job security: ‘Fake’ teachers in Sindh get paid Rs20m
By adjusting appointments to back dates, teachers able to draw salaries .
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Without male pollen, female date palms bear ‘inferior’ fruit
March to June is the prime time for pollination of the date palms.
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Crime does pay: Within 90 minutes, robbers 'withdraw' Rs7m from two banks
Modus operandi suggests the same group is behind both heists.
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Landhi women display handmade carpets, bangles at the Karachi University
The women, who were unaware of the day's existence, wanted a day to celebrate.
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Sharmila Farooqi’s car stolen at gun point in Karachi
The provincial culture minister was not in her government issued vehicle when it was snatched from her driver.
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International Women’s Day: Who will listen to her Story?
1 year after Domestic Violence Act 2013 passed, actual situation of women suffering from violence has hardly changed.
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Actress Sana Khan killed in car crash
Husband and driver were also injured in the incident.
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Bomb defused in Orangi Town, Karachi
According to BDS, 2kg of explosive material was used in the bomb.
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Neither here nor there: Employees ‘devolved’ to provincial government feel displaced
Demand an end to their deputation tenure, ask to be made permanent employees.
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Barrister’s murder: Three men awarded 32 years of jail term
The court also imposed a fine of Rs200,000 on each.
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Labour rights: ‘CM to approve new policy for home-based workers in two weeks’
Labour adviser promises social security, pensions for such workers.
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Post-partum hemorrhage: 60% of maternal deaths preventable with a Rs17 drug, stress experts
More than 8,000 women die because of post-partum hemorrhage every year in Pakistan.
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Anti-quackery: Doctors uneasy after colleague evades kidnapping attempt
Medical practitioners believe the incident was in retaliation to investigations against quacks.
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Speaking out: South Asia is most agrarian region with 40% of world’s poor
At poverty report on South Asia’s launch, academics urge for cooperation among regional states.
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Neelum, Shah Rasul colony children breathe life into The Lion King
The school has been providing education to underprivileged children since 1977.
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Pro-taliban policy: Religious parties to protest govt policy
According to them, the militant groups continue to strike the people of Pakistan without any consequences.
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Karachi operation: 59% arrested suspects waiting for verdict
80 more suspected criminals were arrested from various parts of the city in its continuing raids on Thursday.
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Gender equality: Female MPAs dress up to celebrate International Women’s Day
Deputy speaker Shehla Raza promised legislations to help the women in Pakistan.
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Govt fears risk of life: Rickshaw owners call for regularisation
Owners to build pressure, while govt adamant on eliminating all six-, nine-seater rickshaws.
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The dark ages: ‘In the city of lights, 3 million people will have none by 2030’
Speakers stress importance of renewable sources and want Pakistan to follow the EU.