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Garment factory fire: ILO for better protection of workers' health, safety
Labour organisation calls for national action to protect workers from workplace hazards.
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Education before strike: School and universities to hold classes today
“It does not seem right..when transporters and traders have shown an indifference to the strike.”
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Factory fires: MQM announces three days of mourning
The party clarified that businesses would remain open on its day of mourning.
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Karachi Blaze: Death toll rise to unprecedented 258
Owners of factory on the run; SHC takes suo motu notice; cause of fire still not clear.
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Three-day deadline: Police investigate child arrested in extortion
The child is believed to have collected extortion money from an alleged victim.
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Rain and drain woes: 18 more dead, death toll crosses 100
Army starts rescue operations as floodwaters threaten upper Sindh.
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Nationalists turn strike into a day of mourning for victims of the factory fire
PML-N, Jamaat-e-Islami and PTI announce three days of mourning.
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Industrialists want govt to ensure safety standards
Corrupt government officers and factory owners blamed for disaster.
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They had no chance of survival: Firefighters
Fireman Feroze Khan had not seen anything like it in his 29-year career.
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Chief minister directed me to stop the inspection of factories: Labour minister
No checks have been held in Sindh since Musharraf’’s time.
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Target Killings: 3 PPP men shot dead in Karachi
Victim Mairaj was PPP information secretary for district west and had also served as a union council Nazim.
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LG system: PML-N, ANP for Sept13 strike delay over Karachi tragedy
Nationalists parties acknowledge disaster, but vow to push on with strike.
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Judicial tribunal to probe Karachi factory fire
Investigation to look into the cause of fire, civil defence system available, extent of negligence on the owner's...
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Govt strapped for cash in new motorcycle number plate remedy
The new plates, which will help battle crime, are being issued only to newly registered vehicles.
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Watching qawwalis: HRCP to help look into journalist attack case
The men, punched and kicked Zainul Abedin for watching television and listening to qawwalis.
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Zoo administration: Wildlife fans get a chance to get involved
City administration mulls getting volunteers to assist at Safari Park and Karachi zoo.
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The great debate: Schools undecided on Sept 13 closure
Nationalist parties have called a strike to oppose the new LG ordinance.
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Local govt law: Estranged lawmakers form opposition
Ministers belonging to three parties had resigned after new ordinance was brought forward.
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Raging waters: 37 more dead
Rs5m grant for each rain-hit district.
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Water tanker prices jump to Rs2,500 as hydrants closed
Around 8,000 water tankers run in Karachi.
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Greenwich students take traffic lessons to the streets by targeting drivers
For three days the group will hand out pamphlets and stop those who break signals.
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As Karachi’s drains turn into sewers, disaster hits when it rains
There has been little accountability on sewage projects.
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‘I do not want a country of extremists and mullahs but a country of Quaid-e-Azam’s vision’
Imagine if the US told its Muslim citizens they had no rights and destroyed their mosques?, asks Altaf Hussain.
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PML-Q, PML-F, NPP MPAs to sit in opposition if Sindh LG ordinance not repealed
PML-F leader Jam Madad Ali says ordinance equal to fraud with people and coalition partners.
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Rains ravage Sindh, leaving up to 58 dead
Army called in to Jacobabad, Kandhkot; Moen Jo Daro under threat.
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Sindh govt asked again to explain how it changed the rules of promotions, hiring
The Sindh Services Act of 1973 was amended last week.
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Baby on board: Is your house safe for tumbling toddlers?
Of the 566 children in Karachi taken for treatment to emergency departments, 409 were injured at home, says study.
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MQM’s former sector in-charge among nine people shot dead
Aleemullah, 30, a former Muttahida Qaumi Movement sector in-charge, was shot dead on his way back home from a mosque.
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Court issues contempt notices to minister and secretary
The case relates to the upgrade of Sindh Medical College to a university.
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8 killed as boat overturns in turbulent waters off Ibrahim Hyderi village
The boat was carrying 37 passengers, 15 of whom have been rescued.
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Critics of Zulfikarabad city describe it as ‘development cleansing’
SUP holds seminar where displacement and rushed pace of project questioned.
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JSQM votes in Bashir Qureshi’s teen son as new party chief
Party leader claims that new faces have been given a chance.
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As fund swells to Rs2b, over 1,500 Sindh students selected for full scholarships
Endowment Fund for Education started out with just Rs200 million.
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Local Government: Study the new law before striking against it, says PPP
Haider regretted that some nationalist leaders were drawing parallels between the proposed strike and May 12, 2007.
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F1: McLaren to speed up Hamilton talks
Vettel penalty was fair, says Ferrari after Italian GP.
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Extreme World: Karachi one of the most violent cities in the world
Documentary by journalist Ross Kemp analyses burgeoning gangs in Lyari, ineffectiveness of law enforcement agencies.
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Badly looked after
The APP has failed to ensure legitimate healthcare for former employees for the past three years.
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Youth from Karachi among Kamra attackers
Suspect, Taimur Butt Guddu, belonged to a poor, religious family living in Landhi.
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Police, revenue depts not devolved, clarifies minister
Khursheed Shah confident that PPP will win over allies.
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Sand competition brings out the sculptor inside Karachiites
Sculptures by participants included dolphins, monuments and mermaids.
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Thalassaemia: Cancer medicine can cut down transfusion needs, says study
Another project involving more patients is under way at NIBD to confirm results.
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Shia killings: Altaf berates rising religious extremism
Says murder of the innocent must be condemned by people of all faiths and beliefs.
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Kalan Kot Fort struggles with ghosts of the past and squatters of the present
Historical site falls prey to land grabbers as they set up camp.
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Days ahead of protest, nationalists fear repeat of May 12
The nationalists are gearing up for a province-wide strike on September 13 against the Sindh Peoples LG Ordinance.
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Police suspect son-in-law’s past may have done in ex-income tax commissioner
Sheikh was shot dead on his way to work on Thursday with a Kalashnikov.
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Transitions: Journalist Ahmed Ali Alavi passes away
Alavi left India in 1956 and came to Lahore, after he was invited by Maulana Bhashani and Faiz Ahmed Faiz.
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Retrofitted rickshaws help men who can’t walk get behind the steering wheel
All the controls are within the driver’s reach and each vehicle is hooked up to a call centre.
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Sindh LG ordinance: Khursheed Shah dispels rumours, says commissionary setup intact
Says police, revenue not handed over to metropolitan.
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Busted: Heroin seized at the airport
The passenger was traveling on Dubai Airlines flight FZ332 via Dubai onwards to Ukraine.
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Sukkur’s flyover finally completed after four long years
Its foundation stone was laid 14 years ago.
















































