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Evergreen, no more: Badin’s Sada Bahar fishing point may have to change its name
After the 1999 cyclone, several families have moved elsewhere for survival
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Washed away: Families wait for the sea to throw back bodies to the shore
Conflicting numbers of those feared dead; relatives helplessly wait at Clifton beach.
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Major breakdown: Lights out in Sindh
13 districts, including 80% of Karachi, endure up to 14-hour outage; supply partially restored.
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Brighter futures: Solar lamps provide beacon of hope for female entrepreneurs
Fatima Tandai has sold around Rs50,000 worth of lamps in the last two months.
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Power struggle: Health minister, secretary continue bickering as department splits
Sindh govt has given the orders to bifurcate the department as soon as possible.
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Tangled up in blue: The Sindhi palla now sleeps with the fishes
The entire species is now almost lost due to illegal nets and a lack of freshwater.
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Crying foul: No water for tail-enders as some growers go over their limit
Around 2,000 growers protested the water theft as well as the inaction by the law enforcers.
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Lost at sea: Twelve feared dead as boat topples over in stormy sea
Locals witnessed the fishermen crying for help; say they could have been saved with timely rescue efforts.
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To greener pastures: With parched throats, Badin residents migrate in search of water
Farmers have been forced to delay sowing seeds.
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Immunisation campaign: Arrival of 6,000 children sets polio drive in motion
The campaign will start on July 5 and will last till July 8, and will be carried out in 34 union councils of the city.
