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Makhdooms seem out of favour in Matiari
An independent alliance is being formed against the PPP for the upcoming elections.
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‘No matter how many times I paint it, the city keeps me coming back for more’
Painter Hanif Shahzad displays his recent works of oil on canvas at Chawkandi Art Gallery.
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‘Authorities yet to find over 130 children who disappeared this year’
Disappearances rise during natural disasters, says expert.
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At public hearing, people worried about Karachi-Hyderabad motorway bring up defects
Fencing and barbed wire will cut off people living on either side of the Superhighway.
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Naya Jeevan initiative: For Karachi’s poorest, a cashless plan to buy 24-hour healthcare
Award-winning NGO model is run by buying health insurance policies in bulk.
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CM has sweeping new powers to take on adhoc appointments
Sindh government gets a breather as SC adjourns case indefinitely after tailor-made ordinance promulgated.
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Two injured as grenade goes off in Orangi, but police unsure how the bomb got there
Police say they are still trying to figure out if grenade was already present inside house, or if someone threw it.
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IBA students work with farmers to increase yields
High-yield cotton plants from all over the district were put on display.
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Police official among seven killed in Karachi
Unidentified men opened fire in North Karachi and killed Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) of Police.
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Were billions spent on counter-terrorism worth it?
Pakistan has received over $10b in security aid from the US since 2002 – for gadgets, training and capacity building.
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Illegal building: Court calls cantonment officer to explain defiance
The case relates to a multi-storey structure in Punjab Colony.
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Safety first: Judge orders protection for Shershah case witnesses
Those testifying in the case include police officers.
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JPMC’s staff don’t want to be bossed by Jinnah-Sindh Medical University
The hospital is unhappy with admission policy reserved for only Karachi students.
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Wealth of building control’s former chief to be looked into
Court rejects report by anti-corruption officer, orders new inquiry.
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Why are politicians silent about the killings?: Altaf Hussain
“If there is no Pakistan, then there is nothing else, no politics, estates or someone’s kingdom.”
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Gandhara artefacts: Authenticity check: of 395, 161 are real-ics
Only 161 of the 395 sculptures are genuine and the rest are replicas, according to the team of experts.
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After petitioner beaten, SC fires security officer
Four SPs accused of beating police officer say he was insulting the judges.
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No law allows adhoc appointments: SC
Sindh officers upset that Islamabad bureaucrats being promoted over them.
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Man at the top says more high-rise buildings for Sindh
Urban experts wonder how the president can make such decisions.
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Contempt of court: Petition seeks Sharjeel Memon’s disqualification
During the Sindh Assembly session on August 7, Memon had accused the chief justice of supporting a dictator.
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Political alliances: Ghotki’s Mahar group expected to join PPP today
PPP tries to calm its worried activists in Ghotki.
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Firing incident: Sindh Police head constable succumbs to injuries
Ali Mohsin was posted at Saudabad police station.
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Busted: Alleged target killer among 13 apprehended
A woman and her accomplice were caught while robbing a house in Shah Faisal Colony.
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Want water? Start paying more, says water board
Utility wants government to set up regulatory body to determine realistic water tariff.
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For Sindh’s nomads, home is where the harvest season is
Many people have started to pack up and leave Khairpur as the last dates there have been picked.
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Adamjee, PECHS College students come out on top as pre-engineering, general results out
Top scoring student raises concern over standard of education in govt colleges.
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Rahim can’t be arrested if there is no case against him, rules court
SC disposes of Sindh govt’s appeal against SHC order
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As KWSB shuts last six legal hydrants, prices likely to go up
Water board makes move to cut down theft but tanker mafia stands to benefit.
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HRCP report: Violence claimed 1,700 lives this year
Targeted attacks responsible for the bulk of the casualties.
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As cop wins case against seniors, rough justice awaits him at SC gate
SC overturns four out-of-turn promotions.
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As police flounder, MQM and businessmen prepare parallel security forces
The party would provide the manpower, the CPLC legalities and markets will coordinate.
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Post 9/11: 35,000 lives later, Pakistan stills mulls counter-terror policy
Experts call for giving more power to the nascent civilian-led counter-terrorism authority.
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Sindh’s Mahar group to join PPP
Talks between the two sides had been ongoing for almost a month.
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KESC wrangles with SSGC over outstanding dues
The amount owed to the gas company is lower than what it has been asked for, says power utility.
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Protesting injustices: ‘People mistreating Bheel community’
President of the All Pakistan Bheel Alliance said the community would not remain silent if injustices are committed.
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Landhi operation: Rangers claim they’re not guilty
Three residents of Muslimabad were killed during the incident.
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Helping Thar’s residents: Wheat distribution starts amid allegations of corruption
MNA Mahesh Kumar Malani refuted the claims, saying that they were attempts to malign PPP.
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Postcards from the edge bring Karachi a little closer to those abroad
Khaula Jamil’s online postcard project is based on street photography where she uses iPhone applications.
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In Essa Nagri, residents remember the shopkeeper who didn’t pay bhatta
Faisal Masih became the first resident of Christian-dominated Essa Nagri to be killed by extortionists.
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Refuting allegations outright, Hamid Saeed Kazmi asks media to help clear his name
Former minister says there was no proof produced against him in court.
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In Karachi, e-policing may soon end the ‘chai-paani’ game
By year end, Sindh police plan to start registration of computerised FIRs.
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Two law enforcers injured as police van drives into an ambush
They were going to arrest gangsters in Baldia Town after being tipped off by apprehended men.
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Campus crisis: SU invites impartial inquiry
Since January, the university and the teachers have been at loggerheads.
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Rs3.3b announced for Umerkot, Rs280m to go to representatives
CM allocates Rs400m for beautification of Mirpurkhas.
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Govt has failed to control hepatitis, admits CM as SIUT opens new centre
SIUT’s primary care centre at Kathore to precede institute of transplantation sciences.
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Landhi operation: Police mull FIR after Rangers kill three people
The police suspect Rangers were hunting the Taliban, not drug dealers.
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World Bank offers to become lead adviser for rapid bus system
Good news for the project which aims to reduce travelling time in Karachi.
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Sindh seeks Islamabad’s help to feed people of drought-hit Tharparkar
Forecasts about floods have come to naught as Sindh has hardly received any rainfall this year.
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Hot wheels for petty bureaucrats deflated district budgets
Across Sindh, govt officials spent an unauthorised Rs36m on new cars in one year.
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Minorities under attack: Altaf lines up police, agencies, clerics, judges, army and... fires
The MQM leader asks security agencies to shut up shop if they can’t protect the people.