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Extortion: Trader's residence targeted in Karachi
Trader, Mian Naseer, had refused to pay extortion money when he was approached by a few men.
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Celebrating Paksat-1R: Pakistani drones - a dream or reality?
Local UAV manufacturers say there is a long way to go.
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Zulfikarabad Oil Terminal: KMC asks companies to pay their share
Project has been pending since work started in 2010.
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PPP & PAC: MQM to protest if banned group reconciled
Party leaders say they will take up the issue with ruling party if reports confirmed.
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Wind power: The whir of turbines to come
Govt has allotted a total of around 39,000 acres to all projects, biggest of which involves NBT Wind Energy Pakistan.
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Karachi back to being a reservoir for polio, as WHO discovers virus in sewage in Gadap
Violence in the city takes its toll on the polio eradication campaign in the city.
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Fundraiser for radiation robot raises the bar and hopes
CyberKnife to start working at Jinnah hospital after mid-September.
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SHO, three cops arrested for parading couple naked in Gambat
SHO Samejo is notorious for using brutal and extrajudicial methods against suspects.
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KESC blames high humidity for massive power outage
Karachiites have been largely spared from twelve-hour power outages since Abraaj Capital took over KESC.
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Power supply restored to 60% of affected areas: KESC
Parts of Karachi city faced power outages soon after Iftar on August 4 as some KESC’s transmission lines tripped
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Policeman who paraded couple naked suspended
Video clip reveals law enforcers, led by SHO Samejo, paraded man, woman naked while escorting them to police station.
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Rare outage plunges Karachi into darkness
Two 220 KV lines and three 132 kV lines stopped working.
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Court Staff Protest: Rejection of bail plea leaves lawyer enraged
Karachi Bar Association took exception to the strike by the judicial staff.
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Rabid nuisance: Forty people bit by stray dogs in Khipro in July
Stray dogs are wandering about in the towns but the municipal administration has not taken steps yet.
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Breastfeeding Week: Do what’s best for your baby, say docs
Doctors oppose artificial feeding and highlight its negative aspects.
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Dancing to the tune of truth: Devotees head to Sachal Sarmast’s 191st Urs
Sufi Raag, Adabi Conference and Malakhra are among the most anticipated events at the Urs.
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For a village in Sehwan, new ‘pul’ ends a partition
The IRC helps villagers build a bridge over a canal they had to swim across.
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Contempt law: Sharjeel questions SC’s judgment
Minister claims decision aimed at creating anarchy.
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Sisters not only preach good deeds, but lead by example
The missionaries celebrated 75 years of service on July 28.
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Peacock deaths: Fudged figures are being reported in media, say wildlife officials
WWF members also cast doubt on the authenticity of the numbers reported.
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Water under the Lyari bridge: Faryal brings Lyari rebels back into the PPP fold
Promises to withdraw cases, pay compensation.
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Major power breakdown plunges south Karachi in darkness
Two 220 kilovolt (KV), three 132 KV lines stopped working, disrupting power at 20 of KESC’s 60 grid stations.
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Pakistan resumes Nato supplies...again
Pakistan had temporarily shut the supply route over security concerns after a truck driver had been killed on July 24.
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Khairpur Police parades man, woman naked for ‘intent of adultery’: Report
Onlookers recorded videos with cell phones, police remains unable to comment.
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Sweet justice?: Jirga asks landlord to pay Rs2m to the family of dead man
Men representing Kachelo, accepted the verdict and handed over a cheque for Rs1 million to Asif’s father.
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False case?: Robbery suspect granted bail
Counsel contended that Tahir was implicated in false case, police arrested him on statement of another man.
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SHC restrains Clifton Cantonment Board from finalising tenders
The petitioners said that they had been barred from taking part in the bidding process.
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Bhai bhai na raha!: Political loyalties break family bond
Brothers Mir Hasan and Shafiq Khoso have broken ties since the latter joined PML-N.
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Four bodies found, 38 men caught in raids
Bodies of two young men found from Ahmed Shah Bukhari Road in Lyari stuffed in gunny bags, their hands, legs tied.
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Jury still out on whether DHA’s speed breakers are deal breakers
The flat-topped structures are six inches high and shaped like a trapezium.
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Employment issue: SHC gives last chance to PTV managing director
Daughter of a deceased employee was ignored during the hiring process.
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Water world: Dr Attaur Rehman senses a scam behind man touting water kit
The kit was to be tested on Thursday at NUST, but this did not happen.
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Local govt system will be restored, President Zardari tells Altaf Hussain
The President also said that the govt has taken notice of the extortion mafia.
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Fight against polio: Vaccination teams got 33,780 refusals in Sindh
WHO says refusals may reverse the progress that Pakistan has made so far in its fight against polio.
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Learn from the past: ‘Of Rs231b, only Rs500m set aside for relief by Sindh govt’
A civil society organisation releases a report on preparation for the looming monsoon.
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Tribal justice: Jirga resolves decade long Chachar-Mahar dispute
Tensions between the tribes heightened after three boys were killed.
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PS 53 by election: SHC reserves judgment in Waheeda Shah case
Lawyers told to submit their arguments in writing.
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Police told to recover and produce missing boy on Aug 15
SHC tells DIG Sukkur to give investigations to some ‘honest’ officer.
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MQM office ransacked as anger runs high in Orangi
Brawl over ‘fitra’ collection had left two people dead a day earlier.
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Karachi’s politicians and businessmen mingle at iftar-cum-dinner
Kaiser Bengali, OUP’s Ameena Saiyid and P@sha President Jehan Ara were also there.
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ATM fee: Competition Act 2010 challenged in high court
The petitioner banks submitted that the commission had erred in assuming jurisdiction in the matter.
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Vociferous Sindh University teachers get an aesthetic voice
Sheema Kirmani joins varsity teachers protesting against incumbent vice chancellor.
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Viral outbreak kills more than 150 sheep and goats
Around 120 deaths were reported from Meghar and Maro Bah villages.
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TTP tells the Mehsuds, leave ANP or die
Activists have reportedly closed eight offices after being threatened.
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Public Accounts Committee: Police, home depts earn the ire of watchdog
The committee cast suspicions over the police’s commercial activities.
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Security guards go under the scanner at the police dept
Cops want to look at servants’ records too.
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‘Govt has not done enough for us since our arrival in Pakistan’
Burmese Muslims who migrated 33 years ago wish they had stayed put.
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Raksha Bandhan: For women without brothers, deities get rakhis on their wrists
Before the actual festival begins, women fast for 17 days.
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Pir Pagara unsure of continuing alliance with PPP, says elections in one year unlikely
Says will merge party with all factions of Muslim league if they chose to join hands to create one party.
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UN polio suspension hits 22,000 children in Karachi
WHO activities were suspended last month, not yet approved to take part in the next campaign due in September.