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Lost and found: Kidnapped 10-month old baby recovered from Machar colony
The kidnapper was caught before he could make a ransom demand.
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Curbing crime on horseback: Prince, Kajal and mounted police struggle to find their place
Horses meant for surveillance are often used by high-ranking police officers for polo.
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Behind the CNG blasts: A steel pipe and a series of unfortunate events
Dealers say oxygen and carbon dioxide cylinders are being installed which cannot withstand the gas pressure.
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Breaking the silence: New book portrays the atrocities of the 1971 war
Scholar talks about how the grotesque accounts of the rape victims are forgotten.
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'Peace will not prevail without military withdrawal'
The conditions in the province bear a resemblance to those in Bangladesh, say JI leaders.
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Road rage: Wassan critiques jam-packed roads, traffic cop wishes cars could fly
Managing traffic when the city is playing host to rallies is difficult.
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Violence: Sectarian clash leaves Khairpur a ghost town
Two groups sparred in the Mir Ali Bazaar in the city.
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Contingency planning: Reality doesn’t always go with ‘fancy’ plans
Officials and experts meet to discuss the lessons learnt over two years.
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Celebrations: Gaddi Nasheen to visit temples in Sindh
Dr Bhesham Lal led the group, which included women and children, who travelled on the Awam Express.
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Objections: Lecturer challenges law college principal’s extension
The lecturer advocate Bilawal Ali Ghunio has petitioned the court.
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Sindhi poet, Shaikh Ayaz, remembered
He was the first poet to translate Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai’s work into Urdu.
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Apartment projects: Investors don’t think they’ll get their dues
On an average, most people paid Rs15m for an apartment.
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Internal politics: Cantonment board says it’s time for schools to pay up
If authorities succeed in charging the tax, schools will have to pay anything between Rs150 and Rs200 per square foot.
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Environmental priorities: Mangroves face the axe for the sake of a park
CBC employee says only a dozen mangrove trees have been removed.
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On the chopping block: Terrorism cop awaits inquiry
SSP Khattab might be demoted for allegedly designing a ‘soft’ charge sheet.
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Abuse: ‘Women need greater legal recourse for domestic violence in Pakistan’
Survivors of abusive relationships urge women to come forward.
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Targeted killings: Police still groping in the dark
Officials say all December killings related.
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Disaster mismanagement: No relief emerges from the rubble in Lyari
Residents ask for their valuables to be returned; two building owners have put the land on the property market.
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Theft of the patent: SHC seeks report on delay in disposal of complaint
Uranium enrichment process ownership disputed.
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Walled in: For those using wheelchairs, the city is largely off-limits
At least 10% of people living in Karachi require the use of ramps.
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Caught: Seminary student killer held
SHO Khalid Nadeem Baig said they arrested Ali Raza alias Ali Langra, earlier released on bail in another case.
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Goodwill hunting turns bad as two policemen get caught chasing the Chinkara deer
The punishment for hunting an endangered animal is imprisonment and paying a hefty fine.
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Precautionary measures: Phase VIII blast leaves a more ‘secure’ DHA
Schools and residences in the area have placed security films over their windows.
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Target killings: Prayer leader and scout shot dead
Police termed the murder of the prayer leader as a sectarian killing.
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Basic necessities: Majority have no access to drinking water
Lack of potable water stems from industrial waste and contaminates leeching from agricultural lands.
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Historical site cared for by one community, could be destroyed by another
The Bagranis say that Nizamanis moved the mound after the floods and set up pickets .
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Singapore surprise: Karachi student propels her way to success
Dawood Public School’s Fatima Hussain scores well in a regional competition.
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Surviving the floods: The winter of Badin’s discontent
Conditions are dire in Khairpur Gambo where around 100 villages out of 225 are still under water.
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System failure: Arms licence digitisation system no longer in use
Sources said that the data of more than 2,000 arms licences had already been computerised.
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Memoirs and gossip: A former bureaucrat shares his experience of working with the govt
Autobiography takes into account the history and problems of Sindh.
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Kiran School gives children of Lyari a chance to advance
The students are prepared for admission to prestigious educational institutions .
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Man throws acid at the girl who ‘couldn’t become his’
Kamran followed Zarin and her family to their old neighbourhood .
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SHC issues notices in petition seeking ban on rallies on national days
An NGO, seeks court’s intervention to stop rallies in the vicinity of historical sites.
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Remarks against army: Petition seeks disqualification of prime minister
The petitioner said that he had sent a reference against the prime minister to the Speaker of the National Assembly.
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Testing the waters: After wooing Karachi, PTI appeals to Sindh nationalists
Party is setting up a scrutiny body to screen people joining the party.
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Courts deserted as lawyers protest kidnapping of colleague
They said that the law enforcers have not done enough to locate and rescue the kidnapped person.
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PTI rally: Soomro questions Imran Khan's financial sources
Soomro says it is easy to hold rallies but difficult to get votes.
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Altaf Hussain congratulates PTI for Karachi rally
Hussain also says Khan should have presented his party’s manifesto rather than indulging in “politics of blame”.
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Abandonment and anguish: Old homes no panacea for Karachi’s elderly
The city of over 18m people has only six homes for the elderly, all private.
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Mind matters: Experts discuss lack of laws protecting mentally ill people
The devolution of the health ministry has left these people vulnerable.
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Grounded Saudi plane leaves PM, cabinet members stranded
The incident led to a delay of eight flights, which were routed to Nawabshah.
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Bringing change: People freeze so others don’t have to in the next elections
About a thousand people were expected, but only a fraction of that number turned up.
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Road kill: DHA in a jam as Shamsheer and Mujahid one-way causes confusion
There are 100 to 150 houses located on each side of the two roads.
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Fifth convocation: 482 students graduate from Biztek
The university’s registrar Syed Kashif Rafi led them through the fifth convocation ceremony held at the main campus.
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Paying tribute: Dr Ziauddin Ahmed remembered on his 64th death anniversary
ZMU held a seminar to remember the services of its ideological patron.
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Religious festival: Celebrating Guru Shadharam’s 303rd birthday in Ghotki
His disciple, Saant Yudhister Laal, came from India to inaugurate the event.
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Without a home: Displaced people of Dera Bugti demand rehabilitation
Protesters appeal to court to look into their resettlement fund.
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Helping out: PRCS trains 180 volunteers
So far the PRCS Sindh chapter has trained more than 5,500 volunteers.
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For a TTP chief’s widow, terrorist activities meant saving her marriage
Little Dujana will either be stuck in jail with his mother or sent to her family in Punjab.
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Happy holidays: Christians gather at St Andrew’s Church for mass on Christmas day
The gothic edifice was decorated with bright lights.