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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.
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Crippling virus: Four new polio cases surface as WHO shuts offices in Karachi
WHO’s Karachi office remains shut in the wake of security concerns.
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Heed the signs: Irrigation dept comes under fire at PAC meeting
Officials appear helpless at being unable to control rampant water theft.
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In violation: SHC stops officer on deputation from working
The petition submitted that Bhutto’s posting was in violation of orders.
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Hearing adjourned: SHC declines govt’s plea for release of attached amount
He requested the court to recall its May 2012 order of attaching government coffers for failing to get a stay order.
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Employee beaten by landlord’s guards, then sent to prison
The landlord, Wali Jakhrani, is reportedly a cousin of former federal minister Aijaz Jakhrani.
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Team Pakistan sweeps debating competition in Mexico
Students beat contestants from 45 other countries in a mix of prepared and impromptu motions.
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Man kills sister in court, regrets he couldn’t get his hands on her husband
Javed is a lawyer and sneaked in the weapon in his black coat.
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Political killings: JSQM chief asks DIG why they haven’t arrested the killers yet
Four men were killed in Guddu, one in Larkana while a rally was ambushed in Jacobabad.
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Rapid transit finds ‘support’ from unlikely source
Private transporters welcome govt venture to ‘taste the transport business’.
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Onto the next one: Overcrowded, rickety buses for millions in Karachi
No new buses have been added to the public transport circuit since 2003.
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Thar’s dying peacocks: Wildlife dept can’t contain Ranikhet disease
Sindh Agricultural University doctors examine peacocks and prepare a report.
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Landhi to Saddar in 30 minutes, thanks to rapid transit
All set for work to begin on 22.4-km dedicated bus track for rapid transit system.
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WHO Karachi office closed but campaign to continue: Mission head
Campaign head, however, assures activities are not suspended even though offices remain shut since attacks last month.
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Target killing: Two Rangers gunned down in Karachi
The assailants managed to escape.
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Pipeline project: Water shortage at leather company to be overcome
Dr Ishratul Ebad Khan has released Rs38.4 million to the KWSB.
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Identity theft: Campaign against ‘ghost’ employees on the cards, says Memon
The information minister added that 12,064 employees were receiving double salaries.
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64 and counting: Farmers refuse to take the bait on their fourth hunger strike
Sehto began to campaign for farmers’ rights in 2004.
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Waheeda Shah case: Sindh, federal govts at odds over PPP candidate’s fate
‘The election committee is equal to an Election Tribunal and can disqualify Shah’.
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Salary delays: ‘Unpaid’ municipal workers baton charged, tear-gassed
Police stop protesters from marching towards Governor’s House.
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Frustrated beyond words: PAC expresses dismay over health dept’s performance
The committee decides to apprise President Zardari, Governor, CM of health department’s failure to come clean.
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Police shuffle: Range Crime Cell done away with ‘for the better’
Authorities dissolve special cell to strengthen investigative policing.
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Quaidabad seminary killing case: Malir court acquits FC men charged with killing student
Victim’s family reached a compromise with the accused.
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Electoral rolls: Number of voters drops in Sindh
Provincial commissioner hopes for fair elections.
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Nurses ‘poisoning’: Christians call for inquiry
Minority MPA lambasts incident.
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Local govt is here to stay: Soomro calls Nazim system ‘badboodar’
District councils to continue functioning under control of chairperson and councilors.
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Two Rangers intelligence officials gunned down
Inspector Bahar was part of the Rangers intelligence unit and was in Banaras for intelligence purposes.
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Waheeda Shah case: ECP argues that disqualification was legal
The ECP’s counsel was presenting his arguments in response to Shah’s lawyer۔
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Karachi should bypass the flyover to be truly modern
I was convinced that ‘chaos’ in the dead space underneath the flyover should be cleaned up, beautified.
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Demonstrations: Sacked cement employees hold protest
Employees sacked by the Thatta cement factory staged a rally to pressure authorities into accepting their demands.
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Milk prices: SHC puts commissioner on notice for August 7
The bench heard the arguments and ordered its office to issue a contempt of court notice.
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Return to the basics: Farmers encouraged to use water and inorganic fertiliser with care
Experts lament that most farmers opt for inorganic fertilisers, which has the potential to harm the soil۔
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As Sindh pays for benefits of workers in K-P and Balochistan, its own workers complain
The federal govt continues to retain control over Workers Welfare Fund۔
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Thar’s dying peacocks: Wildlife department denies reports of disease spreading, says ‘show us proof’
Peacock owners in district report deaths of their pets from the Newcastle Disease.
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Transgenders take to the streets against drones
The protestors were led by Sanam Fakir, who heads a welfare trust.
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Naegleria fowleri: ‘The health dept is using KWSB as a scapegoat’
KWSB MD said that sufficient quantities of chlorine were being mixed in the water at the filtration plants.
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Coffins on wheels?: ‘APCs were not substandard, they were not the right type’
Gangsters targeted vehicles’ vulnerable spots, says police official.