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City’s biggest cattle market looking quite small
Karachi’s biggest cattle market has opened for business ahead of Eid-ul Azha but so far traders are glum.
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MLO indicted in JPMC rape case
MLO charged with raping trainee nurse pleads not guilty, formally charged on Thursday.
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Hearing of transfer application adjourned
Former police official accused of torturing Zardari in custody in 1999, asks court to transfer his case.
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‘Water, sanitation needed for well-being’
Facilities are necessary to reduce number of diseases and deaths, increase economic benefits and protect environment.
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Bang, bang, he came back to town
Aamir Habib, with this series of installation pieces strongly marks a reemergence on the art scene.
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NAPA’s Saima Zakir holds up an otherwise lukewarm evening
Sur, taal, guitar and sitar came together in perfect harmony at the eighth annual musical tribute to Daniel Pearl.
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Brainy students awarded for excellence
Awards were handed out to students for excelling in O' and A' level exams and and university exams.
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Rehabilitation now our biggest challenge: Taj Haider
Sindh government has spent Rs300m on flood survivors in Karachi.
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Escape from the hard life
12 children plan to run from Edhi Centre, only three succeed.
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Media watch: Is there a solution to the Karachi killings?
Media analyses the government's decision to not call in the army to control the situation in Karachi.
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Star doctor takes school to court over failed exam
Doctor alleges exam was deliberately prepared from material not in the syllabus in order to fail her.
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How survivors are putting Watan card money to good use
Flood survivors discuss their plans for the Rs20,000 compensation.
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CM team rejects claims of corruption
CM had directed the CMIT to look into the allegations of irregularities and corruption in Watan Card distribution.
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5 Awami Tehreek activists granted bail
Petitioners counsel contended that the 1991 cases were registered with mala fide intent.
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Violence in Karachi delays BISP survey launch
Programme to identify more beneficiaries postponed for indefinite period due to situation in Karachi.
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SHC issues notice in shady licence deal
SHC issues notices to federal health secretary and local pharmaceutical company in the case of illegal import of drugs
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11 UCs in Jacobabad struck off beneficiary list
Around 20,000 people deprived of monetary compensation, govt says Jacobabad city not directly affected by the flood.
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Abortion is not a good method of ‘contraception’
Almost 200,000 women a year (one every three minutes) are treated in hospitals for abortion-related complications.
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Shocked and shut down
Target killings in Karachi lead to shutting down of commercial activity for a day of mourning.
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Search operations to be conducted in Karachi
Search operations are being launched in sensitive areas of the city with the CID, SIU and AVCC assisting.
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'Expose the target killers'
Sattar says eyewitness, media accounts have been gathered and the govt must arrest those behind target...
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Media watch: Perpetual violence in Karachi
Media looks at steps that were taken and that should be taken in the wake of the recent violence.
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Partial close down in Karachi as target killings continue
Chairman of Transport Association announces complete strike of public transportation as he foresees more violence.
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Four men rescued from kidnappers
Suspected kidnappers flee from the car after being flagged by police and rangers, four men recovered.
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Business forum rejects tariff increase
Chamber of Commerce expresses anxiety over proposed five per cent increase in gas tariffs.
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SHO called to explain illegal construction
SHC summons Gulistan-e-Jauhar SHO, asks to explain why construction was going on in a graveyard in the area.
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Paperwork delays Saturday off decision
Decisions by provincial education ministry's steering committee still pending.
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50 people go to JPMC every week with bone trouble
Osteoporosis prevails among children below 7, people above the age of 50.
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Divers find drowned woman’s body
Divers from Pakistan Navy join other divers to look for bodies of two women who drowned in Nara Canal.
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Museum moves aside to let new history be made
For the first time since it opened, the Mohatta Palace Museum will host contemporary art in 35-artist show.
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For the dirt poor, nothing can keep away good clean fun
Skirting the poverty line, residents of Safoora Goth find plenty of things to keep themselves entertained in the camp.
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Hit: Hell breaks loose in Shershah market
Shershah market shops were calling it a day when the assailants attacked.
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There is a limit to tolerance: Altaf
MQM chief says a conspiracy has been hatched to sabotage peace and by-elections in Karachi.
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Breach causes flooding of 2 villages near Mehar
The two villages flooded are Mehboob Chandio and Ali Sher Magsi.
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On again, off again with the ban on double-sawari riding
Ban on pillion riding was lifted and clamped down again.
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Eight peopled charged for holding jirga
Police register case against people for involvement in holding a jirga that ordered a seven-year-old girl’s marriage.
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Chinese want to divert floodwater to arid land
Delegation from China Institute of Water and Hydro Power Research chalks out a strategy to deal with floods in Sindh.
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Questioning the creation of man
Three artists explore what they believe to be of importance when examining the “Architecture of the Self”.
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Defence aide to settle commercialisation dispute
SHC directs secretary of defence to decide problem of commercialising bungalows along the Gizri flyover.
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Arrested target killers to be produced before the people
Rehman Malik says the govt will make public those who claim to belong to any political party after they are arrested.
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Three years on...
The site for a monument in remembrance of those who were killed in the attack was lit up with small oil lamps.
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Media watch: Karachi violence
Media recount and analyse the events over the weekend which resulted in the killing more than 30 people.
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Finding peace in Latif’s music
The music of the Lower Indus Valley is mesmerising and there’s no better place than the shrine of Shah Abdul Latif.
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Women turn up in their Sunday best for polling day
Security workers only deter registered voters who moved away because of violence.
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Back to school... almost
Children at The Citizens Foundation schools go back but with plenty of bad memories of the water.
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1,2000 students try out for 1,400 seats at medical colleges
Entrance exam to six colleges take place across the province.
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Shahrae Faisal portion closed 5pm to 2am
Shahrae Faisal portion to be temporarily closed Tuesday to commemorate victims of twin Karsaz bomb blasts.
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St Patricks High School spends a night remembering its legends
Event honours 30 teachers who taught at the school for up to 25 or 50 years, as well as other members of the staff.
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Ghutka and niswaar not the only symbols
Piano-key dental displays of stained teeth set apart presiding officers at the MQM and ANP-dominated areas in Orangi.
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Out of sight and soon out of mind
Shanker Anand Bharti Temple loses hold on Hindus as they aren't safe worshipping there.