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ANP suspends 2 officebearers
ANP dismisses two of its party office-bearers as part of disciplinary action.
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‘The Nucleus’ of the CSS matter
Sukkur gets first academy that provides complete courses for CSS exams.
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A ‘nouveau approach’ to a residential scheme
Construction of project is likely to start towards the end of next year.
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‘Govt should protect forests before land grabbers return’
600,000 acres of Sindh’s forestland is likely to be taken over again as soon as floodwater recedes.
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New police chief assures force working to control target killings
Leghari says some success in clamping down on target killings, a lot more needs to be done.
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Police raid NADRA centre, seize ‘fake’ tokens
Police raid NADRA centre after receiving complaints of bribery.
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Police tear-gas protest rally for Aafia near Metropole
Police resort to tear-gas shelling and aerial firing to disperse activists protesting against Dr Aafia's verdict.
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Sindh Assembly session today
Assembly will be adjourned after prayers are offered for MQM MPA Raza Haider.
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Artists vow to save culture centre
Artists, poets and writers protest district administration’s decision to give Al Mehran Culture Centre on lease.
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Senior journalist mourned
Journalist Abul Akhyar passes away on Wednesday, September 22, in Karachi.
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HRCP questions existence of jirgas
Revival of jirga justice system in Shikarpur village is “flagrant violation” of SHC ruling.
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Solution to dirty problems
Clean water and sanitation at relief camps could solve 75 per cent of health problems flood survivors are facing.
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12 injured in stampede
Flood survivors injured in stampede at registration centre set up in Sukkur.
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As funding is diverted, scientists discover the economics of belt tightening
Present and retired employees suffer from financial crunch.
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Survivor is of the fittest even if you didn’t emerge from the floods
People forget differences of religion and ethnicity as relief-bearing trucks are attacked.
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If you take a closer look at the numbers, another equation emerges
Education is only worth 1.8 per cent of our GDP.
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Dirty camps giving pink eye the green signal
Conjuctivitis creeeps into relief camps as thousands are crowded together.
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Tie-wallah gang ‘undressing’ houses in DHA, Clifton
Police on the vanishing trail of six-member gang.
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No classes at Karachi universities for 2 hours
Lecturers and professors boycott classes for two hours as they continue their protest against the govt.
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JPMC runs into trouble with audit report
Development scheme worth Rs38.9 million never got off the ground.
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2 women die as bus overturns
Two women die while six men are injured when a speeding bus overturns in SITE.
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Two girls shot dead by rival community
Two girls are killed and a man critically injured when a group of armed men opened fire near Bago Deho village.
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CM visits KESC camp in Thatta
Qaim Ali Shah visits a relief camp run by KESC in Thatta.
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‘Private medical colleges benefiting from govt admission delays’
Pakistan Medical and Dental Council “deliberately” delays entry tests to govt colleges.
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Stats show children more vulnerable to rape in Karachi
Survivors of most rape cases in Karachi are under the age of 18.
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Marking a different kind of territory
Amean J’s photography collection on Bahawalpur Zoo rekindles childhood memories but little else.
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After the floods come the waves of depression
Psychologists warn that the waves of depression will be higher when these survivors head back home.
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Betrayal, unrequited love drives man to slaughter four of a family
“First I hit her with an iron rod” says 27-year-old Iftikhar alias Badshah at the police station.
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Teacher-less day at govt-run varsities
Teachers follow decision of FAPUASA, as their colleagues in other parts of the country also stage a similar protest.
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Rangers powers extended further
The Sindh Home Department has given a three month extension to the policing powers of the Rangers Force in Karachi.
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KWSB, CBC join hands to solve water problems
KWSB agrees to give nine million gallons of water per day to the Clifton Cantonment Board.
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Provincial bureaucracy shuffled
Sindh govt issues a notification about the transfers and postings of some secretaries and DCOs.
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Police rough up 20 protesters
Flood survivors are injured when the police beats those who gather to register for Watan cards.
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CM, corps commander promise long-term relief
Govt and army will continue relief and rehabilitation activities for flood survivors after floodwater recedes: CM.
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Beware of dengue, even if the count is less this year
Around 345 dengue cases, all in the primary stages, are reported in government hospitals in Karachi and Hyderabad.
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A funeral amid anguish and high security
Funeral services of Nasir Ali are held in a tense atmosphere at the imambargah in Rizvia.
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95% of flood survivors in Sindh without a roof
About 95 per cent of flood-affected people remain without shelter in Sindh either because the areas are too remote.
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Painting a borderless home
Five artists explore their roots and memories to create visual narratives.
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CID arrests DSPs’ alleged killer
Security forces claim to have arrested a man believed to be involved in the killings of four Sindh police officials.
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Praying to become a doctor
Students give the Hafiz-e-Quran test ahead of the entry test for annual admissions in the government medical colleges.
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2 killed, 5 injured in ‘mystery’ firing
Two people are killed and five others injured in firing near the Post Office Square in Liaquatabad on Monday.
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Govt paperwork delays pay raise for labourers
Four months after government announced increase in minimum wages, workers still wait for a pay-raise.
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2 ‘Afghans’ prove Pakistani citizenship
Men suspected of being Afghan nationals ask judge to quash proceedings as they prove their Pakistani citizenship.
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Only 4% of Canadians have contributed to flood relief: MP
Visiting Member of Parliament, Jim Karygiannis appeals to Canadian government and international community to do more.
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Orders to treat missing businessman’s wife
Mrs Paracha had received a letter stating that her husband was detained at Bagram prison, Afghanistan.
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‘Good Samaritans’ from Birmingham offer help
When he receives a letter from a church in Birmingham, offering money for relief work, Dr Qureshi is touched.
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Spray-mounted vehicles trying to get rid of locusts
Agriculture and plant protection departments employ spray-mounted vehicles to get rid of the locust plague.
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Truck off
Presence of oil tankers in Karachi’s Clifton neighbourhood draws a Supreme Court judgment to relocate.
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Sindh acting chief secretary appointed
Ghulam Ali Shah Pasha is handed over the additional charge of acting chief secretary of Sindh.
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Armed men on motorcycles reappear, target 11 in 2 days
The death toll mounts to 11 in the last 24 hours.