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Shaikh Khalifa pulls more candidates this year
Over 2,000 candidates will take the entry test for 100 MBBS seats in SKZMDC.
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SSUET plans IT park for the city
Keeping in view the importance of IT, Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology decides to open an IT park.
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The timeless Clock Tower of Sukkur
Once upon a time, the sounds of the tower’s bells resounded throughout the city especially at night.
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The young guns of Defence and Clifton
“There is booze, drugs, girls and a whole lot of bharam baazi [showing off],” says L, who used to belong to a...
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Canal breaches help drain Manchhar
Breaches in canal distributaries are helping reduce water level, draining flood water at a faster pace.
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Another 250 IDPs head back home
Irfan and Sumbal head back with a ceiling fan, hoping a day will come when they will be able to use it.
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Being special means nothing can stop them
“I know I’ll do better than my friend Iqra in swimming. I swim like a fish!” says Umaima.
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Let’s talk about...
Use of modern contraceptives has increased over the past few years in the country’s urban centres.
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City loses yet another doctor
A doctor is shot dead in Orangi Town, the ninth member of the medical fraternity to fall prey to target killings.
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Son takes a ‘hit’ out on estranged father
Zakariya’s son Fareed Qureshi has been arrested in murder of his father.
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30 men arrested for crime of 3
Ghotki police arrest 30 suspects following the attack on an ASI of Bello Mirpur police station.
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JPMC board to probe chairman’s health
FIA says the 4 men accused in the K&KI case have fallen ill several times over the last 2 years.
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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.

















































