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Basic necessities: Slum residents challenge demolition of 50-bed hospital
The petitioners claim the land had been earmarked for the sole purpose of establishing a hospital.
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Precondition for talks: Memon advises federal govt to secure Taliban truce first
Minister stresses operation in Karachi must go on despite Chaudhry Aslam’s death.
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Kick a ball, save the world: Schoolteachers change students’ lives through sports
RTP aims to guide children and boost school attendance by promoting sporting events.
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Pakistan losing 4% of economy to bad sanitation, water supplies
The govt neither adopted the National Drinking Water Policy in 2009 nor the National Climate Change Policy in 2012.
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A lesson or two to learn from South Africa
All the houses in Durban's rural areas now have tap water.
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‘Polio battle in the slums, not countryside’
Peshawar and Karachi reservoirs for the virus; WASAs need to be independent.
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If hit by disaster, Karachi would suffer more losses than region: experts
Panelists warn of grave consequences during a roundtable meeting at the South Asian Cities Conference.
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From big to bigger: To counter its exponential growth, Karachi must ‘go green’
The city’s population has grown 35 times since 1947 and its area by 16 times.
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Moving on: Sindh AG quits, cites 'personal reasons'
Khalid Javed Khan says resignation is not due to any govt pressure.
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Rationing thought: The room for reasonable doubt
Dr Pervez Hoodbhoy shared his fears of the two nuclear plants being set up in Karachi.
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South Asian Cities conference: After flyovers, BRT is the talk of the town
Urban planners dismiss massive investments in asphalt only to support another multi-billion dollar project.
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ECP extends date for withdrawing nomination for LG polls in Sindh, Punjab
Candidates can now withdraw their nomination papers by January 15.
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Eid Miladun Nabi: Jan 13 and 14 declared public holidays in Sindh
A notification was also issued in this regard.
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Pumps reopen as CNG Association ends strike
Petroleum Minister says old schedule for CNG load shedding will be restored.
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Recovering dues: Minister says CSF is a bad arrangement
Blames ‘pseudo -intellectuals’ for ever-depreciating value of rupee.
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Death by bullet: Spare a thought for our unprotected cops
With 9 policemen killed in Karachi in first 9 days of 2014, it is time that their protective gear be taken seriously?
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Chaudhry Aslam: A legend in his lifetime
Aslam became the reason I joined the force, he represented the ability of police to do good, to help the helpless.
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Attack on Chaudhry Aslam: ‘Suicide bomber’ identified as Imam’s son
Slain cop laid to rest amid tight security; police suspect insider’s involvement.
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Korea ready to give Karachi ‘Gangnam Style’
Few people are aware of how Gangnam - a chunk of farmland in Korea – was behind a new way of urbanisation for Seoul.
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With more people moving to cities, the media has work to do
Ayesha Tammy Haq said that in Pakistan, the media has gone through expansion and is enjoying a tremendous power.
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Fighting the disease: ‘Polio campaign fails due to security and politics’
Naaz said no polio case was reported in Karachi in 2012 and city was considered polio-free.
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Karachi’s worries: Urbanised but mismanaged
Urban planner Parvez Latif Qureshi said population growth in the city was synonymous with a nightmare.
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In court: SHC orders action against cops involved in ‘illegal detention’
The provincial home secretary, police chief were cited as respondents.
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Operation continues: Three suspected TTP men killed in Mauripur encounter
ANP leader injured from hand grenade hurled at house.
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Indefinite protest: Transporters go on strike against CNG load-shedding
Protesters claim SSGC violated agreement and changed schedule.
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Temporary post: Sindh government appoints new prosecutor general
Shahadat Awan held the post until September, he was asked to take back his resignation.
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A nasty, brutish and short life in a Hobbesian Karachi
"Karachi is going back to tribalism," says Dr Irsan.
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‘Treat small cities like the big deal they can be’
Two of the biggest problems are the low rate of savings and the lack of documentation in tax collection.
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‘As soon as you think you have all the answers, the questions have changed’
Policymakers and developers - which may include govt, semi-govt and private organisations - can be a despotic lot.
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Small is big now: Why Sukkur is way cooler than Karachi
Consultants, ADB envision residential complexes in Larkana, twin cities of Sukkur-Rohri.
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Chaudhry Aslam’s guard died thinking of a name for his five-day-old son
The personal guard of the city’s protector, Khan, 36 remained his superior’s shadow.
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Urban problems: ‘With elasticity of space, let cities find their own solutions’
Squatters make an economy too, which is why urban planners need to help soften social thresholds.
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Attack on Chaudhry Aslam is revenge for Karachi operation: CM
CM felt that the police morale was high and hoped that this kind of attack will not demoralise them.
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Cat-and-mouse game of internet censorship continues in Pakistan
Government policies on censorship are arbitrary, futile: panelists on Pakistan's internet landscape.
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Police kill three suspected militants in Karachi during alleged encounter
Three suspected TTP members were shot dead in Mauripur.
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Eid Miladun Nabi: Pillion riding banned in parts of Sindh
The ban has been imposed till Jan 15.
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Police mobile attacked in Karachi
Two police officers injured, one culprit killed in attack.
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The inside man: ‘In the police department, truth is stranger than fiction’
Omar Shahid Hamid’s ‘The Prisoner’ brings the police department to the limelight.
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Brotherly ties: The city of lights now has a twin sister in Yemen
Agreement signed between Aden and Karachi aims to improve trade.
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Fighting it out: Courtroom turns into battlefield over delays in proceedings
The litigants accuse each other of deliberately delaying the case.
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Arshad Pappu case: Verdict deferred as judge refuses to hear bail plea
Baloch is facing charges of abducting and murdering Pappu, his brother Arafat, aide Shera, on March 16 in Karachi.
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About 200kg of explosives used in suicide attack on Chaudhry Aslam
A resolution was also passed in the Senate for recognition of Aslam's services.
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Targeted: One policeman, many honorifics
Aslam captured or killed many leaders of the banned LeJ, TTP and SSP to name a few.
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Thorn in criminals’ side: Huge explosion kills Karachi’s daredevil cop
Tributes pour in for Chaudhry Aslam Khan; police vow to continue his fight against terrorism.
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Defending the law: Universities’ association to help defend the act
Sindh University VC files petition challenging it.
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Kidnapping: Two children of Christian family go missing
Residents took to the streets to protest the police’s indifferent attitude.
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Falling standards of education: Nearly 500 students with A-1 grade flunk KU entrance test
Educationist blame teachers for not making students learn beyond the classroom.
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Delivering child’s right: 51,000 children in Sindh get education with play
Right To Play shared its output of two-year long project with educationists in a seminar.
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The legal battle of Chaudhry Aslam
He was on the frontline in a long legal battle in which his colleagues strove to defend their out-of-turn promotions.
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‘Chaudhry sahib was baba-e-police’
“Do write them as shaheeds [martyrs],” shouted one young policeman.