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Satiyan jo Asthan: Ailing women flock to Rohri’s Seven Sisters
Visitors believe that praying at the site heals many illnesses.
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Dastaar Bandi : New Jamote chief takes on tribe’s responsibilities
Pir Saheb Pagaro performed his father’s ceremony as well.
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Travel festival : Pakistan’s a great place, say Indonesian children
Festival kicks off with culture show.
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Year-end results : Small school in Mithi has big aspirations
The South City School holds its annual result announcement ceremony.
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Our city’s katchi abadis only sprung up after partition
Experts and Karachi residents mull over rapid urbanisation.
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Celebrations go ‘green’
Budding entrepreneurs show off inventions to resolve energy issues.
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Baloch Leva dancers save the day
Despite some glitches, the event attracted people from all over the city.
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Board examinations : Didn’t get your admit card? Here’s your chance
Governor allows left out students to sit supplementaries.
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Passover : Palm Sunday celebrated in city’s churches
Palm Sunday is followed by Holy Week that leads up to Good Friday.
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Attacking the defenders : 2 policemen gunned down
Former SHO was shot dead in his family quarters in the New Karachi police lines.
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Desperately seeking Faiz
There were no boards or volunteers to guide visitors to the main grounds; Faiz was found only on banners and posters.
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Karachi violence: Six more killed overnight
Six more killed in various parts of Karachi.
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Petition: Sweeper, chowkidar win jobs back
Their employment offers were rescinded in 2008 when the new government was elected.
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Operation In Hub: CPLC, AVCC track down kidnapped brothers
Abdul Uzair and Zubair were kidnapped from Mubarak Village on April 10.
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Student clashes: Dispute over music turns ugly
Scuffle broke out when a member of IJT tried to stop a fellow student of JSSF from playing songs on his mobile phone.
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Appeal: ‘Delay secondary school exams for a few days’
4,000 remaining students can be accommodated, if governor permits.
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At top art school, debate on imitation versus inspiration rages after teachers exhibit work
Six of 21 chairs at an Indus Valley school exhibition were said to be ‘exact copies’ of previous designs.
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Crumbling heritage: The Talpur tombs hold quiet histories long forgotten
Culture minister says it will take time to cater to all the heritage sites.
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Drive-by shootings: 10 more bodies pile up
I think we will control the situation, says chief minister.
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Katchis and Gujrati Memons: Con ‘census’ among the forgotten
Don’t leave us out say people who were some of the first ‘settlers’.
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Illegal activity: FIA detectives uncover massive property scam
Agency’s director alleges that govt officials are involved.
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Number crunching: Sindh census chief’s house left uncounted
People say their houses were not numbered despite claims of census being completed.
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KESC announces to reduce loadshedding to 3 hours
Decision made after an agreement between PSO and KESC on the supply of furnace oil.
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PPP, MQM agree to take action against extortionists, target killers
Parties agree to take indiscriminate action above all political affiliations.
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Murder: Policeman killed outside minister’s house
Police says the victim, Zulfiqar Baghiyo, was killed as a result of personal enmity.
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Travel : Administrator approves 100% increase in toll tax
Fee structure was not revised since 2004.
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Flood rehabilitation : Church helps children from Sukkur slums read and write
Medical teams also visit every week.
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Bureaucracy vs the govt : MPA Talpur and DCO Umerkot slug it out
Kunri shuts down, FIR lodged, privilege motion moved.
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Court petition: KPT legal assistant asks for promotion
KPT ignored orders from Prime Minister's Secretariat and interviewed new applicants for the post.
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Census : Don’t count us down, say nationalist parties
They fear the count in rural Sindh is deliberately being tampered with.
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Petition: Woman accuses police of land grabbing bid
Police filed FIR against the victim's family upon resistance and detained Muhammad Anwar and Ali Kapri.
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Jashan-e-Faiz : Big 100th birthday celebrations planned
Performances by leading artists and interactive sessions to take place.
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2 ‘ANP workers’ shot dead, 3 others killed
Police say killings are a deliberate attempt to stoke ethnic tensions.
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PML-F rejects the census : Staff needs police in some areas: Opposition
Political party workers making house lists at their offices and then handing them over to the census staff: Opposition
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Chaos at Clifton : Shopkeepers pelt cars with stones in protest
Police baton-charge, tear gas protesters.
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Reni Canal Project : In major scam, people dupe government into buying its own land
FIA starts examining backdated ownership papers for at least 5,000 acres.
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Seventh polio case detected in Sindh
The victim contracted the disease after having received seven courses of polio drops.
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Gross irregularities in census: Taj Haider
Massive irregularities in house-count phase of national census in Karachi, says Head, Census Monitoring Committee.
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Bone marrow transplant : 49.7% Pakistan patients can’t find a donor
Scarcity of SLA identical sibling donors exists around the world.
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Local government: NGO goes to court over delayed polls
Provincial government must hold elections as soon as an elected representative’s tenure finishes.
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Ready, set, off : Rolling blackouts for up to nine hours in Karachi
Sukkur residents complain of long, unscheduled outages.
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Water contamination : Dirty water in Tharparkar causing deformities, other illnesses: experts
NGOs working to dig deeper for water but lack money.
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Jail operation aftermath : Transfer of UTPs from Hyderabad jail still pending, court unhappy
SHC circuit bench requests details on Darul Amans in major cities.
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Karachi’s worst problems take students to Los Angeles
Intel-sponsored fair attracts thousands of students from across the world.
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Target killings, extortion: ‘Witness protection bill to be tabled soon’
Information minister asks people to come forward and testify against criminals.
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In a reversal of fortune, home department grilled on too much spending, too few receipts
MQM’s MPA skewers officials in Zulfiqar Mirza’s absence.
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National security: Centre wants companies to block stolen phone SIMs
Service providers asked to enhance their security features in order to monitor any possible misuse of mobile phones.
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AKU lecture series: Humanitarian calls for a ‘bloody revolution’
Edhi says govt should complete its term but a revolution is needed.
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Security guard, 3 more walk away with Rs9m
Bank employees were locked inside a room during the two-hour heist.
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Operation against extortionists, target killers to begin
Rehman Malik met with CM Sindh and Sindh ANP president to discuss the issue before reaching decision.