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16 districts don’t have public libraries
Sindh govt planned to build libraries in all districts two years ago.
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‘My hands and feet turned black, my hair fell out’
Pink ribbons and Facebook campaigns belie the ugly face of breast cancer.
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‘Privatisation plan abandoned’
SHC adjourns case, OGDCL says policy changes in the making.
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Judge admits policeman’s appeal
Court agrees to take up appeal in long-running Murtaza Bhutto case after men from both sides were recently acquitted.
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150,000 trees to be planted in Sindh
Nature clubs will also be set up at primary and secondary schools.
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2 alleged militants arrested with a would-be ‘bomber’
CID found a 16-year-old boy who was being trained to carry out suicide attacks.
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Militant in-training recounts his ordeal
"They convinced me to go to Waziristan. They warned me about talking to anybody, saying they would cut my throat."
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Two TTP members arrested in Karachi
Police believe that the suspects may have been involved in the Abdullah Shah Ghazi shrine bombing.
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Ghotki engineers’ protest continues
Protest and token hunger strike by the Ghotki Engineers and Graduates Association enters its sixth day.
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Two starve to death in Dadu relief camp
Situation in other relief camps around the city is also looking bleak, survivors have reported.
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Wherefore Art thou? Seven KSA grads resurface
“Resurface” is a visual exploration of ideas of 7 individuals who studied art at Karachi School of Art in the 1990s.
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Strong prayers for safe arrivals on Dadu’s flimsy boats
Down-and-out farmers earn up to Rs6,000 as boatmen.
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Programme draft prepared
Sindh home department drafts witness protection programme following directives of Zulfiqar Mirza.
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14 couples take 7 ‘pherey’ at Satram Das anniversary fair
Wedding ceremonies add to colourful mix of festivities that mark the 144th birth anniversary of Sant Satram Das.
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Swimming in troubled waters
Karachi club comes first, KGS second and Habib Public third.
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MQM never asked for operation against 1 area or 1 people
Lyari Peace Committee holds rally in memory of Baloch victims.
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Men in black in the city
FBI team to train Sindh police in counterterrorism.
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Disability activist gunned down with toddler in his arms
Jaffar Shah was shot on Friday, forum members held a protest on Saturday.
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Breast cancer: Catch it before it gets you
According to a survey conducted by PRC, Pakistan has the highest rate of breast cancer from all Asian countries.
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Operation inevitable: CM Shah
Sindh CM reiterates govt is determined to launch operation to stem rising tide of targeted killings in Karachi.
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When a bomber is not a bomber
Fiasco: govt mistakenly identifies two living individuals as the suicide bombers in Karachi shrine attack.
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Karachi violence continues
Outburst of violence claims four more lives in Karachi - Landhi, Eid Gah, Teen Hati, Gulshan-e-Iqbal affected.
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Tori dyke breach saved Sindh: Khursheed Shah
Labour and Manpower Minister says breach in Tori Bund helped save vast tracts of land in Sindh.
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Inflation hits college admission forms
Students applying to government colleges for Intermediate admissions are being forced to pay more and more on forms.
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Jail manual to be implemented, says Mirza
Database of complete computerised records of jail visitors must be maintained, says Mirza.
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Rs20m to build Bedil Bekus auditorium and library
Federal Minister for Labour announces grant at the 142nd urs celebrations of Fakir Qadir Bux Bedil Bekus in Rohri.
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For a ‘taller, stronger and sharper’ youth
Idea behind WizKids Interschool Fiesta is to judge students not by their grades or sports but by creative ways.
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Persona Granta
Granta launches its autumn 2010 issue dedicated to Pakistan.
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Boards too poor to waive tuition fee for flood survivors
Tuition fees for flood survivors will not be waived, all seven educational boards of Sindh say unanimously.
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What’s black and white and cute all over?
A baby zebra born at the Safari Park causes amazement as zebras never give birth in artificial environments.
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Sindh seeks oil and gas field transfers from Centre
After Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Sindh is also seeking transfer of all its oil and gas fields from the federal government.
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Lyari’s Baba Ladla held?
There are rumours that the Lyrai gangster for whom the govt was offering Rs1 million has been arrested by police.
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Why are PPP governments violent for Karachi?
The only other time violence was this high was in 1995 during Benazir Bhutto’s second tenure.
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Media watch: Solving Karachi's problems
The media, looking at the recent violence in Karachi, tries to identify the causes and look for solutions.
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Warrant issued against former judge, banker
Provincial anti-corruption court judge Rashida Asad issued the non-bailable warrants (NBW) of arrest.
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The wheels on the bus go nowhere
School, bus for special children in Sukkur broken and run down.
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SHC stays encroachment on Malir river bed
The petitioner maintained that the land mafia claims to have the patronage of a political lobby.
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Hearing of petition against Tori Bund Commission adjourned
SHC directs provincial law officer to submit commission report at next hearing.
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A 2-million-rupee question
Police, criminals fight over who killed dacoit Ghulam Qadir.
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8 breaches yet to be repaired
Indus River Commission has approved a Rs200m plan to move earthwork on dykes.
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Hearing of suits by Dewan group adjourned till Tues
Cases were filed after 18th amedment charges.
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Rumours help NGO locate toddler after a month
NGO Roshni Helpline preparing database of missing children from camps.
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NADRA to step up registration process, urges Sindh chief secretary
Ghulam Ali Shah Pasha urges NADRA to upload records so that the survivors can be issued Watan cards.
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Joint investigation team set up
Team set up to interrogate the suspects arrested on alleged charges of the recent target killings.
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Extortion rackets squeezing the trigger in target killings
Five of the 13 Shershah victims were related to the representative of the market union who refused to pay up.
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Political reconciliation to continue: Malik
Malik says anyone found involved in criminal activities would be punished irrespective of political affiliation.
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Sadhu Bela too sandy for visitors
Boundary wall and floor of temple were damaged in the floods and are yet to be repaired.
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‘Crime rate in cities likely to go up’
RPO Sukkur believes criminals, disguised as flood survivors, have entered major cities.
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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.