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Karachi situation: Two people killed in target killings, four criminals arrested
Alleged target killer also arrested during raid by Rangers in Orangi Town.
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Dead whale washes ashore Karachi beach
The whale weighs several tonnes and is 25-feet-long.
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Failed govts should step down: Sharif
Sharif says govt has failed to help flood-stricken people this year just like it did last year.
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Catering to local needs: Technical college begins classes in Daharki
City has been industrial hub since the 1950s.
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[Dis]enfranchised : Marwat alleges political party registering bogus voters
Forms are being filled through sector and not government offices, he claims.
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Erasing steps: Thousands of CDGK employees may be demoted
DCO cancels all decisions made by the council.
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IOM’s Shelter Cluster also asking for aid
The International Organisation for Migration has appealed to international donors.
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Inquiry committee set up for suspended EDO
Financial irregularities worth Rs700 million unearthed, say sources.
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Aftermath: Flood brings mud-filled water into Sukkur’s system
The water supply is cleaned with alum and bleach.
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Civics 101: How government works and what to do when it doesn’t
All it took to end a protest near Matiari was a little help.
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Man who beheaded victims remanded for two weeks
Badruddin confessed to killing three men, remains of whom were found in Pakistan Bazar and Orangi Town police limits.
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Neighbourhood destroyed: ‘We thought living next to a police officer would mean we were safer’
Windows, doors smashed and walls, electrical appliances damaged beyond repair for half a block.
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Regular supply of food, drinking water is highest priority: Zardari
President directs officials to supervise and coordinate relief work in affected districts.
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Washington International School loses teacher and student
Mumtaz and her son where on their way to school when the attack took place meters away from the institution.
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Minor dies as waterborne diseases spread across Sindh
Six to eight feet of the Latifabad subway is submerged; fumigation drive has not yet been initiated.
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Twitter Alert: Fear & loathing over DHA blast
Blast occurred outside house of Senior Superintendent of Police Crime Investigation Department Chaudhry Aslam.
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Altaf apologises for statements against ANP chief
Altaf says he has no evidence to support earlier allegation that ANP had taken money from US in 2008...
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Water Woes - Part VI: As Karachi expands, water shortfall and leaks grow
KWSB officials busy misappropriating funds, management authority fails to tackle sewage water problem.
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Ghotki rallies for peace and an end to tribal feuds
The dispute between the Solangi and Kosh tribes has claimed nearly 100 lives.
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Vegetable rates: Prices up by 100%, supply down by 50%
A vegetable vendor says that the rains have caused huge losses to agriculture.
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Thousands marooned in Tando Allah Yar district
Villagers need help for their families who had escaped by sitting on their roofs.
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Flood victims sell possessions, beg
The Junejo’s accept the fact that they must fend for themselves.
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The overlooked meningococcal meningitis kills 137 people every day
The disease can cause people to develop complications.
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Rhyming hope: Of gunpowder, bombs, bloodshed and poetry
Pushto poetry too bears the mark of tough times the people face in the country.
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Inter-provincial ties: Punjab Governor calls on Ebad, Wassan
Khosa lauded the efforts of the home minister for his dynamic role in curbing terrorism.
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Govt more interested in collecting political points than aid, say flood victims
Residents claim that neither the government nor their MNAs helped them.
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One of city’s 10 headless horsemen off the street
Target killer who tortured, dismembered and beheaded victims caught; torture cell discovered.
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Thousands trapped in flood-hit Sindh
Thousands of flood victims living under open skies on hills and along highways.
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True story: From platelets to papaya leaves, my brush with dengue
What exactly happens when you get the virus?
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Health Alert: 3 more polio cases in Sindh
A polio drive will begin in Karachi on Sept 19, a week later in rest of Sindh.
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Remand: Two suspects sent to jail till Sept 20
The men were presented before the judicial magistrate (East) for possessing illegal weapons from PECHS.
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Saved At Last: Four rescued from Khairpur
Relatives of kidnapped men said they paid ransom to the kidnappers for their release, though Police fought kidnappers.
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Court case: SHO ordered to file FIR against KESC
The judge told the SHO to record Bashir’s statement under section 154 of the penal code.
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Operation Clean-Up: ‘Police needs to be purged of corrupt officials’
People hesitate to point out criminals and they don’t trust the police any more says Shahi Syed.
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Preventable Loss: Mirpur Mathelo short of necessary medicines
A father of five lost two of his children to gastroenteritis because he could not find glucose bottles and medicines.
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License to protect: JSQM chairman gets bail in arms case, party workers baton charged in Hyderabad
Bashir Qureshi argues he needs weapons as there is a conspiracy to kill him.
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Govt has provided reasonably well, but ability to respond not enough: UN coordinator
2010 floods taught Pakistan the lesson of repositioning relief stocks.
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In Umarkot, women say count the herds, not just the hectares
Special diet rations for the dying livestock could help save lives, and not just those of the animals.
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Post-devolution emergency: Investigation report into deaths at JPMC submitted
Even now, the hospital says it doesn’t have credit to buy diesel.
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Sindh High Court CJ's nephew kidnapped from Karachi
Justice Mushir Alam's nephew abducted from Gulshan-e-Iqbal area of Karachi.
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Flood warning for Badin lifted, victims still waiting for relief
Many areas still flooded, PDMA says more than 64,000 affected in Hyderabad alone.
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Sindh floods: UN launches international appeal
UN official says VIP movement hampering relief work.
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Results: BIEK releases mark sheets
The colleges can collect the mark sheets on September 17 from room 16 of the BIEK pre-engineering section.
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Taking responsibility: EDO municipal services suspended for ‘negligence’
The EDO was served with a charge sheet, which called the department ‘careless’ and ‘inefficient’.
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Army rescues 58,000 in flood-stricken areas
Mobile medical units have been created in boats which continue to provide medical aid around the clock.
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Rangers’ operation: Dozens rounded up in raid at Mowach Goth
Searched every house in the area and rounded up dozens of suspects.
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Preventing collapses: After the monsoons, old city buildings under scrutiny
Electricity poles and billboards also being checked across the city.
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Taking advantage: ‘Illegal canal breaches damaging infrastructure’
Conviction can lead to imprisonment for two years and a fine of Rs5,000.
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Cash injection: New, higher salaries for doctors on Oct 1
If a doctor is killed while at work, the government will pay his/her family Rs2m.
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Pressing concern: Aid needed to stem looming health crisis says Oxfam
Clean water and sanitation number one priority.