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Kesc’s labour pains: PM chairs special meeting
Ministers including Naveed Qamar, Farooq Sattar, Hafeez Sheikh, Rehman Malik attend meeting along with NEPRA chief.
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Budget 2012: Sindh mixes populist pandering with institutional reform
Police stations to be given their own budgets; health gets 40% more than last year.
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Budget 2011-12: No new taxes added for Sindh
The provincial budget 2011-12 for Sindh was presented with an outlay of Rs457.5 billion.
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Cyclone not moving towards Pakistan: Met Office
The cyclone is currently at a distance of 650 kilometres off the coast of Karachi.
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Cyclone gains strength: Medium-intensity rain likely on Saturday
‘There was no movement in the weather system on Thursday, but it gained strength’.
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Square one: Outcast workers take sit-in back to KESC
Utility says they are in contempt of court.
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Provincial uplift: Sindh development plan of Rs111b is ‘not too bad’
Rs90b will be spent on 37 sectors, the remaining saved for a rainy day.
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Delayed and denied: Judiciary wrangles with bureaucracy over better pay
The judiciary estimates budget needs to go up 15% each year.
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Links to Pearl case?: Saud Memon’s brother picked up
Wife says he’s been missing since April 22.
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Campus violence: Sindh varsity, political parties agree on code
Debate kicked off after a student’s murder allegedly by political activists.
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After devolution: Education likely to receive Rs82b in budget
Curriculum, Islamic education transferred to the province.
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Vintage ‘Silver Ghost’ still a testament to timelessness as loving restorer testifies
Jinnah rode in the car when he became the first governor general of Pakistan.
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Infrastructure funds: In the new Karachi budget plan, development suffers
Raise in salaries leads to an indirect drop in funds for development plans.
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After lengthy debate, law officer hits on crux — a failure to follow procedure
Officials, law officers pass the buck and court asks if money was allocated or not.
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Women’s Rights: Police intervention saves woman’s life
Police saved a woman from her husband who tried to kill her after accusing her of karo-kari.
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Safety Measures: ‘176 buildings must be evacuated before cyclone hits’
SBCA declares emergency in the department and all technical staff under 18 towns will be available around the clock.
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Sindh Assembly proceedings: MPAs raise outcry over Rangers killing of young man
Fisheries minister says 90 per cent chances of a cyclone.
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Rangers shooting: Mother blames Rehman Malik
Mother of deceased 19-year-old shot by Rangers blames the interior minister for her son’s brutal murder.
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Rangers shooting: Youth was unarmed when shot
New footage shows man taking Sarfaraz Shah to Rangers vehicle parked inside Benazir Bhutto Park.
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Riots in Orangi after ‘ANP man’ shot dead
Police believe the victim was killed due to personal enmity, not ethnicity.
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Funny business: Oxfam investigates local partners
Investigation being carried out against some national NGOs after financial irregularities kept cropping up in audits.
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Alleged terrorist: ‘Sectarian killer’ remanded for two days
Sectarian killer sent to prison after a medical certificate attested that his treatment was complete.
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Misconceptions: ‘You’re not possessed, you’re epileptic’
Naming epileptics from history, experts say most patients not aware of their disorder.
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Unnamed tropical cyclone headed to Karachi
Rain expected Friday, cycline in next 24 hours, says Met office.
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A rock and a hard place: KESC blames PSO, SSGC as residents wilt in the heat
The blackout was widely discussed as text messages circulated.
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Creative criminals: They may be behind bars, but their creativity knows no bounds
Criminals-cum-artists from Karachi Central Jail display their work in a two-day exhibit.
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When every paisa counts, the post office takes its pound of flesh
The delivery mechanism for this landmark social welfare project needs to be fixed, say experts.
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Target Killing: DIG Sanaullah Abbasi to head lawyer’s murder inquiry
DIG directed to submit report within two weeks.
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‘Father tries to sell daughter for Rs375,000’
Father tried to sell his ten-year old daughter to a married man for a handsome sum.
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Sindh Assembly session: MPAs agree to set up Thar Coal and Energy Board
CM empowered to appoint any person in Zulfikarabad Development Authority.
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Six people killed across Karachi in target killings
'Incidents of violence are inevitable in a big city like Karachi': Rehman Malik
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Cyclone could hit coastal areas in 48 hours
Authorities have prohibited people from visiting beaches and police has been deployed along the coastal areas.
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Tertiary education: MBBS second year results announced
Karachi Universisty announced results of MBBS second professional annual examination.
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No leads: Missing men had remittances work in common
Investigators say no ransom call has been made a week on.
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Forced evacuation: Rs700m in compensation for evicted Katcha Bunder residents
Senator Islamuddin Shaikh discusses compensation plans.
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From expensive bullets to walks, lawmakers suggest deweaponisation of Sindh
Engineers of Guddu and Sukkur barrages still working despite Tori Bund report: MPA.
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NAB official ‘grabs’ wife, daughter’s fruit farm
Atta Muhammad Qureshi accused of occupying 113 acres in Thatta.
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Hyderabad sessions court: Australian mother wins custody battle
Tahira said she tried to convince Khan to release the children for a month but failed.
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Attack on defunct PAC president: FIR lodged against Bilawal House security chief
Police find no evidence of hand grenades used in the attack.
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Post-flood assessment: To a foreign eye, the govt is invisible in local villages
A German journalist is shocked at the absence of the state in flood-hit villages.
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Next health budget: Not out with the old, rather getting the money in for them
Health budget likely to focus on finishing ongoing projects.
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Devolution in name only: Sindh demands right to collect GST on services
Finance Bill gives Centre the right to collect GST on services.
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Tropical cyclone likely to hit Sindh, Balochistan
According to MET the low pressure area in the Eastern Arabian Sea is likely to intensify into a Depression.
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Taking a stand: APP for unity of left wing parties to fight extremism
Demands an end to target killing in Karachi and Balochistan.
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Karachi violence: 12 injured in attack on ex-PAC chief
Baloch was returning from a political rally when he was attacked.
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Hospital waste disposal: Lawyer asks SHC to review case
35 metric tons dumped each day.
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Infrastructure tax challenged in court
Petitioners told to follow interim order of identical petition.
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Retired colonel’s murder: Police search for motive behind killing
Family busy with funeral, have yet to lodge FIR.
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Declining lifestyles: Children at high risk of gastro illnesses
Pediatricians and health experts speak at health clinic in Surjani Town.
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Those who know, and some who don’t, campaign for environment protection
Jamshed Town organises walk, but some participants are faintly aware of environmental issues.