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Improperly framed FIR backfires
How did the owners of Ali Enterprise get away with clean chits after their inspections under the Factories Act?
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Unpaid Sukkur employees see light at the end of the tunnel
The chief minister has approved Rs40m for the Sukkur administration.
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After answering judges’ questions, IGP called by lawmakers to explain city’s violence
Both treasury and opposition members hail the move, agree to an in-camera briefing.
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Seeking redemption: Baldia owners offer groceries in exchange for loyalty
Owners’ lawyer insists they have been providing rations since day one.
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No honeymoon for these newlyweds, only trips to court
SHC directed officials to launch an awareness campaign but nothing has been done so far.
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Court declares Shahrukh Jatoi over 19, sends him to jail
Mystery of Shahrukh Jatoi's age solved, will be sent to Central Jail in Karachi.
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Baldia factory fire: SHC grants bail to all accused
Factory owners Arshad Bhaila and Shahid Bhaila will have to submit surety bonds worth Rs1 million.
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Unabated killings: Karachi’s violent wave claims 9 more lives
Twenty others injured in various incidents on Sunday.
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Religious groups condemn Afzal Guru’s execution
Protesters demand that the country reciprocate by hanging Indian national and death row prisoner Sarabjeet Singh.
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Not free anymore: 400 policemen withdrawn from duties
AIG for legal Ali Sher Jakhrani says policemen have been withdrawn for their criminal activities.
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Anti-corruption rhetoric: Altaf Hussain calls for a clean political system
MQM will participate in the upcoming general elections, he says.
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New provinces should be made on the basis of national identity: Magsi
STPP chief claimed that he would oppose the division of Sindh at all costs.
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After forming anti-PPP alliance, PML-F confident of on-time elections
Pir Pagara attributes lack of recent gatherings to designing of manifesto.
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Voter verification process is still dubious, claims opposition
Several parties held a joint rally on Sunday to condemn city’s violence.
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100,000 policemen in Sindh, yet 89,000 absconders walk free
An SHC inspection team revealed these numbers to the Supreme Court.
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Police trace two girls brought to Karachi on false promises
The girls were promised they will be hired as maids for Rs30,000 per month.
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In memorium: Sindh’s literary geniuses give Sirajul Haq Memon all the credit
Writers, poets, others gather to pay tribute to Sindh’s literary genius.
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When the ‘public’ goes out from a public-private educational venture
Over 0.25m students will suffer if the govt doesn’t extend a two-year school project for rural Sindh.
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Saturday Studio holds its first exhibition at ArtChowk
Saturday Studio, which started out as a weekend programme for children holds first exhibition, ‘Art for Young...
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Yet another strike
Karachi now basically operates on a four-day workweek.
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Flexing muscles: Sindh parties form ‘grand alliance’ against PPP
Led by PML-F chief Syed Sibghatullah Rashdi, the alliance comprises 10 parties.
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PkMAP elects new members for next 3 years
Sindh chapter of Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP) elects new members in intra-party elections held on Thursday.
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Officer back at job after complaint withdrawn
Pannu Aqil’s taluka municipal officer, who was reportedly on the run since accused of embezzlement, resumes duties.
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Law legalising out-of-turn promotions challenged in SC
The court had earlier declared all such promotions of police officers as null and void.
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Raising awareness: ‘Women use abortions, instead of contraceptives’
Seminar on ‘Health issues related to marriage’ held at Jinnah hospital.
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Deaf Reach school opens another branch in Gulistan-e-Jauhar for hearing-impaired children
Founder Richard Geary tells the audience that these children are just another ‘cultural minority’.
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After sportsmen, Lyari is all set to give scientists to the world
Several school students put up displays of the solar system, wind turbines.
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In remembrance: Country’s worst industrial disaster comes alive through art
The artists tried to put themselves in the shoes of the workers who lost their lives in the fire.
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Shahzeb Khan murder: Medical board declares Shahrukh Jatoi not a minor
Identification, education documents state contradictory birth years.
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Electoral Fraud: Opposition parties to hold protest march on Feb 10
Opposition parties plan march to condemn violation of apex court verdict in voter verification process.
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Missing Cars: PML-F leader accused of hording govt vehicles
Pakistan Peoples Party’s Rafique Engineer makes claim against PML-F leader Imtiaz Shaikh during assembly session.
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Delayed witness protection programme costs lives
Six witnesses could have still been alive to testify on Geo TV reporter Wali Khan Babar’s murder.
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Voter verification restarted in troubled areas
These sensitive neighbourhoods were identified by JI, PML-N and PTI leaders.
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‘Fatima Jinnah lived in a house that was encroached upon by the govt’
Owner of Mohatta Palace was forced to leave to make way for foreign office, Sardar Ahmed.
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Karachi’s million-dollar robot zaps tumours for nothing at JPMC
CyberKnife is a $4 million robotic system that treats tumours and causes minimal damage to healthy cells.
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400 cops in Sindh facing trial may still be working
Supreme Court show speechless police chief how many of his men are wanted for crimes such as robbery and murder.
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Karachi unrest case: ‘Who will protect witnesses if police cannot protect themselves?’
IG Sindh informs bench that Rs100,000 have been allocated for the security of witnesses.
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In court: Bashir Qureshi’s family believes he was poisoned
Qureshi’s brother, Maqsood Qureshi, submits plea to the Sindh High Court’s Hyderabad circuit bench.
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Arrest me, but don’t victimise innocent people: NPP’s Arif Mustafa Jatoi
National Peoples Party’s Arif Mustafa Jatoi moves adjournment motion on providing electricity to some villages.
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‘Absence of census doesn’t have to stop delimitation’
Supreme Court observes that the absence of fresh census may not hinder the ECP from redrawing constituencies.
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Shutters down: Transporters, traders join today’s strike call
Leaders of the Wafaqul Madaris alArabia, Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl and Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat give strike call,
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‘No records were burnt, they are with revenue officers’
Administration claims record were burnt in rioting after Benazir Bhutto's assassination in 2007.
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Investigation begins into claims that detainee was tortured to death
Muneer Bozdar was arrested by police for allegedly tearing up a political party’s poster.
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MPAs pass bill to legalise police officers’ promotions
A SC bench had earlier nullified these promotions.
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As Karachi bleeds, govt isn’t serious about strict gun laws: Judges
99% of crime is committed with unlicensed weapons, points out judge.
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Denied closure, families of Baldia factory fire victims agree to mass burial
The govt has promised them that it would issue death certificates, making them eligible for compensation.
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SC wants police to give political affiliations of killers
Top administrator, police chief face contempt of court for failing to follow orders
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Students miss UK’s top universities at education fair
Universities admit they don’t want to steal talent, but train students to help Pakistan.
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Giving up: Der Spiegel is pulling out its only correspondent from Pakistan
Hasnain Kazim talks about how hard it is to sell stories other than terrorism.
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1 policeman killed, six injured in Karachi attack
Injured are taken to a nearby hospital. Police mobile targeted in the attack destroyed.