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In Sindh’s cities, safe sex sermons have kept HIV/AIDS out of sight
Successful programmes to educate sex workers has worked wonders to keep them safe.
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Local government: Sindh government files appeal against court order to hold elections in 60 days
It is not possible to hold elections at this stage, says govt advocate.
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Defused grenade lobbed on trader’s house in DHA
This is the second such incident to occur in the area within two months
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Extortion reaction: Altaf rakes govt over the coals, asks traders to take up arms
MQM to contribute 0.1m men to protect businessmen.
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Extortion: Trader's residence targeted in Karachi
Trader, Mian Naseer, had refused to pay extortion money when he was approached by a few men.
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Celebrating Paksat-1R: Pakistani drones - a dream or reality?
Local UAV manufacturers say there is a long way to go.
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Zulfikarabad Oil Terminal: KMC asks companies to pay their share
Project has been pending since work started in 2010.
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PPP & PAC: MQM to protest if banned group reconciled
Party leaders say they will take up the issue with ruling party if reports confirmed.
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Wind power: The whir of turbines to come
Govt has allotted a total of around 39,000 acres to all projects, biggest of which involves NBT Wind Energy Pakistan.
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Karachi back to being a reservoir for polio, as WHO discovers virus in sewage in Gadap
Violence in the city takes its toll on the polio eradication campaign in the city.
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Fundraiser for radiation robot raises the bar and hopes
CyberKnife to start working at Jinnah hospital after mid-September.
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SHO, three cops arrested for parading couple naked in Gambat
SHO Samejo is notorious for using brutal and extrajudicial methods against suspects.
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KESC blames high humidity for massive power outage
Karachiites have been largely spared from twelve-hour power outages since Abraaj Capital took over KESC.
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Power supply restored to 60% of affected areas: KESC
Parts of Karachi city faced power outages soon after Iftar on August 4 as some KESC’s transmission lines tripped
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Policeman who paraded couple naked suspended
Video clip reveals law enforcers, led by SHO Samejo, paraded man, woman naked while escorting them to police station.
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Rare outage plunges Karachi into darkness
Two 220 KV lines and three 132 kV lines stopped working.
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Court Staff Protest: Rejection of bail plea leaves lawyer enraged
Karachi Bar Association took exception to the strike by the judicial staff.
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Rabid nuisance: Forty people bit by stray dogs in Khipro in July
Stray dogs are wandering about in the towns but the municipal administration has not taken steps yet.
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Breastfeeding Week: Do what’s best for your baby, say docs
Doctors oppose artificial feeding and highlight its negative aspects.
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Dancing to the tune of truth: Devotees head to Sachal Sarmast’s 191st Urs
Sufi Raag, Adabi Conference and Malakhra are among the most anticipated events at the Urs.
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For a village in Sehwan, new ‘pul’ ends a partition
The IRC helps villagers build a bridge over a canal they had to swim across.
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Contempt law: Sharjeel questions SC’s judgment
Minister claims decision aimed at creating anarchy.
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Sisters not only preach good deeds, but lead by example
The missionaries celebrated 75 years of service on July 28.
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Peacock deaths: Fudged figures are being reported in media, say wildlife officials
WWF members also cast doubt on the authenticity of the numbers reported.
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Water under the Lyari bridge: Faryal brings Lyari rebels back into the PPP fold
Promises to withdraw cases, pay compensation.
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Major power breakdown plunges south Karachi in darkness
Two 220 kilovolt (KV), three 132 KV lines stopped working, disrupting power at 20 of KESC’s 60 grid stations.
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Pakistan resumes Nato supplies...again
Pakistan had temporarily shut the supply route over security concerns after a truck driver had been killed on July 24.
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Khairpur Police parades man, woman naked for ‘intent of adultery’: Report
Onlookers recorded videos with cell phones, police remains unable to comment.
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Sweet justice?: Jirga asks landlord to pay Rs2m to the family of dead man
Men representing Kachelo, accepted the verdict and handed over a cheque for Rs1 million to Asif’s father.
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False case?: Robbery suspect granted bail
Counsel contended that Tahir was implicated in false case, police arrested him on statement of another man.
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SHC restrains Clifton Cantonment Board from finalising tenders
The petitioners said that they had been barred from taking part in the bidding process.
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Bhai bhai na raha!: Political loyalties break family bond
Brothers Mir Hasan and Shafiq Khoso have broken ties since the latter joined PML-N.
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Four bodies found, 38 men caught in raids
Bodies of two young men found from Ahmed Shah Bukhari Road in Lyari stuffed in gunny bags, their hands, legs tied.
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Jury still out on whether DHA’s speed breakers are deal breakers
The flat-topped structures are six inches high and shaped like a trapezium.
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Employment issue: SHC gives last chance to PTV managing director
Daughter of a deceased employee was ignored during the hiring process.
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Water world: Dr Attaur Rehman senses a scam behind man touting water kit
The kit was to be tested on Thursday at NUST, but this did not happen.
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Local govt system will be restored, President Zardari tells Altaf Hussain
The President also said that the govt has taken notice of the extortion mafia.
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Fight against polio: Vaccination teams got 33,780 refusals in Sindh
WHO says refusals may reverse the progress that Pakistan has made so far in its fight against polio.
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Learn from the past: ‘Of Rs231b, only Rs500m set aside for relief by Sindh govt’
A civil society organisation releases a report on preparation for the looming monsoon.
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Tribal justice: Jirga resolves decade long Chachar-Mahar dispute
Tensions between the tribes heightened after three boys were killed.
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PS 53 by election: SHC reserves judgment in Waheeda Shah case
Lawyers told to submit their arguments in writing.
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Police told to recover and produce missing boy on Aug 15
SHC tells DIG Sukkur to give investigations to some ‘honest’ officer.
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MQM office ransacked as anger runs high in Orangi
Brawl over ‘fitra’ collection had left two people dead a day earlier.
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Karachi’s politicians and businessmen mingle at iftar-cum-dinner
Kaiser Bengali, OUP’s Ameena Saiyid and P@sha President Jehan Ara were also there.
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ATM fee: Competition Act 2010 challenged in high court
The petitioner banks submitted that the commission had erred in assuming jurisdiction in the matter.
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Vociferous Sindh University teachers get an aesthetic voice
Sheema Kirmani joins varsity teachers protesting against incumbent vice chancellor.
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Viral outbreak kills more than 150 sheep and goats
Around 120 deaths were reported from Meghar and Maro Bah villages.
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TTP tells the Mehsuds, leave ANP or die
Activists have reportedly closed eight offices after being threatened.
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Public Accounts Committee: Police, home depts earn the ire of watchdog
The committee cast suspicions over the police’s commercial activities.
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Security guards go under the scanner at the police dept
Cops want to look at servants’ records too.
















































