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KARACHI: Muttahida ready to switch allegiance
KARACHI, Feb 16: The allegiance of President Pervez Musharraf’s junior coalition ally, the party controlling the country’s biggest city of Karachi, is up for grabs again — for whoever wins Monday’s general election.... 
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KARACHI: Voter mood threatens Sindh heavyweights
KARACHI, Feb 16: In the wake of the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, the ‘sympathy swing’ in favour of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) may wipe out the moorings of some of...
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KARACHI: Over 2,100 set to get jobs in health dept
KARACHI, Feb 16: Caretaker Chief Minister Justice (Retd) Abdul Qadir Halepota has approved recruitment of about 2,100 medical officers, specialists and nurses in the provincial health department after allowing some relaxation...
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PESHAWAR: 60,000 LEAs personnel to be deployed on election day: Additional force sought for Fata
PESHAWAR, Feb 16: The NWFP government will deploy 60,000 law-enforcement personnel at polling stations across the province....
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KARACHI: Sepa report says Indus water highly polluted
KARACHI, Feb 16: Water in the Indus and various lakes and canals being fed by it is highly polluted and poses serious threats to human health as well as to the environment and biodiversity, says a report....
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KARACHI: Dreaded polio virus hits Sindh
KARACHI, Feb 16: Contrary to the aspirations and initiatives of public health concerns, a case of polio has been detected in Hyderabad....
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KARACHI: Close fight likely in coastal area polls
KARACHI, Feb 16: A close fight is expected between the Pakistan People’s Party and the Muttahida Qaumi Movement on the National Assembly seat NA-239 in former district west, covering a 50-kilometre coastal belt areas right from Keamari up to Hawksbay....
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KARACHI: 10 alleged militants remanded
KARACHI, Feb 16: Ten alleged militants were remanded in police custody till Feb 23 by the judicial magistrates VI and XIII, East, on Saturday. They were arrested on Friday and booked...
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KARACHI: AG tape vindicates concerns over poll transparency: PPP
KARACHI, Feb 16: The audiotape of the Attorney-General of Pakistan, Malik Mohammad Qayyuum, acknowledging that the Feb 18 polls will be massively rigged, has further lent credence to opposition assertions that the elections would be anything but impartial....
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KARACHI: Bomb threats haunt citizens
KARACHI, Feb 16: Despite strict security measures claimed by the relevant authorities during the elections, an atmosphere of fear and uncertainty continues to prevail in the city reportedly due to the...
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KARACHI: Consulate blast case verdict reserved
KARACHI, Feb 16: An anti-terrorism court on Saturday recorded final arguments by the prosecution and the defence in the March 2, 2006 bombing of US consulate and reserved the verdict till March 30....
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KARACHI: Conversion of rickshaws
KARACHI, Feb 16: The Sindh governor, Dr Ishratul Ibad Khan, on Saturday ordered the relevant authorities to take immediate steps for the conversion of auto-rickshaws to CNG and to bring them in conformity to the environmental demands by June 2010....
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KARACHI: BEd results
KARACHI, Feb 16: The University of Karachi on Saturday announced the results of Bed (Morning) annual exams 2007....
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PESHAWAR: Judicial probe into Charsadda blast begins
PESHAWAR, Feb 16: A judicial tribunal constituted by the provincial government under section 3 of the West Pakistan Tribunal of Inquiries Ordinance, 1969, to probe bombing of the Awami National Party...
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PESHAWAR: Explosives recovered
PESHAWAR, Feb 16: The city police on Saturday recovered high-powered explosives from an under construction house at Shaftal Banda in the limits of Phundo police station....
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