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Sindh Culture Minister rejects Indian claim on “Mohenjo-daro”

KARACHI – Sindh Minister for Culture Syed Zulfikar Ali Shah on Saturday categorically rejected a claim made by India’s Ministry of Culture, saying that the claim on Mohenjo-daro is historically and culturally inaccurate and without foundation.

#Mohenjodaro #Sindh

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Young man killed, brother injured in clash

HYDERABAD – A young man was shot dead and another was injured in a clash between 2 groups of young people near Noor Mustafa Jamia mosque in the limits of Hali Road police station here on Saturday evening.

#Clash #Crime

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Sindh University announces summer vacations from June 1

HYDERABAD – The University of Sindh has announced summer vacations for all its academic institutes, centres, de-partments and campuses from June 1 till July 31.

#SindhUniversity #SummerVacations

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SIEHS signs MoU with varsity for coastal rescue, research

HYDERABAD – Sindh Integrated Emergency Health Services 1122 (SIEHS-1122) has signed a memorandum of under-standing (MoU) with the Sindh University, Jamshoro, to use a high-powered engine boat catamaran for rescue operations in coastal areas and fo…

#SIEHS #CoastalRescue

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Hot, dry weather forecast for Sindh

KARACHI – Pakistan Meteorological Department on Saturday forecast hot and dry weather in most districts of the Sindh province during the next 24 hours.

#Sindh #WeatherForecast

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Buffer zone fire engulfs motorcycles parked at shopping centre

Karachi – A huge fire torn through the parking facility of a private shopping center in Karachi’s Buffer Zone on Saturday, damaging several parked motorcycles.

#BufferZone #FireIncident #Karachi

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Govt speeds up work to add 8MAF water storage through four mega dams

ISLAMABAD – The government has accelerated work on four major dam projects that are expected to add more than eight million acre-feet (MAF) of water storage capacity.

#WaterStorage #Dams

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FBR struggling to achieve Rs1150 billion May target

ISLAMABAD – After failing to achieve tax collection targets in first ten months of the current fiscal year, the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) is struggling to achieve the monthly tax collection target in May as it is expecting major shortfall.

#FBR #EconomicGrowth

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Boost for UK-Oman trade and investment as GCC trade deal concludes

MUSCAT – The United Kingdom and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) have concluded talks on a modern and ambitious Free Trade Agreement [FTA], which will support goods exporters, services suppliers and investors in the UK and Oman.

#UK #Oman #TradeDeal

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Petroleum imports up by 1.63pc to $13.5b in 10 months

ISLAMABAD – The imports of the overall petroleum group witnessed an increase of 1.

#PetroleumImports #OilPrices