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Daily Archives: October 14, 2016

‘Accidentally caught’ rare tiger shark sold for Rs55,000

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A rare tiger shark caught by local fishermen was sold off for Rs55,000 at the Karachi Fish Harbour, most likely for preparing ‘finger fish’ and extraction of liver oil, officials of WWF-Pakistan said on Thursday. The rare marine animal was caught on October 9 by local fishermen about 186km south of Karachi in the Indus […]


Govt defends travel ban on Dawn staffer

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ISLAMABAD – Despite an international and national outcry from journalists’ groups and rights activists, the government on Thursday defended the move to bar prominent journalist Cyril Almeida from travelling abroad. It vowed to complete an inquiry about the source of a news story by Mr Almeida on a reported rift between the country’s civil and […]