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class="story__excerpt size-five ">SUKKUR: A man killed his elderly mother-in-law on Thursday in the locality of Shikarpur Road near Government Degree... </div> </article> <div class="float-left pt-4 pr-4"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170728110657/https://www.dawn.com/news/1348038/man-kills-mother-in-law">read full story</a><span> | </span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170728110657/https://www.dawn.com/news/1348038/man-kills-mother-in-law#comments">post a comment</a> </div> <hr class="py-4 col-12"/> </div> <div class=" col-sm-10 col-12"> <article class="story story--small" data-id="1348054" data-layout="story"> <!-- box/title title-small --> <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1348054" class="story__title size-five "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170728110657/https://www.dawn.com/news/1348054/amjad-sabri-murder-case-being-sent-to-military-court-atc-told" class="story__link">Amjad Sabri murder case being sent to military court, ATC told</a></h2> <!-- 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inaugurates Zulfikarabad oil tankers’ terminal</a></h2> <!-- box/excerpt --> <div class="story__excerpt size-five ">KARACHI: Mayor Wasim Akhtar on Thursday formally inaugurated the Zulfikarabad oil terminal on the National Highway... </div> </article> <div class="float-left pt-4 pr-4"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170728110657/https://www.dawn.com/news/1348053/mayor-inaugurates-zulfikarabad-oil-tankers-terminal">read full story</a><span> | </span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170728110657/https://www.dawn.com/news/1348053/mayor-inaugurates-zulfikarabad-oil-tankers-terminal#comments">post a comment</a> </div> <hr class="py-4 col-12"/> </div> <div class=" col-sm-10 col-12"> <article class="story story--small" data-id="1348052" data-layout="story"> <!-- box/title title-small --> <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1348052" class="story__title size-five "><a 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