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Clean up: Citizens urged to prevent mosquito breeding in homes
LAHORE: Stringent measures have been taken to eradicate dengue mosquitoes and provide treatment to dengue fever patients in hospitals, Chief Secretary Naveed Akram Cheema said during his visit to...
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‘Honour killing’: Case initiated against brother for murder
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court has disposed of an application regarding a woman’s alleged rape and murder by family members, after legal proceedings were initiated against the victim’s brother. Sobia...
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Medical Education: City’s five medical colleges top provincial merit list
LAHORE: The University of Health Sciences (UHS) on Saturday issued the first selection list of candidates admitted to MBBS in public sector medical colleges of the Punjab. The merit rose by two...
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Drug bust: Police released man arrested with 92kg heroin
LAHORE: Several policemen including a deputy superintendent (DSP) are being tried for allegedly protecting a heroin dealer and ‘losing’ dozens of kilos of the drug seized in a raid, The Express...
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Sectarian Clashes: Security level raised in metropolis
LAHORE: Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Chaudhary Shafique Ahmed on Saturday ordered a high security alert in the city in view of the sectarian clash in Rawalpindi. He also directed the divisional...
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Controlling dengue: Private hospitals asked to send daily dengue report
LAHORE: Advisor to the Chief Minister on Health Khawaja Salman Rafiq has directed doctors at private hospitals to send regular reports on dengue patients they examine to the Health Department. He was...
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Citywide curfew: Pindi under lock and key
ISLAMABAD: A day meant to mourn those lost in the past turned into a day to mourn those lost in the present. The situation in the garrison city of Rawalpindi remained tense on Saturday after at least...
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Punjab orders judicial probe as clerics appeal for calm
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Saturday directed the Punjab government to strictly deal with those responsible for Friday’s deadly clashes in Rawalpindi. “The miscreants responsible for...
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Tensions defused: Rare curfew in Rawalpindi after deadly clashes
MULTAN / RAWALPINDI / ISLAMABAD: A rare curfew and a lockdown of volatile neighbourhoods left Rawalpindi’s streets bare on Saturday, a day after fierce clashes erupted between rival groups in the...
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Security situation: PPSC cancels written examinations
MULTAN: The Punjab Public Service Commission has cancelled its written examinations for the post of legal inspector (BPS-16) earlier scheduled to begin on Monday (today), a statement issued on Sunday...
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Trade linkage: ‘Knowledge shops’ to be set up at PU, UET and FAST
LAHORE: “Knowledge shops” will be established at the Punjab University, University of Engineering and Technology and FAST University of Computer and Emerging Sciences as a pilot project to promote...
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New schools: PEF to expand programme to 12 districts
LAHORE: The Punjab Education Foundation (PEF) has announced that it will expand the New School Programme (NSP) to 12 districts in the current fiscal year. Applications have been called for this...
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Law and order: Teachers delay protest
LAHORE: The Punjab Teachers’ Union (PTU) has postponed its protest rallies for one day in the wake of the law and order situation in the province. The rallies were to begin on Monday (today) in...
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Child injured in Saturday clash dies
MULTAN: A 15-year-old injured in Saturday’s clash between a mob and police in Multan died here on Sunday at a hospital. Police said 50 people, believed to have set fire to an imam bargah in Chishtian...
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District development: Rs623m released for RY Khan
BAHALWALPUR: The government has released Rs623 million for Rahim Yar Khan from the South Punjab Development Fund, Provincial Minister for Industries Chaudhry Muhammad Shafiq told The Express Tribune...
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Rawalpindi situation: APNS seeks smooth distribution of newspapers
KARACHI: All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) has urged the authorities to allow distribution of newspapers in Rawalpindi. APNS Secretary General Masood Hamid, in a statement issued on Sunday,...
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Two girls ‘raped’, suspects at large
FAISALABAD: Two girls were allegedly raped in Faisalabad between Saturday and Sunday. A police spokesman said that Sadia*, a housemaid at Saima Bibi’s house in Mohallah Ghaziabad, was raped allegedly...
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Allegations of harassment against VC echo in LHC
LAHORE: Dozens of supporters of the Punjab University vice chancellor reached the Lahore High Court this week to show solidarity with him, rejecting allegations of sexual harassment by a female...
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Public health: Dengue threat to remain for two weeks
LAHORE: The weather in the Punjab is still favourable for the breeding of dengue mosquitoes so officials must maintain a special focus on dengue surveillance, a technical advisory committee decided...
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Rawalpindi violence: LHC forms commission to probe incident
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) has constituted a judicial commission to probe Friday’s violence in Rawalpindi, Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah Khan said on Sunday. Talking to The Express...
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