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Rawalpindi unrest: Curfew lifted as tensions subside
RAWALPINDI: As tensions subsided in Rawalpindi, authorities lifted the curfew in the garrison city on Monday, Express News reported. The ban on congregations and public gatherings under section 144...
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Home and hearth: Shirkat Gah to launch campaign against domestic violence
LAHORE: Shirkat Gah will launch a 16-day campaign titled From Peace at Home to Peace in the World on November 25. The campaign will focus on domestic violence. A two-day consultation on legislation...
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Pindi violence: LHC commission rejected
KARACHI: Political entities representing the Shia community have rejected the judicial commission formed by the Lahore High Court (LHC) to probe the Rawalpindi incident, and demanded that no less a...
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Enforced disappearances: Govt’s reply sought in missing persons case
LAHORE: Lahore High Court Justice Khalid Mahmood Khan on Wednesday sought written replies from the ministries of interior and foreign affairs by November 21 (today) on the whereabouts of six...
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Nation demonstrated unity to foil Rawalpindi conspiracy: Sanaullah
RAWALPINDI: Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah stated that “the entire nation demonstrated unity and solidarity in foiling the conspiracy [in Rawalpindi] to destroy the national unity” during a press...
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Crime: Cash, gold taken in 20 robberies
FAISALABAD: Gold, cash and other valuables were taken away in 20 robberies on Wednesday night. Police said armed men stormed a mobile shop at Riaz Town. A customer, Ilyas Baig, was injured on...
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Tourism awareness: TDCP holds quiz on architectural heritage
LAHORE: Some 200 students participated in a quiz arranged by the Tourism Development Corporation of Punjab (TDCP) at the Trust School System on Thursday as part of its Youth Tourism Awareness...
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Embezzlement: Two forest guards arrested
SARGODHA: Police on Thursday arrested two forest guards on charge of embezzling Rs50 million. Police said Special Assistant to Chief Minister Chaudhry Shafqat Hussain Panda and an inspection team had...
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Health talk: ‘Eat less, walk more’
MULTAN: “Eating less and walking more is the golden principle to prevent most diseases,” speakers at a seminar at the Multan Press Club said on Thursday. Dr Waqas Imran of the Children Complex and...
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Fatal suspicion: Brothers accused of burning sister
MULTAN: An 18-year-old girl suspected of having an affair was burnt allegedly by her brothers in Khanewal on Thursday. She was taken to Nishtar Hospital, where she was reported to be in critical...
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Epidemic control: LHC seeks govt’s dengue policy
LAHORE: Lahore High Court Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial on Thursday said health affairs appeared to be at the bottom of the government’s list of priorities. The chief justice also remarked that...
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Public health: Student volunteers sought for polio drive
LAHORE: Punjab University’s Al Razi Hall on Thursday hosted the first in the series of four awareness seminars on routine polio immunisation against the backdrop of four polio cases reported in...
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Schools Education Department: Missing facilities project ‘on track’
LAHORE: The Schools Education Department (SED) claims to have released nearly half of the allocated funds for providing missing facilities in schools across the province. The project was approved in...
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Garrison state: Academic urges government to cut back on military spending
LAHORE: “Our government has been overspending on military and defence at the cost of other sectors in the country,” political scientist Dr Ishtiaq Ahmed said on Thursday. He was speaking at a seminar...
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Missing persons: Interior Ministry confirms handover of 6 missing men
LAHORE: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Thursday confirmed to the Lahore High Court that the six detainees released by US authorities from the Bagram prison had been handed over to Pakistani...
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Urban environment: More development work on Canal Bank Road planned
LAHORE: The Punjab government is planning yet more development work on Canal Bank Road, putting it on another collision course with local environmental groups who have legally challenged previous...
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Too little, too late?: Case registered five years after abduction
DASKA: The Saddar police have registered an abduction case five and a half years after the incident. Complainant Muhammad Shafiq said in the FIR that some unidentified men had kidnapped his younger...
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Skilled labour: Punjab embarks on drive to enhance worker literacy
FAISALABAD: The Punjab government, in collaboration with the International Labour Organisation, has launched a campaign to enhance literacy among industrial workers to enhance their productivity and...
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LHC benches: Lawyers plan Nov 26 sit-in at Supreme Court
FAISALABAD: District bar associations (DBAs) of five divisions- Faisalabad, Dera Ghazi Khan, Sahiwal, Gujranwala and Sargodha- have decided to stage a sit-in in front of the Supreme Court of Pakistan...
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Criminal Justice Committee: Food officers told to ‘watch flour prices’
BAHAWALPUR: District and Sessions Judge Muhammad Rasheed Qamar on Friday directed Food Department officials to ensure provision of flour on controlled price to the public. Ordering them to regularly...
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