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Police raids: Bounty killer arrested
SIALKOT: Sialkot police have arrested a bounty killer, who had been declared a proclaimed offender by a court, District Police Officer Muhammad Gohar Nafees told reporters at a press conference on...
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Girls’ education: Nine classrooms for 1,200 students’
BAHAWALPUR: “Most high schools for girls in Bahawalpur do not have enough classrooms and proper furniture…hundreds of students are facing problems because of a lack of basic facilities,” Bahawalpur...
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Energy cooperation: Govt signs 3 MoUs with German company
LAHORE: The government on Friday signed three memorandums of understanding (MoUs) with German company Energiequelle Gmbh for cooperation in energy sector. Under the agreements, the German company...
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Discipline: Shoaib Akhtar’s case against penalty unheard
LAHORE: Justice Ijazul Ahsan of the Lahore High Court on Friday fixed December 19 for arguments on a petition by fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar challenging the penalty of a one-and-a-half year ban on his...
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National challenge: Rescuers compete in trauma simulations
The Punjab Emergency Service (Rescue-1122) on Friday organised several competitions in trauma-handling, deep well rescue and swimming as part of the fourth National Rescue Challenge. Participants from...
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Fake degree: Arguments on former minister’s bail plea on 29th
LAHORE: Justice Mazhar Ali Akbar Naqvi of the Lahore High Court on Friday summoned the applicant and the prosecution for arguments on November 29 on a bail application by former minister for overseas...
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War on terror: ‘Both political and military interventions needed’
LAHORE: Insurgencies should be addressed with political as well as military interventions, the outgoing British High Commissioner Adam Thomson told the media on his last official visit to Lahore on...
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Public education: Teachers to protest on November 28
LAHORE: The Punjab Teachers Union (PTU) on Friday called for boycott of classes on November 28 in public schools across the city. A Punjab Teachers’ Union statement said the teachers would rally at...
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Peaceful protests: Protests against Rawalpindi tragedy remain peaceful
LAHORE: The Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat (ASWJ) and the Majlis-i-Wahdat-al-Muslimeen (MWM) held rallies in front of the Press Club and Karbala Gamay Shah on Friday to protest the Rawalpindi tragedy. Heavy...
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Fixing responsibility: DCO records statement before fact-finding committee
RAWALPINDI: After Regional Police Officer Zaheem Iqbal Sheikh appeared before a fact-finding committee (FFC) investigating lapses that aggravated the incident on Ashura in Rawalpindi, it was District...
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Ashura violence: Protest rallies end peacefully in twin cities
RAWALPINDI / ISLAMABAD: Life in the twin cities was disturbed on Friday as several hundred gathered to protest last week’s Ashura incident in Rawalpindi, albeit no incident of violence was reported....
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Kamra attack case: LHC restrains action against 3 PAF employees
RAWALPINDI: The Lahore High Court’s Rawalpindi bench on Friday issued notices to the defence ministry and Pakistan Air Force (PAF), preventing them from taking action against the accused in the Kamra...
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Firing in Hafizabad kills three police officers including SHO
HAFIZABAD: Three police officers including SHO Pindi Bhattian were killed in an exchange of fire with fugitives in Hafizabad, Express News reported on Saturday. These fugitives were allegedly involved...
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Lahore: Fire dowsed at Electronics Market on Hall Road
LAHORE: The Electronics Market at Hall Road in Lahore on Saturday caught fire, but fire brigades managed to put it out in time, Express News reported. The market houses various electronic equipment,...
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Literature: ‘Contemporary writers no match for Sufi saints’
LAHORE: “Some of the best poetry of the east has been written in Punjabi,” columnist Ehsan Shahid said on Friday. He was talking at the second session of the fourth Alhmara International Literature...
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Taking action: Innovative solutions for a social revolution
LAHORE: The Irtiqa’13 Leadership for Social Change conference organised by the Acumen Pakistan Fellowship opened at Ali Auditorium on Saturday. The conference aims to provide a platform for the youth...
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‘Target killers’: Three suspects nabbed, sent to Karachi
LAHORE: Three suspected target killers were handed over to the Karachi Crimes Investigation Department on Saturday, four days after they were detained by Military Intelligence officials, The Express...
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Grid station fire: Large swathes of Rawalpindi in the dark
RAWALPINDI: A fire broke out at a 132 KV grid station in Mareer Chowk on Saturday. The Islamabad Electric Supply Company (Iesco) station’s control and panel rooms were completely gutted while 27...
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Robberies: Armed men snatch Rs3 million
FAISALABAD: Armed men on Saturday snatched Rs3 million from a man in Faisalabad. City Police Officer Dr Haider Ashraf said Fayyazul Haq Malik, the Admin Manager at Al-Koon Associates, was on his way...
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PTI leader accused of extortion at gunpoint
BHAKKAR: A case has been registered against a Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf leader in Bhakkar district for demanding protection money at gunpoint, police said on Saturday. Police said the complainant,...
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