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Normalisation first: ‘India-Pak trade should get top priority’
LAHORE: People to people contacts between India and Pakistan should be encouraged at all levels and visa restrictions should be relaxed, delegates of a three-day conference on Socio-Economic and...
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Food safety: Food Authority to operate in Faisalabad from February
LAHORE: The Punjab Food Authority (PFA) is to start operations in Faisalabad district from February, according to PFA Director General Asad Islam Mahni. The authority is currently hiring staff for...
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Extra judicial killings: Three robbers, two passers-by killed
FAISALABAD: Three robbers and two passers-by were killed in a shootout with the police on Wednesday shortly after the robbers robbed a cloth shop in Peoples Colony and were fleeing. City Police...
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Challenges and expectations: ‘Youth must play a role in building democracy’
LAHORE: “I am confident that the civil society and the youth can take Pakistan in the right direction…towards democracy and peace,” Ambassador of Denmark Jesper Moller Sorensen said on Wednesday. He...
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Blasphemy case: ‘Mentally-ill’ accused may face attempted suicide charge
LAHORE: Additional District and Sessions Judge Safdar Ali Bhatti has sought comments from the Kot Lakhpat SHO for December 3 on a petition seeking an attempted suicide case against a woman already...
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High Court benches: Lawyers boycott courts in support of Islamabad protesters
LAHORE: Lawyers boycotted court proceedings here on Wednesday in support of their colleagues who staged a sit-in in Islamabad a day earlier to demand that High Court benches be set up in five...
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Inquiry ordered into ‘private police torture cell’
LAHORE: Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Chaudhry Shafeeq Gujjar ordered an inquiry on Wednesday into allegations that a Sattukatla police officer has been running a private torture cell, after...
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Education authorities: Teachers to stage sit-in at CM’s House today
LAHORE: Public school teachers from across the province will march from Nasser Bagh to Chief Minister’s House today (Thursday) to demand that the government cancel plans to set up district education...
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Life cut short: Abandoned newborn dies of burns
FAISALABAD: Let us call her Afeerah, meaning ‘covered in soil and dust’. The final hours in the life of the newborn baby girl discovered in a burning garbage dump were agonising. With 80% of her body...
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Rana Sanaullah urges ulema to maintain harmony among different sects
LAHORE: Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah urged the ulema to maintain harmony among the people of different sects, Express News reported on Friday. Sanaullah was speaking to the media in Lahore. The...
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Garbage power: LWMC signs MoU with British firm
LAHORE: The Lahore Waste Management Company (LWMC) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with British firm Renoir Global for a project to convert waste into energy. According to the MoU,...
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Extrajudicial killing: Neighbours protest death in ‘shootout’
FAISALABAD: Scores of people from Mohalla Sharifpura on Thursday staged a protest demonstration accusing police of killing an innocent man in a “fake encounter.” The protestors placed the body of the...
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Poverty alleviation: Goats distributed among female farmers
FAISALABAD: The University of Agriculture Faisalabad (UAF) in collaboration with Turkish International Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA) on Thursday distributed 30 goats among six low-income...
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Chief secy reviews enrolment drive
LAHORE: Chief Secretary Naveed Akram Cheema has directed education authorities to ensure that enrolment targets are achieved in accordance with the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The chief...
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Contempt of court: Ombudswoman told to file fresh reply to VC’s plea
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Thursday directed the ombudswoman to file a fresh reply to a petition by the Punjab University vice chancellor accusing her of contempt of court. PU Vice Chancellor...
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Empowering women: Project to train home workers planned
LAHORE: The Women’s Development Department is collaborating with the International Labour Organisation and the All Pakistan Women’s Association in a Rs20 million project to train 1,000 women in...
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Where’s the basic right?: Dampened dreams
BAHAWALPUR: Seven-year-old Ayesha, a resident of Basti Hajian, is laden with sweets and candy. And yet, in a cruel twist of fate, the treats are not for her. Day in and day out, she is seen at Farid...
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Standing committees: Govt uses PA perks and jobs to get MPAs in line for...
LAHORE: The government is offering PML-N MPAs places on parliamentary standing committees as incentives to ensure that they toe the party line in the local elections, The Express Tribune has learnt....
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Education authorities: Teachers threaten strike in 15 days
LAHORE: Hundreds of teachers blocked traffic on The Mall in front of the Punjab Assembly on Thursday, demanding that the provincial government withdraw plans for the formation of district education...
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LDA meeting: Shahbaz approves uplift projects for Lahore
LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has given approval to various development projects for Lahore city including Azadi Chowk Flyover, alternative route of Circular Road, Qainchi Flyover,...
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