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Historical monument: DCO wants clock Tower rehabilitated
FAISALABAD: District Coordination Officer Noorul Amen Mengal on Sunday ordered the clock at city’s centre Clock Tower to be repaired. The DCO visited the Clock Tower Chowk on Sunday and said that the...
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Police release man after protest over arrest
FAISALABAD: Scores of people from Malikpur staged a protest demonstration against the police for arresting a man “unlawfully”. The protesters, mostly relatives and neighbours of the detained man, sat...
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Harassment at work: LHC takes notice of traffic warden’s complaint
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Sunday took notice of the harassment of a traffic warden by the Multan chief traffic warden. The court took notice of the matter on a press report. The Lahore High...
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AIDS day: ‘470 people have tested HIV positive in DG Khan’
MULTAN: Nisar Khan* of Darkhan in Dera Ghazi Khan lost his eight-months pregnant wife to AIDS last week. Investigations into the case revealed that two of his children, who had died earlier, had also...
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Acid attack: Two women burned by husbands
BAHAWALPUR / MULTAN: An elderly man was arrested on Sunday for throwing acid at his wife. The woman was taken to the rural health centre, where she was said to be out of danger. Doctors treating her...
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‘State using delaying tactics in missing persons case’
LAHORE: The missing persons cases featured prominently in the courts last week. The Lahore Registry of the Supreme Court and the Lahore High Court, while hearing separate cases, summoned the defence...
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Cross border collaboration: ‘Not fond of films that show Pak-India as enemies’
LAHORE: “The journey to peace, stability and interfaith harmony must continue…my love for Faiz Ahmed Faiz keeps me coming back to Pakistan. I will be performing here for the third time,” Indian actor...
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Blind Justice: ‘Constitutional path must be followed in Musharraf’s trial’
LAHORE: General (retd) Pervaiz Musharraf’s Article-6 trial appears to be an attempt by the government to divert people’s attention away from more pressing issues of terrorism and price hikes,...
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Trust land: DHA set to execute Supreme Court order
LAHORE: The Defence Housing Authority (DHA), Lahore, has agreed in compliance with the Supreme Court orders to handover the Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB) the developed plots it had agreed to...
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Monitoring prices: Shahbaz orders surprise visits to food markets
LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Sunday took notice of the soaring prices of vegetables and fruits and ordered officials to pay surprise visits to markets. He instructed the elected...
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National interest: Difa-i-Pakistan leaders slam ‘pro-India’ policies
LAHORE: The Difa-i-Pakistan Council (DPC) leaders said on Sunday the government should play its role in stopping drone strikes in the country and stop the construction of a concrete wall along the...
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Delayed trial: Terrorism convict to be charged in drugs case on 7th
LAHORE: Drugs possessions charges will be framed against a member of the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) on December 7. Case copies were handed to the accused in a hearing held behind bars on...
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Improving environment: Clean up operation in Walled City commences
LAHORE: The Walled City of Lahore (WCLA), in collaboration with Waste Busters and Bulleh Shah Packages, launched the Clean Walled City Project on Monday. Waste Busters CEO Asif Farooqi said, “We have...
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Family differences: Man kills rival, his sister over marriage
MULTAN: The bodies of a woman, her three children and her brother were recovered from her house in Shujabad on Monday. Police suspect that her husband’s nephew had killed them all. The bodies were...
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Coup pangs: Govt given last chance to file reply in Ziauddin’s case
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Monday gave the federal government a last chance to file a reply by December 6 on a petition by former chief of army staff General (r) Ziauddin seeking the...
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Fatal love: Bridegroom attacked with acid by ex-girlfriend
FAISALABAD: A woman and her two unidentified accomplices threw acid at a man’s face on Monday during his mehdni ceremony. The victim, Muhammad Akhtar, was taken to a hospital, where doctors said he...
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Interfaith dialogue: ‘Dialogue of civilisations’ key to global harmony
LAHORE: Trying to get two sides to engage in a meaningful dialogue is “like standing in the middle of the road, with people attacking you from both ends,” said author and academic Dr Akbar Salahuddin...
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Healthcare: The unholy look of Holy Family Hospital
ISLAMABAD: Services at Rawalpindi’s largest referral public health facility, Holy Family Hospital (HFH), can be dated back to 1948 – the year it was established. In 1977, it also became a teaching...
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Lessons in democracy: Party-based local polls challenged in Supreme Court
LAHORE: An appeal challenging the Lahore High Court’s order for party-based local government elections was filed at the Lahore Registry of the Supreme Court on Monday. Advocate Shabbir Ismail filed...
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Licence to exhibit: ‘Smuggled films not screened in cinemas’
LAHORE: After going through the reply submitted by the Pakistan Film Censor Board, the Lahore High Court on Monday asked the counsel on both sides to present arguments, on a petition challenging the...
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