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‘Honour’ killing: Man murdered by relatives
BAHAWALPUR: A man was killed allegedly by his relatives for honour in Rahim Yar Khan on Wednesday. Police said the deceased, Kamal Khan, 40, a resident of Rojhan, had allegedly been stabbed by Rahim...
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Election results: AG to assist on plea against voter verification
LAHORE: Justice Nasir Saeed Sheikh of the Lahore High Court has asked the attorney general to assist on a petition filed by PML-N MNA Malik Riaz challenging an election tribunal’s decision to order a...
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Family feud: Man arrested for killing his father
FAISALABAD: One month after a man was found killed in a public park, Razabad police on Wednesday arrested his son, who they said, had confessed to the killing. Police said the man had killed his...
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Illegal detention: Labourer, family found chained at landlord’s dera
FAISALABAD: The Tandlianwala Saddar police on Wednesday recovered a labourer, his wife and their child from illegal confinement by a landlord. The landlord was arrested and the family provided medical...
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Development scheme: Faisalabad Parking Company to be set up to deal with...
FAISALABAD: The district government will establish the Faisalabad Parking Company to deal with parking issues in the city, District Coordination Officer Noorul Amin Mengal said on Wednesday. He was...
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Local polls: Notices issued on ‘clean candidates’ plea
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Wednesday issued notice to the attorney general of Pakistan and the advocate general of the Punjab for December 6 on a petition seeking the application of Articles 62...
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Naseeruddin Shah: ‘Theatre acting has a feel film does not’
LAHORE: “I have always enjoyed the love and hospitality of the people of Lahore,” Indian actor Naseeruddin Shah said on Wednesday. He was speaking to students at the Lahore College for Women...
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Lessons in history: Looking past the pangs of Partition
LAHORE: The trauma of 1947 was so great that it eclipsed any post-partition cooperation between India and Pakistan, Professor Rajmohan Gandhi said on Wednesday. He was speaking at a panel discussion...
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Promoting peace: PUC to hold ‘all-sect’ moot on Dec 11
LAHORE: The Pakistan Ulema Council (PUC) on Wednesday announced that it will hold a conference where representatives of all sects will discuss a code of conduct on how to maintain sectarian harmony...
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LHC asked to restore terrorism charges
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court has issued notice to the police and other respondents on a petition by the Punjab government appealing an anti-terrorism court’s decision to exclude terrorism charges...
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Punjab Assembly: ‘Law and order not ideal, but getting better’
LAHORE: Law and order in the Punjab is not ideal, but it has improved over the last year or so, said Law Minister Rana Sanaullah Khan during a general discussion on law and order in the Provincial...
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Law and order: Gang of thieves and robbers arrested
BAHAWALPUR: “Bahawalpur Police has arrested two gang members involved in different crimes in the Punjab,” DPO Sohail Habib Tajik said on Thursday. Speaking at a press conference, Tajik said Faryad...
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Transparency director nominated to law reform committee
LAHORE: The provincial government has nominated Transparency International Pakistan (TIP) Director Adil Gillani as a member of a high powered committee on the Punjab Procurement Regulatory Act and...
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Non-violence: Rajmohan Gandhi pays tribute to Bacha Khan
LAHORE: Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, a man of tall stature, bright face and a broad smile that contrasted with the deep lines on his face- remnants of bitter times in captivity, derived his strength from...
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Development programme: Rs5.93b being spent on 609 schemes
FAISALABAD: “Rs5.93 billion is being spent for the completion of 609 uplift schemes in the four districts of the Faisalabad division,” Planning and Development Board Chairman Muhammad Irfan Elahi...
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Town administration: Cantonment board to enhance security
MULTAN: The cantonment board is enhancing security arrangements for residents, traders and shoppers, the recently deputed Cantonment executive officer, Rana Muhammad Rafique Khan, said on Thursday....
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Gender justice: 659 potential forced marriages prevented
LAHORE: “The Gender Justice Programme (GJP) has prevented 659 potential forced marriages in the last three years…it also helped 558 women obtain their inheritance shares,” Norwegian Church Aid (NCA)...
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Doongi Ground: LHC directs government to submit reply
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Thursday directed the provincial government to submit a reply on a contempt of court petition for constructing a parking plaza at Doongi Ground in Gulberg in...
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VIP culture: JuD chief’s petition referred to larger bench
LAHORE: A single bench of the Lahore High Court on Thursday referred Jamatud Dawa chief Hafiz Muhammad Saeed’s petition regarding “VIP culture” to the chief justice so he could fix it before a full...
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Punjab to raise women’s job quota to 15%
MANDI BAHAUDDIN: “We will eliminate the curse of dowry [demands] through proper legislation and increase women’s job quota to 15 per cent,” Provincial Minister for Women Development Hamida...
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