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National convention: ‘Writers must resist falseness in society’
LAHORE: Writers have a responsibility to hold a mirror up to society and highlight its strengths and weaknesses, and one of the biggest problems in Pakistan is the failure to build a positive...
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Missing person: Residents protest ‘illegal arrest’
FAISALABAD: Hundreds of residents of Satiana Road on Saturday staged a protest demonstration against police over a missing man. Muhammad Naveed, one of the protestors, told the media that some men in...
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Blasphemy: Man accused of preaching Ahmedi beliefs denied bail
LAHORE: A judicial magistrate on Saturday dismissed the post-arrest bail application of a doctor accused of preaching Ahmedi doctrines and distributing books containing derogatory remarks against...
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Justice: Rape case suspects arrested
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Saturday disposed of a notice on the reported assault of a 15-year-old disabled girl on learning that the police have submitted a report on the case and initiated...
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Bonded labour: Brick kiln workers threaten protests, demand raise
FAISALABAD: Brick kiln workers on Saturday said they would stage mass protests in the province from December 12 if their wages were not raised. Talking to The Express Tribune, Bhatta Mazdoor Labour...
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Christmas cheer: Christian employees to get salaries early
LAHORE: Christian employees at the Post Graduate Medical Institute (PGMI) and Lahore General Hospital (LGH) will get their salary for December in time to do their Christmas shopping. The employees of...
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Corruption: ACE orders registration of cases against 45 Education Department...
GUJRANWALA: The Anti Corruption Establishment on Saturday directed police to register cases against 45 educators on charge of submitting fake documents. The action was taken on the application of an...
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Three kidnapping suspects killed in ‘encounter’
FAISALABAD: Three men believed to be kidnappers were killed on Sunday in what the police said was an encounter. The city police officer said that a Chak Jhumra police team, headed by Station House...
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To bid or not bid the chief justice farewell
LAHORE: The executive committee of the Supreme Court Bar Association is divided over whether or not to host a farewell for Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry. Last week, SCBA vice president Rana...
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111 teachers lose promotions,18 issued show cause notices over poor results
MULTAN: The Education Department has cancelled promotions of 111 primary school teachers in Bhakkar district and issued show cause notices to 21 others after the report of an inquiry into the poor...
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Lust for land: Man, father accused of killing wife
BAHALWALPUR: A woman was killed allegedly by her husband on Sunday over her property, police said. They said his father and another relative who helped him have been missing since the incident. An...
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DG Khan: UAE national arrested for illegal entry
MULTAN: Two Abu Dhabi nationals were arrested by Dera Ghazi Khan police on Sunday for entering the district illegally. City DSP Rao Jamshed Ali told The Express Tribune that since 2010, foreigners and...
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THAAP Conference: ‘The Mughals knew the importance of GT Road’
LAHORE: Papers on topics including timber techniques used by artisans in Chiniot and Gujrat, and common roots of Irani and Pakistani handicrafts were presented at the evening session of THAAP...
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THAAP conference: ‘Common sense must trump our differences’
LAHORE: Discussions on communal harmony in the sub-continent, traditional crafts of phulkari and bagh, significance of water in the preservation of culture and a discourse on public parks and gardens...
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Fair elections: ‘Only judges should be district returning officers’
LAHORE: The opposition will strongly resist the government’s plan to amend the Punjab Local Government Act of 2013 to change how members are indirectly elected to reserved seats and to allow...
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TDCP says two-day Basant will be held in Punjab this year
LAHORE: The Tourism Development Corporation of the Punjab (TDCP) sent a summary to higher authorities stating that Basant will be celebrated for two days in February, 2014, Express News reported on...
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Farmers’ field day: Fish farmers trained to use floating feed
LAHORE: Farmers’ Field Day was celebrated at the Hamaliya Fish Farm in Muridke on Monday with fish farmers being trained to use floating feed technology. The celebration was organised by the World...
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Consumer court: Notice issued over defective mobile
LAHORE: A mobile phone shop owner has been sued for Rs500,000 for allegedly selling a defective phone. Petitioner Muhammad Haroon told a consumer court that he had purchased a second-hand phone from...
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Accident: Eight labourers injured in roof collapse
FAISALABAD: Eight labourers and factory workers were injured on Monday when the roof of an under-construction house in Madina Town caved in. A wall of an adjacent building also collapsed. Rescue...
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Sawan Masih case: Final prosecution witness to be heard Dec 21
LAHORE: An additional district and sessions judge has fixed December 21 for recording the statement of the final prosecution witness in the blasphemy trial of Sawan Masih, whose case sparked the...
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