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Local government: Returning officers appointed for elections
DHONKAL: Five returning officers have been appointed in the 26 union councils of Wazirabad tehsil and 60 wards of Wazirabad, Gakhar and Alipur Chattha for local elections, an Election Commission (EC)...
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Crime: Two held for carrying weapons
TAXILA: The Taxila police on Friday arrested two persons and seized weapons and ammunition from their possession including a 30-bore pistol with five bullets from Aurungzeb and a 30-bore pistol with...
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Education: ‘40 million free textbooks for schools in the province’
MULTAN: “More than 40 million textbooks are being supplied free of charge by the provincial government to schools this year,” Punjab Teachers’ Association General Secretary Rana Wilayat said on...
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Murder: Workers protest against police for not arresting suspects
FAISALABAD: Scores of Health Department workers on Friday staged a protest demonstration in front of the city government secretariat against police for not arresting robbers who shot dead their...
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Memorial: ‘Mourning the day hope took a bullet’
LAHORE: Hundreds of Pakistan Peoples Party workers on Friday gathered in front of the Lahore Press Club to pay tribute to former prime minister Benazir Bhutto on the sixth anniversary of her...
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Local govt elections: Hopefuls get extension to file nominations
LAHORE: The Election Commission of Pakistan on Friday extended the deadline for the submission of nomination papers for the local government elections by eight hours. A notification in this regard...
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‘Land records need to be computerised soon’
JHANG: District Coordination Officer Raja Khurram Shahzad Omer on Friday directed the Revenue Department staff to computerise the land records in the district within stipulated time to facilitate the...
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Environmental hazard: Dangerous factories can stay put for now
LAHORE: The relocation of dangerous factories in residential areas has been deferred until after the local government elections are over. Industries District Officer Muhammad Azhar, who had earlier...
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Public health: Organ transplant facilities soon, says Rafique
LAHORE: Advisor to Chief Minister on Health Khawaja Salman Rafique on Friday announced that organ transplant institutions would be set up in the Punjab soon. He said the government would provide...
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Death sentence given in blasphemy case
MULTAN: Additional Sessions Judge Chaudhry Zafar Iqbal on Friday awarded death sentence to a man he found guilty of blasphemy. According to the prosecution, Imam Ali, 63, a resident of Haroonabad,...
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Human trafficking: Man accused of rape granted bail
LAHORE: Additional District and Sessions Judge Nasir Javed on Friday granted bail to a man accused of ‘buying’ a married woman, raping her and forcibly ‘marrying’ her. Petitioner Muhammad Ali, who...
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Hazardous work: Two workers die, 15 injured in boiler explosion
FAISALABAD: Two workers were killed and 15 others were injured on Thursday night when a boiler at a factory on Sargodha Road exploded. Police said Zahoor Ahmad, a resident of Samana Chak, and Sohail...
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Local govt elections: Sanaullah predicts delay, Tehreek-i-Insaf says no way
LAHORE: Law Minister Rana Sanaullah on Wednesday announced that amendments to the Punjab Local Government Act 2013 could take up to five months while the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf demanded local...
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Anniversary dinner: ‘Old Ravians have served Pakistan well’
LAHORE: “Pakistan’s missile defence system was designed by a team of Ravians, who had been working aboard at organisations like NASA. They sacrificed their jobs to serve their motherland,” Dr Samar...
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Education funds: Rs140m released for development schemes
FAISALABAD: The government released more than Rs140 million on Thursday for 254 development schemes in Toba Tek Singh. A District government spokesperson told The Express Tribune that Rs45.257...
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Close call: 14-year-old foils kidnap attempt
BAHAWALPUR: A 14-year-old boy, abducted from Gujranwala by unidentified men on Wednesday, was recovered on Thursday from a house in Rahim Yar Khan where, he said, he had taken shelter. Police said he...
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Power and privatisation: FESCO workers oppose privatisation, protest against...
FAISALABAD: Hundreds of Faisalabad Electric Supply Company (FESCO) workers gathered in front of FESCO headquarters on Thursday to protest against plans for privatisation of power companies. The...
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Failed reconciliation: Man shoots at in-laws, kills child
GUJRANWALA: A child was killed and five people were injured in Gujranwala on Thursday when a man fired shots at his in-laws following an argument. Police said Neelum Bibi, a resident of Baghwala, had...
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Sweet poison: Man dies, seven faint from medicated sweet
FAISALABAD: A man died and seven members of a family, including two children, fainted here on Thursday after eating a sweet meant to provide pain relief. The affected people were taken to a hospital,...
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GSP Plus: ‘Pakistan needs to project a soft image’
LAHORE: Governor Chaudhry Muhammad Sarwar on Thursday told the media that he had met with over a hundred European Union parliamentarians during his efforts the obtaining a GSP Plus status for...
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