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ECP postpones local government elections in Punjab
After a Lahore High Court order gave the Punjab government time to complete delimitations, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Saturday announced postponement of Local Government Elections in...
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Police vs police: Sub inspector moves court against SHO
LAHORE: An additional district and sessions judge on Saturday sought comments from Factory Area station house officer by January 8 in a petition filed by a sub inspector seeking a case against him...
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Ransom and recovery: Police recover kidnapped farmer
MULTAN: The Lodhran district police recovered 17-year-old Ghulam Sajjad, a farmer, in a covert operation on Saturday. According to DPO Gohar Mushtaq Bhutta, Sajjad is a resident of 315-WB and was...
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Robbery: Man shot dead
GUJRANWALA: Four robbers shot dead a man in Gujranwala on Saturday. Police said the deceased, Muhammad Shabbir, a resident of Kamboh Colony, and his family had gone out to attend a wedding on...
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Counter terrorism: ‘Arabic to be a compulsory subject’
MULTAN: “The federal government is planning to introduce Arabic as a compulsory subject in primary schools,” Minister for Religious Affairs Sardar Muhammad Yousuf said on Saturday. Speaking at a...
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Boiler explosion death toll rises to 9
FAISALABAD: Another worker injured in the boiler explosion at Dawood Export Mills on December 26 died at a hospital on Friday night, raising the death toll to nine. Dr Iftikhar Khan at the Allied...
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Five of a family killed in hit-and-run
MULTAN: Five members of a family including two minors were killed in a road accident in Bhakkar on Friday night. Police said Muhammad Hanif, 35, was travelling on a motorcycle with his family when...
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‘More than half of Pakistanis are food insecure’
FAISALABAD: Food insecurity affects 60 per cent of Pakistan’s population, University of Agriculture Vice Chancellor Iqrar Ahmad Khan said on Saturday. Khan urged agricultural scientists to help...
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Crackdown launched: Eight arrested for running illegal currency exchange
LAHORE: As many as eight people have been booked for allegedly running illegal foreign currency exchange businesses and hawala/hundi (illegal financial instruments used in remittances and credit...
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In shambles: Govt doubles funds for graveyards, looks for better utilisation
LAHORE: The government is planning to release Rs2 billion for the maintenance and renovation of graveyards in the current financial year even though the utilisation of funds earmarked for the purpose...
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Campus bus stand: Punjab University syndicate delays decision on Daewoo bus...
LAHORE: A meeting of the Punjab University Syndicate on Saturday decided to defer the proposed agreement between the university and Daweoo Bus Company regarding lease of 50 kanals campus land near...
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Social segregation: Dead and buried
LAHORE: A 70-year-old Ahmadi woman was finally buried last Sunday, a day after a dispute broke over burial in Gojra tehsil of Toba Tek Singh district. Her son Iqbal Rangha told The Express Tribune...
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‘Salmaan Taseer’s death orphaned his party’
LAHORE: “Salmaan Taseer was a brave man who never shied away from raising his voice for the voiceless, the marginalised, the poor, and for women and minority rights. His martyrdom shook us all but it...
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Vaccination: CM forms team to monitor polio campaign
LAHORE: A joint monitoring team comprising senior Health Department officers, representatives of the WHO, the UNICEF and the GATES Foundation has been formed to monitor a special anti-polio campaign...
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High court voids delimitations under PLGA
LAHORE: A full bench of the Lahore High Court on December 31 declared delimitation for the local government elections in the Punjab illegal and asked the Election Commission of Pakistan to carry out...
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‘Tunnel farming more productive than traditional agriculture’
SIALKOT: As much as 1,200 acres land in four tehsils of the district is now under tunnel farming, an Agriculture Department official said on Sunday. He said the technology for vegetable farming was...
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Prisoner rehabilitation: No offices for parole officers
LAHORE: Probation and parole officers at Model Town courts have been counselling juvenile delinquents and petty criminals without a proper office. Reclamation and Probation Deputy Director Anjum...
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Violent crime: Man arrested for maiming woman
MULTAN: Qureshi Chowk police in Muzaffargarh on Sunday arrested a man three days after he cut a woman’s nose and lips over a suspicion that she had helped his niece elope. The woman who had undergone...
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Public transport: Pakistan Railway updates security plan
LAHORE: Railways Police Inspector General Syed Ibne Hussain said on Sunday a security plan for Lahore and Faisalabad railway stations had been finalised and approved by Railway Minister Khawaja Saad...
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The story that left our reporter (and his ego) a little bruised…
This is the fifth installment of an eight-part special feature, where we look back at some of the major stories of 2013 through the eyes of those who covered them. The story: Metro Bus:...
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