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Anniversary: ‘A legacy not easily forgotten’
LAHORE: The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) workers on Sunday cut a cake to celebrate the 86th birthday of former prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto at the party’s office in Sanda. Speaking on the...
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Wekh Lahore: Largest photo contest for amateurs opens
LAHORE: Wekh Lahore, the largest photography contest in the city, will be held at Alhamra Arts Gallery from January 17 to 19. The contest has been organised by the Walled City of Lahore Authority and...
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Destination nowhere: Incapacitated rail engines rotting away
RAWALPINDI: Rampant neglect and poor administrative decisions have become the hallmarks of Pakistan Railways. In much the same vein, dozens of locomotives purchased from China are rusting away at the...
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Adverts mania: Invasive ads mar Rawalpindi skyline
RAWALPINDI: It’s the money that drives the muncipal corporations to blight the stretch of azure over our heads. Major roads and intersections in big cities and towns are peppered with never-ending...
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Baby girl ‘abandoned’ at hospital
FAISALABAD: A baby girl was apparently abandoned at the Allied Hospital on Sunday by a woman who called herself its mother. Medical Superintendent Rashid Maqbool told The Express Tribune that a woman,...
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Rs44 billion scam: Yousaf Gilani off the hook in Ogra case
LAHORE: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has removed the name of former prime minister Yousaf Raza Gilani from the list of accused in the multi-billion-rupee Oil and Gas Regulator Authority...
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Poll preparations: District administrations await election commission’s word...
LAHORE: District administrations in the Punjab continued to follow the notified schedule for the local government elections. They completed the scrutiny of nomination papers and produced lists of...
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No headway in rape case despite suo motu notices
LAHORE: Despite suo motu notices taken by at least two chief judges and another notice by the Punjab chief minister over a five-year-old girl’s rape in Lahore, little headway has been made except...
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Health facilities: Imposing without, wanting within
RAWALPINDI: Huge entrances at public hospitals may look overly inviting to the poor patients but once inside there is hardly anything beyond a white-attired doctor’s hand on your pulse and a...
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Drug trial: Prosecution witnesses to record statements
LAHORE: An additional district and sessions judge on Monday fixed January 18 to record the statements of prosecution witnesses against a Tehreek-i-Taliban member allegedly caught with 4kg hashish. The...
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Trespass: Headmistress suspended over wedding at school
FAISALABAD: Education Executive District Officer Shahida Sohail on Monday suspended from service the headmistress of an elementary school for allowing some “influentials” to arrange a wedding...
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Effective governance: Shahbaz to decide on new division for Thal
LAHORE: The special committee, on setting up a new administrative division in the Punjab, shortlisted two proposals on Monday in a meeting attended by members of national and provincial assemblies....
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Law and order: Bhera traders protest late-night looting spree
BHERA: The Jewellers’ Association on Monday staged a demonstration and observed a strike to protest a marketplace robbery in Bhera. They were joined by several traders’ associations. As many as eight...
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Flood affected: Farmers protest govt’s ‘bias’ in aid distribution
MULTAN: The provincial government distributed Rs54 million cheques among 1850 families of flood affected in Muzaffargarh on Sunday. Minister for Cooperatives Iqbal Chanar chaired the event. He...
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Fatal disease: One dead, two diagnosed with dengue fever
FAISALABAD: An 11-year-old boy succumbed to dengue fever at Allied Hospital on Monday. Khalid Mehmood, 30, and his son Yasir, residents of Madinabad ABC Road, were brought to Allied Hospital on...
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‘Not for profit’: LHC restrains Taxation Department from sealing Gym Khana...
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Monday stopped the Excise and Taxation Department from sealing the Lahore Gymkhana Club. Justice Shehzada Mazhar issued the order on the petition filed by Lahore...
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Fowl play: Three flamingos stolen from Laal Sohanra Park
BAHAWALPUR: Three flamingos were stolen from Laal Sohanra National Park on Sunday. Children’s Park in charge Rao Sarwar Ali filed a complaint with the Laal Sohanra police check post in this regard on...
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Sectarian violence: MWM Rajanpur chief shot dead by gunmen
MULTAN: In an apparent incident of sectarian violence, a doctor who was also serving as president of the Majlis-e-Wahdatul Muslimeen (MWM) Rajanpur district was killed on Sunday night. According to...
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Vision for the future: Education an investment, not expenditure
LAHORE: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Monday launched an e-learning programme making school textbooks available online to students of class IX and X. Speaking at the inauguration ceremony at the...
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Plea in apex court: Poll body seeks delay in Punjab, Sindh LG elections
ISLAMABAD: While ground realities suggest that holding local government elections in Sindh and Punjab is not possible in light of the decisions of the provinces’ respective high courts, the Election...
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