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Save the Environment: Campaign to start mass afforestation across Punjab
MULTAN: The government has approved an expenditure of Rs 117.62 million for mass afforestation, Divisional Forest Officer Liaqat Gulzaar said on Thursday. The campaign aims to create a healthy...
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‘Artistic expression’: 12th Sufi music festival opens today
LAHORE: The 12th International Mystic Music Sufi Festival 2014 will open on January 10 (today) at the Alhamra Arts Council on The Mall. Rafi Peer Theater Workshop CEO Usman Peerzada told newsmen...
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Vigilante justice: Robbery suspect beaten up by citizens
FAISALABAD: A man allegedly caught in an attempted robbery on Thursday was beaten up by citizens. His accomplices managed to escape. Samanabad police said three robbers on motorcycles had arrived at...
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Plans for youth: Conventions planned for youth festival
LAHORE: Minister for Sports, Education and Youth Affairs Rana Mashhood Ahmed Khan said on Thursday the government was planning youth conventions on peace and harmony at the Punjab Youth Festival...
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Eid Milad: ‘23 dastarkhwans to be set up’
BAHAWALPUR: “Twenty-three madni dastarkhwans will be set up in Rahim Yar Khan district to provide subsidised and free meals to the poor,” Punjab Madni Dastarkhwan Coordinator Haji Muhammad Nawaz said...
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Higher education: ‘Foreign universities invited to the Punjab’
LAHORE: Minister for Commerce and Industries Chaudhary Shafiq Ahmad on Thursday said the government was in contact with 35 international universities to establish their campuses in the province. He...
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Complaints cell: LHC takes notice of acid attack
LAHORE: Lahore High Court (LHC) on Thursday took notice of a press report regarding a man arrested for attacking his wife with acid. The Rahim Yar Khan district and sessions judge has been directed to...
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Ravi zone development: American-Pakistani team could get consultancy
LAHORE: A joint venture between an American company and two Pakistani companies is likely to win consultancy for the River Ravi Development Zone Project, The Express Tribune has learnt. As many as 19...
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Equal wage: LHC seeks attorney general’s assistance
LAHORE: Lahore High Court on Thursday summoned the attorney general of Pakistan for legal assistance on a petition moved by employees of lower courts seeking special judicial allowance paid to the...
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Walled City: Tourist guide course to start this month
LAHORE: The Walled City of Lahore Authority (WCLA) is planning to launch its second tourist guide course at the end of this January, The Express Tribune has learnt. The course participants will be...
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Urban planning: ‘80% world population will be in cities by 2045’
FAISALABAD: “More than 80 per cent of the people across the globe will have migrated to cities by 2045,” University of Agriculture, Faisalabad Vice Chancellor (UAF) Iqrar Ahmad Khan said on Thursday....
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Prisoners’ clash: 33 Kot Lakhpat inmates ‘isolated’ after clash
LAHORE: Prison police are accused of beating and injuring 33 prisoners at Kot Lakhpat Jail apparently in the wake of an argument between prison teachers. A prisoner at Kot Lakhpat jail speaking on...
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‘Provocative speech’: LHC bench refers Malik Ishaq’s case to chief justice
LAHORE: A division bench of the Lahore High Court on Thursday referred bail application of Malik Ishaq, leader of a banned outfit, to the LHC chief justice, requesting him to fix it before another...
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Kidnapping victim's body found in Lahore, three kidnappers arrested
LAHORE: Police recovered the body of a kidnapping victim, Qaisar Cheema, from a house in Lahore on Friday, Express News correspondent Muhammad Haroon reported. Cheema was kidnapped for ransom in...
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South Asian Cities: Slums, not villages real polio battleground, say experts
KARACHI: “The government plans to allocate funds based on performance of WASAs which would will encourage competition and improve the quality of work,” said former finance minister Dr Salman Shah...
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Bar elections: Office-bearers elected for Islamabad, Rawalpindi
RAWALPINDI: Raja Nasir and Naseer Ahmed Kayani were elected presidents of the Rawalpindi District Bar Association (RDBA) and the Islamabad Bar respectively on Saturday. According to poll results,...
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Notification question: Ministry insists PMDC body is illegal
LAHORE: The Ministry of National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination on Saturday reiterated that the incumbent Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) executive committee, including the...
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Heritage tourism: The Asian Study Group to visit the Walled City today
LAHORE: The Asian Study Group will be visiting the Walled City on Sunday. The Walled City of Lahore Authority (WCLA) will give the forty members a guided tour of the Shahi Guzargah (royal route) from...
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Eid Miladun Nabi: ‘Security arrangements to be made foolproof’
BAHALWALPUR: Shahid Hanif, the Bahawalpur regional police officer, said on Saturday that CCTV cameras would be installed to monitor processions on Tuesday. Loud speakers, material used to create...
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Name change: Garment Zone becomes Punjab Apparel Park
LAHORE: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Saturday approved a proposal to rename the Garments Industrial Zone to Punjab Apparel Park. He was presiding over a meeting attended by ministers Tanvir...
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