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Peaceful resolution: Young doctors call off hunger strike
LAHORE: The Young Doctors Association (YDA) Punjab on Sunday called off its hunger strike, after a meeting with Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif in Model Town. YDA Punjab spokesperson Nasir Bokhari said...
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Target killing: Doctor, son shot dead in Lahore
LAHORE: Unidentified gunmen shot dead Dr Syed Ali Haider and his 11-year-old son in the Gulberg area of Lahore on Monday, Express News reported. According to eyewitnesses, the doctor was passing by...
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Sexual harassment committees: ‘Cases not acknowledged for fear of tainted...
LAHORE: There is a tendency in educational institutes to cover-up reported incidents of sexual harassment. This is how Saiqa Rani sees the situation. Rani was the coordinator of the Bargad project...
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Case registered against 4 for trying to kill maid
FAISALABAD: Madina Town police have registered a complaint against four men for allegedly beating up a housemaid and trying to kill her. Police said complainant Rubina Maqsood, 26, a resident of Chak...
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Gepco: ‘You’ll be held responsible for following orders’
GUJRANWALA: A circular issued by the Gujranwala Electric Power Company chief executive officer last week has left his subordinates in a fix. CEO Mehboob Alam issued a general letter to the staff on...
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UAF faculty: Inquiry demanded into lecturer’s burning death
FAISALABAD: The Academic Staff Association (ASA) of the University of Agriculture Faisalabad (UAF) has demanded a transparent inquiry into the death of Nazia Jamil, a UAE lecturer. At a conference...
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NCA holds event for Imran Qureshi
LAHORE: The National College of Arts held a commemorative event on February 17 to celebrate Deutsche Bank’s Artist of the Year 2013 Award for Lahore-based artist Imran Qureshi in Berlin in November...
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Controversy: Election commissioner resigns ahead of high court bar vote
LAHORE: Lahore High Court Bar Association Election Commissioner Waqar Hassan Mir resigned on Tuesday three days ahead of the LHCBA elections after the bar’s general house overruled the steps taken by...
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Chief justice seeks reports on gang-rape cases
LAHORE: The Chief Justice’s Complaint Cell at the Lahore High Court on Tuesday took notice of press reports of six gang-rapes in the Punjab this month and ordered district judges to look into them....
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Safety check: Re-evaluation of factories underway
LAHORE: District officials have launched a re-evaluation of various industrial units set up in residential areas that were identified in a survey last year as requiring immediate shifting for safety...
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Article 25-A: Legislation for universal free education in limbo
LAHORE: There has been no progress on legislation three months after a draft for the implementation of Article 25-A of the Constitution was sent to the provincial government. The School Education...
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LHC orders appointment of blind man as lecturer
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Tuesday ordered the Punjab Public Service Commission to appoint a blind man as lecturer in English subject against the two per cent quota reserved for handicapped...
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19 people go hungry for ‘the right of 13,000’
LAHORE: The hunger strike held by 19 people from Turbat, Balochistan, entered its second day on Tuesday. The camp has been set up at Charing Cross, in front of the Wapda House. The protesters are...
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Dr Haider, his son laid to rest
LAHORE: Hundreds of people including doctors, paramedical staff and nurses offered funeral prayers for Dr Ali Haider on Tuesday. They prayers were offered in Gulberg. Dr Haider and his 12-year-old...
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Chief minister calls for unity against terrorists
FAISALABAD / BAHWALPUR / RAHIM YAR KHAN: The Hazaara community is being targeted by terrorists in Quetta and Karachi is awash in blood. It is time for all politicians, generals and judges to unite...
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Back to Lahore: Bapsi Sidhwa in town for literary festival
LAHORE: “It is your experiences and feelings that carve the way for any writer. I guess if I was born today the nature of my writing would be very different,” Bapsi Sidhwa said on Tuesday. Sidhwa who...
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Hazara massacre: ‘Protests to continue until all bodies are buried’
LAHORE: Protestors at the sit-in in front of the Governor’s House on Tuesday continued to demand action against those responsible for the killing of Hazaras in Quetta. The sit-in was joined by people...
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‘Healthy heart, healthy life’
FAISALABAD: Heart attacks are responsible for one out of five deaths in the country. Some of these can be prevented by adopting a healthy life style. Dr Naeem Aslam, a cardiologist, said this on...
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Article 63: Musharraf-era amendment challenged
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Wednesday sought the federal government’s point of view on an amendment to the Presidential Election Rules of 1988 which stopped the application of Article 63 of the...
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New construction: DCO approves theme park project
LAHORE: The city government has approved the construction of an amusement theme park on Multan Road that will be “Pakistan’s biggest family entertainment project,” said District Coordination Officer...
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