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Quality assurance: Food authority to set up offices in five districts
LAHORE: Two years after its launch, the Punjab Food Authority (PFA), after two years of being functional, is set to extend its operations to five districts by July, The Express Tribune has learnt....
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Domestic work hazard: Child maid’s employer confesses to beating
LAHORE: The police on Monday charged the employer of a 15-year-old maid with murder after he confessed that he had beaten her for stealing from him. Police said Professor Salman Rashid, of Islamia...
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Playwright Asghar Nadeem Syed survives gun attack in Lahore
LAHORE: Renowned playwright Asghar Nadeem Syed survived a gun attack, when unidentified armed men shot at his car near Shaukat Khanum Hospital in Lahore on Tuesday, Express News reported. Syed was...
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Islamabad police arrest three, recover 100kg of explosives
ISLAMABAD: Islamabad police have arrested three men and seized 100 kilogrammes of explosives in a raid in the capital, officers said on Tuesday, a day after deadly attacks on the military in...
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Commercial activity: LDA seals shops for non payment
LAHORE: The Commercialisation and Enforcement Directorates of the Lahore Development Authority sealed 52 units on 14 plots in Quaid-i-Azam Town for illegal commercial activities and non-payment of...
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Acquaintance crime: ‘My colleague kidnapped my child’
BAHAWALPUR: A five-year-old was kidnapped in Sadiqabad allegedly by her father’s co-worker, Saddar police said. Police said they were looking for the child and the suspect. The family said the...
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Ethics debate: ‘Organ transplants permitted in Islam’
LAHORE: Organ transplantation to save life is permitted in Islam. However, it is the government’s responsibility to combat organ trafficking and transplant tourism, Dr Fouzia Kazim, head of the...
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Sialkot district judge asked for report on acid attack
LAHORE: Taking notice of a newspaper report that a wrestler in Sialkot was attacked with acid, Lahore High Court’s Complaint Cell on Tuesday directed the Sialkot district and sessions judge to submit...
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Garment City: LHC directs government to submit report
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court directed the government on Tuesday to submit a report by the next hearing regarding plans to launch various projects in Lahore’s suburbs. Justice Ijazul Ahsan was...
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10 cops accused of stealing
LAHORE: An additional district and sessions judge on Tuesday directed the Railway Police SHO to file his comments by January 25 on a petition seeking the registration of an FIR against 10 policemen...
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Proper procedure: 70 Aitchison College contract workers restored
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Monday dismissed a petition against the termination of 70 contract workers at Aitchison College. The petitioners said the college administration had laid them off...
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US ambassador inaugurates Lincoln Corner at GCUF
FAISALABAD: “The Lincoln Corner represents a strong and growing partnership between the people of the United States and Pakistan,” US Ambassador to Pakistan Richard G Olson said on Tuesday. He was...
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Heinous: Three accused of rape, blackmail arrested
LAHORE: Police on Tuesday claimed to have apprehended three out of four suspects in a rape-and-blackmail case involving a woman student of the University of Engineering and Technology. Investigations...
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Punjab University: Rs47m allocated for lawyers in violation of rules
LAHORE: The Punjab University has allocated Rs47.11 million in its budget for 2013-2014 for legal advisers and court cases despite a budget deficit, The Express Tribune has learnt. Documents...
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Crime against children: Relative accused of raping 8-year-old
BAHAWALPUR: An eight-year-old was reportedly raped and abandoned near her house on Tuesday, police said. The family have named a relative as the suspect. Police said the girl was picked from her...
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Conservation: Hearing on hunting of migratory birds on Jan 23
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Monday accepted an application for an early hearing of a petition requesting safe passage for migratory birds and fixed January 23 for its hearing. The court will...
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In the aftermath: Traders, commuters suffer
RAWALPINDI: Broken dreams As he picked up broken glass and cell phone mobile accessories from his shop, Muhammad Rafique said that the shop was his only source of income, and terrorism has taken it...
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Excessive delay: Ombudsman directs Benevolent Fund to apologise to widow
LAHORE: Provincial Ombudsman Javaid Mahmood has ordered an inquiry to fix for responsibility of delay in payment of a grant to a widow. He also ordered the Benevolent Fund Board secretary to send an...
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End quackery: ‘Doctors losing faith in Health Care Commission’
LAHORE: Doctors are slowly losing faith in the health care commission, General Cadre Doctor’s Association Punjab President Masood Sheikh said in a statement issued on Wednesday. The commission has...
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Safety precautions: More guards requested for district court
LAHORE: Additional District and Sessions Judge Chaudhary Tariq Javed, who also deals in court security, said on Wednesday that he had asked for 40 policemen to be deputed at the district and sessions...
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