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LHC stays hunting of endangered birds
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Thursday put an interim ban on hunting of houbara bustards and directed the government to submit a list of permit holders. Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah passed this...
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MBBS examination: 84.7% of the students pass
LAHORE: The University of Health Sciences (UHS) declared on Friday the result of its First Professional MBBS Part-II annual examination 2013, in which about 85 per cent of the candidates were...
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Agriculture: ‘Research collaboration could help ensure food security’
FAISALABAD: Nepal could increase its agricultural productivity with help from experts from Pakistan, Nepal’s Ambassador to Pakistan Bharat Raj Paudyal said on Friday. He was speaking at a Deans’...
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Law and order: Robbers’ gang busted
BAHAWALPUR: Police claimed on Friday to have arrested five members of a robbery gang in Bahawalpur. Speaking at a press conference, District Police Officer (DPO) Sohail Habib Tajik said the men were...
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Global village: 1,500 students to join volunteer programmes
LAHORE: Participants from 25 countries will team up with local youth to promote volunteerism, coexistence and tolerance at a Global Village event to be held on Saturday (today) at the Punjab...
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In solidarity: Lawyers on strike
LAHORE: Lawyers on Friday observed a strike in protest against Mastung killings. The Lahore Bar Association (LBA) and the Lahore High Court Bar Association (LHCBA) observed the strike on the call of...
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Equal rights: ‘Protecting minorities requires law reform’
LAHORE: Increased migration of minorities from Pakistan is because of increasing extremism and intolerance in society, Pakistan Peoples Party leader Naveed Chaudhry said on Friday. He was speaking at...
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Countering terrorism: PSP team to meet IGP to discuss ATF matters
LAHORE: A delegation comprising five senior police officers representing the Police Service of Pakistan is scheduled to meet Inspector General Khan Baig on Saturday to discuss various matters...
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Water supply: WASA proposes levy on private tube wells
LAHORE: The Water and Sanitation Agency (WASA) has proposed a Rs25,000 per cusec charge to private tubewells supplying water to private housing schemes, The Express Tribune has learnt. Lahore...
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Official perks: Purchase of vehicles challenged in court
LAHORE: A petition was filed in the Lahore High Court on Friday against the purchase of 80 new vehicles by the government for secretaries and chairmen of parliamentary committees. Advocate AK Dogar...
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All parties’ conference: ‘Local governments represent true democracy’
LAHORE: “It is better to have no local government elections than to have party-less elections,” Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) leader Bakhtiar Kasuri said on Thursday. He was speaking at an All...
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Court awards death sentence to five men
MULTAN: An additional district and sessions judge awarded five people the death penalty today for the murder of two men in Chishtian sub-district in Bhawalanagar. On 15 May 2011, Sajida Bibi, her...
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Gazette question: Printing Corporation denies notifying PMDC executive council
LAHORE: The Printing Corporation of Pakistan Press has denied issuing a gazette of Pakistan notification regarding the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council executive committee. An official of the...
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Illegal: Three held for carrying weapons
RAWALPINDI: The Kallar Syedan police on Saturday arrested three persons and seized weapons and ammunition. A police party seized a 30-bore pistol with two bullets from Gul Azeem, a 30-bore from Gondal...
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Youth Festival: Tehsil games enter second week
LAHORE: As many as 104,000 people participated in the tehsil games of the Punjab Youth Festival which entered its second week on Saturday and 24,600 moved to the next round. In Wagha Town, 103 out...
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Consumer court: Health officers issued notices over birth certificate
LAHORE: A consumer court on Saturday again issued notices to the health secretary and the district health officer for February 13 in a suit seeking Rs53,440 damages for not preparing four birth...
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3,800 FESCO employees to get plots in FDA City
FAISALABAD: The FDA City will be developed along modern lines and provision of basic infrastructure – electricity, water, drainage – ensured, District Coordination Officer Noorul Amin Mengal said on...
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Scholastic: THAAP calls for conference papers
LAHORE: Organisers of the Trust for History Art and Architecture Pakistan conference have called for papers to be presented at a conference scheduled in November. The topic for the conference this...
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Public hygiene: ‘Long hospital stay increases chances of infection’
LAHORE: “Early recovery of patients can be ensured by controlling infections at hospitals,” Health Services Director General Zahid Pervaiz said on Saturday. He said patients’ stay in hospitals should...
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Identity matters: Archaeology made obscure in Punjab
RAWALPINDI: Historical heritage sites of the Potohar region are slowly vanishing and being plundered due to a lack of awareness about their significance. One of the causes for such neglect is the...
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