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Sectoral reform: Autonomy proposed for institute of public health
LAHORE: The Health Department has requested Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif to grant the Institute of Public Health an autonomous status. A summary forwarded by the Health Department for the chief...
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Shia leader shot dead in Khanpur
BAHAWALPUR: A Shia leader was shot dead on Monday by unidentified men near his house in Khanpur. Police said Ghulam Mustafa, a member of the Jamia Ali Akbar Trust and owner of the Shakir Medical...
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Combating terror: Law draft ready to provide cover for Counter Terrorism Force
LAHORE: The government is set to introduce the Counter Terrorism Agency Bill to provide legal cover to the proposed Counter Terrorism Force (CTF). The new law will allow for the establishment of a...
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Sports Board Punjab join hands with UK club
KARACHI: The Sports Board Punjab (SBP) joined hands with England’s Aldershot Football FC, Hampshire on Wednesday. SBP Secretary Usman Anwar and chairman of Aldershot FC signed a Memorandum of...
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A few good men: The organic intellectual
LAHORE: His house is a narrow building split into portions for three families residing there. Situated at Gulshan Ravi, it faces an open sewer canal. Children of the area play in the trash that...
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Sex crime: Five-year-old raped
A five-year-old was reported to have been raped on Wednesday, police said. They said the girl, a resident of Chak 112-DB near Yazman, was playing outside her house, when the suspect, nominated by her...
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Holy slippers: Judge directs police to submit report
LAHORE: An additional district and sessions judge issued directions on Wednesday to the investigation officer (IO) of a case involving slippers attributed to Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) that...
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Consumer court: Furniture store owner’s reply sought
LAHORE: A consumer court issued a notice to a shopkeeper on Wednesday in a suit seeking Rs200,000 damages for selling allegedly defective furniture. Muhammad Altaf told the court he had purchased...
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District games open with 5,925 participants
LAHORE: As many as 5925 athletes competed in the district games of the Punjab Youth Festival 2014 which opened on Wednesday. Nearly 4,015 people moved to the next round. In Lahore, out of the 359...
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Future Concern: FIA directed to arrest Asim Malik and his wife
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Wednesday directed the Federal Investigation Agency to arrest Asim Malik, chief executive of immigration consultancy firm Future Concern, and his wife Zobia Rubab...
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‘Honour’ killing: Two hang sister’s alleged boyfriend
BAHAWALPUR: Two brothers hanged a man to death on Wednesday. Police said they had suspected that the deceased was having an affair with their sister. Police believe that there were at least two more...
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Millennium development goals: ‘Expedite the MNCH programme’
LAHORE: Adviser to Chief Minister on Health Khawaja Salman Rafique on Wednesday directed officers of the Mother, Neonatal and Child Health (MNCH) programme of the Health Department to ensure targets...
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Fun and games: Rs500 million allocated for Youth Festival expenses
LAHORE: The government will spend around Rs500 million on events organised as part of the Punjab Youth festival, The Express Tribune has learnt. The events began in the last week of December and will...
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General Hospital Samanabad to be expanded to 250 beds
FAISALABAD: As many as 200 beds will be added to the General Hospital Samanabad to make it a 250-bed facility to meet the influx of patients, a hospital spokesman told The Express Tribune on...
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Land records: Farmers accuse revenue officers of corruption
FAISALABAD: Dozens of farmers on Wednesday staged a protest demonstration at Kutchery Chowk accusing the Revenue Department staff of “taking bribes and deliberately delaying the process of...
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Rehabilitation: Rs78.68m to be spent on schools
JHANG: The district government will spend Rs78.68 million on the construction of extra classrooms in schools and renovation and rehabilitation of school buildings affected by floods, Highways...
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Mass graves: Awami Workers Party organises demonstration
LAHORE: Dozens of people gathered in front of the Lahore Press Club on Wednesday for a demonstration organised by the Awami Workers Party to condemn the killings, arrests, and coercion of unarmed...
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Jirga ‘justice’: Widow gang raped on orders of Muzaffargarh panchayat
LAHORE: A 40-year old widow was raped by men of her village by the order of a panchayat in Mauza Rakh Tibba Sharqi, in Muzaffargarh district, The Express Tribune has learnt. After receiving...
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Development planning : LHC suspends notification on LDA jurisdiction
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Thursday suspended two notifications of the government under which the Lahore Development Authority’s jurisdiction was extended to Sheikhupura, Kasur and Nankana...
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Access to justice: Lawyers agree not to strike during court hours
LAHORE: Representatives of the Lahore High Court Bar Association, the Punjab Bar Council and the Lahore Bar Association told Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah on Thursday that lawyers would not go on...
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