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Dengue fever: Federal coordination cell set up for twin cities
ISLAMABAD: A coordination cell has been established at federal level for the control and prevention of dengue fever in the twin cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi. The decision was taken in a meeting...
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50 drivers register for Cholistan Jeep Rally
MULTAN: The Tourism Development Corporation of Punjab (TDCP) on Tuesday announced the schedule of events for the 9th Cholistan Jeep Rally. Addressing a press conference in Multan, Fayyaz Ahmed, the...
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Arrest warrants issued for witnesses
LAHORE: An additional district and sessions judge issued non-bailable arrest warrants on Tuesday for two prosecution witnesses, Inspector Raees Ahmed and Sub Inspector Arshad Ahmed, for not appearing...
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National Women’s Day: ‘Miles to go before we achieve rights for women’
LAHORE: All Pakistanis must set aside gender discrimination and celebrate the National Women’s Day, a milestone achieved after great sacrifices by women activists, Human Rights Commission of Pakistan...
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Medical care: Mercy Health Centre opens at FC College
LAHORE: The Forman Christian College Mercy Health Centre, a clinic and counselling centre for health services, opened at the college on Tuesday. The facility was inaugurated by Ferozsons...
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Environment friendly: UAF 35th among green universities
FAISALABAD: “The University of Agriculture, Faisalabad (UAF), has been ranked 35th among universities by the Universitas Indonesia (UI) GreenMetric World University Ranking,” UAF Vice Chancellor...
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Transparency: LHC seeks govt's statement on expired medicine
LAHORE: Lahore High Court Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial, hearing a petition regarding the spread of dengue, directed the Punjab government on Tuesday to inform the court of its policy on shelf life...
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Healthcare facilities: ‘90% of PIC patients receive free treatment’
LAHORE: The Punjab Institute of Cardiology (PIC) is providing quality healthcare facilities to cardiac patients despite limited resources, PIC Chief Executive Bilal Zakariya said on Tuesday....
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Financing energy: If needed, I will sell the coat off my back, says Shahbaz
LAHORE: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif told Punjab Assembly on Tuesday he would sell the coat off his back to complete the coal-based energy projects in the province his government was planning. In a...
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Bomb threat at Excise and Taxation office in Lahore
LAHORE: A bomb threat at the Excise and Taxation office in Lahore was reported on Wednesday. Express News correspondent Sajjad Shafiq reported that a suspicious car was taken into custody but no one...
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Law passed: Punjab to have commission on status of women
LAHORE: The Punjab Assembly passed The Punjab Commission on the Status of Women Bill 2013 on Wednesday. According to the bill, the commission aims at empowering women, expanding opportunities for...
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Rs2m needed to repair damaged wall
MULTAN: The Archaeology Department has prepared a Rs2 million estimate for repair and restoration of the two boundary walls of the 680-year-old mausoleum of Hazrat Shah Rukn-i-Alam, an Archaeology...
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Missing person: Protest against police over abducted youth
FAISALABAD: Hundreds of people belonging to Jaranwala staged a demonstration on Wednesday against police’s inability to recover a man abducted from the area five months ago. The protestors, carrying...
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‘Honour’ crime: 20 arrested for declaring nine-year-old vani
MULTAN: Police registered cases against 36 people for declaring a nine-year-old girl vani in Mithanwali, Muzaffargarh district on Wednesday. Of these, 20 men were arrested. Police said 30-year-old...
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That is a long walk: Activists seeking release of Baloch missing persons...
LAHORE: A group of people, who had started to walk from Quetta in Balochistan on October 27, 2013, seeking release of their ‘missing’ loved ones , marched into Lahore on Thursday three months and...
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Long march: Lahoris disappoint campaigners for Baloch missing persons’ cause
LAHORE: “As many as 18,000 people from Balochistan are unaccounted for. More than 2,000 mutilated bodies have been found. I will provide the list of names to the United Nations officials when the...
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In-service training: Workshop held on cell phone use in govt
LAHORE: A four-day workshop on governance arranged for civil servants by the Information Technology University (ITU) concluded on Thursday. Civil servants participating in the Mid-Career Management...
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Inheritance dispute: Man accused of setting brother’s family on fire
MULTAN: Eight people were burnt on Thursday over a property dispute between two brothers in Dera Ghazi Khan, police said. Three children died on the spot and their father succumbed to his injuries at...
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Lawyers’ elections: ‘Bar candidates have not paid voters’ dues this year’
LAHORE: The number of voting members of the Lahore High Court Bar Association (LHCBA) has decreased by 1,628 over last year even though 1,138 new voters have been registered ahead of the bar...
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Youth Festival: Nankana Sahib take tennis-ball cricket cup
LAHORE: The Nankana Sahib cricket team on Thursday won the inter-district tennis-ball cricket tournament of the Punjab Youth Festival at Iqbal Park Sports Complex. The team played against Sheikhupura...
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