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Protest: Bill to regularise lady health workers to be presented in the PA on...
LAHORE: The 32-hour protest by lady health workers finally came to a close on Tuesday after negotiations with the Health Department proved fruitful. The Health Department promised it would propose a...
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Barred: Judge refusing to oblige bar leader transferred
LAHORE: An additional and district and sessions judge Javed Iqbal Warraich was transferred to Kasur on Monday after representatives of Lahore Bar Association (LBA) had prevented him from judicial...
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Abuse of authority: Youth claims to have been implicated in 16 false cases
LAHORE: A judicial magistrate on Tuesday summoned the police record of Hamza Zaib, a youth accused of sixteen cases of theft and robbery, by February 19 (today). Hamza Zaib had applied for bail...
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Punjab in the dark: High-voltage transmission line blown up
MANSEHRA: A high-voltage transmission cable was blown up by unidentified militants in Baffa area of Mansehra, suspending the power supply to Punjab, police said on Tuesday. Mansehra DPO Khurram...
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Poetry reading: UHS organises event with Anwar Masood and Amjad Islam Amjad
LAHORE: Poet Anwar Masood enthralled the audience at the University of Health Sciences (UHS) on Tuesday with humorous and ironic couplets. A sitting with poet Amjad Islam Amjad and Anwar Masood had...
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Informal sector: ‘Even poor prefer sending children to private schools’
LAHORE: Even though most people in the informal sector choose to stop schooling at the secondary school level, they tend to lay great emphasis on educating their children…particularly in private...
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Drivers protest against police head constable
FAISALABAD: Scores of rickshaw drivers in Faisalabad on Tuesday staged a protest demonstration against a police constable accusing him of highhandedness. The protestors blocked Makkoana bypass and...
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Bilawal Bhutto Zardari to visit Lahore next month: Wattoo
LAHORE: Pakistan Peoples Party chairperson Bilawal Bhutto Zardari will visit Lahore early next month to meet party leaders and workers, Pakistan People’s Party Punjab President Mian Manzoor Ahmed...
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‘Pakistan among countries that spend least on education’
FAISALABAD: “Government spending on education accounts for only 1.9 per cent of Pakistan’s gross domestic product (GDP),” Higher Education Commission of Pakistan (HEC) former chairman Attaur Rehman...
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Illegal business: FIA takes notice of human trafficking cases
LAHORE: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Punjab director on Tuesday ordered an investigation into an alleged human trafficking network accused of bringing foreign women into the country using...
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Universal education: ‘100% enrollment of children in Punjab expected by 2015’
LAHORE: Having claimed enrolment of as many as 3.6 million children during the Jahalat Say Azadi drive, the School Education Department (SED) now says it is likely to achieve 100 per cent enrolment...
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Cylinder explosion kills 1, injures 8 in Lahore
An explosion in a gas cylinder killed a man and injured eight others in Lahore, Express News reported on Wednesday. The explosion took place inside a cardboard factory located in the Sagiyan Pul area...
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Initial post-mortem report of 8 family members killed in Lahore released
LAHORE: Seven out of the eight family members who were killed in Lahore yesterday died because of head injuries, according to the initial post-mortem report, Express News reported on Wednesday. Eight...
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Misconduct: LHC orders criminal case over sectarian comments
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Wednesday ordered a criminal case to be registered against Advocate Afaq Ahmed under anti-terrorism law, and suspended his licence for sectarian comments in his...
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Literature Festival to be open to public
LAHORE: The Lahore Literary Festival, opening on Friday, will be hosting more than 60 sessions over three days. The organisers of the festival had initially announced that some sessions would be...
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Beyond borders: Indian athletes to take part in Punjab youth festival
LAHORE: Indian athletes too will get to exhibit their prowess in the Punjab Youth Festival from March 2. A delegation from Indian Punjab comprising 82 athletes and 17 officials will arrive at Wagha...
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Water scarcity: ‘Per acre yields need to be increased’
FAISALABAD: “Pakistan is facing a worsening water crisis… it is important to focus on water efficient crops,” University of Agriculture, Faisalabad (UAF) Vice Chancellor Iqrar Ahmad Khan said on...
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Disqualification: LHC grants govt additional time to respond
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Monday allowed the federal government more time, once again, to submit a reply to a petition seeking the disqualification of Punjab Governor Chaudhry Muhammad Sarwar....
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Panel discussion: ‘We need laws against domestic violence’
LAHORE: “We need laws against domestic violence. It is the biggest issue in our society today. It is prevalent at various levels, from beating to murder”, Human Rights Commission of Pakistan...
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‘Medical waste handling a top health priority’
LAHORE: A two-day infection control monitoring training workshop was inaugurated by Khawaja Salman Rafique, the advisor to the chief minister on health, on Wednesday. The workshop was organised by...
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