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Alternative vocation: Kiln workers getting training in handicraft
LAHORE: More than 50 women labourers from Jia Bagga are visiting Lahore for the first time to receive training in making handicrafts at the All Pakistan Women’s Association’s premises. The month-long...
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Public display of strength: Nine records set at Punjab Youth Festival
LAHORE: Participants of the Punjab Youth Festival broke nine world records at the Sports Board Punjab Gymnasium Hall on Wednesday. Capt Arbab of Pakistan Army, the star of the day, broke two world...
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Love of literature: Multan Tea House in the making
MULTAN: Multan will soon have a spacious cafe for intellectuals, poets and writers along the lines of Pak Tea House in Lahore. Talking to reporters on Wednesday, District Coordination Officer Zahid...
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Law and order: ‘Security forces’ efforts will bear fruit
FAISALABAD: Governor Chaudhry Muhammad Sarwar said on Tuesday the police should take all possible care while registering criminal cases. Speaking at an awards distribution ceremony at Police Lines,...
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Welfare programme: ‘28,000 scholarships for deserving students’
BAHAWALPUR: “Educational scholarships worth Rs1.62 billion will be awarded to 28,000 students under the Punjab Educational Endowment Fund programme,” MPA Begum Fauzia Ayub Qureshi said on Wednesday....
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Virtual rights: ‘Access to internet needs to be expanded, not limited’
LAHORE: “The State should not determine what people can or cannot watch”, an internet freedom activist Sana Saleem said on Tuesday. She said this was something people should determine themselves....
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Blast outside trader’s house creates panic
RAWALPINDI: Panic and fear gripped the garrison city on Wednesday when an explosive device detonated outside the house of a businessman in the Ratta Amral area. According to the police, the blast...
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Brutality in Faisalabad: First-grader tortured to death by school mates
FAISALABAD: A six-year-old boy was tortured to death by his classmates following a dispute over the unlocking of their school’s main gate in Tandlianwala town. Shahzaib, a pupil at the government-run...
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Three BLA members arrested from Rajanpur
RAJANPUR: Three suspected militants were arrested from the Rojhan sub-district of Rajanpur in Punjab on Thursday, Express News reported. According to the police, they belonged to the Balochistan...
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Baloch missing persons: Long march participants arrive in Rawalpindi
RAWALPINDI: The long march participants, who left Quetta on foot over three months ago, arrived in Rawalpindi on Thursday, Express News correspondent Imran Asghar reported. The participants, led by...
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Pollution control: ‘No measures have been taken by any government’
LAHORE: The government should take practical steps to resolve environmental issues that are posing a serious threat to people’s health, many speakers said at a seminar jointly organised by the Eco...
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Domestic dispute: Woman sets herself on fire
FAISALABAD: A woman set herself on fire following an argument in the family in Khurarianwala on Wednesday. Police said Musarrat Shaheen, a resident of Chak 216-RB, doused herself with kerosene oil...
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Conflict resolution: Committee formed for lawyer-police clashes
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Thursday found a committee comprising the Lahore High Court Bar Association president and the Operations Deputy Inspector General to resolve a clash between lawyers...
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Governance: TEVTA still without chairman
LAHORE: The provincial government is still to appoint a chairman for the Technical Education and Vocational Training Authority (TEVTA). The post has been looked after by additional charge officers...
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Court security: Early appointment of prosecutor general urged
LAHORE: Lahore High Court Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial on Thursday took notice of the vacant office of the Punjab prosecutor general and directed the government to fill the vacancy by March 13. He...
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GSP plus: Cabinet committee formed
LAHORE: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Thursday constituted a special cabinet committee to benefit from the GSP Plus status granted to Pakistan by the European Union. Minister for Industries...
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Prominent people: ‘Bring the poor into politics’
LAHORE: “Political parties should provide an equal opportunity to underprivileged people in politics,” Naeemul Hassan, lord mayor of Manchester, said on Thursday. He was among the British politicians...
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Forging ahead: Seven new world records set at youth festival
LAHORE: Participants of the Punjab Youth Festival on Thursday added seven new world records to their list of achievements. The world record attempts were made at the Punjab Sports Board Gymnasium...
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Socio-economic development: ‘Women must have greater role in farms’
FAISALABAD: “Gender empowerment and an improved role of women in the agriculture sector are necessary for sustainable socio-economic development,” University of Agriculture, Faisalabad (UAF) Vice...
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Grassroots outreach: PTI council meeting to unveil provincial agenda
LAHORE: “Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) will hold its provincial council meeting on March 2. PTI chairman Imran Khan will preside over the meeting,” said Dr Yasmin Rashid, the party’s general...
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