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Judicial review: ‘Christian divorce law is insulting to women’
LAHORE: A section of the Christian Divorce Act 1869 has been challenged before the Lahore High Court for being “offensive and insulting” to women. At the first hearing of the case on Thursday,...
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Student’s death: School staff suspended
FAISALABAD: A top district official on Thursday suspended the entire faculty of the Tandlianwala government school where a first-grader was beaten to death a day earlier. District Coordination Officer...
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Lawyers beat up two wardens
FAISALABAD: A group of lawyers beat up two traffic wardens on Thursday after the traffic wardens reportedly misbehaved with two senior lawyers of the Jaranwala tehsil bar association. Men from both...
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2,000-km march for 'missing' persons nears end
RAWALPINDI: After 2,000 gruelling kilometres on the road, a band of families led by a 72-year-old are due to reach the end of their protest march over missing relatives in the federal capital on...
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Fake degree: Court sentences former PML-N lawmaker to 1-year in prison
GUJRANWALA: A former Pakistan Muslim League –Nawaz (PML-N) MNA has been sentenced to one year in prison for holding a fake degree, Express News reported. Mudassar Qayyum Nahra held a fake BA degree...
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Those less talked about: Students talk, learn about acid crime
LAHORE: Students from over 20 schools and universities of Lahore on Friday discussed the state of acid crime in Pakistan and what the government had been able to do to curb acid violence. The event,...
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Grenade attack in Kot Addu damages police van, injures eight people
KOT ADDU: Six police officials survived a terrorist attempt in sub district Kot Addu of district Muzafarhgarh on Friday, when a man threw a hand grenade at their van. Five police men including ASI...
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Law and order: Couple arrested for abusing polio team
FAISALABAD: A man and his wife were arrested on Thursday for misbehaving with an anti-polio team in Faisalabad. Tandlianwala police said Kausar Bibi, a health worker, had told police that Iqbal and...
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Monitoring system: ‘Little scope for cheating at matric exams’
LAHORE: The Lahore Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education has reinforced its monitoring and law and order arrangements in collaboration with the city government and the Urban Unit for the...
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Anti-encroachment: Encroachments to be removed from Walled City gates
LAHORE: The city government’s anti-encroachment drive will soon reach the Walled City of Lahore and the Circular Road, The Express Tribune has learnt. The drive began on February 18 and was halted...
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Organised crime: FIA arrest fraud suspect
The National Response Centre for Cyber Crime (NR3C) of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has arrested a man suspected of credit card fraud, The Express Tribune has learnt. An NR3C team arrested...
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Ways to prevent acid crime discussed
LAHORE: Students from over 20 schools and universities of Lahore on Friday discussed the state of acid crime in Pakistan and what the government had been able to do to curb it. The event was...
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Bilateral cooperation: ‘Chinese investment in energy is welcome relief’
LAHORE: “The Chinese government has promised an investment of $20 billion in Pakistan’s energy sector. The Pakistani government appreciates this gesture,” Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif said on...
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People with disabilities: ‘Govt should be considerate towards disabled people’
FAISALABAD: The Association of Women for Awareness and Motivation organised a seminar on Friday to reiterate its demands for one-window operation at offices for registration of people with...
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Punjab Youth Festival: Were you part of the world’s largest art lesson?
LAHORE: Over 5,000 school children set a new world record on Friday by sitting through the largest art lesson of the world at Punjab Stadium. The record was previously held by Chinese Taipei with...
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Sunni council takes out rally to support army
FAISALABAD: The Sunni Ittihad Council (SIC) on Friday organised a rally in Faisalabad against the Taliban and to express solidarity with the armed forces of Pakistan. Thousands of people attended the...
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Public health: No dengue outbreak this year, says virologist
LAHORE: A virologist of the Punjab University Dengue Research Group (PUDRG) has predicted that there will be no dengue outbreak in Lahore this year. Punjab University Vice Chancellor Dr Mujahid...
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Gora Qabristan: Grave shortage of yards
RAWALPINDI: Centuries old Gora Qabristan at Harley Street has no more space for new graves and the administration of the graveyard is using footpaths for burying the dead. “We have run out of space...
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Security measures: ‘Jammers to be installed in trains’
FAISALABAD: The Pakistan Railways (PR) has decided to install jammers on trains to prevent bomb attacks, a PR spokesman said on Friday. “The jammers will be installed on passenger trains in the first...
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National security: Courts do not interfere in policy matters, says CJ
LAHORE: Lahore High Court Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial on Friday refused to accept a plea to stop the government from launching an operation against the Taliban. The chief justice said the courts...
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