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Anti-encroachment: Putting reclaimed state land to good use
LAHORE: All town administrators and town municipal officers have been asked to submit proposals on how to best use the land retrieved from encroachers during the city government’s anti-encroachment...
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Health concern: ‘Imported gas not checked for quality’
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Tuesday summoned the Pakistan Standards and Quality Control Authority director general to court on a petition against the import of alleged substandard Carbon Dioxide...
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Youth Festival: Aspiring architects build bridges
LAHORE: The University of Lahore won the scaled bridge competition at the Gymnasium Hall of the Punjab Sports Board on Tuesday. Director General Usman Anwar was the chief guest at the event. Around...
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Family feud: Three killed by in-laws
RAWALPINDI: A man and his son, who were being treated at Benazir Bhutto Hospital (BBH) after being shot during a family dispute in Sadiqabad, died on Tuesday. Dr Ali Gohar and his son Abdul Ghani had...
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Healthcare: ‘Civil society should monitor public welfare schemes’
LAHORE: Civil society and development experts should monitor government schemes to be initiated under the upcoming budget that aims to provide greater access to healthcare facilities. The civil...
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Sharing experiences: Hope Day for cancer patients
LAHORE: The Patient Welfare Society Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Oncology (PWSI) arranged a Hope Day for cancer patients as well as those who had defeated the illness on Tuesday. Those who had...
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Hooliganism: IJT - PU admin at it again
LAHORE: Several Islami Jamiat Talaba members barged onto campus lawns on Tuesday where a sports gala was going on, they snatched mobile phones from students and manhandled some instructors, the...
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Women of Bahawalpur: The hands that stitch and dye dreams
BAHAWALPUR: She could not give birth to a baby and her husband decided to throw her out of the house. They got married more than a decade ago. He hasn’t divorced Hafeez Bibi, nor is he ready to accept...
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Punjab Assembly: Shahbaz needs to stop acting de facto PM, Opp says
LAHORE: The opposition members in the provincial assembly demanded on Tuesday that Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif stop taking on federal government responsibilities and pay more attention to the law...
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Jirga (in)justice: Forcibly married, divorced, gang-raped, paraded
FAISALABAD: A 22-year-old woman declared vani by a panchayat in Chiniot was kidnapped, married forcibly, ‘divorced’, kidnapped again, gang-raped and tied to a tree in the street while stripped....
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Punjab Assembly: PTI submits resolution against Altaf Hussain's army comments
LAHORE: A resolution – condemning the statements by Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain concerning the army – was submitted in the Punjab Assembly, Express News reported on Wednesday....
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Muzaffargarh rape: Lahore High Court grants protective bail to DSP
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Wednesday granted protective bail to Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Asghar Ali, the prime suspect in the Muzaffargarh rape and self-immolation case. A division...
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Anthropological study: Dr Begrich discusses his work on the Adivasi of India
LAHORE: The indigenous people of the state of Jharkand in India, commonly known as Adivasi, are generally perceived to be inferior, Dr Roger Begrich said at a seminar on Marginality and the State: A...
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‘National interest’: ‘Promote industry-academia linkages to boost economy’
LAHORE: Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Reforms Ahsan Iqbal said on Wednesday links between academia and the industry should be promoted to strengthen the economy. He was addressing...
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Not qualified: Acting AG told not to interfere in bar affairs
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Wednesday stopped acting advocate general Mustafa Ramday from interfering in the Punjab Bar Council’s affairs. PbBC Member Abdur Rehman had approached the court with...
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Medium of instruction: English to Urdu and back
LAHORE: The government’s decision to revert to Urdu as the medium of instruction in public schools up till Grade 3 this year has been met with reservations by some teachers who insist that it should...
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Women of Bahawalpur: The 51 per cent
BAHAWALPUR: Teamwork on the field Not so long ago, Shameem Bibi and her husband were just working on the lands of local landlords in Bahawalpur. “We did not have enough money to cultivate our own...
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‘Ignoring orders’: Camp Jail officer summoned
LAHORE: An additional district and sessions judge on Wednesday directed the Camp Jail superintendent to appear in person with a reply in a petition seeking action against him for not complying with...
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Development: 70 water tanks to be installed in Cholistan
BAHAWALPUR: Chief Secretary Naveed Akram Cheema said on Wednesday that 70 water tanks – each having a capacity of 50,000 litres – would be installed in Cholistan. Presiding over a meeting to plan for...
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Corruption: Over 300 police officials dismissed since 2013
RAWALPINDI: Around 300 police officials in Rawalpindi were dismissed after they were found guilty of corruption. The anti-corruption department had booked over 350 police officials in various...
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