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Lahore High Court: Eight additional judges take oath
LAHORE: Lahore High Court Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial administered oath to eight newly appointed additional judges on Saturday. Justice Shah Khawar, Justice James Joseph, Justice Zafarullah Khan...
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Youth Festival: Pakistan to play Qatar on Monday
LAHORE: “The cricket match between Pakistan and Qatar teams on Monday will go a long way in reviving international cricket in the country,” said Minister for Sports Rana Mashhood Ahmad Khan. He was...
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Public awareness: Pictures that tell the story of water scarcity
LAHORE: “Every year 250,000 children under five years of age die in Pakistan due to water-borne diseases,” said photographer Ali Zeeshan Iqbal. He was talking at a photography exhibition held to mark...
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Upper hand: ‘Stop filing references or we stop work’
LAHORE: Lahore Bar Association (LBA) leaders on Friday said that they would not let judges work if they continued to file references against lawyers without consulting them first. They were...
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Resource situation: ‘Per capita water availability falling’
FAISALABAD: The per capita water availability in Pakistan is dwindling with every passing day. It has already reached the 1,000 cubic metres per person threshold globally recognised as dangerous,...
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Chief minister okays provincial HEC
LAHORE: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has given approval for the establishment of a provincial higher education commission. He also gave approval for an information technology university to be set up...
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Kidney diseases: Awareness drive launched in south Punjab
MULTAN: “More than 1,000 volunteers will travel across south Punjab to raise awareness among people about kidney diseases,” Bakhtawar Amin Memorial Trust Hospital, Multan, chairman Mian Rasheed Ahmed...
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Higher education: LHC declares National Testing Service illegal
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Saturday declared the National Testing Service (a private firm) illegal and directed the Higher Education Commission to ensure that no private firms conducted tests...
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Polio drive: Vaccination campaign to target 1.25m children
As many as 1.25 million children up to five years of age will be vaccinated against polio in a campaign starting from Monday (March 24), District Coordination Officer (DCO) Noorul Amin Mengal said on...
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Country faces water scarcity as supply continues to fall
FAISALABAD: If the current ones were not enough, Pakistan is to face yet another crisis as per capita water availability is touching its lowest level, threatening the country with water scarcity,...
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Justice [not] delayed: LHC to have e-monitoring mechanism
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court is working on an electronic monitoring mechanism for lower courts, The Express Tribune has learnt. A pilot project is running in two courts in Sheikhupura district. Once...
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Illegal activity: Six arrested for betting on cock fights
FAISALABAD: Police claimed on Saturday to have arrested six men for betting on cock fights in Bahlak. City Police Officer Haidar Ashraf told the media that Bahlak Station House Officer (SHO) Yousuf...
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Child work: Employers arrested for beating maid
LAHORE: A man and a woman have been arrested for beating their 14-year-old maid on Saturday. The police have taken the employers, Advocate Nasir and Uzma into custody and charged them with beating...
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Abduction: Man held on charges of kidnapping girl
RAWALPINDI: A man was arrested Sunday on charges of kidnapping a teenage girl, police sources said. The girl went missing Saturday night and was found dumped in a plot on Sunday morning. Parents...
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National zeal: Spectacular fireworks show marks republic day
LAHORE: Jail Road and the roads adjacent to it became one big parking lot as thousands of people parked their vehicles and came round to witness a spectacular fireworks show to welcome March 23 at...
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Youth Festival: Pakistan A to play Qatar today
LAHORE: A Pakistan A team will play against Qatar on Monday (today) at Gaddafi Stadium. Minister for Sports and Education Rana Mashhood Ahmad Khan will be the chief guest. The match will start at...
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Law and order: Two cops killed in shootout
LAHORE: Two policemen were killed and another was injured in two incidents on Saturday night. Police said ASI Ameen Iqbal of the Anti-Motorcycle Lifting Squad and Operations Sub-Inspector Riaz were...
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Foul play: Body exhumed
LAHORE / ISLAMABAD: The body of a youth was exhumed by police on Sunday to ascertain facts of his death. Bhowana SHO said Kashif Ali had gone missing from Lahore’s Factory Area on January 9. He said...
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Standardised testing: Universities to have separate policies on MPhil admissions
LAHORE: Public universities across the province are likely to do away with the uniform eligibility criteria for admissions to MPhil programmes and set up separate rules after the Lahore High Court...
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Conference: ‘Use of force is embedded in our social fabric’
LAHORE: “Use of torture has become an endemic in Pakistan. It is used before trials, after convictions and even when there is no trial intended or possible,” said Human Rights Commission of Pakistan...
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