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Medical education: ‘Collaboration will ensure better services'
LAHORE: Health Secretary Ijaz Munir on Saturday said medicine education was a top priority of the government. He said all stakeholders should work together to improve medical services. He was...
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Urban planning: ‘Lahore closest in Pakistan being a smart city’
LAHORE: “Lahore is the closest Pakistani city to the model of a smart city. However, planners need to overcome the economic disparity visible in various parts of the city,” Farhan Anwar, an expert in...
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Constant vigilance: Hospital staff suspended over missing newborn
MULTAN: Four people were suspended from service and requests for suspension of three others were sent to the health secretary on Saturday after a newborn was kidnapped from the Muzafarhgarh district...
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Heinous crime: Four women among five kidnapped
FAISALABAD: Five people, including four women, were kidnapped and a 16-year-old girl was allegedly raped in the city on Saturday. Police said that Waheed Akram and his accomplices kidnapped a woman,...
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Pushing ahead: PTI wants local bodies’ polls held at earliest, says Qureshi
LAHORE: Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) Vice Chairman Shah Mehmood Qureshi said on Saturday that PTI had played its role for holding transparent local body polls in the Punjab province. “PTI wants to...
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Court and media: ‘Institutions take time to mature’
LAHORE: “Justice is not measured by the number of convictions but the improvement these cases have in the society,” said Lahore High Court Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial said on Saturday. He was...
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Faith trial: Counsel for blasphemy suspect threatened in court
MULTAN: A lawyer defending a blasphemy suspect has said he received threats during court proceedings as well as afterwards. Rashid Rehman, counsel for Junaid Hafeez, told The Express Tribune that he...
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Tracing criminals: Shahbaz orders ‘immediate’ arrest of Ichhra blast culprits
LAHORE: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Saturday ordered police to immediately arrest those responsible for Friday’s explosion in Ichhra in which 17 people were injured. Presiding over a meeting to...
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PPP leader discredits Gallup Pakistan survey that shows PML-N govt in...
LAHORE: Surveys projecting the comparative popularity of political parties and their leaders should not only be credible but also perceived to be so, and the latest Gallup Pakistan survey does not...
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Promising relief: Power cuts won’t exceed eight hours, says minister
MULTAN: Minister of State for Water and Power Abid Sher Ali on Sunday said the maximum hours of load-shedding in the country will not exceed eight hours. “I can assure you today that from now on the...
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Public health: Court moved against dangerous factory emissions
LAHORE: A petition seeking mandatory preventive measures against silicosis, caused allegedly by emissions from a stone-crushing factory in Gujranwala, and compensation for deaths caused by it. Public...
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Higher education: Govt to spend Rs34bn on universities’ infrastructure
LAHORE: The Punjab government will spend Rs 34.6 billion on improving the infrastructure of public sector universities over the next five years, Vice Chancellors’ Committee head Lt General (r)...
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Beware of dogs: No rabies vaccine at Nowshera hospital
UCHALI: Citizens have complained about lack of rabies vaccine at Nowshera’s tehsil headquarters hospital. They told The Express Tribune a number of people could not get the vaccine after they were...
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Staying in touch: King Edward alumni start membership drive
LAHORE: The King Edward Alumni Central has initiated a membership drive. The organisation will provide guidelines and keep the alumni informed about the university’s recent activities. The Alumni...
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Drive carefully: Four die in two accidents
MULTAN: Four people, including two women and a child, died in two accidents in Bahawalangar on Sunday. Muhammad Sadiq was on his motorcycle with Shehnaz Bibi and Sana Bibi on the passenger seat when...
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Pakistan defeat Nepal in handball game
LAHORE: Pakistan on Sunday routed Nepal 33-14 in a handball match played under the banner of Punjab International Sports Festival (PISF) at Sports Board Punjab Gymnasium Hall. The hosts dominated the...
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During the lesson: Corporal punishment triggers protest
FAISALABAD: A number of residents of Jaranwala on Sunday staged a protest demonstration against the alleged beating of four schoolchildren by their teacher. The protesters, including parents of the...
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Prevalent crisis: Shahbaz says energy crisis tops govt’s agenda
LAHORE: “The Nandipur Power Project will start producing 100 megawatt electricity from May,” said Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Sunday. He was speaking at a meeting with President Mamnoon Hussain....
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‘Do not drag judiciary into media regularisation’
LAHORE: Two media men, both senior journalists associated with Urdu dailies, said last week that there should be some restrictions on the media, that there must be some parameters set for reporters...
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Digging for gold: Rescue operation for treasure hunter halted
MULTAN: A rescue operation to recover a man who descended 40 feet below the ground level in search of a treasure has been called off and will likely be resumed on Monday morning (today), District...
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