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No more stops: At Chaklala, train riding makes way for trainspotting
ISLAMABAD: At 11:47am on Saturday, a train from Lahore approaches Chaklala Railway Station, one of the oldest on Rawalpindi’s main line. But the train does not stop. Within five seconds, just long...
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Man kidnaps, kills nephews on advice of spiritual soothsayer
RAWALPINDI: A man kidnapped three of his nephews from Haripur near Abbottabad and slit their throats, killing two and injuring the third critically, Express News reported on Monday. These crimes were...
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Newly-wed couple found dead in Multan
MULTAN: A newly-wed couple was found dead in their room by family members, Express News reported on Monday. Anas and his cousin Samina got married in Gujranwala but returned to Multan after the...
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40 feet under: Man searching for gold now found dead
MULTAN: The corpse of 20-year-old Zeeshan, who dug a 40-foot long shaft beneath his house in search of treasure, has been discovered by the Rescue 1122 team, Express News reported on Monday. His body...
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Bhakkar cannibal arrested once again
KARACHI / BHAKKAR: An appalling story that first came to light three years ago raised its grisly head once more on Monday when it was discovered that the ill-famed ‘Bhakkar cannibals’ were back to...
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Medical education: BDS results announced
LAHORE: Results of the Final Professional Bachelors of Dental Surgery annual examination 2013 were announced by the University of Health Sciences on Monday. A total 432 candidates from 10 affiliated...
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Travel restrictions: May 15 fixed for Gillani’s ECL hearing
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Monday fixed May 15 for final arguments on a petition moved by Syed Ali Musa Gillani, son of former premier Yousuf Raza Gillani, seeking deletion of his name from the...
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Higher education: Quality assurance awareness week kicks off
LAHORE: The University of Health Sciences kicked off its Quality Assurance Awareness Week on its campus on Monday. The idea is to promote awareness about the importance of quality higher education....
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Intellectual exchange: ‘Lahore is an ideal place to discuss literature and...
LAHORE: “In India, we have an incorrect perception of Pakistan. My family was advising me not to visit Pakistan, fearing terrorism in the country and a hatred towards Indians. But I have found the...
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Heritage at risk: Commercialism threatens Manto’s mansion
LAHORE: His pen created masterpieces that changed the face of Urdu literature. Many of the thoughts that must have brewed in his mind in the last seven years of his life were here, in this modest...
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Bilateral trade: Chinese delegation calls on chief minister
LAHORE: A delegation of China Machinery Engineering Corporation led by its president Zhang Chun called on Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Monday. Matters regarding cooperation in energy sector were...
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Epidemic control: Hospitals told to send dengue patients’ data to Health...
LAHORE: Adviser to Chief Minister on Health Khawaja Salman Rafique on Monday directed hospital administrations to send complete data of suspected and confirmed dengue patients to the Health...
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Conned: ‘Drummers gave me drugged juice’
LAHORE: An additional district and sessions judge on Monday sought comments from Kahna SHO in a petition seeking a case against six men and two women for allegedly robbing a man after giving him...
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Procuring vaccines: Ministry’s appeal put off over technicality
LAHORE: A division bench of the Lahore High Court on Monday objected to an appeal of the Ministry of National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination against an order of a single bench...
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South Asia: Historians stress the need for unbiased history
LAHORE: Historians from several countries stressed the need for an unbiased and balanced historiography of South Asia at the inaugural session of the three-day 24th International Pakistan History...
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High Court appeal: Aasia Bibi’s appeal fixed but not heard
LAHORE: The hearing of Aasia Bibi’s appeal could not take place on Monday even though it was fixed before a special division bench of the Lahore High Court at a previous hearing, The Express Tribune...
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Education reforms: ‘All Punjab children will be enrolled in two years’
LAHORE: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif said on Monday said the Punjab School Reforms Programme had had a “very positive impact” on the education sector and attendance of teachers in schools had...
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ATC sends Bhakkar cannibals on seven-day physical remand
BHAKKAR: An anti-terrorism court in Sargodha sent the now infamous ‘Bhakkar cannibals’ on a seven-day physical remand, just a day after it was discovered that they were back to consuming human flesh,...
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Six weeks and counting: 16-year-old gang rape victim still awaits justice
SAHIWAL: A month and a half later, the 16-year-old orphan girl who was raped by six men in the Nawahi village of Sahiwal has still not received justice, Express News reported The girl was taken from...
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Explosion in Jehlum mine leaves 3 dead
JEHLUM: An explosion in a gypsum mine in Khewra left three people dead and seven others buried under the rubble, Express News reported on Tuesday. Khewra is a city in Punjab’s district of Jehlum. The...
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