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Welcome visitors: Punjab CM receives Chinese delegation
LAHORE: A 34-member delegation of the Energy Planning Working Group of China met Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Wednesday. The meeting decided to expedite energy and transport projects being...
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New English Dept building for PU
LAHORE: Punjab University Vice Chancellor Mujahid Kamran on Wednesday inaugurated new the undergraduate building at the Department of English Language and Literature. Chairperson Amra Raza, former...
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Controversial video: FIA ordered to proceed against Meera
LAHORE: A court ordered the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Wednesday to investigate a case against actress Meera and her husband Captain Navid for a controversial video. The additional...
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Public education: Shahbaz launches school enrolment drive
LAHORE: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif said on Wednesday 100 per cent school enrolment would be ensured across the province by May 31, 2016. He was addressing the inaugural ceremony of Students...
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Up for rights: ‘Privatisation’ of Cholistan community schools opposed
BAHAWALPUR: Cholistan community schools teachers on Wednesday voiced opposition to handing over the schools to non-governmental organisations (NGOs). During a meeting with Cholistan Development...
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Model primary school inaugurated at LCWU
LAHORE: A model primary school was inaugurated on Wednesday at the Lahore College for Women University (LCWU). Higher Education Secretary Abdullah Khan Sumbal was the chief guest at the ceremony....
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Property dispute: Former advocate general lined to represent govt
LAHORE: The government has hired Advocate Khawaja Haris to plead its case in the writ petition Kabir A Sheikh vs Islamic Republic of Pakistan regarding the ownership of three properties claimed by...
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Election record: What is returning officer’s role?
LAHORE: Lahore High Court Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial on Wednesday sought assistance from the attorney general and the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on the role of returning officers. He...
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Health reforms plan coming soon: Shahbaz
LAHORE: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Wednesday said Punjab Health Reforms Roadmap would be implemented along the lines of the Punjab School Reforms Roadmap to improve the performance of the...
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Pressing demands: MEPCO men taken hostage over power disconnection
DERA GHAZI KHAN: A team of Multan Electric Supply Company (MEPCO) was attacked and detained for removing electricity transformers in Khar area of Fort Munro, 85 kilometers from Dera Ghazi Khan....
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Religious curriculum: For polytheistic students, only monotheistic options
RAWALPINDI: Hindu families have demanded that the provincial education ministry include the study of their religion in the curriculum for Hindu students in place of Islamiat or ethics. Ethics is a...
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Zero tolerance: Groom kills bride’s friend at wedding
FAISALABAD: A bridegroom who shot dead a friend of the bride at his wedding on Tuesday was arrested on Wednesday. Police said Abdullah killed Farzana Bibi soon after nikah was solemnised. Rafiq...
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Security: Model Town residents to be issued stickers
LAHORE: Lahore High Court on Wednesday directed the Lahore police to issue stickers and cards to residents of Model Town Society to be spared the inconvenience caused by the closure of a road leading...
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Bar-bench relations: Four court staffers suspended for speaking against lawyers
LAHORE: District and Sessions Judge Syed Hamid Hussain Shah on Wednesday suspended two readers, an ahlmad (record keeper) and a copyist from service for three months for “delivering speeches against...
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Runaway bus tramples 15 in DG Khan
DG KHAN: As many as 15 people were killed in Kot Chutta area of DG Khan when a bus ran them over at a platform, Express News reported. Soon after, protesters set the bus alight and beat up the driver....
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Road rage: Runaway bus crushes 15 to death in DG Khan
DERA GHAZI KHAN: Tragedy struck on Thursday evening when 15 people were crushed to death by a speeding bus as it ran over pedestrians at Notak Ada in Dera Ghazi Khan. The gruesome accident, which...
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Fundamental rights: High court bar demands withdrawal of ‘black law’
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court Bar Association (LHCBA) on Thursday called the Protection of Pakistan Bill a “black law” and demanded that the government withdraw it. An LHCBA general house meeting...
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Hell hath no fury: Housewives block traffic to protest gas loadshedding
FAISALABAD: Hundreds of women and their children from Sargodha and Sheikhupura Road on Thursday staged a protest demonstration against unscheduled gas loadshedding. The protestors blocked Bolay Di...
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Carpool initiative: Up for sharing a savaree?
LAHORE: Her experiences with the unpredictability of public transport in Lahore inspired Madeeha Hassan to look for a solution – a fast and easy way to bring commuters willing to carpool onto one...
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Water works: New machinery coming soon
FAISALABAD: The Water and Sanitation Agency (WASA) and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on Thursday to replace some of the agency’s old...
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