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Asia Bibi’s appeal put off again
LAHORE: An appeal by Asia Bibi, sentenced to death on charge of blasphemy, could not be heard last week although the case had been fixed before a Lahore High Court’s (LHC) special division bench....
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Sexual assault: Mother of eight ‘raped’
BAHAWALPUR: A mother of eight was allegedly raped by six men in Qadirabad village of Uch. Farhan, one of her sons, told the media Sabir, Zahid, Jalal, Baqir, Shehzad and Shahid took Rehana* to an...
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Enhanced capacity: Prison reform on the cards
SIALKOT: Prisons Inspector General Mian Farooq Nazir said on Sunday the government was working on prison reform. He said 12 new jails were being set up in Narowal, Mianwali, Sahiwal, Hafizabad,...
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Escalating crime: Gurchanis backing thugs in South Punjab, says Leghari
LAHORE: Long-time settlers in South Punjab are facing intimidation at the hands of a tribe in the Rajanpur area, pushing them to consider relocating from what has become a hotbed of crime. “It’s hard...
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Muzaffargarh rape case: Police report claims victim was not sexually assaulted
LAHORE: The suspected rape victim who had set herself on fire in Muzaffargarh was not sexually assaulted, claimed a police report which was presented before the Supreme Court on Monday, Express News...
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72-hour ultimatum: Suspend Childrens Hospital professor, says YDA
LAHORE: The Young Doctors Association (YDA) Punjab on Monday gave the Health Department an ultimatum to suspend Professor Huma Cheema of the Childrens Hospital Lahore in 72 hours. At a press...
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Pass and fail: PEC criticised for allowing provisional promotions
LAHORE: “Citizens need to know that their children are being passed by PEC when they are failing in reality. They are failing to learn, which is what they are being sent to school for,” ITA...
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Fake appointments: Case to be filed against teachers
SARGODHA: The Anti Corruption Establishment (ACE) director has ordered a case to be filed against 13 teachers and education department staff over fake recruitment orders and withdrawal of Rs3.8...
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Allegation: Woman says husband fitted tracker in her belly
LAHORE: A woman from the Ghaziabad area alleged that her husband installed a device in her body that allows him to track all her movements. An additional district and sessions judge sought comments...
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Remittance: Man accuses cousin of embezzlement
LAHORE: An additional district and sessions judge on Monday sought comments from the Model Town SHO in a petition seeking the registration of a case against the petitioner’s relatives accused of...
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Safe transfusions: Blood transfusion body to expedite registration drive
LAHORE: Adviser to Chief Minister on Health Khawaja Salman Rafique on Monday directed the officials to expedite registration of blood banks to ensure safe transfusions. He said no blood bank would be...
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Empowering youth: Skills development scheme receives 77,000 applications
LAHORE: The Prime Minister’s Youth Skill Development Programme has received around 77,000 applications since the scheme was announced on April 6, one of its coordinators said on Monday. National...
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Social work: ‘Govt will protect poor children in its custody’
FAISALABAD: Law Minister Rana Sanaullah Khan said on Monday the government wanted to expand the network of the Child Protection and Welfare Bureau for rehabilitation and welfare of neglected...
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Pulling together: SAARC moot vital for regional cooperation, says CM
LAHORE: “As government ends the first year of its term, I am happy to report that economic indicators are improving and foreign exchange reserves have increased beyond $10 billion,” said Chief...
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Women development: More privileges sought for PCSW chairperson
LAHORE: The government has been asked to offer Management Position Scale-1 (MP-1) to the Punjab Commission on the Status of Women (PCSW) chairperson, The Express Tribune has learnt. A Punjab...
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Man beaten for ‘not disclosing children from earlier marriage’
LAHORE: A woman and her son beat her 60-year-old husband at district and sessions court for not disclosing the fact that he had seven children from his first wife. Petitioner Muhammad Saleem had...
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Divorce dispute: Seven hit by tractor after panchayat tiff
BAHAWALPUR: Seven people had to be carried to a hospital on Saturday after they were attacked with a tractor in Madi Sheikh village near Samasata, police said. They said Nazir Ahmad, Abdul Hadi,...
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Child safety: Mother beats six-year-old son to death
LAHORE: A single mother beat her son to death on Friday night. Police said that Mahjabeen, 34, a single mother, lived with her six-year-old son Haider in Nadir Abad. Police said they received a...
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Broken family: Court hands over children to mother
LAHORE: An additional district and sessions judge handed over two children to their mother on Saturday. She had filed a petition seeking the recovery of her children from their father. The judge...
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Landlord scorned: Landowner razes labourers’ houses over harvest wage
FAISALABAD: A landowner and his goons on Saturday demolished more than a dozen houses of labourers who had refused to harvest the wheat on his land for the price he had offered. A day earlier,...
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