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Home alone: Five children die in hay store fire
FAISALABAD: Five children suffocated on Wednesday after a fire broke out in a hay store in Chak 468 JB, Chiniot, police said. Rajoa Sadat Station House Officer (SHO) Rana Anwar identified the...
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Provincial security force: CTD corporals to begin training next week
LAHORE: Newly recruited corporals of the Counter Terrorism Department have been sent appointment letters and are set to begin training next week, The Express Tribune has learnt. An official close to...
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Property misuse: ‘Commercial plaza meant for military purposes’
LAHORE: Administration of the Lahore Cantonment Board has ifnormed the Lahore High Court that the land over which a multi-storey commercial complex has been built in Fortress Stadium was meant for...
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Pressing demands: PEF workers go on ‘silent’ protest
LAHORE: The staff of the Punjab Education Foundation head office observed a strike on Wednesday by locking their offices and staging a silent sit-in to protest “corruption and irregular and illegal...
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Bad food: Fruit flies in produce can bug exports
FAISALABAD: All Pakistan Fruits and Vegetables Exporters, Importers and Merchants Association (APFVEIMA) has expressed concern over the presence of the insects, particularly fruit flies, and diseases...
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Lady Willingdon: YDA challenges single bench order
LAHORE: The Young Doctors’ Association has filed an intra-court appeal before the Lahore High Court challenging a single bench’s order, allowing the government to acquire two kanals and 11 marlas of...
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Freedom: Four prisoners released
MANDI BAHAUDDIN: District and Sessions Judge Sohail Ikram and Civil Judge Ahmad Kamran visited Mandi Bahaudin District Jail on Wednesday and released four prisoners imprisoned on petty charges. The...
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Beastly act: Women attacked with acid
FAISALABAD / BAHAWALPUR: Two women were attacked with acid in separate incidents on Wednesday. Police said Saima Bibi*, a resident of New Garden Town, had exchanged angry words with her husband over a...
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Public education: PEF launches interactive teaching project
LAHORE: The Punjab Education Foundation on Wednesday launched an interactive classroom technology pilot project in 25 schools in Lahore. An MOU in this regard was signed by PEF Director Bushra Saeed...
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Labour day: ‘Government should include home-based workers in its policy’
LAHORE: “The government will announce their labour policy tomorrow. We demand that they consider home-based workers and allow them to form trade unions” Women Workers’ Union general secretary...
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No trespass: Govt, university issued notices over road construction
LAHORE: Lahore High Court (LHC) has issued a notice to the government and a private educational institute on a petition seeking action against the authorities for constructing a dual carriageway in...
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Faisalabad tragedy: Five children die of suffocation
FAISALABAD: Five children of the same family died from inhaling fumes after a fire broke out in a house in the Dagranwala area of Chiniot district on Wednesday. The children of Muhammad Jaffar,...
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International community: Expatriates call on PML-Q leader
LAHORE: “The overseas Pakistanis’ convention called by the government is only for people from the Punjab. What message is the provincial government trying to give to expats from other provinces?”...
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Punjab public institutions: No special medical seats for expats
LAHORE: No foreign nationality, no seat. This appears to be the norm in medical colleges in Punjab, which have no quota for overseas Pakistanis. According to the record obtained by The Express...
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Child mortality: ‘Low vaccination cover major cause of child deaths’
LAHORE: Security issues are not the only cause for low vaccination coverage in Pakistan; managerial issues need to be fixed to improve the routine vaccination, said Dr Tahir Masood, president-elect...
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Blame game: ‘Sharifs are institutionalising corruption’
LAHORE: The Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) leadership on Friday accused the PML-Nawaz of “institutionalised corruption” in the first three quarters of the financial year. PML-Q president...
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New rules: No NTS for PhD, MPhil admissions
LAHORE: The Punjab University decided on Thursday to remove NTS qualification for eligibility for admissions. A meeting presided over by Vice Chancellor Mujahid Kamran decided that the condition of...
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Healthy living: ‘Efforts afoot to make Faisalabad cleaner’
FAISALABAD: A plan has been made to make Faisalabad a cleaner city, the Faisalabad Waste Management Company (FWMC) managing director (MD) said on Friday. “The FWMC has formed a plan for modern waste...
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Loan default: Bank seeks court order for case registration
LAHORE: An additional district and sessions judge on Friday sought comments from Gulshan-i-Ravi police station house officer (SHO) on a petition by a microfinance bank, seeking registration of a case...
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Public education: Missing facilities will be provided at all schools, says...
BAHAWALPUR: Cooperatives Minister Malik Muhammad Iqbal Channar said on Friday education was a top priority of the government. He said it would provide missing facilities at schools. He was addressing...
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