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Molestation: Charge against boy dropped
LAHORE: A 13-year-old boy was acquitted from a molestation charge after it was ruled that the three-year-old victim was too young to make a statement and when the main prosecution witness admitted...
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Education legislation: Final draft surprises standing committee chairperson
LAHORE: Speaking at a dialogue Learning Challenges and Inclusion of All, organised by the Idara-i-Taleem Aagahi and Pakistan Coalition for Education, Qamar-ul-Islam Raja expressed his reservations...
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Democratic process: ‘Parliament, not the street, proper forum for politics’
LAHORE: Pakistan Peoples Party Punjab president Mian Manzoor Ahmed Wattoo advised the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaaf leaders on Monday to take their issues to the parliament. He said taking to the streets...
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Pollution: Court seeks reply on petition against industrial units
LAHORE: Lahore High Court on Monday sought a reply from the provincial and federal government in three weeks on a petition against industrial units causing pollution in the city. Justice Syed Mansoor...
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‘Corruption’: YDA protests at Children Hospital
LAHORE: Young Doctors’ Association (YDA) on Monday took out a protest rally against Children’s Hospital administration for not resolving the issue of alleged corruption in the Service for Emergency...
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Promoting education: Punjab enhances funds to cut unemployment
FAISALABAD: Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah, while underlining the importance of education, has said the size of endowment fund, created by the PML-N, has been increased to provide assistance to...
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Road to seeking justice: Rape victim accuses Dastis of harassment
MULTAN: The family of an alleged rape victim on Monday accused National Assembly Member Jamshaid Dasti and his family members of harassing them and threatening to kill them if a rape case against...
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Institutional matters: ‘Courts should not interfere in ECP affairs’
BAHAWALPUR: “The election commission should have been an independent body in Pakistan, like it is in Bangladesh,” former election commission secretary Kanwar Dilshad said on Monday. Dilshad was...
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Son of the soil: A posthumous return home
KHUSHAB: It didn’t matter if you were the prime minister of India: if you turned up at Khushwant Singh’s home in Delhi without a prior appointment, his family or servants would politely turn you...
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Painting thoughts: Silence Please kicks off loud
LAHORE: A group show titled Silence Please started at the Nairang Art Gallery on Monday. Artist Quddus Mirza inaugurated the exhibition that will continue until May 15. It features 18 paintings by...
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Hindus, other minorities in Pakistan face surge of violence
RAHIM YAR KHAN: The mob arrived at around midnight, brandishing clubs. They smashed statues, looted gold artefacts and then set the Hindu temple ablaze. An accusation of blasphemy sparked the attack...
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Anti-polio campaign: ‘Virus being transmitted to other areas from KPK’
LAHORE: Children travelling from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa into Punjab are carrying the polio virus with them, Advisor to Chief Minister Punjab on Health Khawaja Salman Rafique said on Monday. The...
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Lahore zoo's oldest lion passes away at the age of 16
LAHORE: The oldest lion at the Lahore zoo died at the age of 16 on Tuesday, Express News reported. The animal, named Jumbo, had reportedly stopped eating food since the past one week. Injections and...
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Pilferage: Man accused of selling hospital’s medicines
LAHORE: An additional district and sessions judge on Tuesday sought comments from the Gujjarpura SHO in a petition seeking the registration of a case against a hospital employee accused of selling...
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Monitoring: Five meter readers suspended for negligence
FAISALABAD: Five meter readers of the Faisalabad Electric Supply Company (FESCO) were suspended from service on Tuesday for negligence, delinquency and lethargy. The FESCO spokesman said Muhammad...
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Exploitation: ‘Harappa police backing forced prostitution racket’
LAHORE: The Punjab chief minister has sought a report from the Sahiwal regional police officer (RPO) on a man’s complaint that a group of criminals had abducted his wife and sold her into...
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Cholistan to get 250 cusecs during summers
LAHORE: The residents of Cholistan will get 250 cusecs canal water during the flood season, The Express Tribune has learnt. During his visit to Cholistan on March 21, Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif...
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Joseph Colony attack: LHC reserves verdict on appeal against bail for 87
LAHORE: A division bench of the Lahore High Court on Tuesday reserved the decision on an appeal by the government seeking cancellation of bail granted by an anti-terrorism court (ATC) to 87 suspects...
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Misplaced bet: Four under arrest for faking kidnap for ransom
MULTAN: A bet between friends to see if the Multan district police were any good played out in an elaborate abduction drama, that fell through when Jaleel Abad police recovered the ‘victim’ and...
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Assistance: Quality education is the secret to progress, says VC
FAISALABAD: Providing quality education to the underprivileged in the society is necessary for reducing poverty, among other challenges facing the country, University of Agriculture Faisalabad (UAF)...
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