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Election record inspection: LHC refers NA-122 case to election commission
LAHORE: Lahore High Court Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial on Monday dropped proceedings against Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chief Imran Khan after he submitted a statement regretting the disturbance...
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Falling short: ‘Pakistan will miss 23 of 48 MGDs’
LAHORE: Pakistan has slipped in many of its agreed millennium development goals (MDGs), which it had set out to achieve by 2015, and is poised to miss key targets related to human development,...
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Education policy: ‘Consider climate change and urban development’
LAHORE: The United Nations Girls’ Education Initiative (UNGEI) in collaboration with the UNICEF and the School Education Department (SED) recommended home-based education as an alternative schooling,...
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Healthcare reforms: 1,500 seats for nurses on the cards
LAHORE: Advisor to Chief Minister on Health Khawaja Salman Rafique on Monday said 1,500 seats for nurses would be created in grade-17 after the next budget was announced. He said a summary had been...
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Annual Development Plan: Punjab aims for 8 per cent growth in 2014-15
LAHORE: Youth skill development, value addition to livestock and dairy sectors, development projects in less developed areas and a focus on transparency and growth are the hallmark of the Annual...
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Special committee formed to probe Rashid Rehman murder
MULTAN: Government of Punjab has constituted a special committee to probe the murder of human rights activist and lawyer Rashid Rehman. Chief Minister Punjab Shahbaz Sharif will personally monitor the...
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Education policy: Funds, incentives needed for primary, girls’ education
LAHORE: There are over 15 million out-of-school children between the ages of five and 16 in Punjab, according to a policy brief launched on Tuesday by the United Nations Girls’ Education Initiative...
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Dead or alive: ‘Killed’ robber dies for real on way to morgue
LAHORE: A robber who police said was killed in a shootout late on Monday turned out to be alive when they were taking his ‘body’ to a morgue. Kotwali Crime Investigation Agency (CIA) police said they...
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Affirmative call: Energy crisis will soon be over, says Shahbaz
LAHORE: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif said on Tuesday the government had started several power projects to steer the country out of the dark. Speaking to parliamentarians and Pakistan Muslim...
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Infrastructure woes: Protesters demand business-friendly environment
LAHORE: Hundreds of industrialists and workers from the Katar Bund Road industrial zone on Tuesday staged a protest demonstration against electricity load shedding, dilapidated roads and poor...
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Ittefaq units’ sale: LHC wants foreign firm credentials verified
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court chief justice on Tuesday directed a committee formed to sell four units of Ittefaq Group to verify the credentials of a foreign firm interested in buying the units. The...
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Negating devolution: LHC issues stay on GMO licencing
LAHORE: Justice Mansoor Ali Shah of the Lahore High Court has issued a stay against issuance of licences for genetically modified organisms (GMOs) until the licence issuing authority is granted legal...
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WAPDA union protests suspension of leaders
MULTAN: Hundreds of Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) union workers held protest demonstrations in several districts on Tuesday against the suspension of four leaders of the Hydroelectric...
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Blessing and curse: Downpours across Punjab kill 10, damage crops
FAISALABAD / MULTAN / BAHAWALPUR / LAHORE: Ten people were killed and many injured in rain-related incidents across the Punjab on Tuesday. The Met Office said the rain spell that had started on...
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YouTube case in court: Petitioner told to seek clarification on SC order
LAHORE: A division bench of the Lahore High Court on Tuesday directed Bytes for All, an organisation working against internet censorship, to approach the Supreme Court for clarification of its order...
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For doctors and patients: All public medical graduates to get paid house jobs
LAHORE: The number of house-job seats in the province have been enhanced to match to the number of medical students graduating from public medical schools each year, according to the Health...
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Name confusion: 8 lawyers, 50 others charged with blasphemy
FAISALABAD: Police have registered a blasphemy case against eight lawyers and 50 other people in Jhang for shouting derogatory slogans against a police chief who shares a name with the second Muslim...
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Reproductive rights: ‘Universal access to reproductive health crucial’
LAHORE: Activists and women rights’ advocates from 15 countries urged the need for universal access to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) in Pakistan and announced the start of the SRHR...
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Embarrassing stuff: Proprietor issued notice for selling defective furniture
LAHORE: A consumer court issued a notice to a proprietor on a petition seeking Rs300,000 in damages for alleged sale of defective furniture that caused embarrassment to the petitioner. Petitioner...
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To the grassroots: Opp leader submits bill to amend LG law
LAHORE: Opposition Leader in the Punjab Assembly Mehmoodur Rasheed on Wednesday submitted Punjab Local Government (Amend) Bill 2014 in the assembly secretariat. The opposition leader stated that the...
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