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Road accidents across the country claim 14 lives
SUKKUR / CHAKWAL / MANSEHRA: In various incidents of road accidents in the country at least 14 people lost their lives and many others were injured, Express News reported on Saturday. A passenger bus,...
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Formal word: Four Layyah cops arrested in torture video case
MULTAN: District Police Officer (DPO) Ghazi Salahuddin on Saturday told a press conference on Saturday that a video featuring brutal beating and humiliation of a citizen by Layyah police was...
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Stringent measures: Anti-quackery committee formed
LAHORE: The district administration has decided to constitute an anti-quackery committee. The decision was taken at a Punjab Healthcare Commission (PHC) meeting. to review possible steps to eradicate...
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Out of patience: Highway blocked to protest load shedding
FAISALABAD: Hundreds of people on Saturday staged a protest demonstration against unannounced load shedding in Khurarianwala. Holding clubs, rods and hockey sticks, they marched on several city roads...
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Seven die, 10 injured in two road accidents
KOT MOMIN / TALAGANG: Seven people were killed and 10 others were injured in two accidents on Saturday. Rescue 1122 officials said a van travelling to Chakwal from Talagang and a car driving in from...
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Heinous crime: Two children assaulted
FAISALABAD: Two children were assaulted in Faisalabad on Saturday. A police spokesman said a six-year-old daughter of a gypsy was playing outside her hut in Kamranwala when she a teenage boy took her...
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Stranger danger: Girl assaulted by man who offered her a ride
MALAKWAL: A woman was abducted and assaulted in Malakwal on Saturday. Police said the woman, a resident, in her complaint said she was waiting for a bus at Malakwal Herba Road when two men in a car...
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Public health: ‘More neuroscience research necessary’
LAHORE: Post Graduate Medical Institute Principal Anjum Habib Vohra said on Saturday that brain tumours were mostly curable, and the facilities required for surgically removing tumours were now...
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Honour killing: Man accused of killing pregnant daughter sent to jail
LAHORE: An Anti Terrorism Court (ATC) on Saturday sent a man accused of killing his pregnant daughter near the Lahore High Court on a 14-day judicial remand. Old Anarkali police produced Muhammad...
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Law and order: Citizens protest police inaction
FAISALABAD: Over three dozen people of Chak 75-RB on Saturday protested against Khurarianwala police for failing to take action against a robbery gang. The protestors staged a sit-in at Zila Council...
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Summer camp: Bringing creativity, critical thinking, empathy to classroom
LAHORE: Three years ago, Khizar Mehmood, a student at the Government Pilot Boys High School, Wahdat Road, attended a free summer camp, run by volunteers, that focused on inculcating critical...
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Workers’ rights: 100 per cent raise in wages demanded
FAISALABAD: The All Pakistan Clerks’ Association (APCA) on Friday staged a protest demonstration demanding that the government raise salaries of clerks and regularise their jobs. Several APCA...
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Going places: A two-wheel solution
LAHORE: Showing up late for football practice had become a routine for Asma Afzal, 23, who was gunning for participation in the national games. One afternoon, she decided that she had had enough and...
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Walled City: Historical plaques installed along the Royal Trail
LAHORE: The Walled City of Lahore Authority (WCLA) has placed plaques describing the history of several sites along the Royal Trail, The Express Tribune has learnt. The plaques have been placed at...
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Missing persons: Stand up for Balochistan, speakers tell Punjab
QUETTA: Political and religious leaders of Balochistan called upon the people of Punjab on Saturday to stand by their brothers and sisters in Balochistan. They expressed these views in an All Parties...
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LESCO graft case: Magistrate allows 5-day remand extension
LAHORE: A judicial magistrate on Saturday extended for five more days the physical remand of two top Lahore Electric Supply Company’s (Lesco) officials, who are accused of corruption and abuse of...
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Extrajudicial: Man recovered from illegal police detention
FAISALABAD: A court bailiff on Sunday raided a dera in Chak Jhumra and recovered a man who had been illegally detained there. Muhammad Salim of Chak 108 JB had filed a petition claiming that Chak...
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Liability: Farm workers detained, beaten
BAHAWALPUR: The police on Sunday raided a dairy farm and recovered seven workers were being detained by their employer. An Iqabalabad police spokesman said Chaudhary Sikander ran a dairy farm near...
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Urban development: Plan to limit movement of carts withheld
LAHORE: Two months after taking a census of vendors’ carts in the city to limit their movement to designated areas, the city government has quietly abandoned the programme to focus on other...
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Weekly report: PHP seizes 600kg unhygienic meat
LAHORE: The Punjab Highway Police helped 1,343 commuters stranded on the highways last week. The police rounded up six suspects and recovered 600kg of unhygienic meat and a stolen motorcycle. The PHP...
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