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Budget blues: ‘Raise minimum wage and pensions’
LAHORE: “We demand that the provincial government raise the minimum wage to Rs20,000 and minimum pension from Rs3,600 to Rs10,000,” Hanif Ramay, the Muttahida Labour Federation (MLF) general...
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Resource allocation: ‘Getting development priorities right is vital’
LAHORE: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Monday emphasised the need for prioritisation of development activity to ensure the welfare of the people. He was addressing a meeting held to review the...
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Electoral fraud: NADRA finds rigging in records of NA-118
LAHORE: The National Database Registration Authority (NADRA) has found rigged votes in the record of ballot papers from NA-118, Lahore, The Express Tribune has learnt. According to a report submitted...
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Peace efforts: Summary moved for human rights education
LAHORE: Khalil Tahir Sundhu, the provincial minister for Human Rights and Minority Affairs, said on Tuesday that a summary had been moved to introduce human rights education in all districts for the...
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Power solutions: Rs3.3bn allocated for new FESCO projects, says CEO
FAISALABAD: Faisalabad Electric Supply Company Chief Executive Officer Khurshid Alam on Tuesday said the FESCO has finalised plans to upgrade transmission lines and grid stations and has allocated...
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Against the state: ‘Can terrorism cases be dismissed on reconciliation?’
LAHORE: A bench of the Supreme Court on Tuesday sought assistance from the Punjab Prosecution Department on the matter of reconciliation in cases registered under the Anti Terrorism Act. Chief...
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The last straw: 9 camels die in train collision, electrocution
RAHIM YAR KHAN / MULTAN: Two accidents in south Punjab claimed the lives of nine camels and caused severe injuries to a dozen more on Tuesday. In the first incident, four camels were killed and 12...
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Healthcare: ‘Medical schools should respond to community health needs’
LAHORE: Undergraduate medical schools should respond to community health needs, health experts said on Tuesday. The health experts were speaking at a seminar organised by the Maternal, Neonatal and...
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Rural economy: Sulemanki Barrage, Pakpattan Canal to be upgraded
LAHORE: The government and Sino Hydro Company of China on Tuesday signed an agreement to rehabilitate and upgrade Sulemanki Barrage and Pakpattan Canal. Irrigation Department Project Management Unit...
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Violent crime: Man kills father over family land
BAHAWALPUR: A man killed his father in a land dispute while three people other were killed in separate incidents, police said on Tuesday. They said Muhammad Yaqub, a local landlord of Chowk...
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PTI files petition in Supreme Court against rigging in NA-118
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-e- Insaf (PTI) has filed a petition in the Supreme Court against the alleged tampering of polled votes from NA-118, Lahore, in the May 11 elections last year. The...
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Freedom of movement
KARACHI: Freedom of movement from one place to the other is a universally acknowledged right and personal liberty. However, in Pakistan, growing terrorism and violence have led its main cities to...
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Vengeful paramour: Woman, nephew attacked with acid
FAISALABAD: A woman and her nephew were attacked with acid on Tuesday by a man she had apparently jilted. Doctors said she had 70 per cent burns. The nephew too had received serious burns on his...
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Women’s voices: ‘The travelling journal will voice women’s perspectives’
LAHORE: The travelling journal on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR), titled Our Stories, One Journey: Empowering Rural Women in Asia Pacific, will arrive in Pakistan on June 11, The...
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Affirmative action: ‘Educated youth key to desired social change’
MULTAN: The youth are builders of Pakistan and future… they should help make the country a prosperous and enlightened state, Maryam Nawaz, chairperson of the Prime Minister’s Youth Programme, said on...
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Bhakkar cannibals sentenced to 12 years in prison
SARGODHA: An anti-terrorism court in Sargodha has sentenced the infamous ‘Bhakkar cannibals’ to 12 years of imprisonment on Tuesday, Express News reported. Two brothers, Arif and Farman, from Darya...
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Five minors lose lives as house collapses in Rawalpindi
RAWALPINDI: Five minors died and three were injured when a house in Dhoke Lalyal area of Rawalpindi collapsed while they were asleep inside, Express News reported on Wednesday. Two of the children...
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Guilty as charged?: FIA submits interim challan against former Ohio deputy...
LAHORE: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Wednesday submitted an interim challan in the court of special judge (central) against US national Amer Ahmad, a former deputy treasurer for the state...
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All work: Schools secy to appear on summer camp plea
LAHORE: Lahore High Court (LHC) on Wednesday summoned the schools secretary on a petition challenging holding of summer camps for students from grades 5 to 10 during the summer vacations. Justice Ali...
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Epidemic: Six die, 60 hospitalised with gastroenteritis
MULTAN: Six people passed away and 60 were hospitalised in the district hospital in Sahiwal due to gastroenteritis on Tuesday and Wednesday. District Health officials have been directed to issue a red...
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