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Affirmative action: 23 Christian marriage registrars nominated
FAISALABAD: As many as 23 Christian marriage registrars were nominated to facilitate the Christian community for getting computerised marriage documents. City district government spokesman Muhammad...
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Corporate interests: LHC orders suspension of CAMB DG
LAHORE: Lahore High Court (LHC) on Monday suspended the director general of the Centre for Applied Molecular Biology, University of the Punjab, and appointed a commission to investigate his allegedly...
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Ongoing investigation: LESCO chief, general manager sent on judicial remand
LAHORE: A judicial magistrate on Monday sent Lahore Electric Supply Company CEO Arshad Rafique and LESCO Operations General Manager Mehboob Ali on a 14-day judicial remand. The two are facing charges...
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Anti-encroachment drive: Five injured in clash in Faisalabad’s Railway Colony
FAISALABAD: Five people were injured on Monday when the residents of Railway Colony clashed with police during a protest against an anti-encroachment operation. The protesters also blocked the...
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Reservations over allocations: ‘Metro Bus budget exceeds funds for education...
LAHORE: The budgets for education development and police, and Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif’s claims of austerity came under fire from the opposition in the Punjab Assembly on Monday during a...
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Free, compulsory education: Legislation on inclusive education irks schools
LAHORE: With the promulgation of the Punjab Free and Compulsory Education Ordinance, inclusive education and role of private schools in providing free education have surfaced as major concerns during...
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A firm resolve: Nation united against terrorism says Shahbaz
LAHORE: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif said on Monday that elimination of terrorism was essential to secure the country’s future and maintain order in society. Presiding over a meeting that considered...
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Waiting on the judicial commission: No one will be allowed to establish a...
LAHORE: “All no-go zones in the province, including Pakistan Awami Tehreek chief Tahirul Qadri’s fiefdom in Model Town, will be abolished,” Law Minister Rana Sanaullah Khan reiterated at the Punjab...
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Pre-partition market: Bread basket in the waiting room of history
BAHAWALPUR: The grain market in Bahawalpur, which opened for wholesalers in 1946, has not had any upgrade or overhaul of infrastructure since it launched. The market, established by Nawab Sadiq Khan...
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Out of all proportion: HRCP condemns police brutality in Lahore killings
LAHORE: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has strongly condemned the police action at the Minhajul Quran Secretariat on Tuesday, in which eight people were killed and at least 90...
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Lifeline threatened: 5 FIC staff arrested for stealing equipment
LAHORE / LAHORE / FAISALABAD: Police on Wednesday took five employees of the Faisalabad Institute of Cardiology into custody for allegedly stealing equipment used in heart surgery. The value of the...
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Woman lawmaker: MQM legislator shot and injured in Lahore
LAHORE: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) lawmaker Tahira Asif was shot and injured while resisting an apparent robbery attempt in the Iqbal Town neighbourhood on Wednesday. MNA Tahira was buying fruit...
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Model Town tragedy: Dr Qadri’s son, 3,000 PAT members nominated in FIR
LAHORE: The police have registered an FIR against activists of the Pakistan Awami Tehreek for Tuesday’s deadly clash outside the Central Secretariat of Minhajul Quran International in the Model Town...
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Olive branch: Punjab government in bid to mollify Qadri
LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz has decided to normalise relations with Pakistan Awami Tehreek for which it has constituted a delegation which is expected to visit the Minhajul Quran Secretariat...
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Aftermath: Critics lash out at govt for use of force on PAT supporters
LAHORE: Leading human rights activists and political analysts criticised the provincial government and law enforcement agencies for their dismal handling of Tuesday’s events. A myriad of commentators...
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Lahore clash: Police declare son of Dr Tahirul Qadri innocent
LAHORE: A day after police registered a First Information Report (FIR) against activists of the Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) for the deadly clash in Lahore, the police declared the main suspect...
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AIG BDS' driver, police official arrested in Faisalabad for hashish smuggling
PESHAWAR: Additional Inspector General (AIG) bomb disposal squad (BDS) Shafqat Malik’s driver along with a police official were arrested in Faisalabad for trying to smuggle hashish, Express News...
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Lahore killings: Top cops fail to give satisfactory response to judicial...
LAHORE: The top three officers of the Punjab government failed to give satisfactory statements to a judicial commission probing into the clashes between police and supporters of the Pakistan Awami...
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668 animals were flown into the country last year
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court, while hearing a petition on exhibition of wild animals on Thursday, was told on that 43 puppies, eight cats, 18 horses, five zebras, 585 birds as well as nine lion cubs...
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Gullu Butt sent on 14-day judicial remand
LAHORE: Gullu Butt, active member of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and police tout, was sent on a 14-day judicial remand on the orders of the magistrate, Express News reported. He...
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