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Up in arms: PML-N hoodwinked people, says SIC
FAISALABAD: Sunni Ittehad Council Chairman Sahibzada Hamid Mirza said a case should be registered against those responsible for diverting Dr Tahirul Qadri’s plane to Lahore on Monday. Mirza said the...
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Budget debate: House passes demands for grants through guillotine
LAHORE: The Punjab Assembly on Monday passed all 43 demands for grants in the Punjab budget for the coming fiscal year. The assembly resumed the budget session. Speaker Rana Iqbal presided over the...
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PML-N strikes back: Qadri wants to wreak chaos says Mashhood
LAHORE: Law Minister Rana Mashhood Ahmed Khan on Monday said the nation had realised that power and chaos were Tahirul Qadri’s only objectives. He said this while talking to the journalists in front...
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Readying for rain: LWMC makes plan for monsoon
LAHORE: The Lahore Waste Management Company (LWMC) has finalised its Emergency Response Plan for the upcoming rainy season to prevent a possible flood-like situation in the city. Under the plan,...
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Accused of terrorism: Five more PAT workers out on bail
LAHORE: An anti-terrorism court on Monday granted bail to five workers of the Pakistan Awami Tehreek accused of murder, interfering in state matters, terrorism and other charges pertaining to the...
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Enter the king of fruits: Rahim Yar Khan goes mangoes
BAHAWALPUR: The four-day long Mango Show organised by the district government and the Agriculture Department in Rahim Yar Khan ended on Monday. Parliamentary Secretary Mian Imtiaz Ahmad and District...
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High alert: Tight security blankets city
LAHORE: Security remained on high alert on Monday especially around the routes of Paksitan Awami Tehreek (PAT) Tahirul Qadri’s convoy. Heavy contingents of Lahore Police, Rangers, Elite Force and Air...
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Bagram detainees: LHC seeks reply from Interior Ministry
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Monday directed the Interior Ministry to submit its response for not following an earlier court order about allowing Pakistanis who had been released from...
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Model Town mayhem: Tribunal probes reason for reshuffle in bureaucracy
LAHORE: A tribunal probing the June 17 bloody clashes in Lahore’s Model Town neighbourhood, in which at least eight people were killed and dozens injured, asked the provincial chief secretary on...
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A click away: E&T to launch text service for number plate related inquiries
LAHORE: The Excise and Taxation (E&T) Department is set to launch an SMS-based code service to inform vehicle owners about the status of their number plates before the department starts issuing...
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Attracting attention: Teachers call off protest again citing poor security
LAHORE: The Punjab Teachers’ Union (PTU) on Monday postponed its protest – scheduled to take place in front of the Punjab Assembly Tuesday (today) – in the wake of a protest call given earlier by the...
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Crime rate: Protest against lax police attitude in robbery case
FAISALABAD: Scores of shopkeepers in Millat Town on Tuesday staged a protest demonstration against what they called police failure in controlling crime in the area. The protesters brandished clubs,...
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The other half: Woes of women working in private sector highlighted
LAHORE: Representatives of several government departments, trade unions and civil society on Tuesday highlighted the problems and challenges facing working women in the private sector. They were...
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Seven days later, death toll from Model Town tragedy continues to rise
LAHORE: Seven days after the bloody clashes in Lahore’s Model Town, a man succumbed to his injuries on Tuesday, taking the death toll to ten, Express News reported. Twenty-year-old Shahbaz was shot in...
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Wasa works: Punjab’s poor cousin eyes its sanitation model
KARACHI: Hyderabad’s Water and Sanitation Agency (Wasa) envies its counterparts in the Punjab. One of its officials, Syed Mohsin, explained why. On Tuesday, he was sharing Hyderabad’s sad story at a...
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Forbidden pleasure: Swimming banned in Ravi and canal
LAHORE: Authorities have banned swimming at seven points of the city canal as well as in the Ravi River under Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC). The decision was made in order to...
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Education for all: Law for compulsory education gets extension
LAHORE: The Punjab Free and Compulsory Education Ordinance has been given another 90-day extension after the Punjab Assembly’s Standing Committee on Education decided not to introduce the bill in the...
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Staying vigilant: Security hiked in Bahawalpur to avert terror bid
BAHAWALPUR: Army personnel have been deployed at sensitive places including the Bahawalpur airport and Bahawalpur Central Jail to beef up security to avert any act of terrorism, particularly after...
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Legislative affairs: Budget, other bills approved as Opposition walks out
LAHORE: The Punjab Finance Bill 2014 was passed in the Punjab Assembly on Tuesday amid a boycott of the proceedings by the opposition. The government also managed to pass several other bills,...
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‘More needed to make Bahawalpur a tourist hub’
BAHAWALPUR: More efforts are needed to promote cultural activities in Bahawalpur to make it a centre for tourism, said Bahawalpur Commissioner Captain (r) Javed Akbar on Tuesday. “Bahawalpur is the...
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