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Suffering in silence: ‘Ramazan Package provides the common man no succour’
LAHORE: Despite the generous subsidy announced for Ramazan Bazaars, the government has miserably failed to overcome the price hike, the Lahore High Court observed on Wednesday. Justice Khalid...
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Surprise visit: ‘Ramazan Bazaars must provide relief to people’
LAHORE: “The purpose of the Rs5 billion relief package is to ensure that quality food is available for consumers,” Punjab Chief Secretary Naveed Akram Cheema said on Wednesday. He said officials...
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Vernacular thievery: Plagiarism in regional languages continues
LAHORE: The universities in Pakistan have no software to detect plagiarism in research papers and theses of scholars in regional languages, The Express Tribune has learnt. No public or private sector...
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Fast track: Out-of-school children to reach grade 5 in 40 months
LAHORE: The Literacy and Non-Formal Basic Education Department (L&NFBE) is working on a project to provide first six years of education to out-of-school children in an ambitious 30 to 40 months....
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Curious case: Revenue employee working on multiple posts
LAHORE: A Revenue Department employee in Sheikhupura district is working on five positions besides his own post, The Express Tribune has learnt. Officials claim that he was given the additional...
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Terror threat: Police search two seminaries in Rahim Yar Khan
BAHAWALPUR: Police on Wednesday searched two seminaries in Rahim Yar Khan and checked the identities of the students living in their hostels. A Division and C Division police reached Jamia Islamia...
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Home away from home: ‘Assisting IDPs is a big challenge’
LAHORE: Minister for Anti-Terrorism Colonel Shuja Khanzada said on Wednesday that the provision of timely assistance to the displaced population of North Waziristan was a big challenge. He said the...
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Law and order: ‘Suspect’ shot dead
FAISALABAD: A man suspected of robbery was shot dead late on Tuesday in a shootout with the police. The deceased, Shahzad Gulfam, and his accomplices had allegedly snatched a motorcycle from a person...
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Point scoring: ‘PTI has failed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’
MULTAN / DERA GHAZI KHAN: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf-led (PTI) government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has failed to provide any relief to the province’s people, State Water and Power Minister Abdi Sher...
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Qadri's clarification: PAT revolution is not a PTI tsunami, will not be...
LAHORE: Differentiating between his stance and a Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) tsunami, Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) chief Dr Tahirul Qadri said on Thursday that the purpose of his revolution was...
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PML-N MPA Khurram Gulfam critically ill, in coma
LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz ‘s Khurram Gulfam has been declared critical by doctors following a surgical complication at the Services Hospital in Lahore, Express News reported on Friday....
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Blatant disobedience: CCPO told to register FIR against SHO
LAHORE: An additional district and sessions judge on Thursday wrote to the capital city police officer (CCPO) Lahore to register an FIR against the Gulshan-i-Ravi station house officer for not...
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Barbaric crime: Two sexual assaults reported on children
KAMOKI / SIALKOT: Two boys were reported assaulted in two separate incidents on Thursday. Police said Ali Kalia took his 16-year-old friend Akbar* to a drug dealer’s house, where four unidentified...
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Policeman clubbed to death during raid
FAISALABAD: Several women on Thursday clubbed to death an assistant sub inspector (ASI) of Garh Maharaja police station during a he led raid to arrest a proclaimed offender (PO) in Garh Fateh Shah....
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Holding up standards: Doctors bear brunt of PMDC-CPSP tussle
LAHORE: As many as 750 medical consultants have been left hanging in a tussle over accreditation between the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan (CPSP) and the Pakistan Medical and Dental...
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Political sparring: ‘What makes Khan think he can head towards Punjab’
LAHORE: The intentions of those who want to join the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s long march are suspect, MNA Hamza Shahbaz said on Friday. He was chief guest at a fundraiser held in connection with...
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Warm welcome: PO arrested from airport
FAISALABAD: Chak Jhumra police on Friday claimed to have arrested Owais Ashraf Basra, son of former inspector Ashraf Basra, accused of triple murder from Alama Iqbal Airport in Lahore on his return...
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Vacant promises?: Joseph Colony victims move court for compensation
LAHORE: Lahore High Court on Friday sought final arguments after hearing a petition filed against the government for non-payment of compensation to the victims of the Joseph Colony incident. The...
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Saudi lifeline: Pakistan gets over 10m doses of polio vaccine
ISLAMABAD: Saudi Arabia has handed over more than 10 million doses of oral polio vaccine (OPV) to Pakistan to ensure that everyone intending to travel abroad is vaccinated. The vaccine will fulfil...
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Cyber crime: FIA arrests two, seizes 15,000 illegal SIM cards
LAHORE: The Cyber Crime Circle of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has arrested two people dealing in unauthorised SIM cards, The Express Tribune has learnt.FIA Punjab Director Usman Anwar told...
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