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Protest against sales tax: At least 150,000 power looms shut down
FAISALABAD: Owners of textile mills have closed down at least 150,000 power looms in protest against the imposition of 2 per cent sales tax on the sector. On Saturday, Council of Loom Owners’...
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Woman, O Woman: Remembering women artists and royals
LAHORE: An exhibition featuring 27 artefacts, commemorating great female artists and royal family members of South Asia, went on display at the permanent painting gallery of the Lahore Museum late...
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Hazara genocide: ‘We cannot keep the fear of our families out of our work’
LAHORE: “During General Ziaul Haq’s days [as president] artists Saleema Hashmi and Nazish Ataullah produced work that focused on the oppression of women. Today artists from Hazara extraction are...
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Shan Khusro trial: Arrest warrants issued against 17 witnesses
LAHORE: An additional district and sessions judge has issued non-bailable arrest warrants for 17 prosecution and private witnesses in the murder case against Shan Khusro, son of additional federal...
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Joseph Colony case: ATC sends 21 suspects to jail
LAHORE: An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) in Lahore sent 21 suspects to jail who were involved in the mob attack on a Christian colony, Express News reported on Monday. Fourteen other suspects were sent...
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Joseph Colony: Perpetrators damaged reputation of Pakistan, says Shahbaz
LAHORE: Chief Minister Punjab Shahbaz Sharif has said that the people responsible for “barbaric” Joseph Colony incident dented the image of Pakistan and that they will be punished severely, Express...
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Hope day celebrated: Cured cancer patients share experiences
LAHORE: Patients Welfare Society of Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Oncology (INMOL) celebrated the Hope Day with Cancer Patients on Wednesday. On the occasion, a number of patients who have been...
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Five students injured in armed clash
MULTAN: Five Bahauddin Zakariya University students were injured on Monday in a clash between two groups. Sub Inspector Tahir Maqsood, in charge of the university police post, said that earlier two...
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Mian Taimur Murder: PML-N protests at Governor’s House
LAHORE: The PML-N staged a protest and offered funeral prayers in absentia for Mian Taimur, the party’s joint secretary in Sindh, in front of Governor’s House here on Thursday. Taimur and his father...
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Convocation: ‘Engineering universities must over-haul curricula’
LAHORE: Over 2,000 students were conferred degrees in various bachelor’s, master’s and doctorate programmes at the 20th convocation of the University of Engineering and Technology (UET) held here on...
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‘Communication between experts, farmers vital’
FAISALABAD: Lack of appropriate communication between experts and farmers is hampering improvement in per acre yield despite the fact that 33 million out of 50 million acres of agricultural land in...
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Bureaucrats affiliated with political parties get promoted: Orya Maqbool Jan
LAHORE: Archives Secretary Orya Maqbool Jan filed a petition before the Supreme Court on Monday, requesting directions to promote him from Basic Pay Scale (BPS)-20 to 21 and to ensure free and fair...
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Joseph Colony: 14 remanded in police custody
LAHORE: An anti terrorism court (ATC) on Monday awarded four days’ physical remand of 14 people arrested for involvement in looting and burning of 112 houses in Joseph Colony on Saturday. Another 21...
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Joseph Colony: LHCBA forms legal aid committees
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court Bar Association passed a resolution condemning the Joseph Colony incidents on Monday and formed two legal aid committees to ensure fair prosecution of culprits and to...
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Political parties highlight their achievements towards women’s emancipation
FAISALABAD: Inducements of violence against women are increasing because of a lack of empowerment. Their role in the society must be acknowledged and their rights protected, said speakers at a...
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Tenure jobs: Clerks threaten to boycott elections
MULTAN: The All Pakistan Clerks Association (APCA) would boycott the conduct of general elections if the Election Commission of Pakistan did not withdraw cancellation of the chief minister’s order to...
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Joseph Colony: ‘Minorities not be left at the mercy of religious bigots’
LAHORE: The governor has written to the chief minister, noting with concern the ineffectiveness of the police during the Badami Bagh incidents last week. However, he has also appreciated the follow...
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Shahbaz Sharif welcomes NAB probe into Metro bus project
LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif tweeted on Monday that he would welcome any “fair probe” into the Metro Bus and Ring Road project by National Accountability Bureau (NAB). He also said he...
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Compensation measures: Cheques distributed among Joseph Colony residents
LAHORE: Various NGOs and political parties joined hands with the city and provincial governments on Monday for relief work in Joseph Colony where more than 100 houses were ransacked and burned on...
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Islampura Robbery: Three women sent on judicial remand
LAHORE: Judicial Magistrate Naveed Ashraf Awan on Tuesday sent three women including an I Com student on a 14-day judicial remand for allegedly stealing jewellery and cash from a house. The Islampura...
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