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Public relief: ‘No tolerance for black-marketeers’
BAHAWALPUR: Minister for Irrigation Mian Yawar Zaman on Tuesday said that strict action would be taken against black-marketeers and hoarders. The minister was speaking after visiting Ramazan Bazaars...
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Man kills wife after argument over second marriage
FAISALABAD: A man allegedly stabbed and killed his wife on Monday night after an altercation over a second marriage. He told Kamalia City police that his wife had committed suicide but the police...
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‘Disturbing the peace’: Employer lands in jail for beating rebel child maid
MULTAN: A medical report released on Tuesday confirmed that a domestic help, who had been beaten up by her employers on Thursday, had four fractures on her arm, hand and legs. The employer was sent...
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Helping hands: IDPs to be provided with vocational training says Shahbaz
LAHORE: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif said on Tuesday that assisting the displaced population of North Waziristan was the collective responsibility of society. Sharif was presiding over a meeting...
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Hundreds demonstrate against power cuts
FAISALABAD: Hundreds of protestors on Wednesday staged a demonstration against power cuts at Jaranwala Road and pelted stones on vehicles. The protestors gathered at Jaranwala-Faisalabad Road and...
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Refuge and relief: Distribution of assistance among IDPs begins
LAHORE: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Wednesday said that the government had started distributing financial assistance among the internally displaced persons (IDPs). He said that Rs7,000 were being...
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Another epidemic: Health Dept to take measures to curb Congo fever
LAHORE: Adviser to Chief Minister on Health Khawaja Salman Rafique said on Wednesday an awareness campaign on prevention against Crimean–Congo hemorrhagic fever would be launched for cattle farmers,...
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Crackdown: 156 shopkeepers challaned for overcharging
LAHORE: The city government’s price control magistrates challaned 156 shopkeepers for overcharging customers on Wednesday. The magistrates checked 1,037 shopkeepers in the city during a campaign...
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Promoting education: Poverty Alleviation Fund signs agreement with government
LAHORE: Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund (PPAF) on Wednesday signed an agreement with the Women Development Department (WDD), and Literacy and Non-Formal Basic Education Department (NFBE) government...
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Police finalise security for 21st Ramazan
BAHAWALPUR: Bahawalpur Regional Police Officer (RPO) Muhammad Tahir Roy chaired a high-level departmental meeting on Wednesday to make security arrangements for the death anniversary of Hazrat Ali...
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Villagers protest against construction of coal power plant
BAHAWALPUR: Hundreds of villagers protested on Wednesday against a coal power plant that is planned to be built in Rahim Yar Khan. The protesters, including women and children, blocked the Shahi Road...
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On air: UMT set to launch radio station
LAHORE: Officials from the University of Management and Technology (UMT) on Tuesday said that the Pakistan Electronic and Media Regulation Authority (PEMRA) had recently issued a radio licence to the...
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Enough is enough: YDA announces sit-in against PMDC policies
LAHORE: The Young Doctors’ Association-Punjab has expressed dissatisfaction with the council of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan (CPSP) stating that the CPSP lacked a strategy to deal...
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Political pot shots: Govt did not order shooting at PAT workers says minister
MULTAN: The government of Punjab would never order anything as foolish as the killing of innocent people anywhere, Minister for Law and Parliamentary Affairs Rana Mashhood Khan said on Wednesday....
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Multiple incidents: Two killed, one injured in Taxila
TAXILA: At least two people were killed and one injured in three incidents in Taxila. In the first incident, a man was shot dead under unexplained circumstances in Bhalar Tope village. The local...
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The question of policy: Govt issued notices on Aitchison College board...
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Wednesday issued notices to the government on a writ petition challenging the appointment of Aitchison College’s board of governors and the new admission policy of...
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Model Town probe: Tribunal refuses to stop media coverage
LAHORE: The judicial tribunal investigating the Model Town incident on Wednesday rejected a request to stop the media from covering the proceedings of the tribunal. Advocate Shahid Naseem Gondal had...
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Tankers impounded: FIA busts oil theft racket
LAHORE: Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Lahore has taken into custody nine empty tankers of Pakistan State Oil (PSO) during a raid. The FIA’s Corporate Crime Circle (CCC) team, headed by Assistant...
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Live updates: Security forces, suspected militants clash in Lahore
LAHORE: Security forces and suspected militants engage in a fierce battle in Arayian village on Raiwind road in Lahore, Express News reported on Thursday. Security forces – which arrived in the area...
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Helping hands: SOS Village children donate funds for IDPs
MULTAN: SOS Village children donated Rs100,000 to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs)in a ceremony on Saturday. SOS Village Director Mrs Shahnaz handed a Rs100,000 cheque to the district...
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