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Claim refuted: Police rubbish PTI’s sub inspector’s resignation claim
FAISALABAD: City Police Officer (CPO) Sohail Tajik said on Wednesday that no sub inspector with the name of Yasir Javaid had resigned from Faisalabad Police as claimed during the Pakistan...
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LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Wednesday dismissed bail application of a factory owner, accused of stealing electricity worth Rs30 million. Mian Ijaz, the owner of a factory making home...
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Uncalled for leave: Over 2,000 schools swept away in floods
LAHORE: More than 2,000 school buildings across the province have been damaged in recent floods, according to School Education Department (SED) officials. They said the school buildings had been...
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Right to information: Larger bench asked to hear plea on Model Town report
LAHORE: Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah of the Lahore High Court on Wednesday referred a petition regarding the Model Town police operation to be heard by a larger bench. Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI)...
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Breeding grounds: Ferozewala, Muridke high-risk areas for dengue fever
LAHORE: Muridke and Ferozewala, adjoining areas of Lahore, are high-risk areas for dengue due to stagnant floodwaters there. This was stated by Adviser to Chief Minister on Health Khawaja Salman...
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Helping hand: IKF sends second consignment of flood relief items
LAHORE: The Imran Khan Foundation dispatched its second consignment of relief goods to flood victims in Azad Jammu and Kashmir and Punjab on Wednesday. A rapid assessment was conducted to determine...
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Flood season: Dykes will be repaired in 24 hours says Khanzada
LAHORE: Cabinet Committee on Flood Relief chairman Shuja Khanzada said on Wednesday that the flow of water in all rivers across the province was back to normal. He was speaking to journalists during...
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Heinous crime: RPO takes notice of sexual exploitation
FAISALABAD: Regional Police Officer (RPO) Ehsan Tufail on Wednesday took notice of a maid’s gang-rape by a landlord’s son and his friend. Zulfiqar, the victim’s father, said she had been working as a...
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Quick service: ‘Most flood victims to be rehabilitated before Eid’
MUZAFFARGARH: “The government wants to rehabilitate 70 per cent of the flood-affected people before Eid,” said provincial assembly member Aleem Shah on Wednesday. Shah is also a member of the...
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Public education: ‘School councils need to be made more effective’
LAHORE: “The role of existing councils at all the 53,000 schools across the Punjab needs to be more effective,” said Elementary Education Public Instructions Director Islam Siddique during a policy...
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‘CM wasting public funds to pay for heli-visits’
LAHORE: Punjab Assembly Leader of Opposition Mian Mehmoodur Rasheed presented another White Paper on Wednesday detailing expenses incurred on Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif’s daily visits of...
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Education reshuffle: Private schools’ presence on BISE boards on the cards
LAHORE: Minister for Education Rana Mashood has formed a committee to decide how representatives of private educational institutions could sit on the board of governors of Boards of Intermediate and...
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MNA Jamshed Dasti surrenders himself to police
MUZAFFARGARH: MNA Jamshed Dasti has surrendered himself to the police along with his close aide Chaudhry Amir Karamat on Thursday, Express News reported. Dasti surrendered himself at the Muzaffargarh...
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Too trusting: Pir kills follower for miracle of life
MULTAN: A pir was arrested on Wednesday for killing a follower to prove his claim that he could bring him back to life. A Saddar police spokesman said Muhammad Sabir, a pir of village Mubarakabad in...
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Imran did not declare his Knight's Bridge flat for many years, claims Shahbaz
KARACHI: Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Thursday alleged that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan had failed to disclose his Knight’s Bridge flat in London for many years....
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Heart-wrenching: Govt surgeon working at private institutions
LAHORE: The chief cardiothoracic surgeon of Rehmatul Alameen Institute of Cardiology (RTAIC) is working for two private medical institutions without the permission of the competent authority (the...
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Not in practice: Consumer courts, council remain ineffective
RAWALPINDI: Lack of awareness, negative perceptions of the judicial system and poor official coordination have rendered consumer courts and consumer councils ineffective. The courts and council were...
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Flood ‘14: Railway track damaged, examinations cancelled
MULTAN: As much as 1,700 feet of railway track is submerged in flood water near Multan. Saandal Express has been re-routed to Jhang. Its stops in Multan and Khanewal have been cancelled. Routes of...
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Human development report: ‘South Asia least urbanised region of world’
LAHORE: In South Asia, the least urbanised region of the world, urbanisation has emerged as a key contributor to economic development, with three fourths of the growth being generated in cities. This...
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Inciting hatred: Court orders FIR against Rana Sanaullah
MULTAN: Multan bench of the Lahore High Court on Thursday ordered the registration of an FIR against former law minister Rana Sanaullah for inciting violence. Faheem Gill, a citizen, had filed a...
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