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Punjab CM suspends SHO Multan for not apprehending rape suspect
MULTAN: Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has suspended the SHO of Multan for failing to arrest a suspect accused of allegedly raping a 12-year-old girl, Express News reported. The chief minister...
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Comment: Bilawal’s Punjab visit proves the masses will welcome him
KARACHI: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has started his public campaign at last. He visited Sukkur, Chiniot and Multan last week and met people in the flood-hit areas,...
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Terror bid foiled: Rangers arrest suspects near Chesham Barrage
LAHORE: Punjab Rangers have announced the arrest of a suspected terrorist near Chesham Barrage along with a large cache of weapons and ammunition on Thursday. Rangers officials confirmed that...
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Crime against women: Teen assaulted by two men
FAISALABAD: A 16-year-old girl was allegedly gang raped by two men near D-Type Colony police station on Thursday. A police spokesman said Tahira*, a resident of D-Type Colony, was abducted by Ali Riaz...
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Righteous anger: Students turn down Ghazi varsity degrees
DERA GHAZI KHAN: Dozens of students belonging to the University of Agriculture Faisalabad (UAF) Dera Ghazi Khan sub-campus staged a protest demonstration on Thursday. The students blocked the Dera...
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‘Poor schools causing rural-urban migration’
FAISALABAD: The rural population must be provided better education and health facilities to reduce the rising trend of migration to cities, University of Agriculture Faisalabad (UAF) Vice Chancellor...
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‘Media should focus on social issues’
LAHORE: Media needs a mechanism for accountability and professional guidelines which can keep it within the confines of laws governing the media, speakers at a seminar at the Punjab University...
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Medical negligence alleged in delivery death
FAISALABAD: Some relatives of a woman who had died during a caesarean operation staged a protest demonstration on Thursday against hospital administration at Faisalabad-Tandlianwala Road. The...
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Expensive power: Man suffers heart attack on seeing electricity bill
FAISALABAD: A man died of cardiac arrest on Friday reportedly on seeing his electricity bill. A Ghulam Muhammadabad police spokesman said Gulzar Ahmad, a resident of Mohallah Usman Ghani, received an...
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market management: ‘Govt trying to provide reasonably priced essentials’
LAHORE: Food Minister Bilal Yasin said on Friday that the government had been striving to provide the public with basic necessities at fair prices. He was speaking at a meeting of the Punjab Price...
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Strategy not tactics: Improved governance held key to social stability
LAHORE: Governance has been an enduring concern in Pakistan. This is evident in a number of ways from a precarious law and order situation to serious social deficit and poor infrastructure, a recent...
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Novelty bridge heist: Flour dealer robbed, traders protest
FAISALABAD: Unidentified men took away Rs290,000 from a flour dealer near Factory Area on Friday. Police said Muhammad Tahir, a resident of Ayub Colony on Jhang Road, was returning home after...
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Azadi March: PTI rally seeks support for Sunday meeting
LAHORE: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) on Friday took out a rally to mobilise support for its public gathering at Minto Park on Sunday. The rally started from Liberty Chowk at 5.30pm and ended at...
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General elections: NADRA report reveals irregularities in PP-147
LAHORE: A National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) examination has revealed irregularities and at least one bogus vote in PP-147 during the May 2013 general elections. According to the...
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Informal economy: ‘Include home based workers in social security net’
LAHORE: Local Government Additional Secretary Moazzam Ali Janjua emphasised the need for establishing a legal framework for workers on Friday to ensure that that the social security net would cover...
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Flood-hit: Talmiri villagers living a life in the wild
MULTAN: “The water is not fit for use,” says Azra Mochani, a seven-year-old resident of Talmiri village. She points to a pool of stagnant water and wrinkles her nose. “My mother says this water is...
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Propriety: PM’s disqualification sought over assets held abroad
LAHORE: Barrister Javed Iqbal Jaffree filed an application on Friday requesting the Lahore High Court to disqualify Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on charges of money laundering. He moved the...
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Crippling disease: Polio drive to be modelled after dengue campaign
LAHORE: “We will devise a programme similar to the anti-dengue campaign to eradicate polio from the province,” Adviser to Chief Minister on Health Khwaja Salman Rafique said on Friday. The chief...
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Reunited: Abducted girl recovered eight years later
FAISALABAD: City Police Officer (CPO) Sohail Tajik said on Saturday that Tandlianwala police had recovered a girl abducted eight years ago. Tajik said in 2006 Maryam Bibi, a resident of Tandlianwala,...
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Career in medicines: New policy on medical college admissions unlikely to be...
LAHORE: The Health Department is unlikely to implement Pakistan Medical and Dental Council’s (PMDC) decision to reserve 50 per cent seats in medical colleges for boys for the 2014-2015 session, The...
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