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Generation next: Youth want political impasse resolved at the earliest
LAHORE: The government, media and civil society organisations should play their due role for political stability and strengthening democracy, according to a resolution passed by the participants of...
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Health moot: ‘Healthcare system needs to be improved’
LAHORE: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif said on Saturday that there was a need to improve the healthcare system. He said this while addressing the 11th annual meeting of the Pakistan Pediatric...
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Transcending space: Sana Kazmi showcases blurred reality
LAHORE: Spatial Transcendence, a solo show by Sana Kazi, has started at Rohtas 2 Art Gallery. The exhibition will continue until October 11. Kazi says, “I work in layers upon layers, erasing,...
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Guilty verdict: Man sentenced to death in murder case
LAHORE: A court on Saturday sentenced a man to death for murdering another over money in 2007. The court acquitted three other accused in the case giving them the benefit of the doubt. According to...
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Ready for the show: 3,000 policemen to protect PTI rally
LAHORE: City police finalised on Saturday a security plan for the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) rally to be held at Minar-i-Pakistan on Sunday. Security branch SP, Capt (r) Malik Liaqat said 3,000...
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Disaster rehabilitation: Guidelines issued for flood compensation payment
LAHORE: The provincial government on Saturday issued for compensation to be paid to the families affected by the floods in rivers Chenab and Jhelum. According to the criteria, Rs25,000 would be given...
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[No] state of development: Neglected, exploited and ignored, rural areas of...
KARACHI: Despite a significant contribution of over 50 per cent to the GDP, Pakistan’s rural areas lag far behind their urban counterparts in terms of social development. Extreme inequality exists in...
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Fire at PTCL exchange interrupts telephone service in Lahore
LAHORE: The fifth and sixth floors of PTCL building caught fire early on Sunday interrupting telephone service in many areas of Lahore, Express News reported. According to details, majority of the...
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22 motorbikes, 3 cars snatched in Faisalabad
FAISALABAD: Robbers snatched 22 motorcycles, three cars and valuables from people in 47 robberies in Faisalabad and its suburbs on Saturday-Sunday. Unidentified gunmen snatched cars from Rizwan,...
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Inquiry ordered into death of infants at DHQ hospital
BAHAWALPUR: The Health Department on Sunday ordered an official inquiry into the deaths of more than 50 infants at Bahawalnagar district headquarters (DHQ) hospital due to alleged negligence. Chief...
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Girls forcibly ‘married’ at panchayat orders
BAHAWALPUR: Police on Sunday arrested two men for marrying underage girls. A village council in Sadiqabad had earlier declared an eight-year-old and a six-year-old girl vani and forced them into...
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Political standoff: Khan provoking the public says minister
LAHORE: Information and Broadcasting Minister Pervaiz Rashid said on Sunday that the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) government would complete its tenure. He was speaking to journalists at the...
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Missing flood aid: Stolen fodder seized from govt official
FAISALABAD: Police on Sunday seized more than 157 bags of fodder, meant to be distributed among the flood-affected people, from a veterinary assistant’s house. According to Athara Hazari police,...
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Caustic affair: Man succumbs to self-inflicted burns
FAISALABAD: A man died on Sunday at a hospital two days after setting himself ablaze after quarreling with his parents in Chak 138-GB. According to Samundri police, 24-year-old Muhammad Iftikhar, a...
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Heinous crime: Tenant raped by landlord in Faisalabad
FAISALABAD: Police said on Sunday that a landlord had raped his tenant in Razaabad area. They said she had been living in a rented portion of Allah Ditta’s house in Shehzad Town. Naseem Anwar, a...
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Job security : 52,000 health workers’ services regularised
LAHORE: “Job security is a great motivation for medical workers,” Lady Health Workers Association president Rukhsana Anwar said on Sunday. She was addressing a ceremony held to regularise services of...
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Fighting polio: Immunisation campaign starts in Bahawalpur
BAHAWALPUR: More than 580,000 children under the age of five will be administrated polio drops in Bahawalpur district during the three-day polio immunisation campaign from September 29 to October 1,...
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High Court orders Gullu Butt’s release
LAHORE: An application was filed last week at Lahore High Court seeking disqualification of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on charges of money laundering. Barrister Javed Iqbal Jaffree filed the...
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Up in flames: PTCL building fire disrupts phone, internet lines
LAHORE: The telecommunication network was disrupted in several parts of the country after a fire broke out at a Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) building late on Saturday. No...
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Organisation and method: Tehreek-i-Insaf workers unhappy with arrangements...
LAHORE: Traffic jams around the Minar-i-Pakistan the venue of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf rally on Sunday created many problems for those hoping to catch a glimpse of Imran Khan. By 3pm, barbed...
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