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Health update: Anti-dengue drive launched at union council level, CM
LAHORE: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has said the dengue larva killing campaign has been launched at the union council level all over the province. Addressing a meeting convened to review dengue...
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Security Reasons: ‘JD banned from collecting hides by Interior Ministry’
LAHORE: The Home Department on Monday told Lahore High Court that the Jamatud Dawa had been barred from collecting sacrificial hides on the Eidul Azha by the Interior Ministry for security reasons....
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Last Saturday in power: ‘All govt decisions should be declared null and void’
MULTAN: Sheikh Rashid wants the Supreme Court to declare all the decisions taken by the federal government on Saturday, March 16, as ‘null and void’ since he believes that the decisions taken on that...
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Those found guilty of blasphemy should be punished, not entire communities: CJ
ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry said that only those people who are found guilty of blasphemy through due process should be punished, not the entire communities, Express News...
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Contempt proceedings: President told to avoid politics, again
LAHORE: A full bench of the Lahore High Court on Monday, during the hearing of a petition seeking contempt of court proceeding against President Asif Zardari, once again directed him to refrain from...
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Punjab interim CM: Asma Jahangir declines caretaker role
LAHORE: A day after her name was suggested among the three nominees for the caretaker Punjab chief minister slot, rights activist and former president of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) Asma...
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Fun Fair: Health secretary inaugurates book exhibition
LAHORE: A fun fair and a book exhibition was arranged at Amiruddin Medical College and Post Graduate Medical Institute on Tuesday. They were inaugurated by Health Secretary Arif Nadeem. Students had...
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Illegal confinement: CCPO directed to probe SI’s conduct
LAHORE: An additional district and sessions judge on Tuesday directed the Lahore CCPO to investigate why Sub-Inspector Anwarul Haq kept a man in police lockup after a judicial magistrate had sent him...
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Lifetime token tax: Vehicle owners asked to pay by March 31
MULTAN / FAISALABAD: The Excise and Taxation Department (ETD) on Monday issued final notices to vehicle owners who have not paid the ‘lifetime token tax’ for their vehicles. Failure to pay the tax by...
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School education: ‘JI will give special attention to girls’ education if...
MIANWALI: Speakers at a seminar organised to highlight the issues in provisioning education in Mianwali district agreed that the situation was dire and that it was poorer still for girls. The seminar...
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LDA: Land auction for educational institutions
LAHORE: The auction for 18 sites reserved to set up educational institutions in private housing schemes would be held on April 8 at the Lahore Development Authority (LDA) Community Centre, New Muslim...
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‘Wellbeing of mothers and newborns should be prioritised’
LAHORE: A mother dies every 20 minutes in Pakistan, research reports suggest. A large gap in awareness and intervention in critical areas of public health has led to one of the highest maternal and...
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Road safety: ‘Signals on manual mode are risky’
LAHORE: Fifth-generation traffic signals which had been installed at eight points on the route of the Metro Bus Service have not been made operational. The signals are at Gulab Devi Junction, Qainchi...
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Campaign against pollution: Government loses interest in drive to check unfit...
LAHORE: Environmental and transport inspectors have stopped checking vehicles in the city for engine fitness and emissions, bringing already meagre efforts by the government to improve air quality...
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PTI chief will have a two-term limit, says Imran Khan
LAHORE: Imran Khan has said that there will be a two-term limit on anyone being head of his Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI), after the upcoming internal party polls to elect a chairperson. “I will not...
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Democratic process: Qadri calls for polling day boycott, sit-ins
LAHORE: Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) chief Tahirul Qadri at a press conference on Tuesday urged party workers to stage sit-ins across the country on the polling day. He said that the PAT will not...
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Provincial chessboards almost dismantled
LAHORE / PESHAWAR / KARACHI: Barely 24 hours after the Balochistan Assembly took its last bow, the provincial assemblies of Sindh and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa were dissolved on Tuesday – with the Punjab...
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Punjab caretaker CM: PPP nominates Justice (retd) Zahid Hussain
The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) nominated former Lahore High Court (LHC) judge Justice (retd) Syed Zahid Hussain for the post of caretaker chief minister of Punjab, Express News reported on...
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Fake degree: PPP MPA Farooq Yusuf Ghurki disqualified
LAHORE: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) MPA Farooq Yusuf Ghurki was declared ineligible on Wednesday to hold a seat in the Punjab Assembly for having a fake degree, reported Express News. Pakistan Muslim...
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Governor dissolves Punjab assembly
LAHORE: The Punjab GovernoMakhdoom Syed Ahmed Mahmud dissolved the Punjab assembly as he signed the summary regarding the dissolution submitted by the chief minister Shahbaz Sharif, Express News...
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