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Bogus degrees: High Court disqualifies Ghurki, Wattoo
LAHORE: Two former parliamentarians were disqualified on Wednesday by the Lahore High Court (LHC) for submitting bogus degrees to qualify for and contest the 2008 elections. They are Farooq Yousaf...
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Akhtar Buland Rana: Petition against AGP’s appointment dismissed
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court chief justice on Wednesday dismissed a petition challenging the appointment of Akhtar Buland Rana as auditor general of Pakistan. The CJ observed that the post of...
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Conference on textile technology ends
FAISALABAD: “New and advanced technologies should be introduced to boost the textile industry in Pakistan,” said the speakers at the concluding session of the 2nd International Conference on Value...
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Slow investigation: 2,000 cases pending since January 2012
FAISALABAD: More than 2,000 cases are pending at various police stations of the district since January 1, 2012, Inspector Aamir Waheed, a district spokesman for the department told The Express...
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Protest: FESCO employees demand merit-based recruitments
FAISALABAD: Some Faisalabad Electric Supply Company (FESCO) employees on Wednesday staged a protest demonstration over alleged illegal appointments in the company. Pegham Union general secretary Mian...
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Model college: DMC students celebrate spring
FAISALABAD: A spring festival started at the Divisional Model College on Wednesday. It was inaugurated by Commissioner Ejaz Munir. Munir said that fairs and festivals were an important part of a...
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Jumping Ship: Former Bahawalpur MPA joins PML-N
LAHORE: Former Muslim League-Q MPA from Bahawalpur, Malik Muhammad Khalid Waran, on Wednesday announced his decision to join the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz. Waran said Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif...
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Glass fusion, staining techniques on display at LAC
LAHORE: An exhibition of nearly 300 jewellery items, sculptures and pottery employing glass fusion and staining techniques opened at the Lahore Art Council on Monday. The works by artists Rukhsana...
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Vehicle check-up: Campaign against polluters to resume in two weeks
LAHORE: A campaign to penalise vehicles causing excessive air or noise pollution, inactive since the end of last year, will be relaunched in two weeks, it was decided at a meeting at the Punjab...
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Incoming calls petition: SC suspends stay order
LAHORE: A two-judge bench of the Supreme Court on Wednesday suspended a stay order issued by the Sindh High Court wherein the Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) was restrained from deciding the...
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Joseph Colony: Cheques handed out by Punjab govt bounce
LAHORE: The cheques distributed among victims of the Joseph Colony attack by the Punjab government bounced, Express News reported Thursday. Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif had announced Rs0.5...
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Seminar at GCUF: ‘Reduction of industrial waste need of the hour’
FAISALABAD: “Smoke emission from factories and industrial wastewater discharges pose major threats to human lives and need to be dealt with strictly,” Government College University Faisalabad Vice...
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Health awareness: Pakistan could face travel sanctions over polio
LAHORE: Pakistan faces the risk of travel sanctions after June 2013 if the polio virus is not stopped in the country, said Health Department Director General Nisar Cheema on Thursday. “We need media...
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Press conference: Police claim arrest of child rapist
BAHAWALPUR: District Police Officer Sohail Habib Tajik said on Thursday that a man suspected of raping two girl children had confessed to his crimes. Speaking at a press conference, the DPO said a DNA...
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Access to justice: District bars threaten to disrupt elections
FAISALABAD: Representatives of district bar associations in Faisalabad, Sargodha, Dera Ghazi Khan, Gujranwala and Sahiwal revenue divisions said on Thursday that they would not let returning officers...
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Social welfare: Registration reform sought for disabled
FAISALABAD: There is a dire need for a streamlined procedure for the registration of disabled people so they can get social welfare benefits, said stakeholders at a dialogue on ‘Disabled-friendly...
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Pre-Poll Rigging: Dr Hassan seeks early hearing of wECP petition
LAHORE: Former federal minister Dr Mubashar Hassan has filed an application in the Supreme Court for an early hearing of his petition concerning the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP). The...
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World Sleep Day: If you are snoring, you might have sleep apnea
LAHORE: For three months, Faisal, 14, sis felt dizzy, had high blood pressure and difficulty breathing. A month ago, he was diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnea, a sleep disorder in which a...
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‘If you have a degree, please don’t make jewellery in your kitchen’
LAHORE: What Sarah Peck, the executive director of the US-Pakistan Women’s Council, regrets most about Pakistan is the “waste of national resources” when those with professional degrees choose not to...
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PTI elections: ‘Follow our path or lose yourself’
LAHORE: The contest for Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s central president became tense when one candidate filed an application with the party’s election commission alleging that his opponent was involved...
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