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Salary fraud: Rs1.4b bogus payments made by AG’s office
LAHORE: The office of the Punjab Accountant General made bogus payments of at least Rs1.39 billion in financial year 2011-12, much of it to ‘ghost’ employees, according to an inquiry conducted by the...
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‘VIP culture’: LHC seeks discussion on maintainability
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Monday directed the counsel for Jamatud Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed to present arguments on the maintainability of his petition against “VIP culture” at the next hearing...
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Nomination papers: Lawyers’ attempt to hinder process foiled
FAISALABAD: A police contingent deployed at the district court for the purpose foiled some lawyers’ attempt on Monday to sabotage the election procession when they besieged the courts while nomination...
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850 more candidates get nomination forms
LAHORE: As many as 850 candidates obtained nomination forms and three, including a woman from Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), submitted their papers to returning officers (ROs) at the district court...
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ECP under fire: Caretaker PM’s nomination challenged
LAHORE: A petition was filed on Monday challenging the appointment of the caretaker prime minister and the election commission’s power to nominate him in the Supreme Court. Petitioner Zafarullah Khan...
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Politicians divided: ECP looks set to pick Punjab CM
LAHORE: Deadlock on the appointment of a caretaker chief minister for Punjab continued on Monday, as deliberations of the six-member committee of the Punjab Assembly (PA) remained inconclusive on...
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Punjab interim CM: Shahbaz orders committee to meet again
LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif ordered the parliamentary committee to hold another meeting and reach a consensus over the name of caretaker chief minister of Punjab, Express News...
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Elections: PTI works out seat adjustment in Bahawalpur
ISLAMABAD: The grandson of Nawab Muhammad Farid Khan Nawabzada Salahud Din and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan worked out a seat adjustment plan in Bahawalpur for the upcoming...
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Clerics attack Ahmadi house, torture family in Punjab
KASUR: Local clerics attacked a house belonging to an Ahmadi family in the Kasur district of Punjab on Tuesday and subjected the family members to violence allegedly over their religious belief, The...
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Price hike: Metro bus fares to be doubled
LAHORE: The metro bus authority issued an order to increase the price of tickets from Rs20 to Rs40, Express News reported on Tuesday. The new fares will be implemented from March 26. The authorities...
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Polio positive: Vaccinators protest disciplinary action
RAHIM YAR KHAN: Dozens of vaccinators held a demonstration on Monday in front of the DCO Office to protest the sacking of two of their colleagues, ending the contract of a doctor and withholding the...
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Action Plan: No confirmed dengue cases so far
LAHORE: No dengue fever cases have been reported this season, but all departments will continue with awareness campaigns and the elimination of mosquito breeding sites so the disease does not...
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State bank: Businessmen move LHC against defaulters’ list
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Tuesday sought the attorney general’s assistance on petitions from various industrialists and businessmen challenging their inclusion on a list of defaulters issued...
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Murder case: LHC seeks report on acid attack at graveyard
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court has sought a report within a week from the district and sessions judge regarding the investigation into an acid attack on a woman at Miani Sahib graveyard in Mozang....
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Vehicle safety: 8 killed, 14 injured in bus crash
SARGODHA: Eight people including three women of a family were killed and 14 others were injured on Tuesday when a passenger bus collided with a tractor-trolley on Bhalwal-Sargodha Road near Ajnala...
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Qualifications challenged: Pims chief restrained from performing duties
ISLAMABAD: In a new twist in a legal battle between senior executives of Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims), a capital court on Tuesday restrained the Executive Director (ED) Riaz Ahmed...
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Degree ban: Langrial seeks to overturn poll bar
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Tuesday issued notice to the attorney general on a petition moved by former MPA Iqbal Langrial challenging a bar on him contesting elections. Iqbal submitted that he...
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Forex fraud: Case against 3 Zarco employees for Rs250m embezzlement
LAHORE: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has registered a case against three former officials of the defunct Zarco Exchange Company for allegedly siphoning off Rs250 million from company...
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Election tribunal: Iftikhar Khan disqualified over fake degree
LAHORE: An election tribunal of the Lahore High Court consisting of Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial on Tuesday found former PML-N MPA and parliamentary secretary for religious affairs Iftikhar Ahmad...
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Official notification: DG NAB Punjab discharged of duties
LAHORE: Four months after expiration of his contract, Khursheed Anwar Bhinder has been dismissed from the post of National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Director General (DG) Punjab and is temporarily...
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