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‘No irregularities in NA-152’
MULTAN: An election tribunal on Thursday dismissed a petition against National Assembly member Javed Ali Shah after rigging allegations could not be proved in his constituency. The petition had been...
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Parent injured as school guard’s gun goes off
SARGODHA: A man was injured when the gun of a security guard hired by a private school went off on Thursday. Witnesses said Asif Butt was leaving after dropping off his children to the school on...
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Progressive writers: ‘Angaarey transformed the face of Urdu literature’
LAHORE: Academic Raza Naeem said on Thursday that Angaarey, a collection of short stories published in 1932, had transformed the literature of the subcontinent. He was speaking at an event organised...
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Act of mischief?: Threatening letter found at a school in City
LAHORE: Minister Bilal Yasin said on Thursday that the government had been striving to ensure foolproof security at schools. He was speaking to reporters at the Rajgarh Government Middle Model Girls...
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Petrol shortage: No fuel for miles
LAHORE: Most of the filling stations in the city remained shut for the second day on Thursday after they exhausted their petroleum stores. Muhammad Aslam, owner of a petrol station, said oil...
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Hate speech: ‘Men who attacked Charlie Hebdo are heroes’
LAHORE: Various organisations from the Barelvi school of thought on Thursday staged a rally in front of the US Consulate against French magazine Charlie Hebdo for publishing blasphemous caricatures....
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At stake: Govt must review security at schools
LAHORE: Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah of the Lahore High Court (LHC) directed the government on Thursday to review security arrangements at educational institutions province-wide and submit a report...
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Executing criminals: Gallows set up at Faisalabad central jail
FAISALABAD: A phansi ghaat (gallows) has been established at the Faisalabad central jail, spokesperson Akthar Ali told to The Express Tribune on Friday. He said that the Punjab Home Department had...
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NA-122: Returning officer submits record of 281 polling stations
LAHORE: The returning officer (RO) on Saturday submitted the record of 281 out of 284 NA-122 polling stations to the election tribunal. The RO also submitted copies of Forms 14 and 15 and packing...
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Infectious waste: Plan to tighten noose around erring hospitals
ISLAMABAD: A plan is on the cards to take action against hospitals which dispose off infectious medical waste improperly. The Pakistan Environment Protection Agency (Pak-EPA) has written letters to...
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Four killed, four injured in boiler explosion
FAISALABAD: Four people were killed and four others were injured when a boiler at a factory exploded early on Saturday. Police said the boiler exploded at a dye factory in Akbarabad near Ghulam...
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School buildings to be surveyed
FAISALABAD: District Coordination Officer Noorul Ameen Mengal on Sunday took notice of a ceiling collapsed in Government Islamia Madrassa High School in Muhammadpura on Saturday during school hours...
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Man kills sister, her three children
SARGODHA: Police on Sunday recovered four bodies, including three of children, from Model Town in Sargodha and arrested a man who confessed to killing them and burying them. Satellite Town SHO Nasir...
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Saving lives: ‘Disaster response plan formulated’
LAHORE: Rescue 1122 has formulated a programme for the prevention of emergencies at community-level in coordination with the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) and the National Institute...
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Environmental hazard: EPA to act against stone-crushing units
LAHORE: The district officer for Environment has been directed to take action against stone-crushing factories that are yet to implement orders of an Environment Tribunal passed in 2012. The decision...
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Cabinet to discuss petrol crisis: Saad
LAHORE: Railway Minister Khwaja Saad Rafique said on Sunday stringent steps would be taken against those responsible for the petrol shortage crisis. He said the matter would be taken up by the...
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Policing borders: ‘BMP set to be restructured’
DERA GHAZI KHAN: Border Military Police Senior Commandant Nadeemur Rehman on Sunday said the Home Department had formed a committee to address problems faced by the BMP so that the force could be...
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Court Diary: Two terrorism convicts hanged
LAHORE: Last week, Lashkar-i-Jhangvi activists Ikramul Haq alias Lahori and Zahid Hussain alias Zahdu were executed. Lahori was hanged on Saturday. He was sentenced to death on April 26, 2003 by an...
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Institutions: ‘Military courts amount to mini martial law’
LAHORE: Lahore Bar Association (LBA) president Chaudhry Ishtiaq A Khan on Sunday opposed military courts saying that setting up of such courts amounted to imposing a ‘mini martial law’ in the country....
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Force of unity: National Action Plan bearing fruit, says Shahbaz
LAHORE: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif said on Sunday measures taken under the National Action Plan to defeat terrorism were yielding positive results. He was presiding over a meeting that reviewed...
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