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JI Gujranwala chief shot, injured
GUJRANWALA: Jamaat-i-Islami Gujranwala district chief Bilal Qudrat Butt was severely injured when unidentified armed men opened fire on his car on Friday, Express News reported. Rescue sources said...
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No TTP presence in south Punjab: RPO
BAHAWALPUR: Regional Police Officer Ghulam Rasool Zahid has denied Rahim Yar Khan is the headquarters of the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan as claimed by former interior minister Rehman Malik. Addressing...
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Former civil intelligence chief appointed IG Punjab
LAHORE: The caretaker federal government has appointed former chief of the Intelligence Bureau Aftab Sultan as the new Inspector General of Police (IGP) in Punjab on Friday, official sources said. A...
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Two years on: 70,000 applicants waiting for registration plates
GUJRANWALA: More than 70,000 applicants have been waiting to receive their motorcycle registration plates for two years despite payment of fee, The Express Tribune has learnt. More than 1,000 people...
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The folklore: Good Friday observed in reverence
LAHORE: Churches across the city observed Good Friday with special prayer services. Christians observed the Lent fast and attended congregational services at Cathedral Church, Saint Anthony’s Church,...
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Madhu Lal urs: Three days of illumination, making wishes start today
LAHORE: Saturday was declared a holiday on Friday in the Lahore district to celebrate the urs of Madhu Lal Hussain. The Punjab Civil Secretariat, its attached departments and regional offices,...
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Police chief: Aftab Sultan takes over as IGP
LAHORE: Aftab Sultan, a BS-22 officer, was on Friday appointed the inspector general of Punjab Police (IGP). Sultan had been serving as the commandant of the National Police Academy before this...
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Poll process: 195 nomination forms issued
LAHORE: As many as 195 nomination forms were issued on Friday and 143 candidates submitted nominations to the returning officers. Party workers obtained nomination forms on behalf of several...
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Developers given 3 weeks to transfer land
LAHORE: The Lahore Development Authority has asked the developers of approved private housing schemes to execute transfer and mortgage deeds for land reserved for roads, streets, parks, playgrounds,...
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Road Accidents: Four including two brothers killed
MIANWALI: Two brothers were killed and three other people were injured in a road accident in Mianwali on Thursday. Haq Nawaz, a resident of Wandha Mehr Khanewala, was travelling on a motorcycle with...
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Genetically-modified crops: ‘Biotech needed to feed growing population’
LAHORE: With its rapidly growing population, Pakistan faces the risk of serious food insecurity by 2030 unless it adopts biotechnology applications in agriculture. This was the view expressed by...
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Matric Certificate: ‘File an affidavit if you need another copy’
LAHORE: Justice Mansoor Ali Shah of the Lahore High Court disposed former federal minister Faisal Saleh Hayat’s petition for direction to the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education to issue...
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Nomination papers: Notices issued to Election Commission
LAHORE: Justice Mansoor Ali Shah of the Lahore High Court issued notices to the election commission on two petitions against it. The judge provisionally allowed the petitioners to contest elections...
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Easter Sunday: Church cleaning drive before and after celebrations
LAHORE: The Lahore Waste Management Company conducted a special cleanliness drive at the city’s churches and neighbourhoods with Christian populations on Saturday, ahead of Easter. Some 150 churches...
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Urs of Madhu Lal Hussain: Festival of Lights starts on a high note
LAHORE: Mela Chiraghan (the festival of lights) kicked off on Saturday. A large number of devotees from around the country visited the shrine of Madhu Lal Hussain to pay tributes to the sufi poet and...
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Punjab University: Thousands visit book fair on last day
LAHORE: The Punjab University’s annual book fair, said to be the largest in the country, concluded at the New Campus here on Saturday. The PU administration said that 60,000 books were sold on the...
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General elections: ASWJ chief files nomination papers for NA-89
LAHORE: The chief of Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamat (ASWJ) Maulana Muhammad Ahmad Ludhianvi filed nomination papers on Saturday for two seats in the national and provincial assemblies from constituencies in...
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Election nominations: Candidates seek lawyers’ help on forms
LAHORE: Lawyers at the District and Sessions Court received a rush of clients seeking their services to fill nomination forms for the ahead of the deadline, March 31. Lawyers have been charging...
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Hospital credit: Application against Mashhood dismissed
LAHORE: Returning Officer Rai Ayub Marth, who is also an additional district and sessions judge, on Saturday dismissed for non-prosecution an application seeking action against former Punjab Assembly...
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Repeat of Joseph Colony will not be tolerated: Sethi
LAHORE: The arson attack on Christian residents of Joseph Colony, Badami Bagh, three weeks ago was tragic and intolerable and such an incident must never be allowed to happen again, said Caretaker...
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