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History matters: Most Pakistani historians don’t engage with peers
LAHORE: Historians from various city universities gathered at the Forman Christian College University on Wednesday for the first meeting of the History Society. Fifteen historians from Lahore College...
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Unpaid Taxes: E&T Dept to issue lists of defaulters
LAHORE: The Excise and Taxation Department directors have been told by the secretary, Zahid Saeed, to prepare and release lists of politicians who are defaulters, a private TV channel reported on...
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Misuse of power: Police accused of extra-judicial killing, assault
BAHAWALPUR: In two rallies against a station house officer and a police post in charge on Wednesday, the protesters accused them of murder and assault, respectively, and demanded that action be taken...
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Argument between Christians, Muslims turns into clash
LAHORE / GUJRANWALA: What started off as an argument between a group of Muslims and Christians in Gujranwala turned into a fierce riot on Wednesday in which three people, including a police officer,...
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Joseph Colony arson: Derelict cops will not go scot-free, court assured
ISLAMABAD: Punjab government’s attorney conceded on Wednesday that the Lahore police purposefully avoided a clash with a violent mob that attacked some 200 houses in a Christian neighbourhood of...
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Tehreek-i-Insaf candidates: ‘Tickets awarded on merit’
LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) central information secretary Shafqat Mehmood said on Wednesday that the party’s parliamentary board had rejected most of the candidates recommended by PTI...
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Punjab University: Anti-harassment committee chair accused of harassment
LAHORE: An assistant professor who was relieved from the Institute of Communication Studies (ICS) has written to the Punjab University Syndicate accusing the chairman of its anti-harassment committee...
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ECP rules: ‘Do you have to be a taxpayer to contest polls’
LAHORE: Justice Mansoor Ali Shah of the Lahore High Court on Wednesday directed lawyers of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to submit a list of tax defaulters prepared by the Federal Board...
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PPP member files objection to Nawaz Sharif's nomination papers
LAHORE: A Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) member filed an objection to the nomination papers of Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif, Express News reported on Thursday. Nawaz had...
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ECP rejects nomination papers of PML-N's Ayaz Amir
LAHORE: The Election Commission of Pakistan rejected the nomination papers of Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) candidate Ayaz Amir, Express News reported on Thursday. Amir had filed his papers...
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PTI Lahore candidates return tickets over ‘unjust allotment’
LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s (PTI) candidates from Lahore returned their tickets in protest against the “unjust allotment” of tickets by the party’s central parliamentary board, Express News...
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Peace and harmony: Speakers condemn attacks on vulnerable communities,...
FAISALABAD: Speakers at a seminar on the need for peace and harmony urged for bringing an end to inhuman acts against weaker groups such as mob attacks on their residential colonies. The seminar...
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Determining boundaries: Railway police directed not to check for ticketless...
LAHORE: Pakistan Railways authorities have directed the railways police not to take action against ticketless passengers as this falls in the domain of special ticket examiners, The Express Tribune...
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Election commission: Ballot paper decision challenged
LAHORE: The Election Commission of Pakistan’s decision to keep a none-of-the-above section on the ballot paper was challenged before the Lahore High Court on Thursday. Rana Saeed, the petitioner,...
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Corporal punishment: Parent-teacher committees to be sensitised
LAHORE: Committees will be formed in all Punjab Educational Foundation (PEF) partner schools in the Rajanpur district and will be sensitised about the negative consequences of corporal punishment....
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Higher education: College teachers warn of protest against university
FAISALABAD: Teachers at the Government Girls College for Women, Madina Town, announced on Thursday they would launch a protest against upgrading the college to a women’s university. They alleged that...
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Francisabad riot: Police register case against 400 rioters
GUJRANWALA: The Saddar Police Station on Thursday registered a case against 400 unidentified persons on the charges of vandalising Francisabad police checkpoint, damaging various shops and vehicles...
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None of the above: ‘In democracy, there is no right to reject’
LAHORE: Latif Khosa, the Pakistan Peoples Party secretary general, on Thursday urged the Election Commission of Pakistan to not put the ‘none of the above’ option on the ballot as it would...
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Power distribution: ‘Discos appear to be overbilling customers’
LAHORE: Power distribution companies (Discos) appear to be overbilling ordinary customers in order to claim high recovery rates, observed Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial on Thursday. Hearing a...
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Moving on to elections: LHC okays candidates paying utility bills
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Thursday dismissed as ineffective an application against politicians defaulting on payments of utility bills after they cleared the bills. The court ruled that...
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