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Load shedding woes: Negotiations with FESCO turn sour
FAISALABAD: The Faisalabad Electricity Supply Company (FESCO) amended the load shedding schedule for the city, following a heated debate with several traders and industrialists in a meeting on Monday...
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Early info: Election cases updates available at LHC website
LAHORE: Details of election matters being dealt by the election tribunals of the Lahore High Court would be available at the LHC website the same day, said a statement issued by the LHC spokesperson...
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A helping hand: JICA to provide Rs2.5b for construction of Children’s Hospital
FAISALABAD: The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) will provide Rs2.5 billion for the construction of the Children’s Hospital in Faisalabad. JICA had previously provided consultancy and...
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Off to the polls: 507 nominations accepted for 13 NA seats in Lahore
LAHORE: A total of 507 nomination forms of candidates for the National Assembly and 1,210 candidates for the provincial assembly from Lahore constituencies have been cleared by returning officers. As...
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Improving care: ‘It will lead to more trust in our hospitals’
LAHORE: A public complaints management system (PCMS) will be introduced at public teaching hospitals to provide better health care facilities to patients, said Secretary Health Arif Nadeem on Monday....
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Postal ballot: LHC wants ECP’s word on overseas Pakistanis
LAHORE: The LHC on Monday directed the Election Commission to explain why postal ballots could not be made available for general public before the upcoming general elections. Arshad Mahmood had...
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Fire incidents: 3 die, 5 injured as van’s CNG cylinder on fire
FAISALABAD: Three passengers died and five others were injured on Monday when the CNG cylinder installed in a van caught fire. The injured were taken to a hospital, where doctors treating them said...
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Delaying tactics: Judge washes hands of blasphemy case
LAHORE: Justice Khalid Mehmood of the Lahore High Court refused to pass judgement on Monday after hearing arguments on the bail petition of a Christian woman accused of blasphemy and referred the...
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Power riots: Wapda Complex attacked over loadshedding
BAHAWALPUR / FAISALABAD: At least 300 protestors broke into the Water and Power Development Authority’s (WAPDA) Complex on Monday in Rahim Yar Khan and damaged office property. They were protesting...
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Institutional input: LHC seeks ‘verified’ list of eligible candidates
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Monday directed the Election Commission of Pakistan to present a list of Punjab candidates cleared by the Federal Board of revenue, the National Accountability Bureau...
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Loadshedding: Punjab interim government announces 2-day weekly off
The Punjab caretaker government announced a two-day weekly off in all public institutions across the province to combat the ongoing energy crisis, Express News reported on Tuesday. On Monday, the...
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Power cuts: Caretakers offer ad-hoc solution
ISLAMABAD / LAHORE: Amidst widespread violent protests in different towns and cities of Punjab against the rampant electricity crisis, the caretakers announced a slew of ad-hoc measures to at least...
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Fake Degree: Petition against former minister dismissed
LAHORE: Additional District and Sessions Judge Safdar Ali Bhatti on Tuesday disposed of a petition against former federal minister Shaikh Waqas Akram alleging that he had contested two elections on a...
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Policy proposal: All party conference on education planned
MULTAN: The Institute of Social and Policy Sciences (ISAPS) is all set to hold an All Parties Conference here on April 11, a month before the general elections, to secure political parties’...
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Election 2013: Notices issued on 25 scrutiny appeals
SARGODHA / DERA GHAZI KHAN / MULTAN: An election tribunal issued notices on 25 appeals on Tuesday in Multan, Dera Ghazi Khan, Jhang and Faisalabad. The Election Commission of Pakistan had set an...
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Electricity Bills: Farmers protest MEPCO notices for payment
BAHAWALPUR: Sutlej Bridge in Bahawalpur remained blocked for more than four hours as the Pakistan Farmers Unity led a rally to protest against the Multan Electricity and Power Company (MEPCO) notices...
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Power: ‘No air conditioners for govt offices’
LAHORE: Sitting late hours in public sector offices should be discouraged in line with the need to conserve energy. Such behaviour by some senior officers forces junior staff to continue sitting in...
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No Rape Fir: LHC takes notice of police’s ‘sluggish’ attitude
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Wednesday took notice of a newspaper article, according to which the Toba Tek Singh police have not registered a rape case against suspects identified by the victim....
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Supply freeze: No number plates till court lifts restraining order
LAHORE: The Excise and Taxation Department (E&T) held an auction for the supply of number plates for cars and motorbikes on Tuesday. This, however, will not end the problem of number plates not...
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Crime against women: School teacher gang raped, thrown in field
MULTAN: A woman, who had apparently been raped, was found lying in a field in Khanewal on Wednesday. She was taken to a hospital in Jhang, from where she was sent to the Kacha Khuh rural health...
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