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Punjab Textbook Board: ‘Most textbooks not available’
FAISALABAD / MULTAN: Ten days into the new academic year at the schools, students and their parents are complaining non-availability of most prescribed books published by the Punjab Textbook Board...
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Fitness check: Calling all motor vehicle examiners
LAHORE: The Environment Protection Department’s campaign against polluting vehicles is being hampered by the irregular attendance of motor vehicle examiners. The campaign was halted on December 31,...
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Distinguished lecture: ‘Love makes the world go round’
LAHORE: “Love is seeking the higher good of the person one loves and is not simply desire. It has been degraded to merely physical love.” The Bishop of Rochester in the Church of England Michael...
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Caretaker mandate: AGP’s lawyers get stay order against removal
LAHORE: Lahore High Court Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial on Wednesday restrained the caretaker provincial government from removing law officers from the Advocate General Punjab’s (AGP) office....
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Pre-arrest bail: Twin accused of bailing out brother in custody
LAHORE: A judge did not sign pre-arrest bail orders of a suspect, whose bail he had approved on Tuesday, after he was told that the suspect’s twin brother had appeared before the court and not the...
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I am a man of principles, says Sethi
LAHORE: Efforts are being made to ensure that the elections will be held in a transparent manner. That is the foremost responsibility of the caretaker government said Chief Minister Najam Sethi while...
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Lahore High Court: President appoints six additional judges
ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari on Wednesday on the advice of the Prime Minister approved the appointment of six additional judges of Lahore High Court for one year. They are Shoaib Saeed, Atir...
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Question Me Not: Man beaten up for questioning passport delay
FAISALABAD: A passport applicant was beaten up by security guards and some passport office employees on Thursday following an argument between him and an official. Umar Khalid alleged that a relative...
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Power bills: Faisalabad-based businessmen move IHC against NAB recovery
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday restrained the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) from recovering power dues from 50 businessmen belonging to Faisalabad. Suspending the April...
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Poll preparations: Peaceful atmosphere our first priority, says CCPO
LAHORE: Capital City Police Officer Khaliq Dad Lak has said ensuring peaceful atmosphere to hold transparent elections was the first priority of the Police Department. Presiding over a joint meeting...
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Women’s leadership: ‘Choose between privilege and empowerment’
LAHORE: The Election Commission of Pakistan has provided training to 700,000 personnel to ensure the safety and security of voters and to make the elections free of intimidation, said ECP Additional...
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Election security: 160 polling stations shortlisted for surveillance
LAHORE: Security SP Abdul Ghaffar Qaisrani has confirmed that a list of 160 polling stations out of 500 had been shortlisted for installing CCTV cameras during elections. He said the shortlisted...
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Affordable schooling: Parents protest 140% raise in fees
BAHAWALPUR: Parents of many students at the Sadiq Public School protested for the second day on Thursday against up to 140 per cent increase in the monthly fee. They had earlier also staged a protest...
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Anti-pollution walk: Smoke gets in your eyes?
LAHORE: More than 300 people walked from Liberty Roundabout to Hafeez Centre on Thursday to raise awareness about the ban on two-stroke and motorcycle rickshaws. The walk was arranged in connection...
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Dengue season: Larvae detected in Samanabad neighbourhoods
LAHORE: Dengue larvae have been detected at Bund Road, Ashiqabad, Pakki Thatti and in water tanks of some residential areas. The sites were identified in the entomologists’ report, presented to the...
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IT system developed to support code of conduct monitoring
LAHORE: Violations of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) code of conduct for candidates and parties once reported would now be easily accessible to the relevant authorities. The Code of...
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Dasti turns his guns on Gilani after release
MULTAN: Shortly after his release from the central prison in Multan, former parliamentarian Jamshed Dasti fired a salvo at ousted premier Yousaf Raza Gilani and accused him of ignoring the poor...
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Election tribunal clears Nawaz Sharif for NA-120
LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif’s nomination papers for NA-120 have been accepted by the Election Tribunal in Lahore, Express News reported on Friday. Earlier PPP...
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Briefing: PTI social media team visits LUMS
LAHORE: The digital media campaigns for Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf, which has more than 87,000 followers on Twitter and more than 522,000 ‘likes’ on Facebook, are run by more than 50 volunteers, based...
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Excessive exercise: Youth dies from cardiac arrest
KAMOKE: A 20-year-old college student died on Friday from excessive weight lifting, doctors said. Parents of the deceased Tanveer Ahmed, a resident of Ghuma village, said that he had been living with...
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