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Lesco Bills: NAB restrained by court
LAHORE: A Lahore High Court division bench on Thursday restrained the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) from taking action against defaulters of the Lahore Electric Supply Company (Lesco). The...
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Expanding education: ‘The teachers are qualified but don’t innovate’
LAHORE: Children from six districts across the country will be part of the Accelerated Learning and Enrolment Programme (ALEP) under which learning levels of both in-school and out-of-school-children...
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Drone Strikes: ‘Court should appoint an amicus curie’
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Thursday adjourned till May 21 the hearing of a petition challenging drone attacks on Pakistani soil. The petition has been filed by Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, the Jamatud...
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Public health: 111 new measles cases reported in City
LAHORE: As many as 111 new cases of measles were reported on Thursday. “No one died of measles today [Thursday]. We are trying our best to look after the patients at high dependency units and save...
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PML-N workers unhappy at seat adjustment with JI
BAHAWALPUR: Several Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz workers protested on Thursday against seat adjustment with Jamaat-i-Islami. The protesting workers blocked the Fawara Chowk making a mock grave with...
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Death threats: Security beefed up at CM’s residence, office
LAHORE: The Punjab government has stepped up security arrangements for caretaker chief minister and his family after they received death threats, The Express Tribune has learnt. Chief Minister Najam...
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Windscreen of Nawaz Sharif’s aircraft cracks mid-air
The windscreen of the aircraft Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) leader Nawaz Sharif was travelling in cracked mid-air on Friday, reported Express News. According to initial details, the plane was at a...
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LHC allows Chaudhry Wajahat to run for elections
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court accepted Pakistan Muslim League – Quaid (PML-Q) leader Chaudhry Wajahat Hussain’s appeal making him eligible to contest the upcoming elections, Express News reported on...
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Measles Update: 2-year old dies, 110 more admitted to hospitals
LAHORE: Two-year-old Umer of Sheikhupura died of measles at Mayo Hospital on Friday while 110 more measles patients were reported in Lahore. “The Health Department has 5 million injections of the...
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‘Sweets’ turn sour: Two returning officer staff arrested on corruption charges
FAISALABAD: The Anti Corruption Establishment on Friday arrested two members of a returning officer’s staff on corruption charges. ACE officials said the two men had confessed to receiving Rs22,540...
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Load Shedding: LHC summons joint secretary
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court chief justice summoned the Ministry of Water and Power’s joint secretary for April 23 on a petition against unscheduled load shedding. The CJ directed the joint...
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Fatal accident: Nine killed, 50 injured as bus overturns
BAHAWALPUR: At least nine people were killed and 50 injured on Friday when a passenger bus ran into a tree. The injured were taken to Bahawal Victoria Hospital in Bahawalpur where five were reported...
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Cases registered against nine cops
MIANWALI: Police have registered a case against nine policemen, including a station house officer, for allegedly assaulting a citizen and stealing cash from his home. The orders to this effect were...
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11 monitoring cell judges replaced
LAHORE: Eleven judges who were part of the election commission’s monitoring cell were replaced on Friday by other judges as they were hearing many cases filed in 2008 or earlier (termed “oldest”...
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Gang leader arrested for forging motorbike registration documents
FAISALABAD: The leader of a gang involved in forging registration documents for stolen motorcycles has been arrested here, City Police Officer (CPO) Riffat Mukhtar Raja told media on Friday. CIA...
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Adulteration: Spurious juice, bottled water units raided
BAHAWALPUR: A spurious juice and bottled water factory was sealed on Thursday by the CIA police. A man was arrested in the raid. Four children, who said they had been forced to work there, were...
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Stop Measles Week: NGOs to help local govt curb the disease
LAHORE: Town administrations have decided to enlist the help of non governmental organisations in order to raise awareness about measles and to administer the vaccine. Assistant commissioners and...
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Eating out: Gowalmandi Food Street to re-open in 10 days
LAHORE: The Gowalmandi Food Street will be re-opened in 10 days District Coordination Officer Rizwan Mehboob announced on Friday. The Food Street was closed two years ago by the Pakistan Muslim...
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Lecture series: ‘I imagined the world on the other side of mountains’
LAHORE: “The word conquer is used inappropriately for mountains. You can never really conquer a mountain. The only thing you can conquer is your own fear and yourself.” Pakistani mountaineer Nazir...
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‘Former PU communication studies director may get terminated’
LAHORE: According to an official notice issued on Friday, three points on the agenda for Punjab University’s syndicate meeting on Saturday [today] are related to Institute of Communication Studies...
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