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Rally Preparations: Traffic plan announced ahead of PTI, PML-N rallies
FAISALABAD: The city traffic police have announced a traffic plan in view of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) rallies to be held at Dhobi Ghat Ground here...
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Campaign rules: Advertisements to be removed for non-payment
FAISALABAD: City District Government spokesman Muhammad Imran, said here on Saturday that out of the 741 candidates contesting on the 11 National Assembly and 22 Provincial Assembly seats in...
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Election code violations: Maryam collects notice from DRO
LAHORE: Maryam Nawaz, who is in charge of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s campaign in Lahore, on Saturday appeared before District Returning Officer Nazir Ahmad Gajana and received a notice for...
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We are being forced to make prisoners vote PML-N: Jail officials
LAHORE: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Saturday took notice of a complaint by four Sialkot Jail officials stating that they were being coerced by their seniors to ensure that all voters...
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Rural Punjab politics: The Thana-Katcheri factor
ISLAMABAD: With the lion’s share of NA seats, Punjab is the key to winning power in Pakistan, and the key to winning Punjab lies not so much in the larger cities, but in the chaks and villages of the...
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Cases against 31 for attacking PPP meeting
FAISALABAD: Police registered cases against 31 people on Sunday for attacking a corner meeting organised by the Pakistan Peoples Party candidate in NA-79 and PP-59. Those arrested had allegedly shot...
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Looking for liquor: Two women injured in Yazman police raid
BAHWALPUR: Two women were injured on Sunday in a Yazman police raid in Chak 103-DB. The women were taken to a hospital, where doctors treating them said that one of them had a broken arm and the...
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Assault: Woman maimed for threatening to prosecute
FAISALABAD: A woman’s nose and an ear were cut on Sunday following an argument over cattle. She was taken to a hospital, where doctors treating her said that she would likely survive. They said she...
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Family dispute: Man’s nose cut for turning down marriage proposal
BAHAWALPUR: A man was beaten up and his nose cut by 10 people on Saturday for turning down a marriage proposal for his sister that he had earlier accepted. Saddar police said that Zahid Hussain, a...
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Transparency: Complaints mechanism in place, says Sethi
LAHORE: A modern information system has been set up in the province to ensure redress of citizens’ complaints regarding the election code of conduct, Caretaker Chief Minister Najam Sethi told a...
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‘Religious discrimination’: Jamaat-i-Ahmadiya to boycott elections
LAHORE: The Jamaat-i-Ahmadiya has announced a boycott of the general elections in protest at the “extraordinary discrimination” against the minority group. In a press statement on Sunday, JA...
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The distribution of power
The city’s residents have been given a glimmer of hope that the number of load-shedding hours will be decreased as the Lahore High Court continues grilling officials over the unequal distribution of...
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Epidemic control: Measles vaccination drive extended till 7th
LAHORE: Over 2,500,000 children from six months to 10 years of age have been vaccinated against measles in a special campaign launched from April 29 which has now been extended for two days (till May...
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Data tabulation: ‘Province lacks groups focused on youth’
LAHORE: “There is a dearth of youth-focused and youth-led organisations in many districts in the province. As many as 14 districts in the Punjab have no youth organisations at all,” said Bargad...
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Electioneering: The people behind the parties’ online persona
The early adopters The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf social media team was informally organised in 2007. The team has 50 members today and is divided into regions. Separate groups are responsible for...
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May 11 polls: Educational institutions to remain closed from May 8-13 in...
LAHORE: All educational institutions in Punjab and Sindh will remain closed from May 8 to May 13, Express News reported on Monday. The six-day long holiday was announced due to the upcoming elections....
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Election preparations: Ballot papers for Punjab still in print
ISLAMABAD: Secretary Election Commission Ishtiaq Ahmed has said that the printing of ballot papers was complete for all the provinces except Punjab and that their bulk distribution was already...
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Election tussles: PML-N workers clash with JI, PPP activists
SARGODHA: Three men were injured after Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz workers allegedly attacked an election camp of the Jamaat-i-Islami and also clashed with PPP workers here on Monday. At Block 26,...
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Apolitical violence: Triple murder blamed on old enmity
FAISALABAD: Chak Jhumra police declared on Monday the triple murder on Saturday was an outcome of an old rivalry and not political. The two groups had exchanged fire two days ago resulting in the...
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Improvement Update: ‘FESCO spending billions of rupees to improve...
FAISALABAD: Fesco Chief Executive Officer Dr Rana Abdul Jabbar Khan said on Monday that the company was spending billions of rupees to improve and upgrade its distribution and transmission system....
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