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Eight killed in Lahore plaza fire
LAHORE: At least eight people were killed, six others critically injured and 15 reported missing after a massive fire broke out at the Lahore Development Authority (LDA) plaza on Thursday. The fire,...
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Gilani brothers are right in demanding election suspension: Javed Hashmi
MULTAN: A day after former prime minister Yousaf Raza Gilani’s son was abducted by armed men in Multan, Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf president Javed Hashmi has supported calls to postpone elections in...
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Waste collection: Ensuring ‘clean’ elections
LAHORE: As many as 11,000 employees of the Lahore Waste Management Company will be deputed in two shifts to ensure cleanliness at polling stations in the city on May 11 (today), the LWMC’s election...
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Franchise: Christian groups to protest for separate electorate
LAHORE: Two groups representing Christians have called on members of the community to wear a black armband while voting on Saturday as a protest against not having the right to directly vote for...
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Rivalry: Four injured in exchange of fire
FAISALABAD: Four people were injured on Friday in an exchange of fire between two groups. The incident that was initially seen as political rivalry but was later attributed to old enmity. The injured...
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‘She is being targeted through me’
MULTAN: While most candidates in Haroonabad district organised back-to-back corner meetings and displayed banners and posters, actress Meera went door-to-door campaigning for her mother. Shafqat...
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Baton passed: Faraz Hashmi: In the name of the father
LAHORE: Syed Faraz Hashmi admits that his entry in electoral politics was decided by an election tribunal, when it disqualified his father, Syed Asif Hashmi, the former chairman of the Evacuee Trust...
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Baton passed: Hammad Azhar: Crying out for a change
LAHORE: Like the young Pakistani who never thought of voting until Tehreek-i-Insaf became a serious political player, Muhammad Hammad Azhar never thought he would get into politics until Imran Khan...
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Baton passed: Hamza Shahbaz: Stepping out of the shadows
LAHORE: Hamza Shahbaz’s political awakening began in October 1999, when life as he knew it changed dramatically. General Pervez Musharraf took power in a coup and sent his father Shahbaz Sharif, his...
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Division wrap-up: Six million to cast vote in Faisalabad division
FAISALABAD: There are more than six million voters in the 19 National Assembly and 39 Provincial Assembly constituencies in the Faisalabad division. The division comprises Faisalabad, Jhang, Toba Tek...
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Campaign adverts: Clean-up of banners and posters to take place on Sunday
LAHORE: Campaign posters and banners put up across the city will not be taken off until after the elections as government officials are engaged with polling duties, though the period allowed for...
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A quest for ‘change’ in Kalabagh
KALABAGH: With her head carefully draped in a dupatta and no hair showing, her uncovered face is an aberration in a culture where women have to adhere to strict purda (veil). The aristocracy is...
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Election duty: Presiding Officers get magisterial powers
LAHORE: As many as 40,628 presiding officers in the province have been given magisterial powers for three days (May 10 to 12) to ensure peaceful conduct of polls on May 11 (today). The presiding...
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Lahore inferno: Rescuers pull out 17 more bodies from LDA plaza
LAHORE: Rescue workers recovered 17 more bodies on Friday before firemen managed to extinguish the blaze that had engulfed the nine-storey Lahore Development Authority (LDA) building. With the...
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Cost of terror: The human face of the Liaquat Bagh tragedy
ISLAMABAD: Her wrinkled hands hold a white paper book on which her son had written some words that are etched on her heart. On December 27, 2007 when the country lost Benazir Bhutto at Rawalpindi’s...
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Jinnah Hospital: Gunmen storm emergency ward to finish off rival
LAHORE: Several gunmen stormed the emergency department at Jinnah Hospital on Friday morning in order to kill a man who was being treated there for gunshot wounds. Earlier in the day, two groups had...
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Child hit by PPP candidate’s vehicle
FAISALABAD: A child, 11, was run over by a speeding vehicle that allegedly belonged to a Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) candidate from PP-64. The candidate, Nadeem Aftab Sindhu, was on his way to a...
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Lalik Chowk: Polling halted for three hours in NA-125
LAHORE: Polling at a station in NA-125 halted for three hours as Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf voters protested against Pakistan Muslim League candidate Khawaja Saad Rafique for intervening in the polling...
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At the polling station: The angry granny and the voting virgin
LAHORE: Waziran Bibi, 75, had voted for PML-N and PPP in previous elections. This time, she said, she wanted a new leader, one who could bring peace to the country and who young people had faith in....
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Stationery: Shortage of ink pads, envelopes at some stations
LAHORE: Some presiding officers complained about a shortage of essential equipment at polling stations on Saturday, with some having to make up the shortage out of their own pockets. Staff at the...
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