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Hospital waste: No electricity, no incineration
LAHORE: The lone incinerator used for treating waste produced by public hospitals in the City has not been functioning properly due to power outages, The Express Tribune has learnt. “Even when the...
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Dark ages: The heat is on, the power is off
FAISALABAD / KARACHI / ISLAMABAD: It’s the perfect storm, Pakistan style. This Friday was the hottest day Lahore has suffered in the last 29 years, with the temperature shooting up as high as 47...
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After the fire: Three LDA Plaza floors to be demolished
LAHORE: The Lahore Development Authority has decided to demolish the 7th, 8th and 9th floors of the LDA Plaza that were damaged in a fire that erupted on the 7th and 8th floor on May 9. The LDA has...
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YDA General Council: Doctors to discuss load shedding
LAHORE: The Young Doctors Association (YDA) Punjab has called a general council meeting at the Lahore General Hospital on Sunday to discuss the situation at public hospitals due to long power outages...
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Party meeting: PML-Q demands probe into rigging allegations
LAHORE: The Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q), on Saturday, demanded the formation of a national commission to investigate allegations of vote rigging and address political parties’ reservations...
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Preventive measures: EPD squads crack down on mosquito breeding sites
LAHORE: The Environment Protection Department (EPD) has inspected 12,614 locations in the Punjab during the past two months and issued 4,367 notices, sealed 27, and lodged FIRs against 31 tyre shops,...
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Property registration: Greek woman seeks case against six men for fraud
LAHORE: An additional district and sessions judge has sought comments from the Old Anarkali SHO by May 28 on a petition filed by a Greek woman seeking a case against six people for alleged fraud in a...
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‘Stop blasphemous gathering in name of Milad’
LAHORE: Additional District and Sessions Judge Malik Tariq Mehmood Zargham has asked the Ichhra SHO to comment by May 27 on a petition seeking a case against two people for distributing allegedly...
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Environment matters: ‘Water required to preserve biodiversity in Cholistan’
BAHAWALPUR: The International Day for Biological Diversity was observed on May 22 at the Islamia University of Bahawalpur in collaboration with the Ministry of Climate Change, the UNESCO, the Higher...
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Power outages: Five traffic lights to run on solar power by June 10
LAHORE: Agreements have been signed with three companies for the conversion of traffic lights to solar power at five junctions in the city, with Charing Cross to be the first to be converted by May...
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May misery: Load shedding and heat spell continue
LAHORE: Power outages of up to 20 hours per day continued in parts of the city on Saturday, as the supply fell below 50 per cent of demand and temperatures soared to near 50 degrees Celsius. A...
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Right to education: 75 primary schools to be shut down
BAHAWALPUR: More than 5,000 children will be affected by the government’s decision to shut down 75 primary schools in Cholistan by March 2014 due to a lack of funds. Cholistan Development Authority...
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Shahbaz Sharif to take oath as Punjab CM on June 6: Najam Sethi
LAHORE: Punjab Interim Chief Minister Najam Sethi has said that Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) leader Shahbaz Sharif will take oath as the new chief minister of Punjab on June 6, reported...
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PML-N nominates Marvi Memon for NA reserved seat
PUNJAB: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) on Sunday decided to nominate Marvi Memon as a member of the National Assembly from Punjab’s reserved seats for women, Express News reported. Marvi had...
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Anti-measles effort unsatisfactory: LHC
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court has instructed the Health Department to take urgent measures to quell the measles epidemic, which has claimed over a hundred lives in the province in the last six...
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Propriety: Caretaker CM’s order barring PTB from textbook bids challenged
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Monday issued notice to the Punjab government and other respondents on a petition challenging the caretaker chief minister’s order refraining the Punjab Textbook...
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Doctors’ ultimatum: ‘Stop power outages at hospitals in three days’
LAHORE: The Young Doctors’ Association (YDA) on Monday gave the caretaker government a 72-hour deadline to comply with the Lahore High Court’s orders to make hospitals load shedding-free. Otherwise...
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Development: ‘Complete projects by June 15’
FAISALABAD: Divisional Commissioner Mushtaq Ahmed Anjum has directed the officers concerned to ensure completion of all on-going uplift schemes in the division by June 15. He was presiding over a...
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Consumer court Damages sought for failure to deliver dress
LAHORE: A consumer court on Tuesday issued a notice to the proprietor of Chishti Irfan Zari House for June 6 in a suit seeking damages of Rs105,000 for allegedly not delivering the petitioner’s gown...
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‘Help Afghan students learn secrets of success’
FAISALABAD: Pakistan can help the Afghan youth learn the secrets of setting their country on the road to prosperity, Maulana Shehzada Shahid, member of the Afghan parliament and speaker of the Afghan...
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