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Measles vaccination: High Court says saving 85% children not enough
LAHORE: Justice Muhammad Khalid Mahmood Khan of the Lahore High Court on Wednesday expressed annoyance over Extended Programme for Immunisation (EPI) Director Malik Munir’s comment that the...
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Gujrat tragedy: LHC bans substandard CNG kits in commercial vehicles
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Thursday banned the use of substandard CNG kits in commercial vehicles across the province and ordered the petroleum ministry to apprise the court about fuel...
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Clarification: ‘Judge’s transfer was routine’
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Thursday issued a clarification regarding a news report in the press on May 29 that said that an accountability court judge in Rawalpindi who had been hearing cases...
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Hajj organisers: ‘Pilgrims should not go without food they pay for’
LAHORE: Lahore High Court Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial on Thursday ordered the Ministry of Religious Affairs to finalise the criteria for registering Hajj Group Organisers (HGO). The CJ directed an...
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Public safety: City govt issues guidelines for CNG, LPG dealers
LAHORE: A meeting between CNG and LPG dealers and District Coordination Officer (DCO) Rizwan Mehboob at on Thursday ended with a number of safety directives for the former so that the number of...
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Married, not kidnapped: Brawl breaks out over love marriage ruling
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Friday became a battleground once again for the families of a couple that had gotten married without their consent. Naeem Akram and Sonia had married against their...
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Privilege club: PC sued for ‘not booking a room’
LAHORE: A consumer court on Friday issued a notice to the general manager of Pearl Continental Hotel (PC) for July 11 in a suit seeking damages of Rs1,110,000 for not booking a room at PC Bhurban....
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Illegal detention-torture case sought against cops
LAHORE: A woman has approached a court to get a case registered against Mughalpura police officials for ‘illegally detaining her teenage son and his friends and nominating them in false cases’. The...
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Crime against women: Man arrested for killing wife, mother-in-law
BAHAWALPUR: A man was arrested on Friday shortly after he shot dead his pregnant wife and mother-in-law in Yazman. His wife’s sister-in-law was also injured in the incident and taken to a hospital,...
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Measles campaign: 2.5m children to be immunised in June
FAISALABAD: An anti measles campaign would be launched in the district from June 24, Executive District Officer (Health) Abdur Rauf said on Friday. He was chairing a meeting to review arrangements...
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Gassed out: CNG businesses protest against disconnection of gas supply
FAISALABAD: Scores of CNG station owners staged a demonstration on Friday against the closure of gas supply to their stations. Threatening to expand their protest across the country, the protesters...
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‘80,000 Pakistanis die annually from smoking’
FAISALABAD: Tobacco kills nearly six million people each year out of which almost 600,000 die from second-hand smoke, said Dr Zahid Masood, The University of Faisalabad’s community medicine...
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Policy matters: ‘Police culture will change’
LAHORE: Chief minister-designate Shahbaz Sharif on Friday said that the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz would work towards reforming the police culture, courts and revenue offices. “We are finalising a...
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Procedural matters: NCA teachers’ sacking causes campus uproar
LAHORE: The country’s premier art and design institute, the National College of Arts (NCA), has become a cyber battlefield over what is being termed as ‘illegal expulsion’ of six faculty members by...
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Rape prosecution: ‘CII observation on DNA test defies logic’
LAHORE: Former Supreme Court Bar Association president Asma Jahangir said on Friday the Council of Islamic Ideology’s (CII) observations on admissibility of DNA evidence went to show that its members...
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No Smoking Day: Quit smoking in a few simple steps
LAHORE: Experts speaking at a seminar at the King Edward Medical University (KEMU) in connection with the World Smoking Day on Friday gave tips to smokers who wished to quit smoking. “Giving up...
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Overstepping boundaries: ‘US consulate given 48 hours to remove pillars’
LAHORE: The city district government claimed on Friday to have given the United States consulate general 48 hours to demolish three pillars erected on Empress Road built to install a gate and walls...
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Punjab Assembly: PPP wins reserved seat after draw
LAHORE: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) won a reserved seat for women after a draw conducted by the Punjab election commission during the inaugural session of Punjab Assembly, reported Express News on...
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Punjab Assembly: MPAs sworn in during inaugural session
LAHORE: Punjab Assembly commenced its first session on Saturday during which newly elected members took oath, reported Express News. The opening session of the 16th Punjab Assembly was presided over...
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Demands be met: Kidnappers release video of missing doctor
BAHAWALPUR: The kidnappers of a Rural Health Centre (RHC) doctor, his son and dispenser on Saturday told police that their demands had to be met for the safe release of captives. Dr Khan Wazeer of...
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