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Transition: Film industry loses iconic songwriter
LAHORE: Esteemed songwriter Riazur Rehman Saghar passed away in Lahore on Saturday night at the age of 72, losing battle to cancer. The iconic songwriter died at a time when the Pakistani music...
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Parliamentary procedure: PA to elect speaker and deputy speaker today
LAHORE: The Punjab Assembly will elect the speaker and deputy speaker of the house on Monday (today). Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) on Sunday nominated the incumbent Rana Muhammad Iqbal Khan...
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Shahbaz Sharif officially nominated for CM Punjab
LAHORE: The parliamentary committee of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) formally nominated Shahbaz Sharif for the position of chief minister Punjab, reported Express News on Monday. While...
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‘Honour’ killing: Woman killed over meeting former husband
BAHAWALPUR: A woman was killed on Sunday allegedly by her brother and his two friends in defence of family honour. Police said they had attacked her with an axe and later burned her body. Sughran...
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Reverence: 20,000 attend Sakhi Sarwar’s urs in Dera Ghazi Khan
MULTAN: The 944th urs of Sakhi Sarwar ended on Sunday. The urs celebrations begin on Rajab 21. The event ended with distribution of 100 maunds of sweets, dry fruits and a traditional halwa that are...
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Freewill marriage: Police stops family from abducting woman from court
LAHORE: Police stopped a woman’s family on Monday from forcibly taking her with them from the Lahore High Court. Abida Parveen, a resident of Kamalia, had married without her family’s approval. Her...
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Fraud case: Swindled by his bank
LAHORE: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) arrested five bank officials on Saturday for siphoning off Rs133 million from the account of a retired deputy superintendent of police (DSP), The...
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Missing for 15 years: Bahawalpur student was killed in Afghan camp
ISLAMABAD: A Bahawalpur student, who went missing from his city in July 1998, was found dead in an Afghan militant camp in August 1998 following a US missile attack, police informed a Supreme Court...
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Punjab Assembly: Owning the House and knowing it
The mood was relaxed. Smiles, handshakes and cheers were aplenty during the Monday session when the speaker and deputy speaker were elected through secret ballot. The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz...
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Preventable disease: Measles claim two more lives
LAHORE: The immunisation campaign carried out by the Health Department in the city has yet to yield results, as the influx of children suffering from measles has not slowed down. On Monday, Rabia, 9,...
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Propriety: Reply sought by 17th on curriculum development plea
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Monday again issued notices to respondents on a petition challenging the exclusion of the Punjab Textbook Board from participating in bids for developing school...
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Sufi pilgrimage: Devotees unhappy with urs arrangements
MULTAN: The three-day 762nd urs of Shah Shams Tabraiz ended here on Monday. Most of the visitors from across the country said they were dissatisfied with the arrangements. More than 30,000 people...
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Government inaction: No steps to stop sale of cigarettes to children
LAHORE: The city government’s plan to regulate the sale of cigarettes, chalked last year, has still not been set in motion. The plan aimed to prevent shops from selling cigarettes to children. It was...
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Reserved seats: Imran Khan fends off criticism
LAHORE: The controversy surrounding women’s seats is “senseless” as those who have been nominated for Punjab “come on merit,” tweeted Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chairman Imran Khan in response to...
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Punjab Assembly: Rana Muhammad Iqbal elected speaker for the second time
LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) nominee, Rana Muhammad Iqbal was elected as the speaker of the Punjab assembly with 297 votes, reported Express News on Monday. Deputy speaker Rana...
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Punjab CM: Shahbaz Sharif submits his nomination papers
LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) leader Shahbaz Sharif filed his nominations papers for the post of chief minister Punjab, Express News reported on Tuesday. The parliamentary committee...
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Interfaith harmony: Dispute over cemetery turns violent
BAHAWALPUR: The Anjuman-i-Hussainia Bahawalpur has demanded that police release the eight Shia men arrested following a Shia-Sunni graveyard dispute in Qaimpur two weeks ago. Speaking to a press...
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Contempt of court: PIDA managing director fined
LAHORE: Justice Khalid Mahmood Khan of the Lahore High Court on Tuesday fined the Punjab Irrigation and Drainage Authority (PIDA) managing director Rs50,000 for not filing a reply in a contempt of...
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Under control? ‘Multan doesn’t need a measles campaign’
MULTAN: “Multan has not been included in the anti measles campaign, because the situation in the district is under control,” Executive District Officer (Health) Dr Iftikhar Qureshi said on Tuesday....
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Waste management: Cash rewards for reporting waste
MULTAN: District government has set up a complaint cell seeking public cooperation to keep the city clean. Citizens are being given Rs1,000 to Rs5,000 for pointing out filth littered sites, cattle...
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