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Waste not: Think.Eat.Save to protect the environment
LAHORE: Pakistan is racing towards a possible water crisis. “We need to stop wasting water and food if we want to avert it,” said environment activists at an event organised at the Punjabi Complex to...
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Plea against Altaf Hussain: LHC reissues notices calling for replies
LAHORE: Justice Muhammad Khalid Mahmood Khan of the Lahore High Court on Wednesday again sought replies on an application seeking ban on the media coverage of addresses and speeches by the Muttahida...
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Public safety: 71 highly dangerous factories set to get ‘tame’ notices
LAHORE: The 71 industrial units that were declared ‘extremely dangerous’ during a survey seven months ago are still operating, The Express Tribune has learnt. The provincial government had then said...
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Shahbaz Sharif takes oath as Punjab chief minister
LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) leader Shahbaz Sharif was sworn in as Punjab chief minister in Governor House, Punjab after securing 300 votes on Thursday, Express News reported. Sharif...
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Gas Cylinder Installation: Workshops lacking certification closed
MULTAN: The District administration closed down 35 workshops installing gas cylinders in cars and impounded 350 vehicles on Thursday. Strict measures have been taken by the district administration...
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Seminar ‘Model pharmacy to be set up at GCUF’
FAISALABAD: The people should avoid quacks and consult only qualified doctors, said speakers at a seminar on Thursday. The seminar was organised by the pharmacy college at the Government College...
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CNG kits: Van drivers stage protest over laboratory delay
FAISALABAD: Scores of van drivers staged a protest demonstration against the district administration and traffic police on Tuesday for delay in the testing of GNG cylinders installed in their...
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Contempt of court: LHC waives fine on PIDA MD
LAHORE: Justice Khalid Mahmood Khan of the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Thursday waived a Rs50,000 fine imposed earlier on the Punjab Irrigation and Drainage Authority (PIDA) managing director for not...
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Allied Hospital needs more funds for burn unit equipment
FAISALABAD: Seven years after the burn unit project was launched at the Allied Hospital, the facility has yet to become functional. According to the hospital administration, 300 to 350 patients with...
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Regulation and enforcement: MDA acts against 25 ‘illegal’ housing colonies
MULTAN: In a major operation against illegal residential colonies in the city, the Multan Development Authority demolished entrances and offices in 25 colonies on Wednesday and arrested those working...
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PIC compensation payment soon
LAHORE: A two member bench of Supreme Court, on Thursday, directed owners of Efroz Pharmaceutical Company—involved in Punjab Institute of Cardiology drug poisoning case— to pay compensation to...
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Auction: No bids yet again for Shahpur Kanjran cattle market
LAHORE: The city district government’s third attempt to contract out the Shahpur Kanjran cattle market has also failed, The Express Tribune has learnt. On Thursday, an auction was held to contract...
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Equal before law: ‘How dare a Christian slap me’
LAHORE: A Christian family in Kasur is accusing a landlord and 12 of his family members of beating up three of their women and ransacking their house over one of them being slapped. The police are...
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Devolution: PTI to push for early holding of local elections
LAHORE: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) plans on demanding local government elections on party basis. The party will also ask the government to hold the elections “as early as possible” to ensure...
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Justice delayed: Election work affects court hearings
LAHORE: The rate of disposal of cases in the subordinate courts fell drastically in April and May due to the elections, The Express Tribune has learnt. According to court records, 1,399 cases were...
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Fixing responsibility: School loses registration over drowning
LAHORE: Tahira Parveen, The EDO Education, ordered the cancellation of a school’s registration on Thursday. A two-member team — comprising District Education Officer Iftikhar Cheema and District...
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PML-N finalises Punjab Cabinet, Rana Sanaullah to be senior minister
LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) finalised the name of Rana Sanaullah as senior minister and minister for local bodies in the Punjab Cabinet, reported Express News. According to reports,...
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Common sense law: Gunpoint marriage declared void
LAHORE: Rao Ijaz, Family Judge on Friday declared void a marriage allegedly performed at gunpoint. Asima Shehzadi had filed a suit for annulment of marriage against Muhammad Azhar; she said that...
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Protest: ‘Vaccinators are being humiliated’
FAISALABAD: Hundreds of vaccinators on Friday staged a protest demonstration against the district health officer for his alleged indifference towards their complaints. The protestors staged a sit-in...
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Calligraphy and fresco exhibition: NCA graduates to showcase work
LAHORE: Calligraphy and fresco paintings by the graduates of National College of Arts (NCA) will go on display here at the Alhamra Art Gallery from June 10 to June 15. Bashir Ahmed, a lecturer at the...
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