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Budget not people friendly, PTI leaders say
LAHORE: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) staged a protest rally against the federal budget in front of the Lahore Press Club on Friday. The party has demanded withdrawal of all indirect taxes. PTI...
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Still counting: Eight die after consuming ‘poisoned food’ in Vehari
BAHAWALPUR / MULTAN: Eight people have died since Thursday in Mailsi, Vehari, apparently from eating poisoned food. Eight others have been admitted to Bahawal Victoria Hospital in critical condition....
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Preventable disease: PPAF launches anti-measles awareness campaign
LAHORE: The Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund (PPAF) has launched an awareness campaign among the poor and marginalised in the Punjab and Sindh to address the current measles outbreak. Last Friday,...
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‘Blasphemous magazine’: FIR registered against Ahmadi owners
LAHORE: Giving in to pressure of a United Khatam-i-Nabuwat led two-month long vigilante siege of an Ahmadi magazine office, police on Thursday registered an FIR against the magazine’s administration...
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Locomotives contract: ‘Government should not be wasteful of resources’
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court chief justice on Friday expressed serious concern over a $104 million contract (now terminated) for purchase of 75 locomotives awarded to a Chinese firm by the...
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No relief: Govt workers protest price hikes, demand raises
LAHORE: The Punjab Teachers Union (PTU) and the All Pakistan Clerks Association (APCA) have strongly reacted to the federal budget announced on Wednesday. They say the new budget has provided no...
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Security situation: Two dead, two injured in courtroom shooting
LAHORE: Two men accused of murder were killed by a lone gunman on Saturday at the Sessions Court. Two others were injured. CCTV footage shows a court official calling the case at 9:03am. Jamal Ali,...
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Domestic violence: Man shaves wife’s head
FAISALABAD: A woman was beaten up and her head shaved by her husband and a male accomplice in Ghulam Muhammad Abad on Friday. Nazia Parveen, a resident of Marzi Pura, filed a complaint with the city...
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Agricultural reforms: In two years wheat yield must rise to 29 million tonnes
FAISALABAD: The government intends to introduce reforms and undertake new interventions in the agriculture sector to enhance the productivity, Farrukh Javed, the provincial minister for agriculture,...
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Prohibited: Bathing in BRB, 12 points on Lahore Canal banned
LAHORE: The city district government on Friday said that bathing and swimming were banned in the Bambanwala Ravi Bedian Depalpur Link Canal (BRB) and 12 sections on the Lahore Branch Canal. According...
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Equal opportunity: Disability rights advocates demand policy reform
FAISALABAD: Comprehensive legislation must be introduced to protect rights of the disabled because existing legislation and policies do not cater to their needs and challenges, a group of disability...
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Measles epidemic: ‘New policy to strengthen primary healthcare system’
LAHORE: A new policy is being prepared to strengthen primary healthcare system, lay more focus on the prevention of diseases and remove gaps in the health sector, Health Secretary Hassan Iqbal said...
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State of education: ‘5,193 children in Cholistan out of schools’
BAHAWALPUR: Allocation for Cholistan schools must be raised and locals given priority in appointments, Reflection Action Group President Junaid Nazeer said on Saturday. He was speaking at a press...
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Terrorism: PU Syndicate condemns attack on Ziarat Residency
LAHORE: The Punjab University Syndicate on Saturday condemned the terrorist attack on Quaid-i-Azam’s residence in Ziarat. Vice Chancellor Mujahid Kamran also expressed his sorrow over an attack on a...
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Washed away: 14 dead, over two dozen injured in rain-related disasters
LAHORE: The rain on Friday was welcomed by many in the city, but it also wreaked havoc in many areas. As many as 14 people died in houses that collapsed due to the rain. Over two dozen people were...
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Sense and sensibility: Minister turns down house with a mosque
LAHORE: Minister for Human Rights and Minorities Khalil Tahir Sindhu’s name came up for a draw for the allotment of residences for provincial ministers in the GOR-I, 3-Club Road. The house which had...
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True to their word: Zulfiqar Khosa to come back as a Senator, not an MPA
LAHORE: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has decided not to include Senator Sirdar Zulfiqar Khan Khosa in the provincial cabinet or nominate him for governor. Instead, the party has told him...
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Police ‘supporting occupants’
FAISALABAD: Scores of Mohallah Hussainabad residents in Tandlianwala staged a demonstration against the police on Sunday for allegedly supporting an influential landlord whom they accused of...
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‘Posted in violation of court orders’
MULTAN: The federal government has deputed Bebo Raam, an official from Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL), to the National Highway Authority in Multan, despite Supreme Court orders against...
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Medical negligence: Woman dies from ‘wrong injection’
FAISALABAD: A woman, taken to a hospital on Sunday, died a few hours later allegedly from being given a wrong injection. Relatives and neighbours then staged a demonstration against the hospital...
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