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Religious rituals: Sikh pilgrims to return to India today
LAHORE: Hundreds of Indian Sikhs, who were visiting Pakistan for the 407th martyrdom day of Guru Arjun Dev Jee at the Gurdwara Dera Sahib on Sunday, would return to India on a special train on Monday...
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Stamp out terror: ‘Put your act together,’ students tell govt
LAHORE: As many as 60 students, members of youth organisations, Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf members and student body representatives on Sunday gathered at the Liberty roundabout to protest against the...
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Easy access: Bahawalpur to soon get HEC regional office
BAHAWALPUR: A regional office of the Higher Education Commission will soon be set up at the Islamia University, Bahawalpur (IUB), Mian Baligur Rehman, the federal minister for education and technical...
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CJ resents second contract for ‘bad supplier’
As the import of locomotives for Pakistan railways was brought before the Lahore High Court, both the government and the Chinese company appeared to be in breach of contract. According to the...
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Healthier Punjab: Young doctors recommend health education at schools
LAHORE: The Young Doctors Association (YDA) has requested Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif to include health education in school curricula. YDA leader Salman Kazmi has wriiten a letter to the chief...
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International exposure: 10 women hockey players leave for US today
LAHORE: “It was a difficult decision to make, but my family has been very supportive. I am looking forward to a great learning experience,” said Rozina, a hockey player from Balochistan. Rozina is...
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Man in frantic search of daughter
LAHORE: The family of 13-year-old Aqsa has been wrecked since her alleged kidnapping on September 18, 2012. Blaming the police for not making any effort to recover his abducted daughter, Waris Siraj...
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Hot in here: Metro buses to test new air-conditioners this week
LAHORE: The articulated buses plying the Metro Bus track will test three types of air conditioning units for a week starting June 17 (today). The units were imported after most of the 45 Metro Buses...
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Punjab Assembly presents fiscal budget
LAHORE: The Punjab Assembly presented its fiscal budget on Monday, Express News reported. The budget for year 2013-14 presented by Minster of Finance Mian Mujtaba Shujaur Rehman is worth Rs897.5...
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Punjab budget: Rs.199.9 allocated for the Chief Minister’s Secretariat
LAHORE.: The Punjab government has allocated Rs.199.9 million to meet the current expenditures of the Chief Minister’s Secretariat during 2013-14 as compared to outgoing financial year Rs.259.8...
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Rs3.2 billion Allocated for Industries, Commerce, Investments and Energy sectors
LAHORE.: For Industries, Commerce, investments sector, Punjab Government in provincial Budget 2013-14 has allocated Rs3.202 billion. The allocation is 1.14 percent of the total development budget of...
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Punjab budget: Funds for Information and Culture sector slashed by 47 per cent
LAHORE.: The Punjab government has allocated 106 millions for the information and culture sector in the fiscal budget for 2013-14 which is 47 percent less than the allocated amount for the fiscal year...
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Rule of law: Action ordered against SHO for not complying with court order
LAHORE: Additional District and Sessions Judge Malik Tariq Mehmood Zargham on Monday directed the Lahore CCPO to take action against the Naseerabad SHO for not acting on a court order on the petition...
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16-year-old girl ‘married’ to eight-year-old cousin ‘for property’
BAHAWALPUR: A 16-year-old orphan in a village near Khanpur has reportedly been married to an eight-year-old cousin of hers to “keep property inherited by her in the family”. A case has been...
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Law and justice: Provision for courts, judicial institutions
LAHORE: The Punjab government has allocated Rs3.13 billion for the judiciary under the Access to Justice Programme (AJP) and Government Buildings/Offices in the budget for 2013-14. Rs1.715 billion...
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Heritage: Archaeology budget cut by 16 per cent
LAHORE: The budget for the Archaeology Department has been decreased to Rs294 million for 2013-2014 from Rs350 million for 2012-13. Of the allocated amount, Rs227.41 million has been earmarked for...
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Hostel allocation: NTU closed for a month after campus violence
FAISALABAD: Scores of National Textile University (NTU) students staged a demonstration on Monday against the administration for closing the university for a month and postponing their mid-term...
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Locomotives contract: Railways ministry, GM issued notices for June 19
LAHORE: The Ministry of Railways and the general manager of Pakistan Railways were among those who were issued notices, for June 19, by the Lahore High Court on a petition filed by a Chinese company....
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Health: Rs63 billion allocated for health services
LAHORE: The Punjab government has earmarked Rs63.99 billion for health services in the province for 2013-14. Of this amount, Rs45.99b has been allocated to meet current expenditures. The development...
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View point: ‘Islamabad to blame for Punjab’s lean years’
LAHORE: The executive summary of the White Paper document of the budget 2013-2014 blames the federal government for the power crisis and terrorism- two major reasons to have had negative impact of...
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