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Nawaz Sharif hopes to end power crisis during his tenure
FAISALABAD: Condemning gas theft taking place across Pakistan, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif vowed to stop such corrupt practices in the country and hoped to end the current power crisis during his...
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Crackdown or negotiations: 8 kidnapped police officers recovered
RAJANPUR: Police on Monday recovered as many as 12 people, including eight police officers who were kidnapped from the Kacha area of Rajanpur nine days ago. Regional Police Officer (RPO) Dera Ghazi...
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Allegation: Child beaten up for ‘trying to steal fruit’
GUJRANWALA: An eight-year-old was beaten up by a vendor at a Ramazan bazaar in Sillanwali on Monday for allegedly trying to steal fruit. Safdar Iqbal, the boy’s father, said he and his son, Karim,...
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City government: Crackdown against encroachment to be launched
FAISALABAD: The district government on Sunday decided to launch a crackdown on the illegal encroachments. City government spokesperson Muhammad Imran said, “The operation against encroachments would...
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Agriculture: Need to educate farmers in new practices discussed
FAISALABAD: Prof Jerry L Peter from Purdue University, USA, has called for expediting efforts on the part of agriculturalists and extension workers to ensure food security for the “ever-increasing...
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Media briefing: Crime in Bahawalpur increasing, says ASP
BAHAWALPUR: Several criminals were arrested on Saturday and Sunday in police raids, the assistant superintendent of police (city) said on Monday. He was addressing a press conference. He said the...
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Corporal punishment: Cleric accused of assaulting minors
MULTAN: A cleric is accused of beating two children for arriving late for their classes on Sunday. Complainant Manzoor Ahmad said he sent his sons Zubair, 5, and Abu Bakar, 6, to the mosque for daily...
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Land mafia: Citizens chase off graveyard grabbers
BAHAWALPUR: As many as five people were injured as hundreds protested against land grabbers who tried to occupy 11 acres of graveyard land in New Satellite Town on Monday. The Auqaf Department has...
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SC tells off LDA director general
LAHORE: A two-member bench of the Supreme Court on Monday admonished the Lahore Development Authority for demolishing the wall of a private property in violation of court orders and instructed LDA...
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Oldest private complaint: Court set to declare former MNA a proclaimed offender
LAHORE: An additional district and sessions judge has started proceedings under Section 87 of the Criminal Procedure Code to declare a former MNA a proclaimed offender for not appearing at hearings...
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Southern Loop: Bids to be invited for Ring Road construction
LAHORE: The Lahore Ring Road Authority has prepared a draft of a request for proposal (RFP) for the construction of three sections of the Southern Loop and plans to invite bids from today (July 16),...
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Fire Safety Commission: LDA told to implement fire safety measures
LAHORE: Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah of the Lahore High Court has directed the Lahore Development Authority and the city government to make sure that buildings in the city comply with...
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Rajanpur kacha area: Govt okays release of LJ men in swap for police hostages
LAHORE: The government has agreed to release three members of the Lashjar-i-Jhangvi in exchange for eight policemen held hostage by a gang led by notorious bandit Chotu Mazari and the handover is...
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Gas, power theft: 3 factories fined Rs160m
MULTAN: At least three major industrial units in the industrial estate here were fined Rs160 million during a raid by the Multan Electric Power Company (Mepco) and Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited...
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Governor Punjab's resignation accepted by acting president
ISLAMABAD: Acting President Nayyar Hussain Bukhari has accepted Governor Punjab Makhdoom Ahmed Mehmood’s resignation on the advice of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, reported Express News on Tuesday....
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Intellectual boom: ‘Pakistan is publishing more research papers per capita...
MULTAN: The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has produced 8,161 PhD scholars up till 2012. As many as 10 to 15 scholars are currently completing their degrees each week, HEC Media Project Manager...
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YouTube ban: ‘IT Ministry, PTA can’t block all bad content’
LAHORE: The Ministry of Information and Technology and the Pakistan Telecommunications Authority told the Lahore High Court on Tuesday that they could not block all controversial content on YouTube...
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Shaikh Zayed Hospital: College to admit students on merit but at same fee
LAHORE: The Punjab government has decided to abolish all quota seats at Shaikh Zayed Medical College, sparking debate on whether the fees at the college, which charges almost 10 times as much as...
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Apology: UN official regrets snub to police
ISLAMABAD: In a case involving the whereabouts of a missing person, the resident coordinator United Nations (UN) Pakistan has extended his apology to a superintendent police (SP) from Lahore for lack...
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Three shot and injured in firing at wagon drivers
FAISALABAD: Wagon drivers Asad Ali, Ghulam Rasool and Arif Hussain were injured when they came under fire started allegedly by gunmen of owners of the Khurarianwala bus and wagon stand on Wednesday....
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