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Crime against children: 2 arrested for ‘burying’ newborn
MULTAN: A woman and a man were arrested on Tuesday for trying to burry a newborn alive in Shujaabad. The newborn was rescued by a resident of the area shortly after the woman and two men left the...
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Transgender watch: Fake currency printing gang arrested
MULTAN: The police on Tuesday arrested the head of a gang involved in spreading counterfeit currency. An accomplice was also arrested. Two transgender entertainers had filed a complaint alleging they...
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Prime minister recommends Chaudhry Sarwar for Punjab governor post
ISLAMABAD: Prime minister Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday sent a summary to the President, advising him to appoint Chaudhry Sarwar as the new Governor of Punjab, Express News reported. The decision comes...
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Wildlife conservation: Formation of National Zoo Association advocated
LAHORE: The establishment of a national zoo association is crucial in order to improve animal welfare, their gene pool and conservation, World Wide Fund for Nature-Pakistan Biodiversity Director Uzma...
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Presidential poll: Bar condemns SC’s election judgement as ‘subversion’
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court Bar Association (LHCBA) has called for three Supreme Court judges including the chief justice to be charged with misconduct – and more serious offences for changing the...
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Dispossession: Ahmedis banished from place of worship
LAHORE: Ahmedis in Fatehpur, Gujrat district, have been banished from their own place of worship in Ramazan and fear that they will be deprived of the property by the local government and clerics. On...
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Hajj quotas: SC sets aside LHC verdict as ‘involvement in policy matters’
LAHORE: A two-member bench of the Supreme Court on Tuesday set aside the Lahore High Court decision to grant Hajj quotas to new group organisers. The bench headed by Justice Tasadduq Hussain Jilani...
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Deadly land dispute: Taji Khokhar sent on judicial remand
RAWALPINDI: A trial court on Tuesday sent Imtiaz Khokhar alias Taji to Adiala Jail on judicial remand for 14 days. Khokhar is accused of murdering Sabira Bibi over a land dispute. At the end of the...
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Twin cities’ residents can expect a week of rain
ISLAMABAD: A break from the excruciating hot and humid weather is around the corner, with the twin cities due for a few consecutive days of rain this week. The Pakistan Meteorological Department...
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Coveted slot: Mohammad Sarwar named Punjab governor
ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari appointed former British MP Mohammad Sarwar as the governor of Punjab. According to an official statement, issued by presidential spokesperson Senator...
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Millions go to waste as PIDA house awaits completion
FAISALABAD: A delay in the completion of the Punjab Irrigation and Drainage Authority (PIDA) here has cost the Irrigation Department Rs30million. The construction of PIDA House was started at...
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Punjab Assembly: ‘Opp objections just for media consumption’
LAHORE: The government has accused the opposition of duplicity over the Punjab Local Government Bill 2013, saying it has yet to present its objections at a special committee set up to deliberate on...
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Luxury tax: Tax on high-end properties challenged
LAHORE: Justice Nasir Saeed Sheikh of the Lahore High Court on Wednesday sought a detailed reply from the government to a petition challenging the levy of luxury tax on properties on two kanals or...
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Slavery and trafficking: Forced prostitution case sought
LAHORE: An additional district and sessions judge has sought comments from the Naseerabad SHO by August 3 on a petition filed by a woman seeking a case against her husband for allegedly forcing her...
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Presidential Compensation: ‘Don’t forget your promise, President Zardari’
LAHORE: The victims of the Joseph Colony incident have asked President Asif Ali Zardari to pay up the promised compensation money before his tenure as president is up. Members of 155 effected...
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Hate speech case: Judge declines to hear Ishaq’s bail plea
LAHORE: Justice Sheikh Najamul Hasan of the Lahore High Court has refused to hear the bail application of Malik Ishaq, a leader of Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamat (formerly known as Lashkar-i-Jhangvi), after...
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100% enrolment: Campaign to send 2 million children back to school
LAHORE: The government is set to launch an Enrolment Emergency Campaign under the Punjab Schools Reform programme that will target more than 2 million out-of-school children aged five to nine, School...
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LHC grants bail to Ahmadi man
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Wednesday granted bail to an Ahmadi man alleged to have committed blasphemy. The case relates to an FIR lodged at Old Anarkali police station on February 24 under...
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Phone access: Case sought against prisoner for making threatening calls
LAHORE: An additional district and sessions judge has sought comments from the Liaqatabad SHO for August 21 on a petition seeking a case against a prisoner for making death threats over the phone and...
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Inquiry sought into ‘Quetta terrorism claims’
LAHORE: An additional district and sessions judge has fixed September 5 for arguments on an application submitted by a retired judge seeking an investigation into alleged claims made by his neighbour...
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