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Irrigation Department issues new rules
LAHORE: The Irrigation Department has issued the Punjab Irrigation Department (Engineering Posts) Service Rules 2013 defining recruitment and promotion criteria for posts from sub engineer in BS-14...
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Local govt: Civil society groups criticise proposed new system
LAHORE: The local government system proposed by the government would not fulfil the requirement under Article 140A that the provincial government devolve authority to elected local representatives,...
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Honour’ crime: Woman’s body found from graveyard
FAISALABAD: Tandlianwala police on Thursday discovered the body of a woman murdered allegedly by her husband in Chak 403 three days ago. Police said they found the body in a graveyard. They said the...
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Property transfers: E-deed transfer centre for 3 towns opens today
LAHORE: The city government will activate on Friday a facility for the electronic registration of transfer deeds in three towns. City officials have been conducting trial runs at the Electronic...
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Cricket team attack: Judge declines to hear bail matter
LAHORE: A division bench of the Lahore High Court here on Thursday issued notice on a petition by the Punjab government asking for the bail of Zubair Ahmed, who is accused of involvement in the...
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LHC order: ‘Put cops with VVIPs on court security duty’
LAHORE: A Lahore High Court division bench has directed the Punjab Police to withdraw personnel from security duty with VVIPs and put them on security duty at the courts. An additional inspector...
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Evaluation: 42 teachers suspended for poor performance
RAHIM YAR KHAN: District Education Officer Ali Ahmad Chaudhry on Thursday issued a list of schools and teachers who performed poorly in the fifth and eighth grade examinations held under Punjab...
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Beaconhouse National University: Shahid Kardar made new vice chancellor
LAHORE: Former State Bank of Pakistan governor Shahid Hafeez Kardar has been appointed the new vice chancellor of Beaconhouse National University. The BNU released a statement on Thursday confirming...
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‘Exorcism’: Quack arrested for attempted rape
FAISALABAD: A man was arrested on Thursday for attempted rape. Police said a girl was taken to Azhar Shami alias Mitho Shah, a local pir, because she had been depressed. Shami told her family she was...
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Police impersonators: Gang of robbers caught, beaten up by residents
MULTAN: Three members of a gang of robbers pretending to be police personnel were caught in a village and beaten up. Ahmed Malik, one of the villagers, said three robbers posing as police personnel...
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Human rights: ‘Abuse of blasphemy laws must be stopped’
FAISALABAD: Violence against vulnerable groups must be stopped for social harmony and peaceful coexistence, said human rights’ activists at a seminar organised by the Association of Women for...
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Punjab Assembly: Opp absent as debate on local govt bill concludes
LAHORE: Amidst an opposition boycott, the Punjab Assembly concluded on Thursday its four-day general discussion on the Punjab Local Government Bill of 2013, which will continue to be fine-tuned in a...
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Shia leader, son killed in Rahim Yar Khan
BAHAWALPUR: The Shia Council’s Divisional President Sheikh Manzoor Hussain and his younger son Haider Ali were killed as a result of firing in Rahim Yar Khan on Friday. Hussain was leaving his house...
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Demonstration: Jewellers protest against police’s attitude
FAISALABAD: Dozens of Rail Bazaar jewellers on Friday staged a protest demonstration against Batala Colony police for allegedly misbehaving with them. The protestors blocked the Gumti Chowk for...
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Healthcare: ‘Ensure availability of doctors and paramedics’
FAISALABAD: “All available resources will be utilised to improve service delivery at Jaranwala tehsil headquarters hospital,” Health Secretary Hassan Iqbal said on Friday. He was presiding over a...
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Suspected robbers: Citizens beat up man, two women
FAISALABAD: Three robbery suspects, including two women, were beaten up by citizens in Ghulam Muhammadabad. Their fourth accomplice fled the scene. Police said four armed people broke into the house...
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Contempt of court: ‘Impersonator’s’ apology found contrived, rejected
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Friday dismissed an unconditional apology submitted by Punjab Beverage Company (Pvt) Ltd Finance Director Fayyaz Hussain, for ‘erroneously’ impersonating the Federal...
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Consumer court: Damages sought for defective phone
LAHORE: A consumer court on Friday issued a notice to the proprietor of a mobile phone shop to respond by August 8 in a suit seeking Rs100,000 damages for allegedly selling the petitioner a defective...
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Baithaks: ‘Education through community-building’
LAHORE: Baithaks, jirgas and kutcheris, the traditional way of settling disputes, are being convened to bring communities closer and resolve issues related to the right to education. The inclusion of...
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Youtube ban: IT minister told to appear in court on Wednesday
LAHORE: Following the absence of the secretary and federal minister for information technology at Friday’s hearing of a petition challenging the ban on access to YouTube in Pakistan, Justice Mansoor...
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