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Epidemic control: 17 complaints lodged in dengue control drive
LAHORE: Environment Protection Agency (EPA) Director General Farooq Hameed Sheikh on Wednesday raided several areas of the city and issued directions for registering 17 FIRs after dengue mosquito...
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Self portrait: The angst of denied opportunities
LAHORE: Shamsuddin Tanviri’s art exhibition, honouring the sacrifice and services of late governor Salmaan Taseer, opened at the Taseer Art Gallery, in Lahore Cantt, on Tuesday. It will continue till...
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Cross-border messages: ‘When the time is right, I will go to India’
LAHORE: “I know that India has long been demanding my custody. When the time is right, I will go to India myself,” Jamatud Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Muhammad Saeed said on Wednesday. He was addressing a...
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Terrorism is biggest challenge for Pakistan: Punjab Governor
LAHORE: The Governor of Punjab, Chaudry Muhammad Sarwar, has said that the biggest challenge the country is currently facing is terrorism and a comprehensive strategy and country-wide effort is needed...
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Student enrolment: Shahbaz Sharif launches Jahalat say Azaadi drive
LAHORE: The government on Wednesday launched its Emergency Enrolment Campaign to combat illiteracy in the province. It will target 3.5 million four-to-16 years-old out-of-school children (OOSC). The...
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Downpour: Rain dampens Independence Day excitement
LAHORE: Three people died and 13 others were injured in various incidents following torrential rainfall in the City on Wednesday. The rain began in several parts of the city at around 6am. According...
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17 dead as rain swamps towns, villages in K-P, Punjab
PESHAWAR / ISLAMABAD: A fresh spell of monsoon rains wreaked havoc across the country on Wednesday killing over 17 people and injuring dozens. Meanwhile, as areas in northwest and central Pakistan...
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Munshi Hospital: SHO told to address ‘blood theft’ complaint
LAHORE: An additional district and sessions judge has directed the Lower Mall SHO to address a petitioner’s claim that three men ‘stole’ her nephew’s blood in collusion with staff at Munshi Hospital,...
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Church land grab: Trust seeks case against ‘impersonators’
LAHORE: An additional district and sessions judge has sought comments from the Gulberg SHO for August 21 on a petition seeking a case against nine Christians for allegedly occupying and selling land...
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Blasphemy case: Defendant seeks removal of 298-C
LAHORE: An anti-terrorism court judge has fixed August 20 for arguments on an application seeking alteration of the charges against an Ahmadi man accused of defiling the Holy Quran by distributing...
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‘Till our siblings do us part’
FAISALABAD: A bridegroom here first got into an argument with a sister-in-law and then a brawl with boys and men of her family within minutes of “I do’s” and the wedding feast. Muhammad Afzal had...
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Smart policing: Police learn to use digital mapping to tackle crime
LAHORE: The city police’s investigation wing has launched a mapping programme to identify the most dangerous areas and work out how to tackle crime there. Police officials have been given smartphones...
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Shoot out: Family protest killing in ‘police encounter’
BAHAWALPUR: The family of a man who was killed in what police called an encounter with armed criminals near Chowk Bahadur, Rahim Yar Khan, claimed that the encounter was fake and staged a protest...
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22 power theft cases detected, six officials suspended
FAISALABAD: The Faisalabad Electricity Supply Company (FESCO) has detected 22 cases of electricity theft in one week. FESCO spokesman Tahir Sheikh told newsmen on Saturday that a task force had...
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Police custody: Man tortured to death during interrogation
MULTAN: An autopsy report from Nishtar Hospital on Friday confirmed that a man who had been taken into police custody for interrogation on Wednesday was tortured to death. The autopsy report said...
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Consumer court: Doctor sues printer for foiling charity bid
LAHORE: A printer has been sued for Rs100,000 for allegedly failing to publish handbills for a charity medical camp in time for it to operate during Ramazan. Dr Bilal Akram, a private medical...
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Government’s response: ‘We will not bow down before terrorists’
LAHORE: “The government will respond to bullets and rockets in kind. No group will be allowed to challenge the writ of the state in any part of the country,” Railways Minister Khawaja Saad Rafique...
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Reviving heritage: Taxali and Shah Alam Gates to be rebuilt
LAHORE: The Walled City of Lahore Authority (WCLA) has proposed the reconstruction of Taxali Gate and Shah Alam Gate. The cost of the project is estimated at Rs156 million. It is expected to be...
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In Punjab, LB polls will be on non-party basis
LAHORE: If the Punjab Assembly passes the new local government bill, the upcoming local bodies (LB) elections will be held in the province on a non-party basis. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif approved...
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Flooding in Punjab: Floods swamp nearly 200 villages in Chiniot, Sialkot
SIALKOT / MULTAN: Nearly 200 villages in Chiniot and Sialkot districts were submerged as close to 600,000 cusecs of water flowed into the River Chenab during the last 24 hours. While the water level...
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