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‘Enough is enough’: Protests break out over unrepaired road
SIALKOT: Hundreds of the people from Daska tehsil’s Kandan Sayyan and Mitraanwali villages on Monday protested against the district government. They alleged that the government had failed to repair a...
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BZU bachelor’s results: 39.2 per cent of students graduate
MULTAN: As many as 17,829 students passed the bachelor’s examinations held by the Bahauddin Zakariya University in Multan. The results were announced on Monday. The top position in both humanities...
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Larvae detected in junkyard scrap
FAISALABAD: The Environment Department on Monday inspected a junkyard as part of the anti-dengue campaign and found dengue mosquito larvae. The Environment Department has been conducting regular...
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Public hospitals: Young doctors protest over house job cuts
LAHORE: The Young Doctors Association (YDA) Punjab has called a General Council meeting at the Lahore General Hospital on Wednesday to discuss the abolition of house officer seats various hospitals,...
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Complaints Cell: LHC demands challan within 3 days in rape case
LAHORE: Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial of the Lahore High Court has directed the Toba Tek Singh district and sessions judge to make sure that the police conduct a fair and thorough investigation into...
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Government jobs: 13 officials transferred
LAHORE: The Punjab government transferred and posted 13 officers on Monday. Additional Transport Secretary Ijaz Ahmed has been given the added charge of additional secretary for welfare at the...
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Mall Road protest: PML-N avoids PTI motions on arrest of workers
LAHORE: Despite the Punjab Assembly Speaker’s assurance to the opposition that the Mall Road arrests will be discussed in the House, the issue was tactfully eschewed by Law Minister Rana Sanaullah....
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Journalism for peace: ‘Media must reject sectarian violence’
FAISALABAD: The media must highlight the implications of sectarian discrimination and violence on account of personal beliefs, language and ethnicity. This was emphasised by the speakers at a media...
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Child marriage: Bride’s father, bridegroom arrested
GUJRAT: A 12-year-old bridegroom and the 10-year-old bride’s father were arrested on Monday on charges of child marriage. The police were informed that Zafar Iqbal, a resident of Phularwan village,...
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Investment return: World Bank delegation visits the Walled City
LAHORE: World Bank South Asia Vice President Philippe Le Houerou and Isabel Guerrero, the former vice president, visited the historical Walled City on Monday to witness progress on the restoration...
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Sexual health: ‘Children on streets at great HIV/AIDS risk’
LAHORE: Drug addicts, eunuchs and sex workers might be at greater risk for contracting HIV/AIDS, but adolescents, especially those on the streets, are also at risk, Punjab AIDS Control Programme...
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Injury and insult: ‘He raped me, now claims I am his wife’
BAHAWALPUR: “My late husband’s brother raped me and now claims that I had married him,” a woman- mother of four- told media persons on Monday. Saima Bibi* said that she had complained to the...
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Public nuisance: City to move beggars from streets to shelters
LAHORE: The city government is planning to launch a crackdown against professional beggars next month, once it completes two rehabilitation centres, The Express Tribune has learnt. The city...
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Power project: CM to preside over foundation-laying
FAISALABAD: The foundation laying ceremony of a 3.8 MW solar powered electricity generation plant at the University of Agriculture Faisalabad would be held on Tuesday (today). The ceremony will be...
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Luxury tax: New levy challenged as discriminatory
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Tuesday sought replies from the Punjab government and the Excise and Taxation Department to dozens of petitions challenging the levy of a new luxury tax on properties...
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Taking action: Complain to CPLC if police don’t help, CPO says
FAISALABAD: People should inform police immediately when they witness a crime. If the police refuse to take action, they should submit a complaint to the Citizen-Police Liaison Committee (CPLC). A...
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Registering Protest: Rallies to condemn violence
BAHAWALPUR: Ahle Sunnat wal Jamaat (ASWJ) activists in Bahawalpur took out a protest rally here on Tuesday against the killing of an ASWJ worker in Bhakkar, an attack on a madarassa in Rawalpindi and...
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Road competition: Wagon drivers accused of harassment
FAISALABAD: Scores of Qing Qi rickshaw drivers staged a demonstration here on Tuesday accusing wagon drivers of harassment. The protesters gathered on Sargodha Road and chanted slogans against wagon...
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Criminal justice: ‘All of society needs reform’
LAHORE: The abuses prevalent in the criminal justice system, like the use of torture to extract confessions, cannot be effectively addressed until society as a whole fully adopts democratic values...
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‘Give us arms’ permits to protect ourselves from rowdy attendants’
FAISALABAD: Doctors in the Faisalabad district have demanded that they be issued arms licences in view of several incidents where doctors have been attacked by patients’ attendants. The demand was...
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