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Ignorance: Woman burned ‘to cure fits’
SARGODHA / MULTAN: A woman was seriously burnt when her parents set fire to a necklace while she was wearing it on the advice of a pir “to cure her fits”, police said on Thursday. She was taken to...
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Domestic violence: Chief justice seeks report on acid attack case
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court chief justice took notice of an acid attack incident on Thursday. The chief justice directed the district and sessions judge to submit a report on the police...
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Power pilfering: Café in Rahim Yar Khan sealed
BAHAWALPUR: A district government task force raided a cafeteria adjacent the Rahim Yar Khan Press Club and found illegal gas and electricity connections. Three people were arrested, but the café’s...
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Misuse: Education authorities to ban teachers’ unions in Faisalabad
FAISALABAD: The education authorities have decided to ban all teachers’ unions in the district. A worker at the district education office said on Thursday “a number of teachers are taking advantage...
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Organised crime: Rs61m gas theft caught in Multan
MULTAN: As many as 10 Multan Electric Power Company (MEPCO) officials from Gulgasht sub division were suspended from service on Thursday on charges of negligence after the Federal Investigation...
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53,000 patients treated in flood-hit areas in Multan, DG Khan
MULTAN: Over 53,000 patients, mostly suffering from skin and respiratory tract infections, were treated in Multan and DG Khan districts during the flood, Multan EDO (Health) Iftikhar Qureshi said on...
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About time: Jafri looks to resolve problems at NCA
LAHORE: Murtaza Jafri took charge as principal of the country’s oldest art institution, the National College of Arts, this week. Shabnam Khan, Sajjad Kausar, Bashir Ahmed and Fauzia Qureishi have...
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Bonded labour: ‘Save labourers from forced work, exploitation’
MULTAN: Speakers at a seminar on bonded labour on Thursday urged the participants to facilitate labourers in their efforts to be spared exploitation. The session was organised by the Society for...
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Water colours: Grandeurs and Glories of Pakistan exhibition opens
LAHORE: An exhibition of water colors by veteran artist Muhammad Shafiq titled Grandeurs and Glories of Pakistan opened at the Alhamra Art Gallery on Thursday. As many as 80 paintings were unveiled...
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Paperwork: Lahore police to establish service centres
LAHORE: The police is to set up service centres around the city where citizens can get paperwork currently requiring a trip to a police station. The services on offer will include verification of...
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Punjab Assembly: Bills on police recruitment, agri-university passed
LAHORE: The Punjab Assembly passed the Punjab Police Order Amendment Bill 2013 and the Muhammad Nawaz Sharif University of Agriculture Multan Bill 2013 with a majority on Thursday. Law and Local...
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Detection: Dengue larvae found at 8 sites
FAISALABAD: Dengue larvae have been found at eight sites in Faisalabad, Health Department officials said on Thursday. The department had launched an anti-dengue campaign and teams including...
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New Subjects: ‘Education is the best tool against unemployment’
FAISALABAD: “Technical education is the best chance against unemployment,” Government College University Faisalabad (GCUF) Vice Chancellor Zakir Hussain said on Friday. He was chairing a meeting...
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Unemployment: Workers demand restoration of Sasti Roti scheme
FAISALABAD: Scores of mechanical tandoor workers in the city staged a demonstration on Friday demanding that the government restore the Sasti Roti scheme. The demonstrators marched on various roads...
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Fund embezzlement: Seven WASA officials suspended from service
FAISALABAD: Two senior Water and Sanitation Agency (WASA) accountants and five work charge employees were suspended from service on Friday on charge of misappropriating official funds. Action was...
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Complaints cell: LHC leaves gang rape case to Chiniot judge
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Friday disposed of a gang rape case after it was reported that the challan had been submitted and that the accused were being tried by an additional sessions...
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Sri Lankan team attack: LHC extends detention of suspect by a month
LAHORE: A review board of the Lahore High Court on Friday extended the detention of Zubair alias Nek Muhammad, one of the accused in the attack on Sri Lankan cricket team, for one month. The...
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Test of patience: Delayed land sparks protest
FAISALABAD: Scores of people who provided land to the Faisalabad Development Authority (FDA) for the construction of FDA City in 2006 protested against the authority on Friday for delay in the...
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When someone cares: Education — Jihad of the times
LAHORE: For a boy from an under-privileged family of Sheikhupura, being in a white coat was a distant dream. “I could never have been a cardiologist had I been denied quality education,” says Dr Azam...
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Absent president: PTI mulls interim city appointments
LAHORE: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf is considering installing an interim leadership at its city chapter, with the current city president, Aleem Khan, having stepped out of the public eye amidst a...
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