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Dengue fever: Minister tells depts to remain on alert
LAHORE: All government departments in the Punjab should remain on alert and continue with efforts to contain the spread of dengue fever, Health Minister Khalil Tahir Sindhu said on Wednesday....
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Peace out: Talib-i-Aman to encourage diversity and inclusion at PU
LAHORE: University education is about much more than just curricular activities. It provides a setting for various student bodies and groups to interact and engage in extra-and co-curricular...
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WWF project preserving endangered vulture species
LAHORE: The Gyps vulture species including the white-backed vulture (Gyps Bengalensis) and the long-billed vulture (Gyps Indicus) have declined by more than 90 per cent in Pakistan, India and Nepal...
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NAPA: Lecturer blames DG for miscarriage
LAHORE: An additional district and sessions judge has sought comments from the Shadman SHO on a petition filed by a woman seeking a case against the director general of the National Academy for...
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Power and gas theft: Committee set up to manage campaign
LAHORE: The Punjab government has set up a committee to work alongside the Task Force on Electricity and Gas Theft, whose campaign against resource theft is to be expanded from eight districts to the...
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Decision made: Jamshed Dasti set to join PTI
MULTAN: Member National Assembly Jamshed Dasti has finally decided to join Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI). Dasti, a staunch champion of the Seraiki province cause, has also demanded from PTI to work...
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‘Dhandli complex’: PML-N retains PP-150 in vote recount
LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) candidate Mian Marghoob Ahmed was declared winner in the PP-150 after recount. He was declared winner with a lead of 376 votes from Lahore’s PP-150...
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University collaborations: ‘Dual degrees are pricey but worth it’
LAHORE: “What should matter more for universities is their global standing and not their country rankings,” Lancaster University Deputy Vice Chancellor Robert McKinlay told the participants of a...
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School principal: Blasphemy accused to be sent for mental check-up
LAHORE: Police are to send a school principal who allegedly claimed to be a prophet to a psychiatrist for evaluation, The Express Tribune has learnt. Nishtar Town police registered a case against the...
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Traditions: In a Jatoi village, a bulls’ race decides the prayer leader
MULTAN: An annual urs in Jatoi, Muzaffargarh, concludes with a bulls’ race to pick a prayer leader for the biggest mosque in the area. According to tradition, each bull is owned by a candidate,...
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Pilgrimage petitions: LHC reserves verdict on Hajj organisers
LAHORE: A division bench of Lahore High Court on Thursday reserved its verdict on petitions filed by newly registered Hajj Group Organisers (HGOs) challenging the Hajj Policy 2013 and the allocation...
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Punjab Police: Rs12.5 million released for cars, houses for Turkish police...
LAHORE: The Punjab government has released Rs12.5 million to buy vehicles and rent houses for three Turkish police officers who are to train policemen here under an agreement to be signed by the...
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Luxury tax: Govt asked to explain selective application
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Thursday asked the Punjab government to explain why it has imposed a luxury tax on houses on two kanals or more in selected areas and not across the board. Justice...
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Robin Hoods: Thieves beaten up by citizens
MULTAN: Two men, the police said were thieves, were caught from in front of a mosque in Dera Ghazi Khan on Friday. They were beaten up by citizens until they fainted. They were later handed over to...
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‘Young lawyers should work hard’
MULTAN: “A record 2,057 cases have been registered by the Multan drug court over the last three years and Rs42.5 million fines recovered from violators,” Mahr Zameer Hussain Sandhal, the outgoing...
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Freedom of speech: SHO told to register complaint against ‘offensive’ columnist
LAHORE: An additional district and sessions judge on Friday directed the relevant SHO to record a complainant’s statement under Section-154 of the Pakistan Code of Criminal Procedure. The petitioner...
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Fake degree: Former minister’s bail extended
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Friday extended the interim bail granted to former minister for overseas Pakistanis, Ghulam Sarwar, who is accused of contesting elections on a fake degree. Sarwar’s...
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Lecture: ‘Religion should be separate from the state’s affairs’
LAHORE: “Religion must be separated from the state,” Pervez Hoodbhoy said on Thursday. He was speaking at the Forman Christian College on States Under Siege: Pakistan, Egypt and Syria. Hoodbhoy...
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Defence day tribute: PAF exhibits aviation art at Alhamra Art Gallery
LAHORE: The Pakistan Air Force held an aviation art exhibition at the Alhamra Art Gallery on Friday. Around 200 oil paintings by Captain (retd) Syed Masood Akhtar Hussaini and 15 cardboard plane...
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Illegal business: Spurious pesticides factory sealed, three arrested
FAISALABAD: A spurious pesticide factory was sealed here on Friday by an agriculture officers’ raiding team. The team was headed by District Officer (Agriculture) Chaudhry Abdul Hameed. It raided a...
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