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File scrutiny: Johar Town property dealers protest again
Demand guarantee that this will be last time plot files are scrutinised.
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Youth affairs: Punjab to have a youth helpline next month
Depts of youth affairs, sports, archaeology and tourism and Plan Pakistan sign MoU.
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Riots follow-up: Investigators visit site, record statements
Team will investigate the killing of three people during a demo in Kamalia on June 19.
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Regularisation allowed: ‘Principal can make employees permanent’
National College of Arts principal says Cabinet Division needs to approve committee’s recommendations.
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4 criminals, 1 police official killed in Lahore police encounters
Police encounters in different areas of Lahore result in four criminals and one police official being killed.
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‘Police inaction’ in rape case condemned
Police say court will be requested to cancel suspect’s bail on Monday.
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Missing deadlines: WASA MD suspended over road delay
Becomes fourth official to be suspended over delay in Allama Iqbal Road construction.
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Music Day: Folk, classical performances mark Arts Council concert
Folk songs and thumri were the most popular performances.
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‘Education is a must for a shrine custodian’
Speakers criticise former prime minister Gilani and others who use shrines as vote banks.
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River clean-up: Report commissioned on sources of pollution in Ravi
WASA, EPD asked to report on resources needed to implement clean-up strategy.
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Education: 166 IUB students get laptops
Chief guest, urged students to use the laptops to improve their academic performance.
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Mango export: ‘Packaging requirements hold back small farmers’
68 varieties displayed at three-day festival.
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Meat Production: Halal cell set up to promote exports
Justice (retired) Khalilur Rehman Khan has been appointed chairman of the cell, an official said.
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LUMS convocation: ‘Dream big and embrace failure’
713 graduates urged to contribute to country’s future.
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Property Transfer: Patwari arrested for corruption
ACE had set up a team to catch the patwari after it was informed of complaints of his corruption.
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Double exemption plots: Property dealers protest against LDA
LDA chief suspends issuance of urgent challans for Johar Town property deals.
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Shootout: ‘Robbery suspect’ killed
His two accomplices escape as bank guards put up stiff resistance.
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Urban planning: City govt gets till 30th to identify violations
Plans for 25,000 commercial buildings have not been approved.
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Bar convention: Lawyers slam PM selection, demand Swiss letter
Pledge to ‘foil conspiracies’ against chief justice of Pakistan.
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NRO judgment: Petition moved to direct PM to write Swiss letter
Advocate says new premier should learn from predecessor’s ‘mistakes’.
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LUMS holds 24th annual convocation, students advised to ‘dream big’
A total of 713 students of the Class of 2012 graduate.
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Laptop distribution: ‘Expedite distribution among post-graduates’
Students said laptops could help them in their research.
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Teachers worry over low education budget
Demands increase in retirement age, condemns on-campus violence.
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‘Power rioters’: Khanewal police ‘holding people illegally’
100 held from Kamoke ‘without any evidence’ sent on a two-day judicial remand.
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Ending religious discrimination: ‘The tolerant majority needs to take charge’
Participants pass resolution calling for discrimination-free laws.
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Public space: Work on Pak Tea House moves ahead full steam
Renovation to be completed July 7, fast food will be served.
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Supplementary budget: Naulatia slams govt for financial indiscipline
Committee to be formed to look at recent brawls in the house and fix responsibility.
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Gilani’s constituency: NA-151 by-polls on July 19
NA-151 Multan had fallen vacant after Yousaf Raza Gilani's disqualification as the prime minister.
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DHA security guard’s murder: FIA gives clean chit to tycoon
Agency’s report says DHA was found to be beneficiary.
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75% of Changa Manga wiped clean of trees
Report states out of the total area of more than 4,000 acres, as much as 3,000 acres of plantation has become barren.
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Robbery: Protest over police failure to respond
The robbers did not leave the house until an hour later but there was no sign of the police
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Public hospitals: Doctors’ strike continues, talks delayed
Improved allowances, raises in the stipends of house officers, postgraduate trainees and administrative changes.
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Hajj quotas: Ministry told to verify tour operators’ tax payments
Petition against the ministry for not awarding Hajj quotas to new tour operators.
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Offensive language: Women’s Action Forum slams Sheikh Alauddin
Sheikh Allaudin has a history of using derogatory language against women including vulgar filthy gestures, says WAF
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Ranjeet Singh anniversary Sikh pilgrims arrive
173rd death anniversary of Ranjeet Singh, the founder of the Sikh empire centred in Lahore in the 19th Century.
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Historical structures: Restoration of Ranjeet Singh’s baraderi starts
Was destroyed in 1992 in the wake of Babri Mosque demolition in India.
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Exhibition: Work of home economics students displayed at UAF
Stalls set up for dresses, shoes and embroidered items.
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Children’s Library Complex: 2,000 enrolled in summer classes
‘Children are taught to make logical decisions’.
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Lawyers’ convention: Denial of right to attorney condemned
Lawyers say fresh elections necessary for political stability.
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Punjab Assembly: Budget passed amidst escalating clashes
Seemal Kamran and Sheikh Alauddin banned for seven days.
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Petition asks for 50 Nigerians jailed illegally to be released
‘The detained have served their sentence but have not been released’.
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Teacher held for damaging child’s eye
Eye surgeon will examine the child today to ascertain whether or not he can recover vision in the eye.
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CM absent: Turnout poor at PML-N rally against load-shedding
Hamza Shahbaz lashes out at federal govt over ‘discrimination’.
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Shoe-throwing PML-Q MPA passes out on Punjab Assembly premises
Seemal Kamran barred from entering building, men and women MPAs duke it out inside Punjab Assembly.
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Faking It?: 3 women soaked in petrol, set alight
Suspects claimed that the women had set themselves alight to force them to take back the earlier FIR
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Kulfa-maker sued over wedding delivery
Petitioner seeks Rs1.05m in damages for ‘valima humiliation’.
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Black man: Constable beaten up for demanding bribe
Rickshaw driver accuses policeman of harassing him over lack of documents.
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Gaddafi Stadium: Court stops PCB from rebuilding wall
Gulberg TMO says wall built without planning approval on a green belt.
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Wedding stopped over artificial jewellery
Panchayat to try to resolve dispute between families.
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Punjab Assembly: Demands of grants passed after opposition’s walkout
MPAs from both sides throw shoes at each other; MPA Muhammad Yar Hiraj demands security against power rioters.