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Moral policing: Cigarettes not a concern for anti-smoking campaign
Is concern about public health the real motive for the ban on sheesha?
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Court paves way for revival of Pak Tea House
Pak Tea House was a place that used to be frequented by intellectuals, poets and writers.
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Female MPAs throw shoes at belligerent Sheikh Alauddin
PML-Q MPA throws shoe at Unification bloc member after he passes vulgar remarks against women members of the house.
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Three killed as power riots rage on across Punjab
Victims allegedly killed by guards of NA Human Rights Committee chairman.
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Opposition celebrates PM’s disqualification
Workers from the PTI, the PML-N and lawyers offered prayers in front of the Prime Minister’s Camp in Multan.
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Orient labs: 12 attorneys appear for victims’ families
June 20 fixed for arguments on post arrest bail petition of Zafar Iqbal.
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Crime against women: Two killed, one injured ‘by family’
FIR in murder states money to be the cause, neighbours suspect honour killing.
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Computer stolen from Prosecution Dept
Police, prosecution department conducting inquiries.
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Development project: 256 women get goats from Turkish agency
Agency vows to support more poverty alleviation projects in Pakistan.
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Theatre performance: Meri Lado — a comment on dowry tradition
Highlights suffering of brides’ families in paying for dowry.
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Revenue: 3,000 commercial buildings served notices
City govt targets Rs200m in fees as LDA recovers record Rs2.17b over last year.
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Graduating batch: LUMS gears up to host its largest convocation
Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy to be key note speaker.
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Public patience snaps: Rioters run amok in Punjab & K-P
Irate protesters block roads, damage public & private property in different towns and cities.
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FIA, NAB and police to probe Malik Riaz saga
Three member-joint investigation team to probe chief justice’s, tycoon’s families.
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Invention to Innovation Summit-2012 held at Punjab University
‘Policies should be made in the national interest’.
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Murder case: Absent Shan Khusro’s bail plea dismissed
Petitioner could not turn up for hearing ‘because of threat to life’.
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Media workshop: Educate police, court staff to curb torture
Pakistan is a signatory to the UN Convention Against Torture but has yet to take measures to discourage the practice
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Environment protection: Students urged to ride a bicycle, walk to university
‘A proposal to ban automobiles on campus is under consideration’.
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Fatal encounter: 7 ‘suspects’ killed in two shootouts
Five were killed in Sadiqabad and two in Liaqatpur ‘after a robbery’.
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Facing uncomfortable allegations
An incisive probe into the conduct of journalists is not a bad idea.
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Road congestion: City govt revives proposal for parking plazas
Proposes six new plazas to chief minister.
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Economic issues: Punjab Assembly winds up budget debate
CM warned that backing power rioters could cause situation to spiral out of control.
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YDA strike: Doctors refusing to negotiate, says health secy
Out-patient departments closed in Lahore as doctors again go on strike.
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'FIR against Shahbaz in case of mishap with PPP legislators in Punjab'
Advisor on Interior Affairs Rehman Malik says Punjab chief minister responsible for 'sponsored disorder'.
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'Diet or quit' IG Punjab tells pot-bellied police
Officers have been given till June 30 to shape up, those deemed too fat from July 1 will not be given field jobs.
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Research: Invention to Innovation Summit-2012 today
One day summit, displaying 30 inventions, will be held in collaboration with PSF, IRP.
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LDA seeking fees on de-notified properties
LDA Director General issued notification stating jurisdiction over several areas was being handed to city government.
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Bar Association to begin issuing codes to members
The LBA will issue counsel codes to its 12,500 members.
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Nishter hospital: ‘Lab will soon be upgraded’
Dr Akhtar said the machine would improve efficiency.
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Compensation: Research institute given land
The plot has been allotted to the research institute to compensate for a 200-acre plot it owned near Jhang Road.
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Power riots: Use of force ‘authorised’ to curb violent demos
City police may resort to baton charge and tear gas shelling if needed to disperse people.
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Not a snake bite: Wife accused of plotting husband’s murder
Autopsy disproves claim that he died from snake bite, says he was strangled.
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Cruelty to animals: 7 dogs die in fights with wild boars
The winner of the competition, a bull terrier named Shangrila, also died from injuries suffered in fight.
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Indian prisoner released after nine-month delay
Sri Bhanudas Vital Karele, 58, was arrested in August 2010 for illegally crossing into Pakistan.
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Summer camps: Minting money or enhancing capabilities?
‘Summer camps a way of teaching students to love learning’.
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Doctors versus govt: Young doctors vow to shut OPDs from today
Pakistan Medical Association calls meeting to discuss strategy.
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Power protests: Blackouts spark fury across Punjab, K-P
Electricity shortfall reaches 8,000MW, as mobs ransack public, private property.
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Hundreds of trees being removed for Bus Rapid Transit System
City denuded of its green identity, say environmentalists.
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Farmers protest ‘violation of water supply timetable’
‘Irrigation officials take bribes to supply water during closure hours’.
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Six-year-old ‘sexually assaulted’, murdered
Her uncle told The Express Tribune that she had gone missing on Firday while walking home from a neighbourhood shop.
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Sheesha Campaign: Section 144 imposed on sheesha
Many cafes have been sealed for serving sheesha while government teams are still conducting raids in several places.
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PTI to launch pro-judiciary campaign from 18th
Rally led by Imran Khan to be held in Lahore.
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Forensic Science Agency: Hiring of consultant, scientists irregular, say auditors
Audit report says Rs53.35 million spent in wages on untrained or ineligible recruits.
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Power riot: MEPCO record burnt, office vandalised
FIR registered against nine named, 170 unidentified protesters.
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Public medical colleges: Govt decides not to appoint professors nearing retirement as principals
Selection process for new FJMC principal excludes senior professors.
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Bahria Town prices dip on Malik Riaz scandal
The city’s second largest housing project is one of Malik Riaz’s masterpieces.
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Lawyers say judiciary should not be maligned
SCBA says all those who benefitted from property tycoon should be exposed.
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Law and order: Four killed in two ‘shootouts’
3 killed by Cantonment police in Multan, one by Balochni police in Faisalabad.
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Man shaves wife’s head for ‘disrespecting’ his parents
Suspect sent on a three-day physical remand.
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Survey findings: Action sought against schools with over 50 per cent dropout rate
700 schools have been found expelling poor performers for better results.