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Medical oversight?: Court seeks response from health dept over alleged negligence
Sheheryar told the HR Directorate LRH doctors administered his son the wrong injection.
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Garhi Mali Khel blast: Niaz Gul fought for peace till he breathed his last
Deceased peace militia head would always be present to help victims after terrorist attacks.
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8 years later...: K-P demands abolishment of Earthquake Reconstruction and Relief Authority
Resolution seeks transfer of allocated funds to the provincial exchequer.
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Rising insurgency: Blast targeting polio workers, police kills 2
The explosion went off just as the polio workers reached the dispensary’s main gate.
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Heading home: Governor pledges more funds for repatriation of IDPs
Condemns attack on polio team, expresses condolences to bereaved relatives.
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Sufi Muhammad acquitted in treason case
The total number of cases Sufi has been acquitted in has now reached five.
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Youth welfare: Books and pens, not (toy) grenades and guns
MPAs demand legislation over toy weapons to protect children from violent tendencies.
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Facilitating patients: HMC’s newly-appointed chief urges cleanliness
Addresses staffers during introductory meeting, pledges to provide better services.
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Pulling the shutters down: PDA shuts down 19 clinics in residential areas
Capital city police asked to assist administration in raids.
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Commercial activities: ‘Legitimise trade of Afghan refugees’
Petition states that the trade and business of Afghan refugees be governed.
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With three new cases, at least 34 have been infected with the paralysing virus
Polio has been confirmed in two 13-month olds, one 10-month-old in FATA.
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Widespread reforms: Chief minister vows to revamp ‘useless’ education system
Announces to introduce English as medium of instruction from next year.
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Explosion in Peshawar kills 2 police officers, injures 8
Police van providing security to a polio team was targeted.
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Ill-equipped: KTH’s neonatal ICU deprived of functional X-ray machine
CEO promises to repair or replace equipment lying idle in the storeroom.
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Local Government Bill 2013: New draft ensures interference by provincial govt in district affairs
The new law envisages establishing 3,500 villages and neighbourhood councils.
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Tug of war: PML-N K-P chapter feels victimised, struggles with internal rifts
Local leaders claim PTI is attempting to weaken PML-N’s provincial roots.
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Postmarked Maidan: Overgrown harvests, overrun fields of black gold
In the 2nd part of the Tirah diary, tribesmen discuss the loss of cannabis, a cash crop, to operations, displacement.
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Provincial govt has turned into an NGO: Fazlur Rehman
Says certain forces want to neutralise sentiments of the people of K-P.
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Moon sighted: Pakistan to celebrate Eid on October 16
Quetta was the first city in which the moon was sighted.
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With one voice: Clerics condemn Taliban endorsement of church attack
Barelvi scholars say TTP is defaming Islam, flouting its principles.
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Shuffling around: PHC orders transfer of judicial officers
Senior Civil Judge Irshad Ahmad Khan, on his return from studying abroad, was posted at PHC as in-charge of the NJPIC.
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Officials summoned to suggest easier ways of obtaining domiciles
Petitioner tells PHC obtaining the certificate is a tedious task under the current policy.
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Traders decry recent tax hikes by Federal Board of Revenue
PML-N working committee asks for fiscal relief in the form for reductions in tax, utilities costs.
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FR Peshawar: Security forces withdraw post operation
According to local elders, the security forces ended their operation and have withdrawn.
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All Saints Church attack: LRH holds condolence reference for slain employees
CEO says funds provided by the provincial govt for emergency treatment are inadequate.
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Cyber crime: Health department receives threatening emails
Police asked to monitor all internet cafés, maintain record of visitors.
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Agreeing To Disagree: Sherpao distances QWP from Imran Khan’s statement
Sherpao lamented the PM was yet to visit Peshawar after the recent blasts.
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K-P govt asks IGP to keep check on internet cafes
The home ministry had received reports of a rise in threatening emails prior to this request.
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APC resolution: ‘Govt must delink itself from US war’
PTI, PML-N skip Jamat-sponsored event.
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TTP condones Peshawar church attack
TTP says it has checked with all its groups and none of them owned the church attack.
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Restrictions removed: CM lifts recruitment ban for Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan
AWKUM is the only public university to not yet submit its five-year hiring record.
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GulBela bus attack: ATC sends driver, cleaners on remand
The accused were then presented before ATC judge Asghar Khan.
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Widening the net: IGP instructs DPOs to base search operations on intelligence reports
Stresses stern action against corrupt officers.
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Demarcation disagreement: Contempt notices issued over land dispute
PHC seeks explanation on why the court’s earlier orders were flouted.
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Blame game: Bilour says people living in ‘constant fear’
Claims PTI has failed to control law and order in the province.
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Under duress: Two policemen slain, another injured in separate attacks
Minor girl caught in line of fire, critically wounded in ambush on Mardan Road.
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Blast in Peshawar injures police official
Explosives planted on the roadside detonated when a police mobile passed by.
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Taliban to keep away from Baradar
He isn’t a free man and that’s why people are afraid of meeting him says a Taliban official.
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Stab in the back?: Jamaat calls own APC in wake of PTI indecision
K-P govt had called an APC on Sept 13 but it has since been delayed.
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Airblue disaster: PHC cites ‘pilot error’ for Margalla Hills air crash
Court concurs pilot was old and not alert; ATC facilities also to be blamed.
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Giving assurances: Information officers to operate sans political influence
Farman directed fair and just distribution of advertisements in the media.
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Delayed services: Patients still await free medicines at govt hospitals
Though Rs1 billion has been released, officials are not yet authorised to spend it.
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Cure and prevention: Seminar held to raise awareness on breast cancer
Dr Shahzad further said Pakistan has one of the highest rates of breast cancer in Asia.
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By-election violence: PHC quashes ATA charges against MNA Bilour, nephew
‘Verbal disputes and quarrels are common during election campaigns’.
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Additional recruitments: GSSC hires new faculty members using college funds
Students suffer under shortage of teachers, say officials.
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Question of jurisdiction: AGP to consult with the centre on relocation of FC platoons to K-P
According to the FC Act, 1915, the force was created to secure buffer zones between K-P, tribal areas: PHC.
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A slice of history: Turning back the clock on ancient mosque
Now restored, the mosque, which locals say is 300 years old, is a central feature for the local community of Islampur.
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State-of-the-art: Police to be equipped with mobile phone tracking
Special security arrangements made for sensitive areas of the city.
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Peshawar bus blast: Sketches of suspects drawn up
Bus driver and conductor sent on a judicial remand for 14 days.
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Pilot guilty in Airblue crash: PHC
PHC also stated that the air control tower did not give appropriate directions to the pilot.

















































