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Dedicated police help-line to be started for kidnapping for ransom, extortion
Use modern methods to improve law and order, Sethi tells police.
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Epidemic update: Three more die of measles, 124 new cases reported
Health Minister Salima Hashmi visits Mayo Hospital; says more money needs to be spent on healthcare.
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60% of people face food insecurity
Call for promoting food processing industry to address the challenge.
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Sheikh Waqas Akram gets back in election race
Akram will contest against ASWJ chief on NA-89 constituency in Jhang.
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Anti-dengue campaign: LWMC cleans up dumping sites
As many as 50 LWMC workers took part in the operation.
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Low turnout: Auction held for parking lots
Companies believed the auction would be held afresh once the govt is formed.
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Water accidents: Three drown in river, stream
Bodies recovered.
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LHC bench demand: Lawyers threaten to surround SC
The lawyers have been on a strike for two months.
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Panchayat decree: 13-year-old ‘vani’, mother flee
Her father is accused of having eloped with the wife of a landlord.
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‘Election will not bring any change’
“Hollow slogans of laptops, metro buses and roti, kapra and makan do not work any longer,” says Hussain.
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Pakistan calling: Documentaries for social change
More than 20 films from Pakistan and Great Britain are being featured on the Royal Society website.
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General elections: 3,354 polling stations declared ‘sensitive’
Intelligence agencies and police to decide strategy for security next week.
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Election rallies: Rent a cavalcade for the campaign
Car rental firms believe political parties dont have time to campaign.
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Measles on the rise: 3 children dead, 90 cases admitted in hospitals
‘We are admitting only the children who need management at the hospital’.
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Fate of PPP lies buried in Gari Khuda Bakhsh: Shah Mahmood Qureshi.
10 PPP workers from PA-195 jump ship to join PTI.
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New Charge: Demolition of dilapidated buildings ordered
The tehsil municipal administrations was directed to survey their areas for buildings that needed to be demolished.
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Linesman’s murder: FESCO employees protest against police
Ghulam Akbar was shot dead allegedly for reporting an electricity theft.
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New DPO opens anti-polio campaign
545,198 children to be given vaccine in three days.
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Student politics: Five arrested for protesting expulsion
30 students at the Bahauddin Zakariya University were expelled for firing on campus, 10 others issued warning.
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Award Ceremony: Lady health workers in Multan recognised
LHWs, often with limited training and support, are involved in saving lives and building healthier communities.
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Measles upswing: 70 more cases, most kids were not vaccinated
3-day polio immunisation campaign kicks off.
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Big Brother: Special cell activated
Monitoring report on five districts handed to IGP Aftab Sultan.
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Jati Umra: City govt to reply on notification by April 24
Notification and demarcation of the area is not based upon any section of the master plan.
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Energy conservation: Govt workers welcome five-day week
An officer says the two days off would give them time to refresh.
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‘Sensitive matter’: Jail trial requested for Sawan Masih
Bail plea withdrawn because the threat to Masih’s life would increase.
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Earth Day 2013: WWF extends tree plantation drive to hospitals
50,000 trees will be planted across the country as part of the campaign.
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Sunni Ittehad Council chairman Sahibzada Fazal Karim passes away
The 58-year-old was undergoing treatment for a liver condition at a local hospital in Faisalabad.
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Sharifs’ security expense overstated: PML-N
The question is that who will be responsible in case of any untoward incident.
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Public hospitals: ‘Doctors need to be punctual’
Around 300 patients visit the OPDs every day while 93,145 patients were treated at OPDs during 2012, says Niaz.
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Dispute: Mother of three ‘commits suicide’
Police said the body had been sent for a post-mortem examination.
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Red-handed: Two thieves beaten up in Faisalabad market
SHO says that the man is apparently a drug addict and used to stealing bicycles and manhole lids.
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Alleged noncooperation: Family of man murdered over property protest against police
Police had arrested the men nominated in FIR, but later let them go after taking Rs1 million bribe, says Protestors.
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Four months of hearing but no verdict
More than 1,000 appeals are pending before LHC election tribunals.
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Police chase: Boatman killed ‘for refusing to take robbers across Ravi’
An ASI injured in shootout with robbers in Hafizabad.
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Exhibition: ‘Most Asian art is water media based’
Rukhe Neelofer Zaidi’s show at 39K Art Gallery employs rural landscapes.
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Entering the race: Elections would be counterproductive to democracy says Ghinwa
Says PPP-SB not contesting the elections to assume power.
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Fair process: Blasphemy trials in high courts suggested
23 cases against Muslims, 8 against Christians and 5 against Ahmedis.
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Urban interventions: Model Town or mere copy, the case of a Lahore neighbourhood
The design was British, the intentions good but is this a solution for our housing crisis?.
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Measles in the city: ‘Vaccination cover in Punjab shamefully low’
Two more children die of measles, 47 cases reported.
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Alternative energy: ‘Punjab can generate 5,400MW electricity
Memorandum of Understanding signed to launch bio-gas tube-well scheme.
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Multiple expressions: Painting a grotesquery
The artist depicts human faces evolving into beastly images.
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Health of the province: ‘Medicine sales without prescription is a concern’
Report says the Constitution does not guarantee the right to health.
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Code of Conduct: Let’s bend rules to avoid breaking them
Monitoring officers concerned believe the bypasses are a violation.
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‘If we can’t enter, nobody else will either’
Lawyers put a padlock on the main gate of judicial lockup.
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Disease control: 4 children die from measles, 17 new cases reported
Health minister says government plans to launch anti-measles vaccination campaign throughout the Punjab in June.
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Taking notice: ECP directs withdrawal of Sharif brothers’ ‘extraordinary’ security
ECP asks Punjab government to provide the Sharif brothers with security they are entitled to as former PM and CM.
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Briefing: PTI social media team visits LUMS
The digital media campaign for PTI are run by more than 50 volunteers, based all around the world.
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Fogging, Spray: Anti-dengue campaign to begin on April 15
200 houses around the breeding site will be fogged and sprayed again, says DCO.
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Excessive exercise: Youth dies from cardiac arrest
Ahmed was taken to the tehsil headquarters hospital, where doctors pronounced him dead.
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Wedding extra: 5 guests arrested, 3 injured in police beating
They were protesting against the police for ‘intruding, misbehaving with guests’ .

















































