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Free, compulsory education: ‘ECP requires at least one more month’
Commission was expected to provide its recommendations in September.
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‘Loyalists’ vs ‘electables’: Candidates prep for Punjab president elections
PTI’s Ahsan Rashid and Ejaz Chaudhry to battle it out in December poll.
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80 arrested for illegal hide collection, burning heads and trotters
Suspects released on Monday against Rs30,000 bail bonds each.
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Eidul Azha: ‘28,000 tonnes of animal waste buried at four sites’
Prices of sacrificial animals dip after Eid day.
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Persistence: Permission or not, JuD gears up for hide collection
Organisation reaches out to patrons, goes the extra mile to facilitate them.
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Curbing Crime: 130 arrested in 24 hours
Officials say police also recovered six kg of hashish, 1.7 kg of heroin and 772 bottles of liquor.
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Cleanliness: 50 rickshaws hired to remove offal
District officials said that sanitary workers will visit houses to collect the offal.
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‘Feel At Home’: VC to host lunch for Baloch students today
More than 80 Baloch and Pakhtun students will attend the lunch.
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Wooing the voters: SCBA election campaign to continue during Eid
Candidates attract voters with eid cakes, 3,000 plots for bar members.
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Free vaccine helping Pakistan get closer to MDGs
Deaths by pneumonia account for 19 per cent of all deaths occurring among children under five years of age.
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Service Structure: YDA sit-in in front of CM’s Secretariat on November 7
YDA to call on several people including politicians to garner support, after Eid.
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Cruelty: Child’s skull fractured after aunt beat him for ‘asking for money’
Father sent to jail on 14-day judicial remand for beating son to death.
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Public Schools: 87 teachers, 18 staff members suspended
The teachers were suspended for being absent from duty or performing poorly.
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Cattle markets: 20 arrested for illegal sale; 4 for fraud, theft
Vendors say traffic police allow them to sell animals anywhere they want ‘after charging them Rs500 to Rs1,000’.
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Eid precautions: ‘Wear plastic gloves while handling meat’
Doctors advise against excessive eating, spicy and oily food; recommend cooking meat thoroughly.
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Eid festivity: Bail-seekers crowd magistrate’s court
Only 22 of the petty criminals were lucky enough to get bails.
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Punjab University wants greater security presence on campus
IJT and Baloch and Pashtun students reach temporary truce.
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Liberty Market Parking: System malfunctions during inauguration
Project officials dismiss failure as a minor glitch, say such glitches will be removed soon.
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PTA notification : LHC scraps overseas phone call tax
The judge also ordered the PTA chairman to submit a reply against the levy by November 5, the next date of hearing.
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6% graduation rate is too low: GCUF VC
"The varsity was building a new 200-acre campus at Jhang Road", says Dr Zakir Hussain.
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‘Extra judicial’ killing: Judge suspects police claim of encounter ‘in self defence’
Post-mortem examination report shows victim was shot in back and back of head.
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Funds: Rs10m released for development works in Bahawalpur
Commissioner reviews projects of Education, Health, Labour, Livestock & Revenue Depts.
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False information: Non-bailable warrants for arrest of EDO issued by civil court
EDO had wrongly accused two Health Dept workers of power theft.
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Holy calling Eidul Azha prayer timings
Eidul Azha prayer timings.
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Memories of childhood: Artist relearns how to draw like a child
Kites, birds and near collision tell tales of Ghulam Hussain Guddo’s early years.
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Public health: Punjab to check water supply for brain-eating amoeba
Instructions issued to district officials after 30 cases in Karachi recently.
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‘Kala Bagh Dam is a project of national interest’
LHC CJ remarks the govt should build consensus on the dam.
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Before Eid: Animal sales spill over onto streets despite ban
Vendors say its harder to sell from markets because of tough competition.
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Move to tax overseas calls halted by LHC
Government’s move to impose hefty tax on incoming calls from overseas termed unconstitutional by petitioner.
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Rights of the disabled: AWAM urges govt to review policies
Wants detailed legislation based on UN Convention on disabled persons.
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Examination mafia: Two BZU officials caught taking Rs100,000 bribe
Masters student told to pay up to pass supplementary examination.
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Kidnap for ransom: Boy killed by uncle, another recovered unharmed
Man kills nephew over delay in payment of Rs1 million ransom.
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Emergency services: Rescue 1122 to remain on alert during holidays
As many as 33 mobile posts will provide emergency cover in the city during the Eidul Azha holidays.
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From Lahore to Islamabad: Karachi police nab conmen who swindled over Rs270m
Police say the men lured investors with promise of hefty return.
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General cadre doctors to start 1,000-signature campaign today
"14,000 plus general cadre doctors were the backbone of the province’s health delivery system," says Dr Masood Sheikh
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Education for all: Literacy rate rising, but Pakistan needs to do more
UNESCO director says more girls educated today than their mothers.
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UHS Vice Chancellor: Contempt plea filed against CM over empty post
"The government had made no efforts to appoint the vice chancellor in that period," says petitioner.
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LBA address: ‘Mandela, Arafat were once ‘terrorists’ too’
JI chief calls for dialogue with Taliban.
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Kala Bagh Dam: Court to hear further arguments today
Petitioners’ counsel told to argue on report of technical committee.
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LUMS vs Hoodbhoy: I’m losing job for ‘ideological reasons’, says professor
LUMS VC denies political, religious views had anything to do with decision.
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Vice chancellor posts: Senior doctors opt out over job requirements
UHS and KEMU vice chancellor posts declared non-practising for the first time.
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Despite having second worst record for children out of school, UNESCO optimistic
Dr. Nagata believes that despite having worst education indicators in the world, situation in Pakistan is progressing
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Punjab Emergency Service to remain on high alert at Eid-ul-Azha
Rescue 1122 is planning to deploy emergency vehicles in areas where Eid congregations will take place.
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Asghar khan case: ‘SC ruling has exposed dirty secrets’
Khosa praised the lawyers for standing up to a dictator to fight for the supremacy of law.
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‘Police encounter’: Two ‘robbers’ killed, two others injured
Witnesses say the men had been shot before the police arrived.
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Domestic violence: Man arrested for setting wife on fire
Couple had separated two years ago and later reunited after family elders intervened.
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Kalabagh dam: ‘Can LHC direct govt to construct the dam?’
“The federal government’s silence and dormant and unconcerned attitude violates the Constitution”, says petitoner.
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Entrepreneurship: 5,000 women in south Punjab to be trained in handicrafts
The project will cover Bahawalpur, Lodhran, DG Khan and Multan districts.
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University of Health Sciences: ‘Women more likely to get tension headaches’
Danish expert gives lecture on headaches.
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Chacha Pakistani: Closing a decade of patriotic fervour
Baba Mehar Din would charge up the crowd driven by his love for the army.