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New contempt law: PPP, PBC agree to revisit three clauses
Lawyers’ body has filed a petition in the SC suggesting the agreed changes.
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‘Stoning’ claims untrue: Husband confesses to strangling wife
Says land owners earlier accused of the murder are innocent.
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Shutdown: Loom workers’ protest continues
The looms had been closed by owners over workers’ demand for a wage raise.
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‘Black Day’: Bars call Monday strike against contempt law
Lawyers across the province would go on a full day strike on Monday, July 23.
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1,000 policemen for Faisalabad mosques
Security arranged for Ramazan Bazaars, railway stations, bus stands.
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Science cooperation: US-funded statistics lab opens at UVAS
US allocated $350,000 for research projects in Pakistan this year.
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Medical regulation: No progress in probe of death in unauthorised surgery
Police have detained husband of the suspect for a week without presenting him before a court.
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First rain: Rain water bothers city folks, pleases desert people
‘Water drained from three underpasses by sunset’.
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Vigilante justice: Two prisoners shot on way to courtroom
One dead, other critical; son of murder victim arrested for shooting.
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Sacred waters: Katasraj lake being rehabilitated
Water level rises after three pumping stations are demolished.
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Independent police force proposed for Ring Road
Force to be modelled on the National Highway and Motorway Police.
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Service structure: YDA announces protests at public hospitals from 26th
Patient care will not be interrupted at any wards, says YDA.
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Crops damaged in Chachran Sharif
Katcha area residents say no plans to relocate.
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Torture allegations: Police have ‘yet to receive orders’
Sessions court had directed the police two days ago to prosecute an ASI, four others for torturing a man.
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Rs5.6b development budget for Faisalabad
FDA budget amounted to Rs16.76 billion, of which Rs11.159 billion was non-development expenditure
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Ramazan: City eateries offer Sehr, Iftar deals to attract customers
Iftar packages on offer are between Rs700 to Rs1,700.
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Ring Road authority told to generate its own resources
Work on Ring Road’s southern loop to start soon.
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Flickr exhibition: Amateur photographers get extended run
107 pictures by 22 photographers on display till July 22.
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Right and wrong: New contempt law can lead to anarchy, says Asma Jahangir
‘Courts also need to exercise restraint in issuing contempt notices’.
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Doctors’ jobs: YDA directed to submit service structure proposals
Government says accepting all of doctors’ demands would open a Pandora’s box.
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Scandal: FIA to probe purchase of transformers made from scrap
PEPCO annually spends over Rs25 billion to buy transformers.
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Postmaster booked in Rs2m scam
Accused pocketed cash deposited by people in Post Office saving accounts.
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Police report: Sensitive NATO routes in Punjab identified
Police asked to be extra mindful of security since there has been a history of attacks.
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Christians hold demo: Pindi MNA accused of grabbing church, hospital land
BB Road blocked for three hours; Malik Abrar Ahmed denies charges, makes counter allegations.
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Accountant general’s office: Employees accuse senior officials of union leader’s murder
Block The Mall for 2 hours to force police to register case against AG.
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Protester faces public nuisance charges
He had burnt his motorcycle and furniture in protests at Governor’s House.
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Successful polio campaign: Train vaccinators, address the public’s concerns, says LHC
Justice Bandial disposes of petitions challenging efficacy of polio vaccine.
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‘Govt schemes impeding provision of free education’
Politicians consulted on how to implement Article 25-A.
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Urbanisation woes: Farmers protest establishment of housing colony in Gujranwala
Say livelihoods of thousands of people associated with land selected for GDA City.
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Fatal encounter: Proclaimed offender killed ‘in shootout’
A witness says the suspect was brought to the scene in a police van and killed.
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Punjab Assembly committee to take up complaint against Chinoy
Standing committee to take up matter as first case.
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Punjab governance forum: Chief minister demands early general elections
Says democratic system not bad, but being badly handled.
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Law and order: 2 banks robbed by different groups
Robbers take Rs9m, CCTV recording machines.
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Punjab Police: Elite Force to withdraw from guard duty
2,000 officials from Battalion 8 of Punjab Constabulary to replace them.
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Traffic warden loses shoe, challan book for fining young boys
Traffic warden's challan book, shoe stolen when he was praying inside a mosque.
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Formal talks: Nawaz gives senior leaders go-ahead
Sharif gives go-ahead to convert informal talks with PPP into formal talks over caretaker set up, election schedule.
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PML-N to talk to all parties on caretaker set-up
Says it doesn’t matter if even 10 premiers are dismissed – law is supreme.
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Ramazan Bazaars: LWMC finalises cleaning schedule
25 Model Ramazan Bazaars to be set up in the city
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Meet the press: ‘Crime rate in most areas has decreased’
IG said 100 model police stations being built in the province, which would be free of what passed as ‘thana culture’.
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Polio vaccination: 1,441 teams immunise 258,445 children
Children missed during campaign to be immunised later.
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Hajj quota: ‘List eligible, ineligible tour operators online’
Justice Bandial says Ministry of Religious Affairs isn’t facilitating the public.
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‘Minimum wage raised to Rs9,000’
Minimum wage for unskilled labourers has been raised from Rs6,000 to Rs9,000 from July 1.
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MPAs’ thoughts turn to elections
PML-N and PPP members debate about whether this was the last assembly session before the caretakers are called in.
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‘Honour’ crime: 10th class girl, 11th class boy found killed
Families say the two had eloped the night before.
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Groom arrested on way to wedding, later released
Absconder in nine-year-old murder case released on interim bail.
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Quick-fire lawmaking: Seven bills returned by governor ‘pushed’ through
PPP’s Naulatia, PML-N’s Sanaullah disagree over legislative propriety.
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Occupational health, safety laws: Make environmental crime cognizable, suggests CMIT
34 stone crushing factory workers died of lung diseases in a Dera Ghazi Khan village in 2011, says report.
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Infant died five minutes after burial, autopsy shows
Autopsy report shows two-day-old girl had no physical impairments.
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Human trafficking: FIA opens probe into Filipinas smuggling
Hamza Shehbaz lodged complaint against five men who had used his name in illegally bringing Filipinas to Pakistan.
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Khosa hopes Singh will soon visit Pakistan
Governor criticised former presidents for imposing martial law that he said had harmed the country and democracy.