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‘Mentally ill’ girl dies of self-immolation in Islamabad
Doctors say she suffered 80% burns, family claims she was mentally ill, did not want police investigation.
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Hajj quota: LHC seeks reply from Ministry of Religious Affairs
Court was hearing petition challenging allotment of Hajj quota without receiving application from tour operators.
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Gunmen torch 2 buses in Lahore, IJT suspected
Police suspect IJT members may be behind incident as they have been protesting against murder of their fellow.
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Faisalabad student commits self-immolation after being expelled
Student was expelled after his father had refused to visit school to discuss holidays his son had been taking.
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Punjab flour mills: Price of 20kg flour bag increases by Rs85 in Punjab
Mill owners increase price of staple by Rs4.25 per kg on pretext of rise in cost of grain, power tariff, and diesel.
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Christian couple acquitted of blasphemy charge
LHC overturns a trial court ruling which had awarded Munir Masih and his wife life terms.
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PM’s disqualification: Chief justice asked to form larger bench
Advocate argued that not only did the prime minister stand disqualified, but his entire cabinet too.
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Cases against 13 LPG filling businesses in residential areas
‘Prosecution does not bother us, we only have to attend hearings every once in a while’.
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Procedural hurdles: Street project delayed for 3 months ‘will resume today’
Contractor says he was waiting for approval of more similar projects to start work on all in one ago.
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Don’t belittle police, inspector general asks judges
Chowk Azam police station inaugurated.
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Recruitment process: Search for a KEMU VC on hold again
‘Legislation to approve candidate’s age yet to be approved in the PA’.
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Anti-dengue campaign: Larvae detected at just one site
558 sites inspected, 33 tyre stores and warehouses sealed in three weeks.
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War on tobacco: City govt vows to stop all smoking in public
Sheesha cafes, restaurants, hotels to be sealed if they do not abolish smoking areas.
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Monitoring nutrition: WHO, Health Dept to launch survey in seven districts
Programme will focus on children up to the age of five.
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Lahore administration to start crack down on sheesha, cafes
Lahore administration will start issuing notices to sheesha cafe owners, launch campaign against sheesha smoking.
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NAB disburses Rs32.3m to affectees of Double Shah scam
Tasawar Hussain Gillani, former partner of Double Shah, had looted Rs1,932.74m directly and through his agents.
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South Punjab: President forms committee to push for one new province
Key decisions, proposals discussed between PPP co-chairman and parliamentarians.
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Medicine ban: LHC summons PIC deaths inquiry
Efroze Chemical’s counsel stated that the Punjab government’s inquiry had found the company innocent of any wrongdoing
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Wheat procurement: Five suspended over misappropriation
DCO takes action over farmers’ complaints.
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Cop killed in ‘encounter’, family protests
SHO injured in shootout, says ‘criminal’ constable opened fire.
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Custody case: Court hands over seven-year-old to mother
Woman says she left home following abuse by drug-addict husband.
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PU murder: Jamiat pelts VC’s office with stones
Teachers announce boycott following ‘assault’ on colleagues.
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CM inaugurates Shahbaz Sharif Park
Announces plans for a home economics college, model bazaar.
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‘United we stand’: Worker released after protest
Maqsood Ahmed was arrested for allegedly starting a factory fire during 2010 riots.
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Industrial pollution: ‘Sustainable development fund should be revived’
Industrialist calls for construction of ‘combined’ wastewater treatment plants.
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History 101: Writing a new Pakistani history
Dr Ayesha Jalal asks students to open up to the plurality of Pakistan’s history.
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Contract work: Protesting workers storm Civil Secretariat
200 arrested, two faint after a baton charge.
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Lahore CCPO bans religious congregations from being held on public streets
Enforces Amplifier Ordinance restricting use of loudspeakers.
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Medicine ban: LHC summons PIC deaths inquiry
Efroze Chemical’s counsel stated that the Punjab govt’s inquiry had found the company innocent of any wrongdoing.
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‘Ghost busters’ arrested for drug use during ritual
Malang gang used percussions, horns and flutes to attempt to stop mysterious fires inside a house in Multan.
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Government employees storm Punjab Civil Secretariat
Protestors demonstrating against Punjab government clash with police after storming secretariat.
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Family protests disappearance of baby in Rawalpindi
A team of five doctors has been selected in order to investigate the alleged kidnapping of the baby.
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Kidnap or murder?: Court asks for investigation record
Shazia Bibi had told the appellate court on Monday that her husband had been convicted of murder.
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Protest: Elderly woman killed during police raid
“She fainted after police pushed her and died when she was given no medical treatment,” says a relative.
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Accounts officer’s ‘degree’ to be probed
Rules state DAO should be removed for failing department exams.
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‘Trade between Pakistan and India to be mutually beneficial’
USAID chief economist considers bilateral trade a positive development.
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Surprise visit: Shahbaz Sharif seeks survey of missing facilities at public schools in Punjab
Construction of a new block for school in Fareed Town ordered.
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‘Restrain Gilani from approving the budget’
Justice Bandial asks CJ to constitute larger bench to hear the petition.
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Doctors’ jobs: ‘Financial matters not on the mandate’
Committee can’t approve new cadre for doctors.
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Flight delay: Petitioners awarded Rs50,000 each
Shaheen Air argues claim should have been filed in Dubai, not Lahore.
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Property tax recovery: 55 homeowners pay 10-year-old taxes in 2 days
Properties de-sealed on payment, owners of 165 five-marla and smaller houses sealed during the crackdown yet to pay up
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Muslims and modernity: ‘Jihadi danger is from the elite, not the poor’
Scientific education more useful than religious education: Hoodbhoy.
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Law and order: Lahore police to upgrade main pickets, scrap the rest
Pickets to have bunkers, CCTV cameras and personnel under 30.
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Contempt case: LHC admits petition seeking to curtail Gilani’s 'illegal' post
Petition says Gilani ceased to be the prime minister after Supreme Court convicted him of contempt of court.
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79% water sources in Punjab supplying unsafe drinking water: PCRWR
PCRWR report finds microbiological contamination in all water samples from functional Water Supply Schemes.
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Two suspects arrested, weapons seized in Rawalpindi
Rawalpindi Police arrest two suspected terrorists, seize 35,000 bullets, 35 pistols, 10 repeaters and other arms.
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Political wrangling: Inquiry confirms ‘abduction’ of Sharif family aide
Joint inquiry committee, however, does not say FIA men were involved.
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Defective laptop: Computer shop ordered to pay Rs60,000
The court on Monday directed the respondent to replace the laptop with a new one or refund the price (Rs45,000).
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Youth, sports: New secretary takes charge
New appointment made as the province awaits the launch of the Punjab Youth Policy pending approval from the cabinet.
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Security nightmare: PU quiet after Jamiat man’s murder
‘Administration doing its best to provide foolproof security to students’.
















































