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Auqaf doctors’ request for pay raise denied
Finance Dept says allowance not for employees of autonomous bodies.
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Police suppressing evidence in torture case
Six weeks after senior citizen was killed, police still to complete autopsy.
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Three more cameras down
Lawyers say failure to maintain CCTV system makes more insecure.
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Sexual harassment law: Punjab govt urged to appoint ombudswoman
Alliance Against Sexual Harassment to disband.
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Development funds freeze: Prime minister to try and appease upset members
Gilani expected to take Punjab MPAs into confidence over memogate.
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Court sends two drug pushers to prison, one for life
Muhammad Sharif sentenced to life imprisonment, Muhammad Sadiq awarded six years.
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Ex-Additional AG Punjab convicted for fraudulently withdrawing pension
Seema, late Justice Munawer Elahi's daughter, was withdrawing her father's pension as unmarried while being...
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NATO attack: ‘Supply ban not enough, stop intelligence sharing’
Jamaatud Dawa rally attended by district leaders of PML-N, JI.
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‘Not talking about sex is not good for health’
Parliamentarians talk to youth about sexual and reproductive health.
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PML-N ready to cooperate with govt, military: Nawaz
PML-N chief says administration should first withdraw from all agreements Musharraf inked with the US.
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The brick maker enslaved for 18 years and counting
Ashraf has been in bonded labour since he took a loan to get married.
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Muharram security: Sialkot bans 22 clerics
Eight others prohibited from delivering sermons.
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Month of Mourning: Muharram not being observed properly: Shia group
School exams be rescheduled, TV radio stations stop airing music entertainment programmes during first 10 days.
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Girl ‘raped by principal’ may never go to school
Family ‘in shock’, fear no school can be safe.
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Off air: BBC ban an ‘intolerable interference’ in press freedom
NGO says cable operators acted at establishment’s behest.
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Rallies against NATO attack continue
Political parties, professional groups stage rallies and sit-ins.
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Road works: Work on Peco Road to begin from January
Rs120m released to TEPA for first major revamp of road in 20 years.
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Nato attack protest: ‘Army should retaliate, not wait for govt’s approval’
Lawyers, traders ask that all Americans be expelled.
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Indians in jail: ‘Prisoner’s sentence ended a year ago’
Court issues notice to foreign secy for December 20.
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LHC gives Punjab Secretary till December 14 to explain IG prisons posting
Petitioner DIG Prisons argued that a Grade 19 officer has been posted on a Grade 21 post, violating rules.
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Biotechnology: WTO protocol poses hurdles in transfer
Adoption of modern technology is pivotal to avert food insecurity.
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Don’t label them ‘special’ or ‘disabled’, says expert
Seminar focuses on the need to integrate them into society.
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Punjab in monetary deficit because of PML-N's 'personal enjoyments': Elahi
Elahi says govt took “appreciable and timely” steps over Nato's attack on the Pakistani check post.
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Life Sciences: Genetically modified foods debate held
Genetically Modified Foods - Good or Bad?
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Ashura: The show goes on at art galleries
Owners of private galleries say that business continues as normal.
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Urdu journal launched at LUMS
Team hopes to ‘inculcate love of Urdu’ in the youth.
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Students, teachers rally at Punjab University
Call Nato strike ‘unprovoked aggression’, express anger at the West.
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Equal under the law: Lawyers allowed to protest on The Mall
Court ignores own recent orders to grant special exemption to LBA.
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Sodomy and murder: Body of kidnapped boy found in field
Rahman said his older brother was killed for trying to resist rape, police holding a suspect.
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Diesel shortage: Another 11 passenger trains suspended
Locomotive engines at risk as mobil oil short too.
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World AIDS day: Migrant workers single largest contributor to HIV/AIDS infections
HIV/AIDS infections have gone down by 21 per cent in the past decade.
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Fourth polio case confirmed in Punjab
Health officials say they are doing everything they can to eradicate polio.
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World Aids Day: 'Efforts must be doubled to ensure a person's right to life'
WHO director for Mediterranean Region’s Dr Gezairy says HIV positive people should have access to health services.
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Qila Bhatianwala: An oasis of religious tolerance
Shia and Sunnis live, pray, celebrate and mourn together in the village.
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Protest: JAC condemns NATO attack
Joint Action Committee (JAC) for Citizens’ Rights organised a candlelight vigil to protest Nato attack.
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Downward spiral: ‘Violence against women is the norm’
AWAM report says violence against women figures keep getting worse.
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Offering condolences: CM visits NATO attack victim’s family
Sharif says Pakistan needs to give up foreign aid to carve a secure future.
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Dishonourable ends: Man kills mother over ‘suspicion’
Son suspected his mother had killed his father 7 years ago, police say he suspected her of having an affair.
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FATA: How to tame Pakistan’s ‘wild western frontier’
Experts say ignoring Tribal Areas led to extremism, reforms required.
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Home-based workers: Labour Department proposes pilot project in three districts
Workers in Lahore, Sialkot, Multan to get registered; work on policy continues.
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JD vows to make Pakistan a Taliban state
School kids brought to rally from Faisalabad on pretence of field trip for science exhibition.
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Suo motu case: IGP submits security plan for courts
‘Regional, district officers to be held responsible in case of security lapse’.
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Fuel adjustment surcharge: LHC extends stay on NEPRA order till Dec 13
Deputy attorney general seeks more time to get federal govt’s response.
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LHC tells OGRA to explain granting LNG quotas to 2 companies by December 19
Petitioner argues that OGRA had given the companies quotas without inviting an open tender.
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Police can’t act on all threat alerts: CCPO
Police chief says alerts are issued to stave off blame, not prevent attacks.
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EU provides bomb disposal vans worth 4m euros to Punjab
Punjab police chief also requested for training of police personnel on how to use the equipment.
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Encouraging farmers: 'Cultivating jute locally could save $100m in imports'
Farmers assured of provision of free seeds, fertilisers along with technical assistance.
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Notices sent to vacate Shamsi Airbase: Malik
Interior Minister denies reports of UAE requesting Pakistan to not shut the base down.
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Weathering the Wild: Global warming termed greatest threat to wildlife
Threat to animal populations increasing as temperatures rise and hibernation periods for many species are decreasing.
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Automatic weapons: Customs nabs illegal arms consignment
Customs collector says arms dealers tried to import automatic weapons.