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Families to lose official quarters for sons’ crime
Resident officer says safety of residents university’s first priority.
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A journey through photographs
Exhibition of landscapes to continue till August 4.
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Meat Matters: Modern abattoir to be set up in Faisalabad
The proposed slaughter house will have the capacity to accommodate 14,000 small and 2,800 large animals.
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Paving the way: A truly special school
Local teacher trying to reinvent public special school curriculum.
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Water Woes: Mepco severs 97 water supply connections
When they pay the bills we will renew the connections, senior district officer (SDO) Sheikh Sheraz said.
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Want venom?: Pir arrested for ‘healing’ people with the help of snakes
Haq said djinns controlled the snakes after Safia was bitten.
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Allotment policy: Juniors get residences above their entitlement
Official says chief minister can relax the rules.
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Corruption avenue: City paid Rs243m for road works never done
Nespak report finds major irregularities in project for repair and renovation of Ferozepur Road in 2009.
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Minor boy sustains burns from high voltage wires
Ahsan was reportedly playing on the roof of his house when the sparking took place following which a fire was ignited.
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Health: Committee to look into appendicitis outbreak
A total of 50 patients from Hadda village have been operated on at the hospitals in Sargodha and 4 patients have died.
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Student allowed to continue studies
Department had rejected the student over a 3rd division.
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Provincial council reverses lawyer’s suspension
Advocate was suspended for two days for representing murder accused.
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Students to compete in arts, sciences
Three-day Nerds of Arts and Gurus of Science event kicks off at GCU.
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Workers unite: Sacked mills workers try to storm factory in Faisalabad
6 injured in protests after 400 mills employees were sacked in 2 days.
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Lawyers seize constables in Sessions Court rumpus
Policemen say they were beaten up; lawyers say cops were the aggressors.
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Gang rape: Victim’s family arrested for pursuing case
13-year-old was kidnapped and raped three months ago, police are refusing to file the case against four landlords.
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Evaluation and reporting: Matric results delayed
A board chairman says results are likely to be announced by all eight boards within a week.
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Education and devolution: Governor refuses to budge on vice chancellor appointments, for now
Law minister presses governor to accept chief minister’s nominations.
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Locomotive funds: Railways gets Rs2b to pay fuel bills, pensions
Branch line trains suspended over lube shortage; pensioners protest.
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Criminal Count: 8,332 proclaimed offenders at large in Faisalabad
Out of 8332 proclaimed offenders, 6709 have been linked to crimes as fraud, theft, cheating, cattle lifting.
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Recruitment: Termination order suspended
LHC suspended termination of 1173 employees of PEPCO and Faisalabad and Gujranwala electric supply companies.
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Not playing fare: Customers crack rickshaw driver’s skull over fare
Usman and Abbas bludgeoned Mustafa after he demanded fare for the trip.
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Land Grab: 54 DHA employees declared absconders
Col Ehtesham was accused of trying to forcibly take possession of 4.25 kanals.
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Human rights: Government seeks time in Bagram prisoners case
Application asking court to summon ISI chief pending adjudication.
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Original sins: Priest arrested for raping girl
Leena said that Haroon Masih had raped her for over four months and forced her to have an abortion.
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Meat Matters: 137 butchers booked in 2 weeks
Special campaign was launched against butchers selling dog and donkey meat as well as that of other banned animals.
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Off track: 30 trains stop running due to engine failure
Railway officials feared riots would break out at several stations.
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Medical school admissions: As test nears, students seek answers on format
University of Health Sciences sent a summary of proposed changes to Punjab government for approval in April.
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Urban development: Elahi lashes out at Sharif’s transport scheme
‘He has wasted the tax payers’ money with his Sasti Roti Scheme’.
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Ramazan preparations: Towns begin setting up bazaars and dastarkhwans
District Coordination Officer tells officials to set up Bazaars by July 25.
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Pregnant pauses: Four times the fun
Woman gives birth to healthy quadruplets in Bahawalpur.
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Lal Shahbaz Qalandar: Attach extra coaches to trains, Railways told
An earlier court order directed the organisation to attach additional coaches to trains to transport people,
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Public transport: New buses delayed as hopes of tax exemption fade
LTC continues talks with federal government on General Sales Tax, transporters say costs too high.
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Poll rigging: Court reserves verdict in PPP MNA case
Petitioner seeks annulment of election results.
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Inspectors feel toothless without provincial law
Say EPD can’t take action against hospitals disposing of waste improperly.
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Poll practice: All about playing free and fair
FAFEN working to hold local political leader accountable to voters.
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Fake Encounter: Policemen won’t be charged with terrorism
The charges will be framed on the next hearing on July 23.
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Grave matters: Man shoots nephew after trying to bury him alive
Mumtaz also shot his wife accusing her of having an affair with Sabir.
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Eye for an eye: Surgery ‘performed by nurse’ to be investigated
Woman who lost left eye seeks refund for operation to fix right eye.
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Vigilance bodies ‘will encourage corruption’
Committees to investigate graft cases against district govt officials.
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Truck-van collision claims nine lives
nine people who died all belonged to the same family and were leaving for Umrah from Multan.
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Drug trade: Why one can’t ‘just say no’
Uncle killed, nephew injured for trying to quit drug trade.
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Subsidies: Elahi announces federal govt’s Rs2b Ramazan package
The former chief minister of Punjab, also announced that Utility Stores would remain open for longer during Ramazan.
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Robberies in DHA: Residents consider stopping security payments
According to the police record, 250 robberies were reported in DHA from January 1 to June 30.
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IG issues guidelines to improve performance
Police to draw up mechanism to get feedback on new initiatives.
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Public security: More patrols in high crime precincts
The objectives of the activity were to fight crime and maintain law and order.
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Embezzlement of funds: Elite Police suspends four officers, seeks audit report
The orders were issued by Qalb-i-Abbas, the Elite Police additional inspector general.
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Public ridicule: Man paraded in streets on donkey for stealing
Waheed was caught stealing a water pump and a wallet from a mosque.
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Education devolution: Punjab government wants control of NCA
College ‘will lose prestige’ if separated from Centre.
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No honeymoon period: Muslim girl in danger after marrying Christian
Appealed to the chief minister and Chief Justice for assistance in this regard.