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Govt hiding flood inquiry report: Raja Riaz
Opposition leader says report handed in on April 11, blames CM for breaches.
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Kalma Chowk: Design flaws plague flyover project
Shahbaz pushing NESPAK and C&W Dept to finish by August 14.
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Facebook ban: LHC directs govt, IT ministry to file report by June 24
LHC seeks report and comments on a petition seeking a permanent ban on access to Facebook in the country.
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Illegal detention: CCPO asked to find missing man
Petitioner says her uncle is in CIA police custody; police denies any arrest.
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Arsenic contamination: Wasa told to hurry up with filtration plants
Chief justice tells agency to complete tender process for import of plants by June 15.
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Headmaster suspended for selling children’s books
15,000 textbooks recovered by police from a junk shop.
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18-year-old chained up by parents
Girl’s family said she did not receive medical treatment for several years because they were unable to afford it.
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Armed encounter: Two killed, four injured in family dispute
Man and his son were killed, while four others suffered serious bullet injuries over a family dispute
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Garlanded with shoes for ‘attacking’ a dog
Locals protest panchayat’s decision to punish 70-year-old man after his son pelted landlord’s dogs with stones.
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Teacher-student ratio: Court moved against Punjab govt policy
Seek explanation for violating of stay order.
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Crime: Family of burnt man accuse police
Family claim the police are soft on the accused due to the intervention of some influential neighbours.
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Civil Lines: One arrested during police raid
Other accomplices managed to escape from the scene.
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Murder case: TV anchor, co-accused granted bail
Diyat settlement likely to be formalised on Friday.
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In the line of duty: ‘Honour our children’
Sister of late Lt Yasir Abbas said he never let anybody speak against the military.
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In US-Pakistan relations stability means obedience: Chomsky
Discusses US-Pak relations, Middle East and being a Taliban sympathiser.
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Counter-terrorism: Police to join Army and Rangers in exercises
Army will be called if Rangers, police are unable to handle a terrorist attack.
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NICL scam: ‘Witnesses’ deny testifying to FIA
Say blank papers with their thumb prints used against Moonis.
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Contract expiration: Court annoyed with NAB’s lax attitude
Division bench of LHC took serious notice of non submission of replies by federal govt and NAB.
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PCBL: Headless board leaves Rs102b assets under threat
PCBL has been inactive since last chairman resigned in Feb.
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Post naval base attack: Security forces pull up their socks
Lahore Police, Pakistan Rangers and the Army have decided to hold joint counter terrorism exercises.
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Prison Food: Jail torture plea
The prisoner says he was tortured after he told the media that he had found human flesh in the jail food.
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Support systems: A home for the homeless
Shelter set up by local philanthropists serves as a haven for 80 people.
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Abbottabad: Federal govt issued notice
Barrister Jafree filed the petition and submitted that the US is bound to accept the jurisdiction of the ICJ.
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Minimum wage: Labourers vow to continue sit-in until demands are met
Labour Party Pakistan protests against bonded labour, inflation.
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Construction delayed: Construction company issued notice
Builders says ready for penalty under contract.
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Film Icon: Rani exhibition opens on 27th
Exhibition of 20 art works inspired by Rani.
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Danish Schools: ‘Funds would be better spent on more schools’
MPAs and experts come together to discuss education at UNGEI seminar.
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Cover Up: 2 medical officers, 3 cops tamper with evidence
On October 2009, Muhammad Afzal and Sher Muhammad allegedly injured Umer Draz of village Bakkhar Bar.
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All hail: A hard rains a-gonna fall
Winds at speed of over 90 km/hr destroys several structures.
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Plea challenges GHQ NOC requirement
LHC stays Border Area Committee’s order to dispossess petitioners of land.
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Govt to allow more theatres, less obscenity
Home Dept pushes for licences for new theatres, conversion of cinemas.
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US behind PNS Mehran attack, says Nawaz Sharif
PML-N chief says current govt’s ‘inept’ policies destabilising country.
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Punjab Forensic Science Agency: Forensic scientists face verbal abuse
Project director accused of humiliating them ‘to hush up wrongdoings’.
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Bank of Punjab scam: Hamesh Khan, Sheikh Afzal denied bail
CJ says the men who absconded do not deserve the concession of bail.
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‘Pay raise can best curb corruption’
Judges seek to clamp down on bribe-taking among court staff.
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Bars boycott court over Karachi terror attack
Strike not as successful in the High Courts and Supreme Court.
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Naval base attack: Blaming it on the foreign bogey
Rightwing religious parties say CIA, RAW, Mossad behind Karachi attack.
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Terrorised husband: Court suspends FIR order against wife
Aziz had said that Naseema had married him in order to usurp his property.
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Cheater Cops: 3 police officials caught helping students cheat
A Civil Lines Police station superintendent and deputy superintendent were arrested.
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Child maid raped: 10-year-old locked up after being raped by employer
Umer and his father tied up Naseem so she couldn’t tell anyone about the incident.
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Cut-off point: Multan’s powerless local government
MEPCO disconnects electricity to several govt offices to recover Rs3b default.
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Illegal Migration: Man caught selling forged EU visas
Man caught selling tampered Schengen visa stickers for up to Rs700,000 each.
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PNS Mehran attack Bodies of Navy, Rangers men arrive
Lt Abbas’s funeral will be held at his residence today at House 274, Street 9, Askari 10, Cantonment.
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Illegal parking: IGP’s office accused of encroachment
PHA claims ownership, police disputes it.
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Gastro epidemic: Rising temperatures turn stomachs
30 children have been admitted with diarrhoea in Kamalia this week,.
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Fee foibles: How to pay for free education
Locals protested after govt girls and boys schools in the province were found charging students with a fee.
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Teenager crushed by state minister’s procession
The vehicle of Federal Minister Sheikh Waqas Akram of the PML-Q crushed a man to death in Faisalabad.
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Two ramps for sessions court ground floor only
No ramps in sight for buildings of district, Cantt and Model Town courts.
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Mind, body and soul: Spiritual resources can solve problems
Effects of synthetic food on human behaviours discussed in seminar.
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Trespassing: Nine-year-old shot dead by guard
Crowd of people catch, detain and rough up guard till police arrives.