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Encroachment: Land auction announced despite LHC order
Several families currently living on the 82 acres of land owned by the Irrigation Department.
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Working towards a healthier Punjab
Residents from rural areas welcome new mobile health units.
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Sex-change operation: From Farzana to Faizan
17-year-old girl from RY Khan has sex-change operation.
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Data Darbar: Long queues on second day of urs
Contractor at shrine responsible for taking care of visitor’s shoes charging ten times the normal rate.
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Punjab Assembly: Education, healthcare top lawmakers’ priorities
Resolution containing recommendations for next year’s budget passed.
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50 couples get a fresh start
Local philanthropists arrange mass wedding ceremony and provide dowries.
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Kidnapping for ransom: 11-year-old kidnapped, raped and murdered
Ahmed’s father was arranging ransom money when the boy’s body was found.
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Failure to help: ‘Bring your own car or pay for fuel’
Police say fuel rations not enough for operations
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Police seek admin control of Elite Force
Senior officers say they don’t have power to discipline commandoes.
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Bar elections: Candidates spend Rs5.5m paying voters’ dues
Senior members condemn election practice as undemocratic.
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Data’s urs: Qirat, naat competitions mark the first day
Rana Sanaullah, Ishaq Dar perform Chaddar Poshi in chief minister’s absence.
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Belt-tightening: Punjab govt decides to cut 550 posts
Khosa says cuts will save Rs6.1b a year for development and welfare.
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Punjab govt abolishes 550 posts to cut losses
Punjab government expects to save roughly six billion rupees by cutting their expenditures.
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In memoriam: Salmaan Taseer remembered in cyberspace
"We want to have a place where we can make sense of the mess that has been left," explains Taseer's media...
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Tribal justice: Panchayat parades woman on suspicion of adultery
Mochi Waala resident Anwar’s wife was publicly humiliated in his absence by his family.
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Data Darbar: Pilgrims start arriving for urs
Three-day celebrations of the 967th urs of Hazrat Ali Hajveri popularly known as Data Ganj Baksh begin.
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Job security: Journalists protest sacking of 23 colleagues
Dozens of journalists staged a sit-in on The Mall in front of the Punjab Assembly.
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Government College: CM orders inquiry into Deedar dance
Officials to look at vice chancellor and registrar’s role.
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Tightening the belt: Go after secretaries, say provincial civil servants
PMSA president says abolishing seats would only save Rs550m a month.
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Cops caught posing as senior officers
2 ASIs turn up for court dressed as SIs.
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Shop owners challenge Park and Ride Plaza
Petitioners say open space land was illegally transferred from PHA to LDA.
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Rescue 15: Few lines, prank calls leave complainants helpless
Police say large number of bogus calls responsible for delay in response.
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Austerity measures: Punjab CM drops MPA hostel plan
Proposed hostel extension comprising 102 apartments would have cost over Rs3 billion.
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Honour killing suspected in woman’s death
A 22-year-old girl said to have died of electrocution, authorities suspect her death was a case of honour killing.
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Bad PR: Don’t blame me for rail mess: Bilour
Minister says lack of investment has led to crumbling rail infrastructure.
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Prisoner kills fellow inmate with brick
Police official says the killer was often used by prison authorities to threaten other prisoners.
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Government College: Khurshid’s extension as registrar rejected again
‘Sexual harassment allegations are the reason behind the rejection’
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Treasury MPA alleges threats from Chaudharis
Opposition responds by shouting ‘chor machai shor’.
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Punjab Public Service Commission: Dept to hire 4,500 lecturers on its own
HEC to carry out recruitment itself; official says commission lacks capacity, transparency.
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Provincial bureaucracy: 31 of 36 DCOs are junior officers
Only four officers meet criteria outlined in local government ordinance.
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Scary short-cuts: Woman tortured for passing through landlord’s fields
Nasreen Elahi, owner of a small piece of land, was attacked with sticks and scythe.
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Woman raped after her husband demanded wages
Landlord and accomplices escape; Zainab and Arshad seek protection.
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LPC Housing Scheme: Courts stays work on land reserved for park
Sarmad Bashir, Housing foundation MD summoned on Feb 11.
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SAFMA conference: Manto lauded for his contributions
‘Till his last day, he stayed true to himself and his craft’
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Teacher trials: Dozens of schools shut down due to lack of staff
Officials say most teachers transfer out of smaller districts.
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Illegal wealth: NAB yet to reopen 14 cases against Sharifs
Cases have been dormant since Nawaz was exiled in 2000.
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The woes of the Culture Department
Confusion follows Culture Department as they plan to install new set up without functional executive head.
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700 posts abolished by Punjab government
Punjab government decided to abolish almost 700 posts in police, provincial administration.
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Kidnapping-for-ransom gangs: 85 tribesmen join security forces
Police to rely on local cleric’s testimony before ‘trusting’ any tribe.
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Funding for Bhatta Chowk undecided
Committee surveying land needs for expansion project.
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Wrong medical report: Doctor told to pay Rs500,000 in damages
Petitioner lost job opportunity abroad due to the wrong medical report given by physician in Muslim Town.
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University of Education: Two VCs to investigate sacking of professors
Students stage another sit-in after the university administration did not let IT students onto the campus.
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Press meeting: Governor ‘will work with everyone’
Sardar Latif Khosa says that as representative of the federation he would try to work with “everyone”.
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Debate over development funds continues
N and Q-League MPAs argue over workers’ clashes in Gujrat.
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PML-N, PML-Q face off: Seven Q League workers remanded for four days
Workers of the parties arrested following clashes between them.
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Airport mystery: ‘Stowaway’ boy laid to rest by his family
Missing boy’s father alleges that the Airport Security Force (ASF) is holding his son.
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One-year tenure: Police officers welcome IG’s ‘policy’ on transfer
Inspector General of Police announces ban on transfer of SHOs and IIs before they finish a year in their posting.
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Judge’s parents: Police get murder suspects’ custody for five days
Police has yet to recover stolen Rs163,000 and gold ornaments, argues deputy prosecutor Rana Bakhtiar.
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Model town katchery: Illegally built lawyers’ chambers demolished
Demolition carried out after lawyers tried to construct permanent structures, says DSP Shahzada Saleem.
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Punjab Assembly: Women MPAs walk out over uplift funds
House echoes with slogans as PPP members raise voice against party’s policy of reconciliation with PML-N.