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NAB arrests postal workers for bungling
Postal workers arrested for their involvement in financial bungling worth millions of rupees in pension funds.
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Recovering their brothers’ bodies
Brothers of 2 killed in Karachi plane crash wait for bodies to be handed over.
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‘Terrorist toddler’ let loose
Cops accuse 2-year-old of terrorism & robbery; court grants bail to boy and father.
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Trainee doctor of BBH commits ‘suicide’
Third year student apparently injected himself with an anaesthetic, disposable syringe found beside body.
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Development work freezes
Development work in Rawalpindi city is at a standstill due to unpaid contractors.
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Tussle hits Punjab’s bid to raise funds
DCO Faisalabad is reported to have refused to help provincial Privatisation Board.
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When calligraphy blends with modern design
Bright-coloured calligraphic paintings displayed Quranic verses with prominent use of gold and silver leaves.
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Cattle market to ‘stay’ at Shahpur Kanjra
LHC dismisses plea challenging the shifting of the cattle market.
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A DHQ hospital without doctors
Hospital seriously lacking in medicines, is severely short staffed.
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Registration of child labourers demanded
Members of the Children Parliament of Pakistan protested against the torture of a housemaid in Multan.
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Court seeks Federation’s view on Musharraf’s prosecution
LHC sought final clarification from federal government, asks whether a case of high treason could be registered.
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CIA holds former DSP, seven cops guilty in Bassa killing inquiry
Accused officials will be prosecuted under abetment, murder charges.
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Gilani family car gets a traffic ticket
Ticketing warden claims he was later reprimanded.
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Schools of tomorrow
Conference discusses changing paradigms, leadership and development.
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Putting up pornographic pictures of schoolteachers
Teachers accuse DTE of forging their pictures and releasing them on the web.
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‘Educated citizenry key to nations’ success’
High literacy rates, quality human resources the secret to the success of developed nations, said Gilani.
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Police ordered to question Sanaullah about missing doctor
CJ ordered police to make the Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah join the investigation in missing doctor case.
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Widow accuses judge of favouring the convicts
The widow was escorted out of court proceedings after shouting at Justice Malik of the LHC.
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Govt doctors agitate against deputation policy
Young doctors voiced their frustration at the govt’s deputation policy for young doctors and for alleged favouritism.
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City celebrates Diwali today
Hindu Festival of Lights seen as chance to improve interfaith harmony.
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Rai Bashir chosen for judicial commission
PBC elected Khatam-e-Nabuwwat chairman, Rai Bashir, as a member of the Pakistan Judicial Commission.
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Family of man ‘tortured to death’ protest
Youth killed by a landlord after mistakenly taking a dish used to put chick feed.
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‘Watan Cards fetching up to Rs10,000’
With long queues and non-functional ATMs, selling seems more profitable.
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Confusion reigns over Eid animal markets
City govt neglects to make arrangements to accommodate goat herders from out of town.
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Punjab Govt closes down 5,700 schools
5,700 schools shut across Punjab due to inadequate funding, low attendance being used as an excuse for the closure.
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Nationwide protests by lawyers community
Black-coats urge government to bring Musharraf back, hold a treason trial.
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Fire ravages Hall Road mobile stores
Rs200 million worth of mobile phones and accessories destroyed, four injured.
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US to fund Sheikhupura Fort renovation
Culture minister, US ambassador signed agreement to work on the restoration of 400-year-old Sheikhupura Fort.
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Awareness of UN Resolution on Women, Peace and Security lacking
Meeting marked the 10th anniversary of the UNSC Resolution on Women, Peace and Security, adopted on October 31, 2000.
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Sikhs demand Nov 3 be declared as Martyrs’ Day
Sikhs push for Martyrs’ Day, in wake of the Sikhs’ killing in India in 1984.
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Police bias feared in rape investigation
Investigation officer declares no medical evidence of rape before medical report complete.
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‘Tax the rich to fund reconstruction’
Convention attended by hundreds of flood affected people, called for progressive taxation and land re-distribution.
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CCTV cameras installed on Punjab borders
Close circuit TV cameras installed on provincial borders to monitor terrorist infiltrations.
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Lahore police investigating Malik Amir's abduction
Amir, son of former Joint Chief of Staffs, General Tariq Majeed, was kidnapped near his residence in September.
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10-year-old maid beaten up to ‘free her of djinns’
Employer, a lawyer, has gone into hiding.
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College of Earth Sciences principal suspended
The principal of the college has been suspended following allegations of sexual harassment.
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Lawyers mark black day today over ‘emergency plus’ order
Bars nationwide will hoist black flags and hold meetings to condemn PCO by former president Pervez Musharraf.
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BISP looking to branch out
Govt working to expand scope of BISP operations with the help of foreign companies.
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Judge reserves order in blasphemy plea against Rahat Fateh Ali
Petitioner states that singer’s song hurt her religious sentiments.
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Court moved against PBC for nominating elected member
Petitioner says the council can nominate a senior lawyer.
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Murderer escapes right under cops’ noses
Alleged murderer escaped his police detail from outside the Anti-terrorism court after his bail was rejected.
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Auqaf could lose Rs18m over shoe ‘contract’
Rs17.75 million potential earnings may be lost, written agreement with the contractor not signed.
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Human trafficking tragedy lingers on
Grieved families urge authorities to speed up search two weeks after the boat overturned in the Arabian Sea.
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LHC gives ex-DPO time to engage counsel
Earlier the bench issued a notice to Chohan, seeking cancellation of his bail.
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Just an explanation
Home Department has asked Prisons IG to submit an explanation regarding allegations levelled against him.
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Reviving traditional ideas in a modern world
Artist Amin Chughtai influenced by Mughal courts and sub continental culture.
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Renew licences of fireworks traders within a month, LHC directs district officers
Similar order was passed in May but was not adhered to.
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‘Black water’ blues in Badiana
Thousands deprived of potable drinking water for over three weeks.
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Body of 10-year-old boy found
Postmortem report has revealed that the boy had been raped and strangled.
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Court summons Punjab’s top bureaucrat
SC seeks information on whereabouts of 11 people picked up by intelligence agencies despite acquittal by court.