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Family rows: Bangladeshi woman finds shelter at Edhi home
She came to demand her husband’s help for their children, spent 6 months in Amritsar jail before reaching Sialkot.
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Access to information: Policemen warned not to talk to press
Help desks for overseas Pakistanis to be set up in Jhelum, Sialkot and Gujrat.
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Police bust gang of robbers in encounter
Police arrested four robbers, including a woman, in an encounter near the Bahawalpur Cantt.
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Power surge at LESCO leads to prolonged outages
Prolonged power outages not only hamper business activities but also take their toll on citizens' patience.
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Project allowance: PR official summoned on employees’ plea
Petitioners say they too were entitled to 50 per cent pay raise for govt servants.
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Public Spaces: 40km more cleared of encroachments
LDA tore down shops and other structures built on state land without approval.
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Custody battle: SHO told to produce child on July 8
Petitioner says her son is being held illegally by his step father.
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Madrassa education: DCO praises modern syllabi at madaris
DCO said it was necessary for madrassah’s to be in line with modern education standards.
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Sentenced: Toddler’s murderer gets death penalty
One man sentenced to death and another to a life term in prison for kidnapping and killing a 3 year-old boy in 2008.
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Commercialisation: guess where new policy applies
Authority says new policy will apply to 58 roads, but can’t name 13.
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Board meeting: Trackers, e-ticketing for city buses soon
LTC chairman says 2,000 more buses to be added to city network.
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Cool customers: Police officials devise new ‘summer strategy’
Locals said cops no longer stopped them asking for cash but for food and drinks.
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Desperate remedies: Police get tough on illegal parking on The Mall
Tyres punctured on dozens of vehicles parked on Kutchery Road.
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Overnight prisoner: 15-year-old girl trapped in lawyer’s chambers
Police officials found Rimsha locked in a room in the morning; her family protested outside the court for hours.
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Staged encounter: ‘Suspects made witnesses to protect high ups’
Four held guilty say they are being made scapegoats, demand new investigation.
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Heat stress: Murders, violence in city rises with temperature
Psychologists, police say with rise in temperature people tend to get worked up quickly and take extreme measures.
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Police recover detained girl from lawyer's chamber
Ramsha came to Faisalabad in search of a job when she was brought to the chamber by two unidentified men.
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Medical negligence: Drug leaves patient blind, handicapped
The doctors at the District Hospital say Muneer's condition is irreversible.
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Musharraf Case: Judge threatens ex parte proceedings
A case for high treason against Musharraf, for international warrants for his arrest and extradition to Pakistan.
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Lal Shahbaz Urs: Record of train services summoned
Every year PR run 14 special trains so devotees of Shahbaz Qalandar from across the country could get to Sehwan Sharif
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Kidnapping: Case filed against cop for abducting man’s wife
“I had to bribe the police to finally register my case but they did when I threatened to go to the press,” groom said.
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Education policy: The clergy’s latest jihad
Clerics break school windows against removal of verses from curriculum.
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Corruption rife in courts, says registrar
‘There should be zero tolerance for corruption in judiciary’.
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Illegal kidney transplant: Court extends physical remand by 3 days
Investigation team yet to arrest three suspects, examine MBBS degrees.
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The air we breathe: Dust levels up to five times legal limit
Environment Protection Dept air samplers suffer regular breakdowns.
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Load shedding: ‘Clear bias against Punjab’
Court asked to direct authorities to put an end to gas load shedding.
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Celebrations turn sour: A wedding to remember
Riot breaks out as groom’s party reject match over insufficient dowry.
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Quota quibbles: Christians being denied jobs reserved for them
Over 40 Christians announced a hunger stike for being denied jobs, as the seats were filled by Muslim candidates
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Annual report: ‘Juvenile delinquents mistreated at borstals
NGO report says children become hardened criminals in detention.
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Abid Market: ‘Go deal with the land mafia first'
Traders halt anti-encroachment drive, warn of indefinite strike.
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Beware the 'side mirror gang'
These groups have been active for a while now, however, no FIR has been lodged against them so far.
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Human trafficking: Abducted girls recovered by police
One of the abducted girls jumped off from the house’s roof and pleaded for help from a vegetable hawker.
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Shutter-down strike against killing of protesters in Mianwali
Police killed 3 protesters during demonstration against loadshedding on Monday.
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People protest against PM Gilani and son for alleged land grabbing
Protesters claim that Abdul Qadir came with armed men to an area in Rahim Yar Khan and grabbed hold of their land.
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Power Ploys: 1 killed, 18 injured in protest against power cuts
The protesters demanded that the Mianwali district, which generates electricity, should be exempt from load shedding.
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Lawyer impersonator arrested at Aiwan-i-Adl
Lawyers stop man beating up woman over property case.
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Court directs IGP to remove corrupt officers
‘Please recover my wife and punish the SHO who kidnapped her’.
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Kindness of Strangers: Documenting shared human experiences
At Anna Molka Art Gallery of College of Arts and Design, the exhibition will continue till July 9.
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Selling mithai to burgers
A customer came in to the store the other day and asked for ‘milk dumplings’ [rass malai] and ‘white fudge’...
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Children for sale: Man accuses wife of escaping marriage
Child Protection Bureau seizes custody of 3 children put up for auction.
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Punjab Lok Rahs: Did someone say classical?
Three-month summer workshop to learn flute, tabla, harmonium and vocals.
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Hard to stomach: Gastro epidemic plagues Jatoi villages
Over 100 cases have been brought to hospitals in three days and doctors fear hundreds more have been affected.
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Safety week: Wardens swap ticket books for handbills and roses
The traffic police would distribute 2,500 CDs, each with eight songs interspersed with road safety messages.
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CNG stations in Punjab to be closed 3 days per week
There will be no CNG available in Faisalabad, Islamabad and Bahawalpur regions on Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
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Courting favours: High Court judge inspects district courts
LHC Justice Sheikh Ahmad Farooq conducted a surprise visit to district courts in Faisalabad and checked attendance.
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Rival riots: Brick-kiln clans come to blows over water supply
Dozens of people were injured, after two groups of kiln labourers clashed.
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Monsoon mayhem: Drowning in troubles
4 killed in roof collapses, dozens injured in car accidents.
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Uniting theme: Wahhabis, Barelvis on same page on curricula
Sunni Ittehad Council, Jamatud Dawa to fight to keep jihad verses.
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Cyber romance: Chatting up a fairytale
Thomas flew from the US to marry his sweetheart in Sahiwal.
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Crime: LHC orders case against six cops
Millat Park police have registered a case against an inspector and five other policemen for harbouring criminals.