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Govt to focus on promoting non-formal education
Minister says separate teachers training programmes are being developed independently
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‘Utility stores should only serve the needy’
Legislator says these stores are not for well-off families
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‘Promoting wellbeing of all people is a must’
PHEC chairman says health and wellbeing are much more than absence of disease
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Uniform governance structure on the cards for varsities
PHEC approves post-doctoral fellowships
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Six workers electrocuted in 24 hours
Seven suffered injuries in two different incidents in the city
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Mercury plunges after rain in South Punjab
The Met office has forecast more rains in different parts of Punjab during the next 24 hours
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Rain puts out lights in city
Mercury levels drop in the city, more rain expected
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Punjab to get five new model bazaars
PMBMC to improve existing markets across the district
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LHC gives green light to reconstruct royal kitchen
CJ says the kitchen cannot be used for commercial purposes
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‘Opposition parties united over Model Town’
Tahirul Qadri says ‘killers’ will be forced to resign if they don’t step down
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Chinese students keen to learn Pakistani languages
CUC wants deeper cooperation in mass communication, translation and cross-culture studies
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Muslims urged to incorporate Islamic teachings in economic system
IIUI holds workshop on enhancing the financial capability of underprivileged
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No end to one man’s struggle to reclaim grabbed property
Alleged land grabber’s challenge to civil court’s eviction orders to be taken up today
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ICT to protect child labourers by codifying four new laws
The administration is codifying four new labour laws as part of measures to control child labour in the capital
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SC takes suo moto notice of fee hikes in medical colleges
CJP takes notice on a news item about the lack of a uniform admission criterion for admission into medical colleges
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Climate change: Provinces yet to chalk out concrete plans
Punjab plans to crack down on smog, Sindh drafts its own policy as K-P and G-B remain absent
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New academic block inaugurated at IUB’s Rahim Yar Khan Campus
VC says students from Balochistan and Sindh can also study in the facility
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Four injured in cylinder blast in Islamabad
Blast occurred when a matchstick was lit at a house at 8:00am
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Parents protest against fee hike by private schools
Say quality of education is deteriorating in private schools in the country.
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Drug pusher gets four-year jail term
The accused was involved in smuggling narcotics while one kg of hashish was also seized from his possession
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‘Kahan Hu Tum’ enthralls audience at arts council
The drama was directed by Ali Rizwan, while the set was designed by Malik Sindhi
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LPG dealers take to the street against levy of taxes
Threaten to go on shutter-down strike if taxes are not withdrawn within 30 days
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UVAS starts supply of ‘hormones-free’ beef for consumers
Citizens appreciated UVAS for taking this initiative for providing safe and quality meat to people
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Sugarcane farmers withdraw protest call
DC assures grievances of growers will be addressed
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Three FESCO officials suspended
Departmental action would be taken against officials
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Negligent schools to be sealed in Punjab
This was decided at a meeting held the other day
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Lawyer, wife among three killed in capital clash
Police waiting for relatives to lodge complaint as questions remain on who killed neighbour
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Voter verification: Door-to-door campaign in Pindi from Dec 15
Arrangements have been finalised and efforts will be made to complete the verification campaign by January 7
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Capital lacks psychiatric care for children
CADD minister says govt plans to build neurosciences centre at PIMS soon
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Court summons SC assistant registrar, among others
Ghulam Ghous and other office bearers of the SCECHS were summoned on a complaint
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AIOU upgrades science labs
New technology has been imported from Germany and some other developed countries to meet research needs
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Lalazar Tulsa Road Residents lament CCB’s negligence in laying sewerage lines
Say the contractor has stopped working over the past week
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In Punjab, house of Sharif as sturdy as cards
Sources in the ruling party said that the fiasco appears to be of the law minister’s own making
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Five lawmakers resign in major setback to PML-N
Sin-in outside CM House threatened if Sanaullah does not resign
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Tahirul Qadri to go all-out against PML-N with ‘joint opposition alliance’
Sources say PPP, PTI, PML-Q, AML and PSP agree to join the coalition that aims at holding early elections
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Further development: LDA gets Rs2b to remodel city
Projects include construction of flyover, pedestrian bridges, roads and grounds
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Growers’ woes: Farmers demand timely start of sugarcane crushing
Many mill owners did not start crushing just to purchase crop at low rates
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Clean and green: ‘Villages cleanliness drive to be completed by 20th’
The commissioner expressed these views while monitoring the work on drive
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Battling corruption: ‘NAB retrieved 4,316 plots in different property scams’
Seminar highlights the menace of corruption and its effects on society
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Substandard food: PFA seals nine wedding halls
PFA has also served improvement notices to dozens of marriage halls
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Indiscriminate fire: Three women and minor injured
Victims were shot by unidentified suspects in a beauty parlor in Shafiqabad
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Poor performance: 277 teachers summoned under PEEDA Act
Asked to present written defence in hearing on Monday
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Democracy is the only solution, say political leaders
LHCBA holds event to discuss situation in the country
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Orange Line Metro Train: Litigation to cost exchequer over Rs10 billion
All construction works near heritage sites had been halted since January 28, 2016 due to stay order by top court
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Baked clay jar discovered from ancient Buddhist site
Workers are busy excavating piece of land around ancient site
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Transgender preacher defies dysphoria
Amir Khusro speaks about journey from Heera Mandi to Tablighi Jamaat
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‘Container ready if Shehbaz won’t go’
PTI leaders meet PAT chief, assure ‘full support for his cause’
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PM Abbasi scoffs at anti-government alliances
Performs groundbreaking of 1,263MW power plant in Jhang
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Family tramples son-in-law over 'love' marriage
26-year-old was trampled by Malik Amanat, an influential in Pindigheb
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Don't consider yourself rulers but servants of the people: new Islamabad police chief
Newly appointed IG of Islamabad Police Sultan Azam Temuri takes charge