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Culture and sports: ‘Youth festival is a movement, not a mere festival’
‘The govt will offer more opportunities to the youth’.
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Islamic banking: ‘Government to promote Islamic financing’
Speakers say Islamic financing increasing around the world.
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Disputed land: ‘Eidgah yes, but no church on community land’
Villagers claim being ‘punished’ for not voting for local influential.
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22,000MW of electricity to be added within 7 years: Iqbal
Development projects with China to improve situation, says minister.
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Innovative celebration of Basant
Kayseria and Garnier celebrate the Festivities of Lahore this Basant.
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LHC to have more judges than ever in its history
Gen (r) Musharraf had raised the number of judges to 60 during his tenure.
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Lo Phir Basant Ayee
Ajoka Theatre’s latest play explores basant and the loss of space.
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Staff shortage : Punjab Police to transfer 204 officials to FIA
Around 30 per cent of the posts in the agency are vacant, says Punjab FIA Director.
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Planning ahead: Institute for Policy Reforms launched
Active and credible people from the country’s corporate sector will run the institute.
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Safety: Crack down on 19 dangerous factories
‘The govt has so hoped that these factories would relocate voluntarily’.
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Women’s day: Chief minister announces empowerment package
‘Representation of women in all sectors is important for the Women Empowerment Package 2014 to be effective’.
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Sensitisation: ‘Start respecting women at home’
The speakers called for greater sensitisation regarding women’s rights.
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Youth festival: Two-day fair opens at Expo Centre for job-seeking youth
Lahore, Rawalpindi to compete in cricket final for the blind.
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Gender ratio: More girls than boys admitted at the Punjab University this year
Rallies, poetry recitals and seminars held for Women’s Day.
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Pursuit of excellence: Medical education must adapt, says HEC chairman
‘Medical knowledge is the product of our peers’ research’.
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‘Comparative literature can promote national unity’
“Literature covering Urdu, Punjabi, Pashto, Balochi, Sindhi should be introduced in schools to promote harmony
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Art education: Ambassador discusses areas of cooperation at NCA
The National College of Arts has started student exchange programmes with several French and Iranian universities.
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Trial: Witnesses summoned in blasphemy case
A man and his wife submitted an affidavit stating that some people had implicated Salma Tanveer in a false case.
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Lady Willingdon: ‘Demolition of any part of the hostel out of question’
LHC tells govt to devise alternative plan for bus stops.
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Medical education: 20 workshops held on first day of AEME conference
Conference is organised in public-private partnership and major medical institutions are collaborating for the event.
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Hydroelectric power: USAID commits $81m for Kurram Tangi Dam
Grant will be spent on the construction of stage-I of the project.
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Safety measures: ‘Lawyers must cooperate with police’
Lawyers must cooperate with the police and allow themselves to be searched before entering courts.
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Disabled athletes shine at youth festival
Shahzad Akram from Sahiwal won the 100-metres race among blind athletes.
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Security threat: FIA to investigate sale of GSM module
Terrorists can use GSM module to set off IEDs remotely.
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Education: Village students to learn more about environment
WWF-Pakistan collaborates with The Citizens Foundation.
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Women’s rights: We have come some distance, activists say
SOP celebrates 20 years of promoting women’s issues and social justice.
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Capacity building: TEVTA fails to get $100m grant for procedural reasons
The grant covers curricula development, trainings but TEVTA needed buildings.
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Public health: Rs610 million released for measles campaign in Punjab
40 million children up to 10 years of age to be vaccinated in the upcoming drive.
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International Women’s Day: No end in sight
There are many bills that have been tabled in NA, provincial assemblies and Senate, but they have not been passed.
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Punjab Youth Festival: Provincial-level theatre competitions begin
Cricket, boxing and kabaddi competitions come to an end.
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Bus service launched
Special arrangements had been made to facilitate senior citizens and the disabled, LTC CEO says.
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Privatisation problems: ‘Excess employees to be given opportunity in Dubai, Qatar’
Minimum workers to be laid off, says Muhammad Zubair.
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Academic achievements: Lahore students shine on in the world
As many as 200,000 students had appeared in the exams.
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Cold blood: Parents arrested for killing two children
The mother says that she could not feed them.
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Local cement dispatches highest ever
Record-breaking growth of 2.9% during the first eight months, says APCMA.
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Driven by poverty: Mother kills her two children in Lahore
Father is allegedly a drug addict who did not provide for the family.
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Dengue control: ‘There shouldn’t be any excuses… you know your job’
Adviser to chief minister on health wants all departments to adhere to SOPs.
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Road construction: ‘Private investment too expensive’
The authority will also move a summary for approval to the government for land acquisition.
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Gypsy Mela: Artists and craftsmen celebrate cultural diversity
A NADRA van was brought to help register the gypsy people as citizens.
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Remember the slain: Black coats observe strike
Walk-through gates, metal detectors out of order at the lower courts.
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Policy statement: ‘Govt should stop appeasing terrorists’
Wattoo said the TTP’s ceasefire was a result of army’s preemptive strikes on terrorists’ hideouts.
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Halal foods: ‘Pak-China should cooperate’
Sharif said the demand for Halal food was increasing worldwide.
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Punjab Youth Festival: Pakistan outshines India, yet again
Win five out of six arm-wrestling and weightlifting completions.
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Pakistanis invited to China Halal food expo
Businessmen asked to exploit huge market.
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Arif Lohar on his language and his legacy
The singer has embraced his roots, and revisits them often in search of inspiration.
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Youth Festival: Indian women win, men lose kabaddi matches
Indian women’s team wins with final score of 38-15 points, Pakistan’s men’s team scores 51-34.
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One day a week: Gas supply to industry, CNG sectors
The current shortfall is 1,250 mmcfd, but the company will restore gas supply to both sectors to meet the need.
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Poor quality: Company uses scrap in the manufacture of transformers
FIA books firm for supplying substandard goods, causing big loss.
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Auto sector’s argument: Govt is uncompetitive, not the industry
Regulations, infrastructure that could benefit trade with India lacking.
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The serious side of comedy
Irfan Khoosat’s take on the genre, genetics and giving it his all.