Punjab

Government to close or privatise SOEs and non-strategic ministries as part of its austerity measures.

CM Maryam Nawaz announced decision to establish a Parks and Horticulture Authority (PHA) in every district of Punjab.

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif invites Modi and other SCO leaders for regional summit on October 15 and 16 in Islamabad

Artificial intelligence, virtual reality reshape international relations

Order of FTO came in case of multi-billion-rupee sales tax fraud through issuance of fake/flying sales tax invoices

.The National Assembly Secretariat has issued a 23-point agenda for a session of the lower house

PMLN candidate's appeal for recounting of votes in NA-97 was earlier rejected by the apex court

Separately, policeman killed in attack on check post in Kurram

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IG vows to purge Katcha areas of criminal elements

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Hafiz Naeem says pakka bandits patronising katcha dacoits

Affordable 'unsafe' eateries affect labourers' health

Over Rs225m allocated for construction in Manawan

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Victims hailed from Muzaffargarh and worked in a factory

Small piece of family land blamed for fratricide

Poor maintenance, lack of safety have deterred locals, especially women, from using the overhead crossings

917 assemblies planned across the province

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20 worship places damaged in mob attack rehabilitated in two phases

Suggests women suffer psychologically four times more than men when afflicted by disasters

Point fingers at alleged official-trader 'collusion' in H-9 market

Thandiani Road Project is supposed to be completed by October this year

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Govt approves Rs2b project to widen area, including underground utility lines

Revised plan will be piloted in two districts starting in mid-September

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Security measures include 4,600 cops and cellular service suspensions

Poor maintenance, lack of safety has deterred locals especially women from using the overhead crossings

Rains expected in Lahore, Gujranwala, Rawalpindi, Sargodha, Multan, DG Khan, Bahawalpur, Faisalabad, Sahiwal & Gujrat

Director among those accused of causing Rs70m loss

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Case registered against father, brother of victim

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Police blame botched attempt to escape for encounter

Enquires after injured cops, consoles martyrs' families in RY Khan

Large number of devotees throng Data's shrine

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Hospitals take steps to treat patients post monsoon

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Rawalpindi's district health authority says no cases of disease reported so far

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Association threatens to extend shutter-down strike to three days

Mother alleges Holy Family Hospital staff dropped newborn to floor, killing her

Power minister says govt negotiating new terms with independent power producers

Project 'Strengthening Tsunami and Earthquake Preparedness in Coastal Areas of Pakistan' completed