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Defending the PPP: Premier dismisses ‘test tube’ parties
Says ‘political orphans’ will bow down before US like Musharraf did.
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Kuwait airport mishap: Truck collides with PIA aircraft
Flight PK 240 was about to leave for Sialkot when incident occurred, no passengers hurt.
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Sapna Khan case: Case to resume in the new year
Case adjourned till January 6 after SHO Race Course fails to file comments on time.
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Encounter: Protesters set fire to police post
Reject police claim that deceased was a criminal, demand inquiry.
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Four children burn to death as house catches fire
The mother of the expired children survived the accident, but is severely injured.
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Where is Sapna Khan?: LHC issues notice to SHO regarding Khosa's petition
Khosa alleges police of being hand in glove with his missing former wife’s family in harassing him.
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Judicial training: Incompetent judges have no future: CJ
20 district and sessions judges awarded certificates.
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Law & disorder: Assaults demonstrate lack of security at courts
Environment at lower courts marred by fear and insecurity in 2011.
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Civil service: Provincial-federal tussle rules bureaucracy
Job tussle between DMG and PMS officers was the story of the year.
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Punjab Assembly: House in uproar over Ayesha Malik case
Opposition and law minister at loggerheads over latest ‘daughter of Punjab’.
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Awan stands fast on government stance, blames PML-N for all problems
Awan criticises Nawaz Sharif for filing petition on Memo case in Supreme Court.
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Tehsildar punished for delaying implementation of court order
LHC sends Kasur Tehsildar to prison for seven days for delaying implementation of civil court order.
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The politics of development spending
Opposition members received Rs8 million every year for the three years PPP and the PML-N shared the treasury benches.
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Pakistan Railways scrap scam: NAB begins probe, makes four arrests
The alleged sale was made at throw-away prices.
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Terrorism alert: ‘Punjab is home to banned organisations’
Analyst says terrorists have been affected by operations in the north.
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Meet the Press: Riaz says PTI’s tsunami will sweep away more Leaguers
Raja says all PPP members are united and had complete trust in their leadership.
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Punjab Assembly: Where are the development funds we were promised, Riaz asks Sanaullah
After 40 minutes, PA closes shop due to member’s death.
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Civil service: Four in the running for chief secretary
Nasir Khosa expected to leave to join Asian Development Bank.
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Protect the public: ‘The police are sleeping, the court is not’
Judge admonishes DIG, orders him to arrest 22,554 proclaimed offenders.
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Where is Sapna Khan?: Khosa files petition against Sapna’s family
Alleges police helping the respondents.
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LHC dismisses use of polygraph in memogate case...again
The review petition was filed by Barrister Javed Iqbal Jafree, who had also filed the initial petition.
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Vocational training: Shahbaz opens ‘skills fair’ in Bahawalpur
‘Rs50,000 loan will be available to successful participants’.
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Sanitation worker ends life over delayed wage payment
Rauf Masih had reportedly refused to bribe the sanitation inspectors who retaliated by withholding his salary.
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Family feud: 14 killed, five injured, three houses burnt
Mostly women and children, killed in shooting and arson attack after the killing of two men of a rival group.
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Kidnapping for ransom: Police encounter in Taxilla kills six
Four members of same family involved in abduction killed in the encounter.
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Who’s afraid of local governments?
If democracy means public participation in govt, nothing can be more democratic than local govt structures.
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‘Poor performance’: 30 FIA officials served 150 show cause notices
The officials have been accused of delayed disposal of cases, corruption.
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Sapna Khan case: ‘Police have sealed FIR against former CM’
Petitioner demands action against Race Course SHO for not providing copy of FIR.
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Kidnapping for ransom: Two constables booked for kidnapping
Police say two of the four suspects are still at large.
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Smoke signals: Hitting the snooze button on SOS calls
‘Response to distress calls being affected due to increasing prank calls’.
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Gymkhana elections: Businessmen and bureaucrats battle again for club control
Panels led by Misbahur Rehman and Ziaur Rehman campaign for votes.
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PML-N leader Amir Hayat Rokhri succumbs to heart failure
Rokhri was serving as an MPA, elected from PP-44 (Mianwali-II) for PML-N.
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Girls in schools: ‘Parents send kids to work when schooling is useless’
Consultation on education for girls urges more investment in public education.
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Punjab Assembly: Local elections put off for another six months
BS-20 requirement for district coordination officers lifted.
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Education board result, registration delays prompt schools to protest
Students submitting admission forms without result cards fined for submitting incomplete forms.
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Public service commission to submit records of pharmacists removed by CM to court
Counsel also claimed that CM exercised his authority to regularise hundreds of other employees of health department.
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LHC demands power schedule for VVIPs
Seeks details of surcharges on electricity bills.
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Imran scrutinises new entrants to PTI: Javed Hashmi
Defending Imran, Hashmi said if PML-N can accept PML-Q members, why can’t PTI allow people from other parties.
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Unhealthy concerns: Vehari reports 4th polio case of 2011
Residents say polio virus in district is linked to sewage in water supply.
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DSP, policemen booked in Faisalabad torture case
To avenge his son's fight with Ahsan, Niazi and 8 other policemen forcibly entered Ahsan's house and tortured him.
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Police to target drunk drivers on New Year’s Eve
Special squads formed to check youths on bikes.
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PML-N will never support resumption of NATO supplies: Rana Sanaullah
Sanaullah says people will resist if the government tries to resume Nato suppies.
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Nawaz Sharif’s sleepless nights
Prospect of losing key figures to Imran Khan from this region must be giving the PML-N leadership sleepless nights.
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Pir Chambal operation: Notorious LeJ commander arrested in Waziristan
Dr Arshad allegedly killed four intelligence officials and a civilian near Jhelum.
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Bonded labour: 15 of fettered family freed in Bahawalnagar
The family, including women and children, is recovered from a brick kiln in a police raid.
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Education: UHS to establish research institute
Punjab government will fund the establishment of a medical research institute at the UHS Kala Shah Kaku campus.
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Black magic: Cradle snatching to grave robbing
Corpse of newborn vanishes from cemetery, police suspects local pirs’ involved.
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Govt takes notice of substandard CNG kits
Vehicle examiners told to remove substandard CNG kits.
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Parking stands set own rates
Contractor says he pays cops, inspectors Rs6,000 a month to ignore irregularities.
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My dad's going to beat you: DSP allegedly beats up Faisalabad student
Ahsan apparently got into fight with DSP's youngest son, following which the the DSP & his other sons beat him...