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Doctors demand moratorium on new colleges
Association says govt must drop plans to start evening classes.
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Quintuplets: Woman gives birth to five girls in Sialkot
Two of the newborns died during delivery, three are stable.
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Working models: Flood victims move into new homes in model village
The village is the first fully functional model village.
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Ramazan art bazaar: Event showcases work of 12 Lahore artists
The Knowledge Factory on Sunday held its first Ramazan Art Bazaar.
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Policy paralysis: SHOs confused by conflicting directions
Iqbal Town SP says the emphasis is on preventing crime, patrolling increased.
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New provinces: PPP primed for debate in Punjab Assembly
PPP demanded that they be allowed to debate the creation of a separate southern Punjab province.
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Candle-lit vigil: Victims of Hiroshima bombing remembered
Participants call for nuclear non-proliferation, disarmament.
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SHO shot dead then burnt in his own car
Police arrest officer’s wife and son for alleged involvement in the murder.
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New federating units: PML-N wants 13 provinces
Plan ignores Hazara province, relies on boundaries of divisions circa 1973.
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Super flood blamed on lasers, a cruel Pathan
Survivors recall the DCO’s handshake with Angelina Jolie.
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Sexual harassment: Cops beat up Auqaf man for trying to defend devotees
Azhar tried to protect the girls but was arrested instead, say witnesses.
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Ramazan forcing lunch-goers to lie low
Restaurants find little business during lunch hours.
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Medieval methodologies: Hidden police torture cell discovered by raiding team
DPO dismisses 2 cops for questioning prisoners in secret interrogation room.
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Ramazan Bazaars: Price control causing hoarding, shortage
Vendors complain city government is forcing them to sell items too cheap, causing them losses on a daily basis.
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Independence Day: Preparations underway
Makers of buntings, flags, banners and badges are working round the clock to meet demand
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Jinnah’s Pakistan: Seminar to honour August 11 speech
The seminar will commemorate Quaid-i-Azam’s first address to the country’s first constituent assembly.
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Fashion Forward: Designers from Punjab put on grand show
One of the first fashion shows of a series to promote the efforts of designers in the Multan area.
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Service delivery: Health secy calls for greater professionalism
Executive district officers told to train and equip paramedical staff.
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Fasting in prison: Jails revamp sehar and iftar menu
Ramazan arrangements made for 4,028 prisoners in central jail.
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‘More than 300 Ramazan Bazaars in province’
270 men arrested for overpricng, hoarding in Ramazan so far.
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Staff statistics: Nishtar Hospital nurses old wounds
Nurses say their pay scales have not changed in decades.
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Criminal enterprise: Drugged-and-robbed incidents on the rise
Rescue 1122 statistics report upward trend; police express ignorance.
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Walled City gates: Restoration faces major challenges
Conservation will require drive against encroachers, lining of open sewers.
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Planning and execution: Ring Road works near airport linger on
Decoration work on bridges and underpass slows traffic.
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Missing Girl: Chief Secretary’s reply sought
police have no clues about the whereabouts of the girl been missing for 6 years now.
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Bzu: No VC, no result
BZU officials said the university did not have the finances for the prizes to give to the students.
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FIA books 53 human traffickers in July
53 international human traffickers as well as their agents and sub agents where arrested in July 2011.
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‘Wrong man’ used to obtain pre-arrest bail
Investigation officer refuses to release the suspect, informs the court.
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Medical colleges: One entrance test for all, says Mubashar
Exam will have 220 questions to be answered in 150 minutes.
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Life of Muhammad: The Knowledge Factory showing BBC documentary
The use of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh)’s imagery has been avoided.
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Family reunion: Man returns home after 13 years in captivity
Ahmed said he was forced to work in a shoe factory in Balochistan.
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Police training: Curriculum upgrade to include counter-terrorism
Recruits are not trained in detection of explosives or tackling suicide attackers.
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Rights and wrongs: Fate of Ashiana housing hangs in the balance
Officials say land is Waqf property, cannot be transferred; SC hearing case challenging the transfer.
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Punjab Police uncover terrorist plot to target officials, politicians
DG ISI Shuja Pasha, Interior Minister Rehman Malik and JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman included in list.
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New provinces: Awan backs Hashmi’s Punjab carve-up stance
Several calls for new provinces have been raised in the region, particularly in Bahawalpur and southern Punjab.
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Bahawalpur province under consideration: PM
Gilani says a committee is looking into formation of new provinces.
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Ashyana for poor: Punjab can build housing scheme ‘at own risk’
The SC, however, turns down Punjab govt’s request to vacate stay order.
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River disputes: ‘Punjab water must come from Mangla’
Sindh government lists demands in a letter to Irsa.
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Bad Cheques: Magistrate rejects bail plea of ‘French bootlegger’
Police had arrested him in the Cantonment area carrying 100 bottles of liquor.
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Public Service Commission: ‘Clerk mafia’ has taken over
Petitioner’s application was rejected by a clerk without orders.
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Mob justice Villagers kill 4 ‘robbers’
Police called after the ‘robbers’ had been killed, fatally injured.
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Bogus cheques: Court wants actress’s signature verified
Petitioner says three cheques for Rs2.5m she gave him were dishonoured by the bank.
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Architect accuses tourism chief of harassment, extortion
TDCP has yet to pay the petitioner Rs6m outstanding dues.
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Revering Ramazan: 2 arrested for eating in public, 3 fined for serving food
Samples of food items being sold in Khanpur sent to Food Laboratory.
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Competent procedure: Six gang rape accused get pre-arrest bails
13-year-old girl accuses 12 men of sexual harassment, says she was ‘sold’ by her former employer.
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Emergency services: Rescue 1122 helped 35,000 in July
Rescuers have average emergency response time of under 7 minutes.
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Sweet tooth: Chocolate out. Peaches, mangoes, cherries in
Desserts made with seasonal fruit selling like hot cakes.
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Demand and supply: Load-shedding down to consumers, not us says Pepco
DG says as long as people keep using air conditioners, outages will continue.
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Vigilantes torture alleged robbers to death
Some female family members reportedly raised an alarm as a result of which the neighbours woke up.
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Ramazan in jails: Special arrangements for Punjab inmates
Special arrangements for Sahar and Iftar have been done on the instructions of CM Shahbaz Sharif.