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Police monitoring: Ministry of Human Rights stalling on complaint cells
Khokhar says new and improved cells on their way, promises 24-hour free number.
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Budget 2011-2012: Rs4.5b allocation for Yellow Cab Scheme criticised
Selected candidates will pay 20% down payment, rest will be an interest free loan.
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AJK elections: PML-N accuses PPP of rigging
Sharif said the AJK elections were bound to be rigged under the PPP government.
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Non-Compliance: Judge wants SHO arrested
Earlier a petition was filed by Naseem Bibi requesting recovery of her daughter from relative.
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Bakhshi Khana: Prisoners attack policeman with paper cutter
Police says constable was attacked by prisoners accused in a murder case when he opened doors to their cell.
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Two children drown during rescue training
Initial reports stated that all six boys had been rescued after their boat capsized.
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Hajj quotas ruling: Ministry to reply by July 4
Judge postpones hearing as Government of Pakistan and Ministry of Religious Affairs seeks more time to file reply.
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Assurance on health commission accepted
CJ warns govt of contempt proceedings in case of default.
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Cutting your daughter into pieces – for speaking up
Anum becomes the target while defending her mother.
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Beating of Students: Action demanded against attackers
Punjab University Philosophy Department students assaulted by Islami Jamiat Talaba.
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Father says daughters being harassed for being ‘different’
Villagers accuse family of running brothel for not conforming.
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Punjab Assembly: Leghari slams tourism development imbalance
While the Punjab government is spending millions of rupees on Murree, Fort Munro is facing a
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Upgrades: Govt announces upgrades for 1000 public schools
“This is a huge undertaking but we need to upgrade our public schools,” said Education Department official Asad Nauman
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Gang rape: Cops file theft cases against victim’s family
Safia’s family was charged with stealing goats, cows and horses every time they pushed for her case to be filed.
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Courts on high alert post bomb threat
Lawyers and judges stay away after warning of attack before end of month.
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Gender trouble: Pedestrian bridges abandoned to eve-teasers
Students of Kinnaird and Lahore College complain of harassment on bridges.
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Court allows recovery of special duty from Sharif’s sugar mills
Court dismisses Sharif family’s appeal to set the levy notification aside.
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Non-functional machinery at Faisalabad hospitals delay treatment
Commissioner Faisalabad Tahir Hussain says that efforts are being made to get new machines installed.
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Rescue 1122 negligence: Gilani orders probe into children's death
Two children drowned when a boat capsized during a training exercise conducted by Rescue 1122 officials.
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Minor boy raped by park gardener
Abuser caught by visitors, handed over to police.
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Police targeted second time in 24 hours
Ten people injured in Multan attack.
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Pcsir report: ‘Cheap cosmetics cause cancer’
The government needs to develop a mechanism to check the use of chemicals in cosmetic substances.
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Back to the pavilion: Old is gold...even in cricket
A group of men above the age of 60 have begun organising cricket matches in the district every Sunday evening.
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Pay up: Teachers threaten boycott of census duties
Threaten to boycott remaining work on a census drive, if teachers are not paid in time.
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Let them eat cake: Aitchison, the Archbishop and Mohkamuddin
‘He was the first person selling baked goods in Lahore’.
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Un-necessary blindness: Only 2% get cornea transplants at Mayo
Doctors point out need to raise awareness about organ donation.
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Identity crisis: ‘Katchra passports’ for Rs5,000 flood market
Residents say the attitude of passport officials drives them to seek other avenues.
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Jamiat men rough up philosophy students
Ten dragged out of hostel rooms, thrashed, deputy warden injured.
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Marching orders: Khan says government has to go
PTI chief addresses thousands in Multan, pushes to oust govt.
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Multan blast: Suspect taken into police custody
Police pick up suspect allegedly responsible for the bomb that targeted a police building in Multan.
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Labour rights: Making a living while fearing for their lives
Labourers demanded the govt to ensure work place safety, particularly in mines.
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Imanae Malik Case: Doctors’ Hospital GM’s plea dismissed
The charge of causing the death of Imanae Malik by giving her the wrong injection.
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FC College University: Best students feted ahead of convocation
Principal says students should aim to make the world a better place.
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Lawyers and judges cannot be above the law, says Jahangir
If anything we are bound even more strictly by the law than the common man. We are in charge of enforcing it.
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Swift Action: Bomb disposal squad defuses 2 bombs
Police officials successfully disarmed two bombs found near a local madrassah located near Awan Chowk.
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Model bazaars in five districts from July
Complaints about quality, prices in Sunday and Friday bazaars persist.
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Property Case: PML-N MNA declared absconder
Riaz had illegally occupied the property with armed accomplices.
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Correct protocol: Governor okays Finance Bill at second time of asking
Government asked to resubmit bill after CM signed where he wasn’t supposed to.
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A flood of frustration: Hundreds protest for timely repair of dykes
The encroached waterways pose a serious threat to the villages and towns situated on the banks
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Untreated, unsorted: 90% of hospital waste dumped irresponsibly
EPD officials survey hospitals and clinics in Shadbagh, Shadman and Shalimar Link Road.
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Waste management: New set up to restore ‘clean and beautiful’ city
LWMC takes over SWM staff and equipment, raises wages.
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Shah Alam Market fire: Damage of over half a billion rupees feared
Traders threaten to withhold tax if not compensated by government.
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Day against Drug Abuse: More than 8.1 m addicts in Pakistan now
There is an extensive supply of drugs such as opium and hashish, targeted at 50,000 new addicts every year.
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Bombs defused outside seminary in Gujranwala
BDS officials said both bombs weighed 8 kilogrammes and were planted inside a cylinder.
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Hajj Policy 2011: Tour operators petition against LHC decision
The Lahore High Court had declared the new policy null and void.
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‘Most wanted’: Serial killer arrested at Lahore Airport
Fugitive was wanted for killing eight people in a Kharian courthouse.
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Two suspects in bank robbery arrested
Are charged with robbing Rs16m from a bank in Rawalpindi.
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Homeless: Man, disabled children kicked out of their house
Four landlords entered the home of a local labourer and turned his disabled family out of their property.
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3 students punished over misconduct
They were found guilty of harassing female students on campus.
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Communicable disease: ‘Anti rabies vaccine is substandard’
Health Dept, WHO launch programme against rabies that will run across Punjab for two years.