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Hit and run: Bus set on fire
A passenger bus was set on fire by angry protesters after a minor child hit by the bus on Sargodha Road was killed.
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Revenge: Brothels crackdown called ‘a reaction to gang rape case’
Police arrest 12 women in a week on charges of prostitution.
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Private lending: Landmark case likely to be settled in jirga
Borrower expects the interest amount to be waived at Saturday’s sitting.
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Judiciary: High court judges take oath
11 additional and fifteen confirmed judges of the LHC take oath.
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Study expo: ‘Beware of fraudulent agents’
Few students show up for one-day event.
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Shadbagh food street: Petitioner wants govt to restore green belt
A petition was filed in the LHC challenging plans to set up a food street after removing a green belt from the area.
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Commercialisation: Private schools threaten protests
APPSMA president demands longer school year to cover syllabus.
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Punjab University: Extreme heat cools interest in book fair
The extreme heat kept visitor numbers down on the opening day of the Punjab University book fair.
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Black day: Lawyers remember fallen colleagues
Demand action against Musharraf, MQM for May 12 violence.
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A long walk home: Pakistani men released from Indian jails speak
‘I crossed over with the consent of the Indian guards to meet Shahrukh’.
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Punjab Assembly: ‘Judicial probe would be insult to democracy’
Osama debate dominates session called to discuss wheat procurement.
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Vote counting: Punjab amends rules for CM’s election
Punjab Assembly introduces nine bills relating to election; lawmakers will be required to cast their vote in secret.
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Kidnapping attempt: Traffic police rescue two children
Traffic Police claimed foiling a kidnapping attempt on two children near Bhati Chowk.
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Degree dilemmas: Twenty years and still waiting for a certificate
Woman fails to procure a matriculation certificate after years of successfully having completed her course.
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Bibian Pak Daman: Lax security irks urs visitors
Flag hoisting, mehfil-i-naat highlights of second day.
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Paper trails: Prison officials helping inmates prepare for exams
Cops monitor inmates taking the exams and also help them prepare.
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Graveyard blues: No resting in peace for the dead
TMA clash with locals after demolishing graves for road expansion.
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Sri Lankan cricketers: Bail petition dismissed
LHC dismisses bail petition of Malik Ishhaq, accused of facilitating the attack on Sri Lankan cricket team.
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Policy making: Adolescents’ issues examined
A participant proposes that child domestic help be banned.
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Classic beginning: Kinnaird gets Theo Phailbus collection
Donation of 1,800 movies marks collector’s death anniversary.
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TV anchor murder case: Autopsy confirms head injury
Samples sent to find out if the deceased had had a heart attack.
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Solidarity with Karachi: Lawyers in Punjab on strike today
Bar associations will hold meetings to commemorate those who died in 2007.
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BB murder case: Larger bench to hear petition
LHC Bench decides that a larger bench will hear the petition at Rawalpindi bench holding day-to-day proceedings.
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Punjab project: Lahore rapid transit scheme being revived
Beijing assures Sharif of assistance, investment.
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Passengers beat up railway staff after engine stalls
Passengers aboard the Sargodha-Karachi Hazara Express beat up railway staff after the engine stalled midway.
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Husband ‘clubbed to death’ in his sleep by wife
Police investigate conflicting accounts of Musarrat’s motives.
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Drain pollution: Three teams to survey Charrar drain
The EPD report will be available to WASA and Irrigation Department.
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Bibian Pak Daman: Shrine to remain open all day for three days
Isha-to-Fajr closure suspended as urs begins.
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Law demanded for child rights protection
SPARC organises seminar on the 18th Amendment and Child Protection.
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‘Delayed’ treatment: Police constable shoots in hospital, injures two
Policeman shot and injured three people at General Hospital over alleged delay in treatment of an injured colleague.
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Striking plans: Court issues notices to Doctors’ Association
‘The PMDC should take action against doctors who had gone on strike’.
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Police called to court in gay marriage case
‘Police needs to file an FIR against my brother for marrying a man’.
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Watching the watchmen: Licences of 35 security agencies revoked
Home Department issued notices as they failed security standards.
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YDA Punjab gives govt till the 16th
YDA Pakistan says it will oppose strike at teaching hospitals.
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Bridging the distance: Dhangali bridge over Jhelum River completed
Water and Power Development Authority has completed the Rs1.012 billion Dhangali Bridge over the Jhelum River.
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Nepotism allegations: Probe ordered into Water Supply Scheme bidding
‘Four applicants shortlisted do not qualify under criteria’.
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War against terror: JI demands withdrawal, new foreign policy
Syed Munawar Hasan said the govt needed to change its foreign policy and withdraw itself from the war against terror.
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Media seminar: ‘Professional editors lacking’
Newspapers owners should not interfere in the editorial work and reporting in their paper, said Khushnood Ali Khan.
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Liberty Park and Ride: Report sought from LDA, govt on plaza
Petition by traders challenges closure of streets around plaza.
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Custody question: ‘Dancing women are unfit mothers’
Guardian judge issues arrest warrant for actress in custody battle.
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Religious festival : Hazrat Bibi Pak Daman urs begins today
Low turnout expected due to security concerns.
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LHC chief justice: Corruption-free judiciary sought
Every judicial officer is to be responsible for the illegal acts of his staff.
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Captive freed: Detained woman accuses employer of sexual assault
Says she had been locked up for more than three weeks.
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Public sector doctors: ‘Pay demands met but service issues remain’
Govt announces Rs5.2 billion pay package for health workers.
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Bank of Punjab case: NAB moves accused to Peshawar
Seth Nisar shifted to Peshawar where NAB will produce him in the accountability court.
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Four killed in GT Road accident
Four people from the same family, including three children, were killed in a road accident on GT road in Chicha Watni.
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Protests as buildings torn down in Gowalmandi
Owners to move court to stay demolition work around Government Degree College for Girls.
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Man kills sister for changing her faith to marry sweetheart
Couple returned to village to reconcile with families but were shot.
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Flood fallout: Doubling labour to build model villages
DCO summons extra workers to finish construction by June 30.
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Pirs and proposals: Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned
Young woman forcibly sent to the Darul Aman in Joharabad after she publicly threatened to kill her lover.



































