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Spilt milk: ‘I shouldn’t have killed my wife’
Murder convict in Muzaffargarh district jail commits suicide.
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Details of Alternative Energy Development Board’s progress sought
Details sought of Alternative Energy Development Board’s progress in development of alternative energy resources
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Learning assessment: Educationists say govt policies need revision
‘Monthly feedback helps schools improve and creates awareness of which schools are performing better than others’.
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Cultural exchange: French cultural centre to be set up at UAF soon
French delegates discuss education opportunities for Pakistani students in France.
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Punjab budget: Low allocation for women’s development, minorities stirs criticism
This clearly shows that women’s development isn’t the government’s priority this year: Development expert
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Consumer court: Health secretary, DO sued over birth certificates
Mother asked to Rs50,000 for mental agony, Rs1,500 for counsel’s fee
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Local government: Sana says law in 6 months, elections to follow
Provincial government to seek phone tapping powers for Punjab Police.
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Accountability: Sentenced to death
Murder convict was arrested for killing a man he owed money.
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Mother moves court: ‘Father forcing daughters into prostitution’
Father allegedly threatening to sell or kill them if they refused.
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Rescue officials: Suspended for ‘trying to steal from rescued’
Too early to jump to conclusions, says DG.
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Housing shortage: Too many MPAs to please
Accused of favouritism, speaker cancels allotments.
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Immunisation: Ensure vaccine availability, says Shahbaz
Measles vaccination campaign begins from June 24.
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'Blasphemous newspaper': Court denies bail to Ahmadi distributors
Two other alleged accomplices were granted bail.
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PML-N leader’s party membership suspended over bus hostess slap incident
PML-N leadership demanded answers within three days, while CM Punjab ordered inquiry into the matter.
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Cylinder blast in Gujranwala plaza injures seven
Injured were shifted to a nearby hospital for treatment.
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New businesses: Two arrested for issuing false fitness certificates
Fake OGRA regional office busted.
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Save the children: Two more lives lost to measles in Faisalabad
Death toll since January in the district reaches 48.
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Child pronounced dead at hospital found alive
Family protest against ‘negligent doctor’.
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Post budget conference: ‘Finance commission after local government election’
Finance minister lets finance secretary, do the talking.
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Other Narrative: Relatives of man killed in police encounter protest
Hussain, 25, held no criminal record.
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Appointment: ‘Ahad Cheema not qualified to head LDA’
Petition filed to challenge the appointment.
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Tourism: Walled City youth training as guides
‘The trainees belong to the Walled City and have a sense of ownership’.
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Future Concern: Bank accounts traced in visa fraud case
Proceedings initiated for attachment of assets.
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Fraud: LHC orders arrests
125 petitions filed against husband and wife.
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Alternative angle: Tahir Mehdi relives the Motorcycle Diaries
The common man only wants basic necessities, he says.
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Art exhibition highlights different styles of young artists
‘The works address issues which signify how artists are eager to explore new boundaries’.
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Motive for murder: Ahmadi man killed ‘because of his faith’
Investigation officer says it was likely due to a personal enmity.
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Punjab budget: Playing to their strengths
PML-N led government’s trillion-rupee budget continues to focus on the province’s agriculture and infrastructure.
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Rule of law: Action ordered against SHO for not complying with court order
‘My sons were told not to seek secular education’.
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Law and justice: Provision for courts, judicial institutions
Rs3.13 billion allocated for judiciary.
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16-year-old girl ‘married’ to eight-year-old cousin ‘for property’
Girl’s uncle says the nikahnama showing the boy as 18-year-old is false.
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Heritage: Archaeology budget cut by 16 per cent
Rs294 million allocated for ongoing and new schemes.
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Hostel allocation: NTU closed for a month after campus violence
Students accuse administration of supporting miscreants.
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Locomotives contract: Railways ministry, GM issued notices for June 19
A deputy attorney general has also been asked to appear.
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Health: Rs63 billion allocated for health services
Rs5.27 billion has been reserved as block allocation.
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View point: ‘Islamabad to blame for Punjab’s lean years’
16 more services added to the list of services liable to sales tax.
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Literacy and education: Schools, colleges budgets show nominal increases
Allocations for special education, literacy and non-formal basic education noteworthy.
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Development funds: Punjab announces another ambitious development programme
1,578 development schemes have been identified this year.
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Punjab budget: Rs.199.9 allocated for the Chief Minister’s Secretariat
The CM’s secretariat has slashed the strength of posted employees’ form 622 to 559.
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Rs3.2 billion Allocated for Industries, Commerce, Investments and Energy sectors
Under Industries Commerce and Investment program Rs 3.134 billion will be spend for six new scheme.
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Punjab budget: Funds for Information and Culture sector slashed by 47 per cent
Punjab government allocated 106 millions for the information and culture sector in the fiscal budget for 2013-14.
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Police ‘supporting occupants’
Protesting residents say land grabber kidnapped two girls from the house.
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‘Untimely surgery’: Woman dies during still birth
The hospital was also sealed after the family protested against the doctor for more than four hours.
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‘Posted in violation of court orders’
Raam had been appointed as NHA’s deputy director of maintenance.
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Medical negligence: Woman dies from ‘wrong injection’
Family protest, block the Mall.
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Religious rituals: Sikh pilgrims to return to India today
The pilgrims thanked the government and the ETPB for the arrangements.
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Stamp out terror: ‘Put your act together,’ students tell govt
Protesters at Liberty roundabout demand the govt take immediate action.
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Easy access: Bahawalpur to soon get HEC regional office
50,000 graduates to be given a chance to intern at various government depts.
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CJ resents second contract for ‘bad supplier’
The CJ expressed concern that a $104 million contract for 75 locomotives had still been awarded to the same firm.
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Healthier Punjab: Young doctors recommend health education at schools
‘The subject should be taught till matriculation’.