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Farm houses: Punjab moves to collect property tax
Special teams constituted to conduct a survey in order to send demand notices to the owners concerned.
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Illegal transplant network: ‘Dying’ kidney seeker’s wife appeals for release
SP says bank records being tracked in search for two wanted doctors.
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FM frontiers: Reaching out to remote areas with radio shows
Pakistan’s first radio webcasts launched from Bahawalpur, to promote literary and cultural activities in the area.
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Robbers steal Rs9m in cash from trio in Faisalabad
Factory owner Bhatti was driving home with two others when robbers opened fire at their vehicle.
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Road Accidents: Two killed in hit-and-run accidents
Motra police said the motorcycle Asif was riding to work was hit by a speeding van at Daska Road near Gohunki Stop.
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Murder: Two convicted, two acquitted
The court awarded life sentences as well as imposing a Rs100,000 fine on the two.
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Police Reshuffle: 29 inspectors appointed SHOs
Twenty-six of the replaced SIs have been transferred to police lines while four remain as SHOs.
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Devolution: ‘Make Punjab run women’s shelters'
All eyes on Benazir Women’s Crisis Centres to be made operational.
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Extrajudicial killing: Accused constable moves LHC for fresh investigation
Advocate general summoned to assist court on July 11.
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Ruknpur, Bhong villages being evacuated
After last year’s floods, dykes too weak to stop water, residents say.
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Rescue 1122 launches emergency handbook
DG says wearing helmet halves risk of injury in motorbike accident.
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CM’s Secretariat: Section officers fume after official cars are withdrawn
Officials seeking transfers after losing ‘biggest secretariat perk’.
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Treasure trove: Awesome collection in awful condition
Rare books at Lahore Museum in jeopardy due to lack of funds, poor conservation.
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Family rows: Bangladeshi woman finds shelter at Edhi home
She came to demand her husband’s help for their children, spent 6 months in Amritsar jail before reaching Sialkot.
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Access to information: Policemen warned not to talk to press
Help desks for overseas Pakistanis to be set up in Jhelum, Sialkot and Gujrat.
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Police bust gang of robbers in encounter
Police arrested four robbers, including a woman, in an encounter near the Bahawalpur Cantt.
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Power surge at LESCO leads to prolonged outages
Prolonged power outages not only hamper business activities but also take their toll on citizens' patience.
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Project allowance: PR official summoned on employees’ plea
Petitioners say they too were entitled to 50 per cent pay raise for govt servants.
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Public Spaces: 40km more cleared of encroachments
LDA tore down shops and other structures built on state land without approval.
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Custody battle: SHO told to produce child on July 8
Petitioner says her son is being held illegally by his step father.
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Madrassa education: DCO praises modern syllabi at madaris
DCO said it was necessary for madrassah’s to be in line with modern education standards.
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Sentenced: Toddler’s murderer gets death penalty
One man sentenced to death and another to a life term in prison for kidnapping and killing a 3 year-old boy in 2008.
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Commercialisation: guess where new policy applies
Authority says new policy will apply to 58 roads, but can’t name 13.
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Board meeting: Trackers, e-ticketing for city buses soon
LTC chairman says 2,000 more buses to be added to city network.
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Cool customers: Police officials devise new ‘summer strategy’
Locals said cops no longer stopped them asking for cash but for food and drinks.
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Desperate remedies: Police get tough on illegal parking on The Mall
Tyres punctured on dozens of vehicles parked on Kutchery Road.
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Overnight prisoner: 15-year-old girl trapped in lawyer’s chambers
Police officials found Rimsha locked in a room in the morning; her family protested outside the court for hours.
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Staged encounter: ‘Suspects made witnesses to protect high ups’
Four held guilty say they are being made scapegoats, demand new investigation.
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Heat stress: Murders, violence in city rises with temperature
Psychologists, police say with rise in temperature people tend to get worked up quickly and take extreme measures.
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Police recover detained girl from lawyer's chamber
Ramsha came to Faisalabad in search of a job when she was brought to the chamber by two unidentified men.
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Medical negligence: Drug leaves patient blind, handicapped
The doctors at the District Hospital say Muneer's condition is irreversible.
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Musharraf Case: Judge threatens ex parte proceedings
A case for high treason against Musharraf, for international warrants for his arrest and extradition to Pakistan.
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Lal Shahbaz Urs: Record of train services summoned
Every year PR run 14 special trains so devotees of Shahbaz Qalandar from across the country could get to Sehwan Sharif
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Kidnapping: Case filed against cop for abducting man’s wife
“I had to bribe the police to finally register my case but they did when I threatened to go to the press,” groom said.
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Education policy: The clergy’s latest jihad
Clerics break school windows against removal of verses from curriculum.
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Corruption rife in courts, says registrar
‘There should be zero tolerance for corruption in judiciary’.
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Illegal kidney transplant: Court extends physical remand by 3 days
Investigation team yet to arrest three suspects, examine MBBS degrees.
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The air we breathe: Dust levels up to five times legal limit
Environment Protection Dept air samplers suffer regular breakdowns.
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Load shedding: ‘Clear bias against Punjab’
Court asked to direct authorities to put an end to gas load shedding.
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Celebrations turn sour: A wedding to remember
Riot breaks out as groom’s party reject match over insufficient dowry.
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Quota quibbles: Christians being denied jobs reserved for them
Over 40 Christians announced a hunger stike for being denied jobs, as the seats were filled by Muslim candidates
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Annual report: ‘Juvenile delinquents mistreated at borstals
NGO report says children become hardened criminals in detention.
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Abid Market: ‘Go deal with the land mafia first'
Traders halt anti-encroachment drive, warn of indefinite strike.
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Beware the 'side mirror gang'
These groups have been active for a while now, however, no FIR has been lodged against them so far.
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Human trafficking: Abducted girls recovered by police
One of the abducted girls jumped off from the house’s roof and pleaded for help from a vegetable hawker.
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Shutter-down strike against killing of protesters in Mianwali
Police killed 3 protesters during demonstration against loadshedding on Monday.
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People protest against PM Gilani and son for alleged land grabbing
Protesters claim that Abdul Qadir came with armed men to an area in Rahim Yar Khan and grabbed hold of their land.
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Power Ploys: 1 killed, 18 injured in protest against power cuts
The protesters demanded that the Mianwali district, which generates electricity, should be exempt from load shedding.
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Lawyer impersonator arrested at Aiwan-i-Adl
Lawyers stop man beating up woman over property case.
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Court directs IGP to remove corrupt officers
‘Please recover my wife and punish the SHO who kidnapped her’.