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Encroachments: City continues clean-up drive
Anti-encroachment teams seize eight truckloads of different materials.
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New Campus: PU book fair concludes
Speakers underline the need for research in the modern world.
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Fire: Factory owner faces loss of Rs8m in accident
Fire broke out in the paper-cone sector of the industrial unit due to a short circuit.
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Man loses two fingers after being bitten by pet snake
The incident occurred while the man was bathing in the local canal.
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International bookie arrested: Cops finally book ‘Baadshah’
International bookie caught operating under Shahrukh Khan avatar.
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Gay marriage case: SHO fails to turn up at hearing
Petitioner is seeking case against brother for civil union with another man.
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Armed Encounters: 8 police officials abducted during Katcha operation
Ring leader of the kidnapper’s gang died in the encounter and two other bandits were injured.
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Supreme commander: Petition seeks to empower army chief
‘Lack of power prevented army chief from taking prompt action on May 2’.
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Air quality monitoring website launched
Solar-powered sensors monitor pollutant concentrations.
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Murder mystery: Woman killed for outing the town’s best kept secret
Shafqat was killed by brothel owners for threatening to expose them.
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Public health: Waste dumping won’t be easily stopped
Pollution penalty far cheaper than installing treatment plants for factories.
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Police protection: Elite Force to be reorganised
13th batch graduates from Bedian Elite Police Training Centre.
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Man kills infant daughter ‘to please second wife’
Alcoholic and unemployed, Tariq said she kept him awake at night.
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Terror attack: Blast on bus kills 7 near Kharian
At least 15 passengers were also injured in the attack.
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Charsadda blasts widely condemned
WPP demands an overhaul in the country’s security apparatus.
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Talent Hunt: GCU students promised annual event
Event invited students to demonstrate skills in singing, dancing, acting and tricks.
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Food street: Govt barred from cutting trees
Court directs Parks and Horticulture Authority to file report on the matter.
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Police ‘torture’ cop and arrest him without evidence
Constable's name was included in an already registered case.
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FIR against five for beating doctor
Child’s family attack doctor for not being allowed in examination room.
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Ticketing: Police-students clash causes traffic jam
Police, students accuse each other of inappropriate behavior.
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Conjugal wrongs: Couple ready to reunite, but who goes first?
Wife insists husband pick her up from her parents’ home.
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Complainant lashes out after police let ‘rapist’ go
Sumera said police questioned her boss, the attacker, for only an hour.
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Educated guess: No such thing as free education
Funding issues plague 6,200 National Education Foundation schools.
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Osama’s gone, his mission will continue: Advocate
Lawyers affiliated with JI, JD and other religious groups hold funeral prayers.
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Human rights: Govt denies agreeing to illegal hand over
‘Reprieve’ says 7 Pakistanis were ‘extradited’ from Afghanistan.
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Propriety: Larger bench to hear VCs’ appointments case
Judge refuses to hear petition for serving on UET syndicate.
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Religious precautions: Control Facebook or face action, LHC warns
Chief justice sees a task for committee set up five years ago.
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Matric and Cambridge streams: For combined schools, split vacations a nightmare
One track follows June-July, the other now has to be off July-August.
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Penny wise: Central Police Office told to cut expenses
Offices told to save paper, monitor monthly telephone bills.
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Murder: Killed over her daughter’s marriage
A woman was killed by her relatives because she arranged her daughter’s marriage without their consent.
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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.