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Commercialisation: Beaconhouse not paying municipal fees
LDA losing millions by bending rules for largest private school system.
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Civil Secretariat : High court suspends show cause notices
Chief secretary restrained from initiating proceedings against PCS officers.
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Murder Of Justice Iqbal’s Parents: Charges framed, trial starts May 16
Naveed Iqbal, the stepbrother of Justice Javed, is accused of murdering his stepmother and father at their home.
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Police Torture: Kidnapping accused ‘killed by police’
Saddar police chowki Nagina resident Arshad was accused of kidnapping a five-year-old girl 8 days ago and was in jail.
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Twice Bitten: 8 ill from milk of cow bitten by dog
8 members of family hospitalised after they consumed milk from a buffalo that was recently bitten by a rabid dog.
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Qualifying Rounds: Salaries of 200 teachers stopped
Education Department officials have stopped the salaries of 200 male and female teachers this week.
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Baisakhi festival: Indian Sikh pilgrims return home
Sikh yatrees, who had travelled to Pakistan from India to attend the Baisakhi festival, left for home on Wednesday.
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Police foil suicide blast at shrine and catch 2 bombers
Local police claimed to foil a major terrorist attempt
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Wild Life Park: New park set up at cost of Rs14.5m
Park was inaugurated by Secretary Wildlife Punjab Mahr Babar Hassain Barwana.
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Cradle counting: When the bough breaks...
Over a dozen newborns abandoned at Edhi centre in one month.
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Court happy with plan to regularise doctors
17-year-old plea filed by contract doctors finally disposed of.
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Store sued for Rs0.25m over Rs2,000 phone
Shop sued for allegedly selling defective phone worth less than Rs2000.
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Sexual Assault: 70-year-old arrested for attack on niece
70-year-old arrested after confessing to raping seven-year-old niece while she was home alone.
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Foreign investment in Punjab: No follow-up on hundreds of MoUs
Nearly 400 MoUs have been signed with the Chinese over 8 years.
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Token tax unpaid on 500 official vehicles
Tax on some cars owned by S&GAD has not been paid since 2002.
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Warraich, Khosa directed to reorganise Punjab PPP
Leadership remains unchanged for now, Khosa puts forward son’s name for next election.
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Punjab begins procurement of wheat
Provincial govt has set a target of purchasing 4 million tonnes of wheat this year.
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Conversion: Nine embrace Islam
Nine members of a Christian family on Tuesday converted to Islam at the hands of one Qari Shakir Mehmood Qadri.
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Islamia University: Distance Education institute established
Institute to facilitate students who intend to pursue higher education but cannot visit the campus.
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Axe murders: Five of a family killed for ‘honour’
Sister killed because ‘she was seeing a man’, parents because they were supporting her.
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Equal under law: No reply from Defence Ministry yet
Hafiz Saeed wants govt to defend him in lawsuit filed in US court.
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Building Safety: Seven orphaned as couple die in roof collapse
Edhi officials said that Sohbat Khan, 42, and his wife Gul Hayat, 40, died on the way to hospital.
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Two policemen injured, building damaged
Explosion occurred when explosives stored in the record room went off.
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Punjab abolishes 427 offices, creates 334
District coordination office downgraded in some districts.
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Beware of strangers: Four arrested for sexual assault
‘Homeless’ woman attacked by man offering help.
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3 eunuchs remanded for two days
Man says he was robbed, eunuch allege revenge of the jilted.
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Arsenic in water supply: Wasa MD to submit report on May 3
LHC takes suo motu notice on report that 253 of 392 tubewells contaminated.
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Election Petition: Humayun seeks to restore case against Saad
LHC issues notice to PML-N Khawaja Saad Rafiq asking that an election petition against him be launched.
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President’s pension: Attorney general issued notice on Tarar’s plea
Ex-president wants pension increased, Musharraf erased from record.
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Suicide bombers arrested: Potential terror attack foiled in Faisalabad
Police recover explosive materials from the possession of the young militants.
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Sakhi Sarwar attack: Interpol contacted for arrest of Ayaz Punjabi
Punjabi provided assistance to suicide bombers who attacked the shrine; reportedly fled to Dubai.
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Couple killed after roof collapse in Lahore
Seven children injured, two said to be in critical condition.
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Local govt ordinance: 427 posts abolished after amendment
Punjab government abolished 427 official posts after amendment in local government ordinance.
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Rawalpindi Medical College: PM orders evacuation of girls hostel
Premier also orders immediate functioning of Liver Diseases and Transplant Centre.
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Sakhi sarwar: Bombing mastermind remanded
Taliban commander Behram Khan alias ‘Sufi Baba’, was handed over to the police on a ten day physical remand.
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Loot worth millions returned
Goods worth millions of rupees that were stolen in several robberies were returned to the owners.
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4 booked for refilling gas cylinders
Officials raided various parts of Sialkot city and arrested four shopkeepers for re-filling gas cylinders illegally
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Accident: 1 dies, 2 injured in collision
A girl was crushed to death, while two others were injured as a motorcycle collided with a truck.
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Man killed by stray bullet at mehndi
A man was killed due to aerial firing during his cousin’s mehndi .
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Seven prisoners escape after drugging police
DPO has ordered a case against 8 police officials for negligence.
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Middle school students strut their stuff on the catwalk
Private school students organise summer fashion show.
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Cops ignore testimony of blind rape victim
Marufa said police didn’t register the case as they couldn’t ‘trust’ her account.
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‘Drone attacks make China more important’
CM plans to sign agreements on technology and infrastructure.
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Educating children: Learning through play
Parents attend free workshops on how to give their kids a brighter future.
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Education foundation: Additional questions’ answers on April 28th
Appointment of eight directors challenged in LHC as unlawful.
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Daewoo issued notice for misplacing laptop
Govt official says lost laptop contained important data, seeks over Rs1m as compensation.
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Lawyer apologises for courtroom rant
Lawyer Manzar had erupted in anger and accused the judge of incompetence.
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Pilgrim politics: ETPB chairman boycotts Besakhi seminar
Hashmi and SGPC party leader boycott seminar due to "controversial content".
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Sri Lankan sportsmen pay respect to cricketers’ protectors
Lankan baseball team pays respects to five policemen who died in attack on cricket team two years ago.
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Punjab government: Cabinet expansion on hold till May
All the new ministry hopefuls drawn from central Punjab.