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Forced labour: ‘Govt failed to implement its own laws’
Anti-bonded labour alliance wants minimum wage implemented.
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Intolerance: ‘Violence against Ahmadis is at its peak today’
Annual report by Jamaat Ahmadiyya highlights growing discrimination and violence.
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Wooing investors: Public-private partnership bill passed amidst ruckus
Three other bills on the agenda of the assembly session were also passed.
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‘Moralistic urges’: Cheechawatni vigilante held after six-month chase
He stabbed 50 women for venturing out alone and ‘spreading vulgarity’.
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Emergency call: ‘Can you extinguish the fire in my heart?’
Rescue-1122 report says 97% calls received since 2004 were bogus, most of the calls were made by women
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Election tribunal accepts PTI's request for thumb print verification in NA-154
Sadiq Baloch had outvoted PTI's general secretary in NA-154 during the May 11 general elections last year.
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Food supply: Punjab can’t ban wheat supply like this, states SC
Top court asks provincial govt to submit reply, take permissible steps.
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Man sentenced to 25 years for acid attack
Police said Aziz had been pressuring the woman to have illicit relations with him.
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Ban violation: 20 children caught for swimming in canal
They were arrested by a team of officials led by Assistant Commissioner.
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On the run: ‘My father, husband are trying to kill me, my mother’
The mother and daughter requested the chief justice to provide protection.
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38% of children don’t go to school, APC told
Think tank says 38 more schools needed in 5 years to enroll remaining children.
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Exploitation: Woman seeks case against fake pir
“He read something out loud and offered me water to drink,” the petitioner said.
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Reunion: Former Bagram detainees to meet family in 10 days
Ministry of Interior told to keep detainees in prison, not a ‘safe house’.
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Voicing discontent: Opp up in arms over denial to present resolution
Prisons minister informs house that six new prisons will be completed this year.
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Accountability mechanisms: NAB efforts led to 65% convictions last year
Bureau recovered Rs3.12 billion in 2013 through voluntarily return and plea bargains.
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PCB accused of rigging in LCCA zonal polls
Shoaib said he was not present at the stadium and was not even asked to come.
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Infatuation or moral indignation: Upset driver kills maid and cook
He surrendered to police and confessed to the murders.
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Accountability: ‘NAB can recover fine, not markup’
A division bench headed by Justice Mahmood Maqbool Bajwa suspended an order by an accountability court.
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New appointment: Dr Zaheer to become UHS registrar
The Punjab government appointed Dr Asad Zaheer as the registrar of the University of Health Sciences (UHS).
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Development scheme: Sanaullah inaugurates road project
The roads will be constructed at a cost of Rs75 million.
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Mass communication: GCUF students launch Aap ka Radio
“Aap ka Radio is a great achievement of the Mass Communication Department students.” said VC
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Know your rights: Rights of neighbours
Since people approach political activists to resolve a neighbourhood crisis, the law has become outdated.
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Masood Janjua case: SC seeks Punjab govt’s reply over witness account
Punjab police ‘omitted’ a paragraph in their report on Munir’s willingness to record his statement.
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Service structure: ‘3,382 nurses given contracts’
Rafique said the government was taking steps to improve clinical training of nurses as well as their capacity-building
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Latest equipment: 14 locomotives join Pakistan Railways
Rafique said recruitment would take place purely on merit.
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Found in Translation: Of female role models who defy stereotypes
The three paintings by Khilji are made using mixed media on canvas.
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Cardiology Institute: Emergency ward extension inaugurated
Chairperson said a state-of-the-art CCU would be established on the upper storey of the extended emergency block.
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Troubled waters:Three children swept away by canal currents
Rescue-1122 team found bodies of two children.
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Two robbers killed in police ‘encounter’
“The bodies have been sent to a mortuary and a committee has been formed to ascertain their identity.”
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Public health: Polio vaccination campaign kicks off
“We aim at 95 per cent coverage in the areas where the campaign is being run,” the official said.
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Women’s empowerment:‘Society is not ready for women’s inheritance rights’
Speakers at a seminar at LCWU discuss women’s inheritance rights.
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Kite-string ‘murder’: Three officials sacked, inquiry launched
Ravi Road police took three hours to register the case.
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Public concerns: ‘RTI law futile in absence of basic structure’
Experts at seminar express concern over exceptions clause in the law.
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Tug-of-war: Treasury passes resolution on army in lieu of PML-Q’s
Opposition boycotted the proceedings in protest.
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Rs5 billion Ramazan Package for Punjab
All model bazaars, Sahulat bazaars, and Friday and Sunday bazaars would be converted into Ramazan bazaars.
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Up in arms: Women block road to protest ‘police excesses’
They claim Roadala Road policemen broke into their house and beat up women.
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No take-off: 6 passengers offloaded for having fake papers
They were travelling to UK, South Africa, Malaysia.
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Property dispute: Man, sister, nephew killed in Tandlianwala
Elders had unsuccessfully tried to mediate in the dispute .
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Advice for govt: ‘Self-reliance must to overcome crisis’
Baloch said India is bent upon ruining Pakistan’s industrial and agricultural growth.
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Taking sides: ‘We oppose anti-army agenda’
Elahi said the PML fully and actively supports army.
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Encounter: Hostages freed as police kill five ‘criminals’
The men had killed three persons, relatives say killers were from Bajaur Agency.
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Performance check: Inflation taking its toll on poor, says Wattoo
Wattoo said textile mills should be treated on a par with the factories in other provinces.
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Welfare project: LGH gets water filtration plant
The meeting also reviewed the process of collecting zakat during the month of Ramazan.
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Supreme Court to be consulted on YouTube ban
Petitioner’s counsel says they are waiting for an order from the Lahore High Court.
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Investment loopholes: Apparel Park all set for ‘hasty’ start
NHA says project can’t be launched within 1km radius of motorway.
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Mixed media: Art that reflects linkages between religion and culture
Artist comments on how war and other objects of destruction have affected lives.
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Sexual harassment: CJ notice on complaint against FIA man
He has demanded a report from the police and FIA on the matter.
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Political history: ‘We need a history based on facts, not animosity’
Speakers at Revisit History, Outgrow Nostalgia seminar discuss the creation of historical discourse.
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Caring for children
Rather than just a specific group, it is the wider problem also that needs to be tackled.
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Assaulted in India: Pakistani student reunites with family
Parents unwilling to send him back to complete studies.