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Higher education: Quality assurance awareness week kicks off
The idea is to promote awareness about the importance of quality higher education.
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South Asia: Historians stress the need for unbiased history
Zia’s regime blamed for revision of history syllabi.
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Procuring vaccines: Ministry’s appeal put off over technicality
A deputy attorney general has sought time to amend the appeal.
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Heritage at risk: Commercialism threatens Manto’s mansion
This house, thus, is likely to be turned into a shopping plaza of mobile phones.
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Convocation: Another batch graduates from arid varsity
Degrees awarded to 1,721 students in various disciplines.
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Bhakkar cannibal arrested once again
Arif confessed to having cooked and eaten the rest of the body, while his brother Farman managed to flee.
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40 feet under: Man searching for gold now found dead
The rescue team is currently struggling to take the body out of the shaft.
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Newly-wed couple found dead in Multan
Family breaks into couple's room to find dead bodies.
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Digging for gold: Rescue operation for treasure hunter halted
Rescue-1122 officials were called 12 hours after his descent on Saturday evening.
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Pakistan defeat Nepal in handball game
Pakistan routes Nepal 33-14 in handball match played under banner of PISF at Sports Board Punjab Gymnasium Hall.
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During the lesson: Corporal punishment triggers protest
Number of residents of Jaranwala stage protest demonstration against alleged beating of 4 schoolchildren by teacher.
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Staying in touch: King Edward alumni start membership drive
Organisation will provide guidelines and keep alumni informed about university’s recent activities.
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Drive carefully: Four die in two accidents
Two women and one child among the deceased.
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Beware of dogs: No rabies vaccine at Nowshera hospital
Citizens have complained about lack of rabies vaccine at Nowshera’s tehsil headquarters hospital.
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Man kidnaps, kills nephews on advice of spiritual soothsayer
The deceased were reportedly between 10 and 14 years of age.
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Higher education: Govt to spend Rs34bn on universities’ infrastructure
Vice Chancellors Committee devises 10-year roadmap for higher education.
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Prevalent crisis: Shahbaz says energy crisis tops govt’s agenda
Several power projects will become operational this year.
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‘Do not drag judiciary into media regularisation’
Media men say there should be some restrictions on media and those should be defined by judiciary.
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Public health: Court moved against dangerous factory emissions
The petitioner says there is no dust-control mechanism at the factory.
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Changing Earth: ‘We need climate change projects’
Pakistan has not been investing in climate change projects, says Farhan Anwar, an expert on strategic planning.
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No more stops: At Chaklala, train riding makes way for trainspotting
Cars will cease to stop at the historic railway station from April 15.
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Promising relief: Power cuts won’t exceed eight hours, says minister
4,250MW of electricity would be added in national grid before the month of June.
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PPP leader discredits Gallup Pakistan survey that shows PML-N govt in favourable light
Mian Manzoor Ahmed Wattoo says that it is easy to manipulate results through the framing of the questions.
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Constant vigilance: Hospital staff suspended over missing newborn
4 people suspended from service, requests for suspension of 3 others sent to health secretary after newborn kidnapped.
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Medical education: ‘Collaboration will ensure better services'
Health Secretary Ijaz Munir says medicine education was top priority of govt.
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Heinous crime: Four women among five kidnapped
A 16-year-old girl was allegedly raped, police have registered separate cases.
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Faith trial: Counsel for blasphemy suspect threatened in court
Counsel for Junaid Hafeez, says he had been threatened by 5 people over 48 hours, telling him to drop the case.
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Collaboration: Sanitation project
The project is to be implemented in four districts; Bahawalpur, Bahawalnagar, Dera Ghazi Khan and Rajanpur.
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Urban construction: Adviser for bus terminal project to be hired soon
The project will include hotels, shops and parking lots.
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Black sheep: Lawyers’ leaders set three-point resolution
LBA demands LHC chief justice withdraw words he had allegedly used for lawyers within a week.
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Urban planning: ‘Lahore closest in Pakistan being a smart city’
Expert says no umbrella framework exists to address urban resilience.
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Court and media: ‘Institutions take time to mature’
Chief justice says false reports challenged court credibility.
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Tracing criminals: Shahbaz orders ‘immediate’ arrest of Ichhra blast culprits
Says attacks like Friday’s won’t be tolerated.
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Spurious drugs: Crackdown ordered against quacks
DCO Noorul Amin Mengal directs police to launch crackdown against quacks, those selling spurious drugs in district.
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Forged and fake: PMDC officers accused of ‘deceiving’ MNAs
The council tried to pass off a fake notification as genuine.
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Progress: ‘Improve quality of education’
Pakistan’s educational institutions need to improve the quality of education, say speakers.
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Waste management: LWMC in Murree
The LWMC will look after waste management for one month.
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Pushing ahead: PTI wants local bodies’ polls held at earliest, says Qureshi
PTI Vice Chairman Shah Mehmood Qureshi says PTI played its role for holding transparent local body polls in Punjab.
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Dengue season: High rainfall increasing risk, says Sarwar
Directs all departments to ensure vigilance.
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Rejected friendship?: Man shoots woman, commits suicide in Gujranwala
The man was reportedly bothering the woman over the phone via text messages.
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Van topples over in Sheikhupura: 6 dead, 8 others injured
Two women are among the deceased.
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Punjab Youth Festival: ‘Govt made false claims of records’
PPP MPA Shaukat Basra says no GBWR representative had witnessed the activities.
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Judge throws out attempted murder case against 9-month old baby
Baby Musa Khan appears in court in Lahore, sitting on his grandfather's lap and drinking from a bottle of milk.
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(Dis)order at the court: Policeman files complaint against court staff
The ASI was slapped by a lawyer.
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Threat of violence: 17 injured in cracker blast in Ichhra
The shop owner says he has been targeted by extortionists.
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Work on coal power plants in Sahiwal to start in May
‘Pakistan is a second home for Chinese investors’.
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Sense of deprivation: ‘Stop treating us as second-class citizens’
We were promised a province: Durrani.
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Disappearances: 21 bags go missing during inspection of ballots
The election commission has sought one week for their recovery.
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Heinous crime: Girl abducted and raped
Ghulam Fareed, the girl’s uncle, told media that the men abducted the girl on her way to the market.
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Behind bars: Man accused of killing father of three blind children arrested
Police had been looking for him for four weeks.