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Power miseries are painters’ fortune
Demand for sketches depicting authorities, has made painting a profitable business.
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Protesters ransack power utility office
Property worth more than Rs5 million was destroyed by protesters during the demonstration.
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NICL scam: SC to resume hearing in Rs5.34b land scandal
Apex court has summoned attorney general, FIA DG for May 24 hearing.
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Bus security: Daewoo resumes intra-city service in Lahore
Service was suspended a few days ago after IJT students, protesting a murder of a colleague, set fire to several buses
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Girl abduction case: DPO hopes to make arrests by next hearing
Says they have some clues about the girl’s potential whereabouts.
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Incomplete interim report: AD&SJ seeks explanation by May 30
Report does not state whether the suspect is in police custody.
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Sheesha Smoke: Cafe owners move High Court to stop crackdown
Petitioners argued that the use of sheesha was not harmful for health, nor was it a prohibited product
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Murder allegation: Inquiry ordered against two cops for killing suspect
Family says he was abandoned outside his home on Monday morning.
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Judge declines to hear Madhyana plea
Petition referred to chief justice for placement before another bench.
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Last resort: Man burns bike to get governor’s attention
Accuses Hafeez Centre union of dispossessing him from canteen job.
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Living legends: Minority rights activist honoured
My True Hero about life of MA Joseph Francis launched.
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No hepatitis medicine: Treatment of 1,000 patients on hold for six months
Treatment of the 1,000 patients registered after suspension of supply would resume once medicine was available.
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Pre-natal health: Mother and Child Week begins
49,000 LHWs; 5,000 CHWs will visit women, children at home.
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Classes out: Punjab University teachers to continue boycott
Critics say students will be harmed as syllabus will not be completed in time.
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Prisoners’ release: Court summons Interior Ministry official
LHC directed the Ministry to send an officer on June 20 to explain its failure to release 74 foreign prisoners.
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Hamesh Khan’s bail: NAB asked to reply in a week
Former Bank of Punjab president claims his co-accused was granted bail, and he too must be afforded the same relief.
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Law and order: Theft suspect survives mob violence
Criminals operating from the graveyard are now committing crimes in broad day light.
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Labouring poor: ‘Workers are powerless and invisible’
Seminar on ‘Labouring Poor in South Asia: Challenges of Expanding Informalisation’.
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House raid: 17 policemen charged with killing farmer
Bahlak police arrest a villager, register case against 37 for ‘resisting raid to recover a stolen buffalo’.
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Child maid’s death: Police hope to arrest employer
Employers had claimed that she died after falling from the stairs; parents allege torture.
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Model village: Residents find public services more accessible, reliable
Homes have been registered in the names of women heads of families.
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Environmental protection: EPA proposes ‘green force’ and environmental magistrates
13 changes suggested to draft Punjab Environment Protection Bill 2012.
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Ahmedi place of worship: Clerics press for demolition of dome
Ahmedi community accused of ‘posing as Muslims’ through worship place that ‘looks like a mosque’.
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Indian hackers deface Multan government website
A group named ‘Indishell’ has claimed hacking the website.
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Young death: Teacher, principal suspended
Youth buried at native village.
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Open house: MCS students show off their projects
Over 200 attendees from industry, business and academia were present at the event.
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Acid Crimes: For victims, an ambulance of hope
To-date, the hospital has received 700 acid victims, 450 of whom were treated.
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Provincial Officers: No meeting yet of promotion committee
Committee has until around the end of this month to finalise recommendations for submission to the chief minister.
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Tobacco ban: City delays crackdown on smoking
Sheesha cafes urge DCO to allow smoking outdoors or in enclosed cabins.
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Civil Secretariat: Visitor restrictions, bigger police presence
Chief Secretary Nasir Mehmood Khosa had warned senior officials and police that there could not be a repeat.
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Consumer Court: Shop owners sued for not delivering wedding clothes
Respondents had assured him that the clothes would be delivered on September 25, 2011 but hadn’t done so.
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Corporal punishment: Teacher thrashes eighth grader, breaks her shoulder
She was allegedly beaten for making noise in class; the police have not registered a case.
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Legal affairs: Punjab Police seeks approval to hire three lawyers
‘Officers have lost faith in advocate general’s office’.
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Metamorphosis: How the paan-stained laboratory of Jinnah hospital turns into a state-of-the-art facility
Dr Naila Tariq started to make changes when she joined in 2010.
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Gastroenteritis: Health Department issues guidelines for management
Central control room set up at the Health Services Directorate General.
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Kot Lakhpat Jail: Medical exam of four prisoners ordered
Prisoners say they had been beaten with batons and had all their belongings taken away after they refused to pay them.
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Mall protests: Eleven PU students granted bail
Magistrate removes attempted murder charge from one FIR against students.
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Law and order: Two ‘criminals killed in shootout’
A relative of one of the deceased says he was picked up from his home in Shorkot two days ago.
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Murder convict dies after cancellation of bail
The deceased identified as Khalid had been released after serving a life sentence on a bail on non-payment of diyat.
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Policemen lectured on gender-based violence
Human rights, laws on crimes against children, crime investigation, DNA tests and crimes against women discussed.
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Gilani's security staff, Punjab Police scuffle in Lahore
Sources claim this was a calculated move from PML-N. Governor orders transfer, IGP refuses to relieve officer.
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Immigration fraud: Court asks FIA to respond on 12 petitions against travel agents
Gives FIA director and Gujranwala Circle deputy director till May 22.
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PMA wants preventive health taught at schools
Says it will educate children about preventive measures for diseases.
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‘Refusal to give a bribe’: Police accused of illegal detention, false case
Court directs CCPO Tareen to probe the allegations.
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Right to harvest?: Wheat farmers protest ‘expropriation of crop’
Wildlife Dept says land originally meant to be pond area was given to them two year ago.
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Murder, terrorism charges: Over 40 Dera Sehgal villagers arrested
Over 400 accused of killing passer-by during clash with police; suspects accuse police of firing that killed the man.
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River pollution: Lahore High Court asks for detail of industries polluting the Ravi
Instructs EPD, WASA to submit revised lists.
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Taking action: Eight years of local government corruption lie ‘stowed away’
‘Govt shying away from creating committees to probe Rs170b irregularities’.
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Forensic evidence: LHC dismisses bail plea of rape accused
DNA test links accused to raped girl’s child.
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Violence against women: Make honour killing ‘non- compoundable’
Speakers at a consultation propose amendments to the law, seek proper implementation.