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Higher education: Khosa 1—1 Sharif
Compromise reached on appointment of two vice chancellors, one remains.
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Protest: BZU employees rally for early appointment of VC
BZU controller and administration offices were closed for the first time in the history of the university.
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The end of the affair: Man strangled ‘for refusing to marry’
SHO says woman drugged and killed lover because he was about to leave.
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Accountability: Railways told to probe locomotive breakdown
Railways GM told to get department plots vacated, or at least a fair price for them.
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Tax secy removed, faces corruption charge
Fawad Hassan Fawad replaces Khwaja Shumail at Excise and Tax Department.
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Access to justice: Family faces police wrath over charge against cops
Police accused of faking evidence to clear colleagues, threatening Christian family.
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Fashion forward: Who’s got your goat?
Goat fashion show, auction, cheese and milk stalls appreciated by hundreds.
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Dynastic politics: Hamza likely to be made provincial general secretary
PML-N makes choices for provincial posts in party reorganisation.
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Murree Road blast: ‘Key suspect’ freed after 10 days
Police had said that Khadim Hussain’ cell phone SIM had been used to detonate the explosive material
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Bus overturns: 3 killed, 32 injured
24 people have been shifted to DHQ, while remaining 5 were moved to Nishtar Hospital in Multan for treatment.
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Load-shedding manager: Life of a man who holds the blackout buttons
Nadeem is caught between loyalty to employers and anger of consumers.
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Twin cities on high alert: Suspected suicide bomber arrested
Police claims 14-year-old boy was trained in South Waziristan.
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DPO’s office attack: More than 50 lawyers charged with terrorism
Lawyers demanding DPO’s transfer are on strike for over a month.
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Terrorism: 4 indicted in police building attack
Four men accused of attacking police rescue building were indicted by the Anti Terrorism Court on Friday.
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Flood inquiry: No action yet against negligent officials
Engineers blamed for disastrous breaches remain in key posts.
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Patrolling for street crime: No special squads in four city divisions
Formation of squads dedicated to combat street crime was ordered on July 5.
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Father of six gets death for daughter’s rape
An Additional District & Sessions Judge on Friday sentenced a man to death for raping his teenage daughter.
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28th Session: Lawmakers again fail to discuss agenda
Moonis Elahi’s production dominates house business.
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Army must help Supreme Court: Beg
The former COAS insists if the army intervenes, it will be constitutional.
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Vicious landlord: Dog attack victim’s family ‘forced’ to drop charges
Doctors say the nine-year-old boy will survive, but may lose an arm.
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Deadly desperation: Eight Pakistani youth die on way to Europe
20 men died when they were illegally on their way to Greece in a container.
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Whose Property?: Court seeks record of land ownership
Alleged illegally occupation of 68 kanals by the administration of the Military College Jhelum (MCJ) in Sara-i-Alamgir
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Council, govt at odds over 950 medical seats
PMDC to summon health secretary, UHS VC to discuss the matter.
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Families to lose official quarters for sons’ crime
Resident officer says safety of residents university’s first priority.
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A journey through photographs
Exhibition of landscapes to continue till August 4.
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Meat Matters: Modern abattoir to be set up in Faisalabad
The proposed slaughter house will have the capacity to accommodate 14,000 small and 2,800 large animals.
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Paving the way: A truly special school
Local teacher trying to reinvent public special school curriculum.
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Water Woes: Mepco severs 97 water supply connections
When they pay the bills we will renew the connections, senior district officer (SDO) Sheikh Sheraz said.
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Want venom?: Pir arrested for ‘healing’ people with the help of snakes
Haq said djinns controlled the snakes after Safia was bitten.
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Allotment policy: Juniors get residences above their entitlement
Official says chief minister can relax the rules.
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Corruption avenue: City paid Rs243m for road works never done
Nespak report finds major irregularities in project for repair and renovation of Ferozepur Road in 2009.
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Minor boy sustains burns from high voltage wires
Ahsan was reportedly playing on the roof of his house when the sparking took place following which a fire was ignited.
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Health: Committee to look into appendicitis outbreak
A total of 50 patients from Hadda village have been operated on at the hospitals in Sargodha and 4 patients have died.
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Student allowed to continue studies
Department had rejected the student over a 3rd division.
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Provincial council reverses lawyer’s suspension
Advocate was suspended for two days for representing murder accused.
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Students to compete in arts, sciences
Three-day Nerds of Arts and Gurus of Science event kicks off at GCU.
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Workers unite: Sacked mills workers try to storm factory in Faisalabad
6 injured in protests after 400 mills employees were sacked in 2 days.
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Lawyers seize constables in Sessions Court rumpus
Policemen say they were beaten up; lawyers say cops were the aggressors.
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Gang rape: Victim’s family arrested for pursuing case
13-year-old was kidnapped and raped three months ago, police are refusing to file the case against four landlords.
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Evaluation and reporting: Matric results delayed
A board chairman says results are likely to be announced by all eight boards within a week.
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Education and devolution: Governor refuses to budge on vice chancellor appointments, for now
Law minister presses governor to accept chief minister’s nominations.
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Locomotive funds: Railways gets Rs2b to pay fuel bills, pensions
Branch line trains suspended over lube shortage; pensioners protest.
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Criminal Count: 8,332 proclaimed offenders at large in Faisalabad
Out of 8332 proclaimed offenders, 6709 have been linked to crimes as fraud, theft, cheating, cattle lifting.
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Recruitment: Termination order suspended
LHC suspended termination of 1173 employees of PEPCO and Faisalabad and Gujranwala electric supply companies.
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Not playing fare: Customers crack rickshaw driver’s skull over fare
Usman and Abbas bludgeoned Mustafa after he demanded fare for the trip.
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Land Grab: 54 DHA employees declared absconders
Col Ehtesham was accused of trying to forcibly take possession of 4.25 kanals.
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Human rights: Government seeks time in Bagram prisoners case
Application asking court to summon ISI chief pending adjudication.
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Original sins: Priest arrested for raping girl
Leena said that Haroon Masih had raped her for over four months and forced her to have an abortion.
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Meat Matters: 137 butchers booked in 2 weeks
Special campaign was launched against butchers selling dog and donkey meat as well as that of other banned animals.
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Off track: 30 trains stop running due to engine failure
Railway officials feared riots would break out at several stations.