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Preventive measures: Dengue surveillance up over rain forecast
Govt to stock on fish specie that feeds on dengue mosquito larvae.
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Areas of cooperation: ADB, Punjab govt shake hands over various projects
CM constitutes committee to discuss details of projects and submit a report.
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Murder: Court sentences convict to life
Ali was awarded life imprisonment and fined Rs500,000
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Property Transfer: ‘My son cheated me’
The son deceived him by getting him to sign some documents
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Pairing Up: Zoo seeks partners for lonely animals
The administration had already found partners for a Llama and a tiger
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Career Woes: IGP told to decide regularisation pleas
The counsel said the petitioners were initially appointed on a five-year contract
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PP-196 by-elections: Imran hoping for good news in NA-122 review
Asks people to show Punjab govt that they have failed to fulfill their promises
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PM praises Saad Rafique at Green Line train inauguration
Prime minister says Green Line train bathrooms are better than PIA's
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ECP restores Khawaja Saad Rafique National Assembly membership
Rafique’s victory was termed invalid by the election tribunal, but supreme court had suspended the verdict
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Step ahead: Selection board picks 53 for promotions
The selection board had considered promotions of 100 officers
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Payment for land: Chief secy told to settle issue by May 25
No payment made for land acquired from Institute of Islamic Culture.
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Promoting education: PEF launches school improvement project
The idea is to help schools improve academic standards.
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Govt urged to consult unions on privatisation
Workers hold protest outside LESCO Headquarters.
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Resolute: A week on, protesting teachers stand their ground
They rejected the SED’s notification on working conditions saying it doesn’t address their issues.
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Poor quality: 40 hospitalised after drinking bad lassi
Health EDO Athar Iqbal declared emergency and summoned more doctors
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Unsafe area: Residents protest drug trafficking
Some policemen, instead of taking action against the drug dealers, were taking bribes from drug dealers
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Curbing crime: Robber shot dead in police encounter
The police team asked the men to surrender but they shot at the team.
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Masterpiece: Taufiq Rafat’s translation of Bulleh Shah launched
Ather Tahir says these are not just transliterations, but Rafat’s renditions of Bulleh Shah’s poetry.
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Alleviating unemployment: ‘TEVTA aims to impart skills in demand’
Akhuwat offers interest-free loans to TEVTA grads.
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Rules and rights: Retired LHC judge seeks pension, benefits
His counsel said he was appointed a judge of the LHC in 2004 and served for three years.
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Longstanding demands: Clerks observe nationwide pen down strike
S&GAD Administration Secretary assured APCA’s COD had been forwarded to Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif for approval.
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Protesting terrorism: ‘Don’t point fingers at foreign hand, arrest culprits’
Civil society members protest against attack on Ismaili community in Karachi.
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Development: Irrigation schemes approved
The approved development schemes are: enhancing the capacity of Bhed stream and Laila drain in Sheikhupura district
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Murder, Kidnap: Death warrants issued for convict
Ahmed Khan had kidnapped Sufi Abdul Majeed in the Racecourse police area
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Murder Most Foul: Awan raps Safoora carnage
He said all stakeholders should strive to establish peace nationwide.
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Addressing Grievances: SNGPL association presents demands
Raza that the authorities would be made cognisant of the demands
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Solar-powered ATMs to deliver clean drinking water in Pakistan
Two-foot-square prototype machine looks and functions like an ATM, but dispenses water instead of cash
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Several arrests made in Faisalabad search operation
25 persons were also taken into custody due to failure to provide any proof of identity
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Fee dispute: LHC moved against vet for killing pet cat
Dr Atia, a PU assistant professor, says vet gave wrong injections to her pet cat
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Outstanding dues: CM exempted from appearing before court
Chief secretary ordered to appear before court on May 14
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Together we grieve: ‘The time to eradicate terrorism is now’
Political parties, senators condemn the Safoora Chowk terrorist attack
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Wedding woes: Court awards petitioner Rs75,000 as damages
The court has now directed the respondent to refund Rs50,000
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Ramazan package: Punjab set to announce Rs6b subsidies
About 80 per cent of the funds allocated for the package will be spent in subsidising wheat flour
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Tax collection: Industrialists protest FBR ‘harassment’
Say RTO collecting taxes at gunpoint
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Protest: Clerks seek 50% salary raises
Instead of recognising their services, the government continues to ignore clerks, says APCA Punjab general secretary
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Quality control: Butchers to need licences for meat sales, says DO
Livestock Department teams find butchers selling substandard meat
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Job [in]security: ‘Halt FESCO privatisation now’
Protesters raise banners saying privatisation is unacceptable
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‘Honour’ crime: Woman killed by brothers, dumped in canal
Rahma gets strangled and cut with an axe upon arguing with the men
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LESCO workers continue protest
Protests have been peaceful, apart from a scuffle on Tuesday
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Drawback: Sit-ins disrupted country’s progress, says Shahbaz
Turkish ambassador, K-P governor calls on chief minister
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Adjournment motion: Strict penalties sought in crimes against women
There is no law that can be relied upon for controlling incidents of gender-based violence, says assembly member
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Children’s shelter gets land
Will accommodate 1,000 orphans, runaway children.
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Dredging, de-silting: Wasa completes Nullah Leh cleanup
In the final phase the agency completed earthwork of three million cubic feet
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Transgender persons’ killings: Investigator says ‘extremists’ may be behind recent murders
CPO said none of the people killed were transgender persons, but men disguised as beggars.
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Plea seeking action against cops dismissed
‘Evidence not sufficient to hold a trial’.
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Law and order: Constable among 5 killed in Faisalabad
Rehana Bibi, 30, a resident of Bhai Wala Phattak, was stabbed by a neighbour.
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Revolting custom: Woman killed for ‘honour’
Police exhumed the body and sent it to a mortuary for autopsy.
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Heinous crime: Minor assaulted in Rukanpur
Officials said he had later thrown the blood-drenched victim in a deserted area and fled from the spot
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Imminent threat: ‘To fight climate change, look to the mountains’
Need for research on mountainous ecosystems stressed.
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Brutal crime: Murder of trainee nurse still unsolved
The Gojra City SHO said that police were investigating the crime