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Transport: Green Card scheme to launch in 6 more cities
Students must get their college to fill forms and send to DCO.
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Provincial flood plans: 17,000 policemen to help flood relief
IG reviews arrangements for potential summer floods.
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Murder case: Four doctors granted interim bail
Lawyer representing father of dead child argues court bypassing due process.
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The role of Christianity in creating racism
English immigrants promoted idea Indians, Africans were ‘incapable of becoming genuine Christians’, says Dr Goetz.
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Summer events: Horses dance, race at tourism festival
Riders given traditional turbans as a token of appreciation.
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Prices of essential commodities rise ahead of Ramazan
Consumers bemoan lack of government writ in issuing and enforcing prices according to the lists issued.
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‘Crusader for democracy’: Gilani urges all to respect party’s proposed bills
Ex-PM insists that parliament is the country’s supreme body.
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Kaira defends dual nationality bill
Says that parliament had the authority to amend the Constitution.
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Switching allegiances: Qureshi’s brother reverts to PPP
Mureed joined PTI earlier this year during PTI Chairperson Imran Khan’s trip to Multan.
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NADRA study shows voter numbers rise in Punjab
Over 35% of registered voters for upcoming elections are under 30.
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FIA probe: Substandard material used in 11 roads in Okara
FIA (ACC) team had visited the sites after examining the relevant record and verified the complaint.
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Workshop: ‘Mothers should watch out for kids’ drug use’
Speaking at a workshop, said that the government was setting up a drug abuse information and counselling centre.
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Road accident: Six dead, more than 80 injured
Bus headed towards DI Khan hits another taking a turn on Jhang Road.
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Spending cuts: Employees under S&GAD payroll will still work for Secretariat
No final decision has been taken to shift the employees: Secretariat official.
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Public health: 508,432 children to be immunised in four days
WHO representative says incidence of disease lower than last year.
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Déjà vu: Heavy rains inundate Sargodha
Teenager dies of electric shock, truck overturns as one of its tyres is caught in an under-construction sewer.
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Art of rhetoric: ‘Think. Speak. Impress’
Orators Club launches office, holds orientation for month-long public speaking sessions this summer.
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Security concerns: LBA likely to stop parking of vehicles inside court premises
Only judges will be allowed to park their vehicles on court premises.
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YDA strike: Doctors agree to go back to work
Spokesman says YDA retains right to resume strike in 15 days if there is no progress on service structure.
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Saying 'no' to NATO: DPC long march enroute to Gujranwala
The long march will stop in Gujrat tonight, will leave for Islamabad at 10 am on Monday.
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Intelligence reports: Militants openly using cell-phones in jails
Reports reveal TTP, al Qaeda plans for the future.
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Police, protesters clash during demonstration
Clash lasted for over 4 hours after protesters attempted to break into the factory they said was causing pollution.
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Moral police: Detain couple ‘for not carrying marriage deed’
Case dropped after couple accepted the apology of the men who detained them and asked for their marriage deed.
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Fatal encounter: Three, including proclaimed offenders, shot and killed
A passerby injured by stray bullet.
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Government crackdown: Food stalls, shops razed in anti-encroachment drive
20 people arrested for obstructing public officials from discharging duties.
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Punjab plans access to flush toilets for all by 2025
Provincial govt to announce policy on waste disposal, sewerage.
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Face off: Seven lawyers suspended after scuffle at PbBC office
Lawyers allegedly attacked Punjab Bar Council executive chairman after he refused to suspend another lawyer.
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Against restoring NATO supplies: DPC announces long march to parliament
Samiul Haq says restoration of supplies is an ‘insult to parliament’.
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In A Fix: YDA Punjab’s general council to meet today
The official YDA Punjab Facebook page reflects the difference of opinion among its members on how to move forward.
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Doctors’ strike: Get back to work at all wards, court tells YDA
LHC suspends show cause, suspension and termination notices served on doctors.
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Punjab police suspends 250 ‘pot-bellied’ officials from operational duty
Those who were able to reduce waists by 2-4 inches will be given another chance.
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Na-151 by-elections: PML-N backs independent candidate
Shaukat Bosan, the candidate is the brother of Sikandar Bosan of the PTI.
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Healthy living: Media praised for promoting iodised salt
Household utilisation of iodised salt had increased to 79 per cent in the Punjab.
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Urs preparations: Security arranged for trains to Sehwan Sharif
All DSPs have been directed to ensure the security of passengers and trains.
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Crime: Woman escapes husband’s detention
Says her head has been shaved ‘for loose morals’.
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Shab-i-Barat celebrations: Three children injured in fireworks accident
11 arrested for fireworks trade in Faisalabad.
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Bad sale: Former LHC judge wants damages for defective vehicle
Court issues respondent notice for July 19.
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Medical negligence: Remand of four doctors extended
Doctors say they were arrested before patient’s death.
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Real estate: Nearly half willing to give up land for plots in colony
‘None of the landowners surveyed in four villages have objected to the establishment of GDA City on their land’.
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Lahore Museum: Ceiling repairs, rewiring to be finished in two weeks
Restoration of Sadequain mural to begin later this month.
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Channeling creativity: Book fair opens at Children’s Library Complex
Author’s Studio, film screenings, mobile bookstore part of attractions for children at two-day event.
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To each his own: Govt, doctors interpret court order differently
Health Department issues show-cause notices to 11 doctors.
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Counsel calls for commuting Sarabjeet Singh's death sentence
Advocate Awais Sheikh says court had overlooked many flaws in Singh's trial to award death penalty.
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NAB closes one case against Nawaz Sharif
Bureau reluctant to review remaining cases fearing closure due to lack of evidence.
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Ramazan Bazaars from July 14th
8 Ramazan Bazaars, 34 fair price shops will start in Bahawalpur from July 14. 25 Bazaars in Faisalabad from July 17.
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Caught, escaped, killed: Fugitive in child rape and murder case shot, killed
Relatives of the deceased accuse police of staging his escape and shootout.
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PU Appointment: Next hearing on July 12
Justice Umar Ata Bandial deferred the hearing because of Kamran’s counsel’s absence.
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Disturbing report: Six bodies missing from graves in Faisalabad
Construction of boundary wall, installation of streetlights and hiring of watchman ordered.
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Murder: Woman shot, killed
Sharif, a resident of Chak 233-GB, shot dead his aunt Hafizan, 50.
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Seminar: ‘Muslim civilisation at crossroads’
Speakers at seminar say answer lay in carving new cognitive niches without losing touch with substantive knowledge.