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Special Olympics: ‘Integrate special children in regular schools’
600 students from 20 schools and five universities join interactive session.
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Rallying cry: Hashmi slams PML-N for Senate deal bid with PPP
PTI leader to stand in Lahore, says PML-N failed to deliver good governance.
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New provinces: President to announce Seraiki province before elections, says minister
The textile minister says that MQM has their own agenda regarding new provinces, PPP has nothing to do with it.
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Nato supply resumption: Nation has rejected parliamentary panel report, says JI
The JI leader also says no action against drone attacks was not understandable.
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Police arrest 5 kidnappers in Punjab
The group was involved in kidnapping people from Punjab province and handing them over to Taliban.
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Fake medicine: Unofficial death toll reaches 112
Three more die in Lahore on Sunday.
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Healthy reactions: Special ward for patients suffering from PIC medicine
Team of doctors constituted to monitor ward and provide speedy treatment to patients who have suffered a reaction.
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Sizing up NADRA: An ID card is no small matter
‘1.75ft tall’ Hasina sues NADRA for failing to issue her CNIC after 5 years because ‘her hands are too small’.
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Breaking barriers: ‘Stop right there or we’ll shoot’
Three cops shoot down motorcyclist for crossing picket line.
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Less than 70 original coins on display at Lahore Museum
45,000 originals kept behind closed doors due to poor security.
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Lukewarm response: Run Pink Bus as family bus on weekends, suggests LTC
First Bus Service worried about not being able to break even a month after launch.
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Pending construction: The missing links in the Ring Road project
Punjab government lacking financial support as no foreign investor interested.
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Embezzlement: Five including two civil servants accused of corruption
Inquiry finds officials are involved in misappropriation of Rs391m.
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Garlic inhibits TB bacteria, finds research
Garlic extract be used to reduce drug resistance, treatment cost.
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Conservation: ‘As few as four leopards left in national park’
WWF-Pakistan gets Rs30m for two-year research project.
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Social index: Figures on health, education access ‘too good to be true’
Workshop participants doubt govt, World Bank statistics, call for more local research.
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Unwanted: ‘Send the children to an orphanage’
Divorced couple fight over children’s custody in court.
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Judicial Appointments: Govt mulls confirmation of 8 judges’ services
Parliamentary committee on judges’ appointment due to review proposal for confirmation of additional judges on Jan 30.
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Free medicine: Multan sees first fatality from contaminated drugs
Two patients admitted to Multan hospitals after consuming contaminated drugs.
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Free medicine tragedy: Shahbaz orders judicial inquiry, sacks PIC officials
A close look at the statistics shows that the deaths fall along class lines.
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University of Health Sciences declares BDS results
Moiza Ijaz got first position after securing 736 marks out of 900.
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Free medicine: FIA orders arrest of pharmacist, store keeper
Petition filed in Lahore High Court calls for appointment of a health minister in Punjab.
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High-profile cases in Punjab: 63% terror suspects acquitted
Accused released due to lack of evidence, withdrawal of testimonies.
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Real estate fraud: Commissioner’s counsel sought
Petitioner says LDA failed to protect her interest.
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Punjab Assembly: Amendment proposed to local government law
PA introduces new bill to alter boundaries of tehsils and union councils.
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Punjab’s financial conundrum
Leghari submitted an adjournment motion regarding province’s overdraft, which he said was spiralling out of control
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House bound husband: Man shoots mother-in-law, beats wife
Bukhsh said his son-in-law shot his wife after she refused to hand over any more money to feed his drug habit.
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Sexual harassment: ‘It was hard to say who was harassing whom’
Scuffles between EC staff and eunuchs were reported while submitting forms.
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Harassment: Christian activist says he fears death at police’s hand
Threatened for not withdrawing harassment complaint.
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Book launch: ‘Police supervised planned partition violence’
Author says 1947 migration was mostly political.
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Ban on kite flying against Pakistan constitution: Petitioner
The state cannot take away the right of legitimate trade from its citizens, says kite trader.
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Free medicines case: Pharma owners’ physical remand extended
Judicial magistrate allows FIA five more days to investigate the accused.
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Punjab Assembly: Treasury introduces bill to alter boundaries of local govt constituencies
Talking about free medicines fiasco, Sanaullah says CM will only attend a house session to present the final report.
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Prison death: Minister’s killer dies of tuberculosis
Maulvi Sarwar Mughal, the self-confessed murderer of PML-Q’s Zille Huma Usman, allegedly succumbs to tuberculosis.
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Contaminated medicine case: Probe stalls, death toll rises
Required information is yet to be provided to the FIA; Rehman Malik names 6 companies responsible for deaths.
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Child Protection services, police raid hotel, bust sexual abusers ring
Child Protection Bureau along with police raided a hotel in Lahore, recovering four young boys aged between 10-15.
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Opponents to supporters: Lawmakers now support all cultural activities
Opposition might challenge the re-passage of 28 bills returned by the governor.
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Mass marriage: 50 couples tie the knot in Faisalabad
More than 3,000 attend function.
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The culture debate
Resolution presented there should be no restriction on extra-curricular activities including cultural and literary.
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Shifting paradigms: ‘Management needs to start before disasters occur’
UHS VC says new diploma in humanitarian assistance to start this year.
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Real estate: Lahore Development Authority sells 43 plots in open auction
Maximum bid offered at Rs1.12m per marla, minimum at Rs0.284m.
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Ferozepur road: Accidents pile up at flyover construction site
Reflective tape and traffic cones missing, metal sheets pose hazard.
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Reproductive rights?: Woman ‘killed for aborting without consultation’
Doctor tells police carrying pregnancy to term could have been fatal.
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What lies beneath?: Three graves mysteriously dug up in Multan
Initial investigations reveal that the graves were of children, aged less than five years.
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Free medicine case: Punjab govt caught unaware?
Parliamentary health secretary admits until three weeks, govt did not know of patient deaths.
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Ministry of Overseas Pakistanis reverses decision to close OPF school
Dr Farooq Sattar made sincere efforts to save the institution, says Ministry Federal Secretary.
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FIA, Punjab government to investigate fake medicines case: Malik
Lahore High Court issues notices to Secretary Health, DG FIA and Inspector General Punjab.
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Free medicine: LHC orders respondents to file reply by January 30
Death toll of PIC victims reach 101.
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Free medicine disaster: Lab with expired licence supplied PIC
Death toll crosses 100, PPP wants families to lodge case against Shahbaz Sharif.
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Sibling slaughter: Man shoots two sisters
Mumtaz Bibi died on the spot, Kallan is fighting for her life.