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Punjab Assembly: Session to go on till Jan 9 on treasury’s request
Members spend Monday debating pointing out of quorum by opposition.
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Gas supply suspension: LCCI protest earns them an FIR
Police file FIR against LCCI members after they protested on the Mall Road.
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Contempt: Model Town officials summoned for not following court orders
Model Town officials failed to implement court orders for demolishing walls blocking routes to Kot Lakhpat market.
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Judge hands life sentence to accused in bizarre murder case
The accused Zeeshan was also fined Rs50,000 for his friend's murder.
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Clearing confusions: ‘We cannot ally with rejected parties’
Shah Mehmood denies rumours of coalition with APML, others.
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Lawyers boycott courts over murder of colleague
Tarrar was shot near his native village on January 1. LHCBA president demands immediate arrest of culprits.
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Punjab University: Mujahid Kamran to stay on as acting VC
Appointment will last about two weeks, move challenged in LHC.
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Gas shortage: Agitated Punjab businessmen plan protest
Announce to stage a sit-in outside the Governor House and prime minister’s Lahore residence on Jan 7.
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PTI-Musharraf alliance?: Decision after due deliberation, says Qureshi
PTI vice chief says he has differences with Zardari, respect for his father.
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Bureaucracy reshuffle: CM’s principal secretary transferred
Nadeem Hassan Asif replaces Tauqeer Ahmed at top Secretariat seat.
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Child rights: Timely registration of children urged
Only 27 per cent of the total births in the country are registered.
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Crime balance sheet: 5621 proclaimed offenders arrested, 7620 still at large
CPO says progress will be apparent in the first two months of 2012.
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Hepatitis-C outbreak: 15 dead, over 500 believed infected in Rajanpur village
Villagers say no public health facilities in the vicinity, private treatment ‘too costly’.
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PMS Association: Young officers want combative president to stay
Mid-career bureaucrats want a more conciliatory leader to sort out issues with DMG.
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Fuel crisis: 6 hours a day gas closure at CNG stations
Extra curtailment for Sheikhupura, areas in Lahore with low gas pressure.
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New Year’s Eve for friends, Day for families
Revellers jam roads at midnight, parks packed on first day of 2012.
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Women doctors: Financial cost of social hang-ups
Around Rs2.5 million is spent by the government on one medical student’s five-year MBBS degree.
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Free to pursue jihad: Saeed appreciates Pakistan’s unique freedoms
Jamaatud Dawa chief says Pakistan’s struggles similar to Medina’s during Islam’s early years.
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388,514 rescued in Punjab in 2011
The greatest number of rescue operations was conducted in Lahore (71,699), followed by Faisalabad (31,149).
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Public health: District govt’s anti-dengue drive begins today
DCO says campaign to include preventive measures and training of doctors.
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Chief engineer to get DLR control
Concerns that Irrigation Dept re-organisation will hurt Directorate.
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Suspect remanded in police custody
Journalist Faisal Qureshi was allegedly killed for money.
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City crime: Lahore police release yearly arrests numbers
Stolen property worth more than Rs457m recovered.
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Punjab Ombudsman: Child cell received 247 complaints in 2010
The cell also addressed psychological and social issue of children and women in flood-hit areas.
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Heinous crime: Man arrested for kidnapping child, assault
11-year-old says she was taken to Karachi where she was detained for three weeks.
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PU convocation: Degrees awarded without chancellor
This was Dr Mujahid Kamran’s last convocation as vice chancellor.
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Bahauddin Zakariya: Qureshi urges Sufi followers to join him
Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf vice chairman Shah Mehmood Qureshi gave bath to the mausoleum.
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Public transport: 50,000 vehicles to be halted by new CNG safety rule
CNG association says ban irrational, Lahore Transport Company to move court.
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CNG unions differ on nationwide strike call
SNGPL spokesman says one-month closure not final.
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Polio vaccination: Check posts in border districts ordered
Health officials directed to be vigilant.
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SHO beaten to death by villagers
Policemen were answering 15 call of land grab attempt.
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Inauguration: ‘Change will come through ballot only’
Firdaus Ashiq Awan inaugurates gas supply project for Sialkot villages.
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Defending the PPP: Premier dismisses ‘test tube’ parties
Says ‘political orphans’ will bow down before US like Musharraf did.
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Kuwait airport mishap: Truck collides with PIA aircraft
Flight PK 240 was about to leave for Sialkot when incident occurred, no passengers hurt.
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Sapna Khan case: Case to resume in the new year
Case adjourned till January 6 after SHO Race Course fails to file comments on time.
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Encounter: Protesters set fire to police post
Reject police claim that deceased was a criminal, demand inquiry.
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Four children burn to death as house catches fire
The mother of the expired children survived the accident, but is severely injured.
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Where is Sapna Khan?: LHC issues notice to SHO regarding Khosa's petition
Khosa alleges police of being hand in glove with his missing former wife’s family in harassing him.
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Judicial training: Incompetent judges have no future: CJ
20 district and sessions judges awarded certificates.
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Law & disorder: Assaults demonstrate lack of security at courts
Environment at lower courts marred by fear and insecurity in 2011.
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Civil service: Provincial-federal tussle rules bureaucracy
Job tussle between DMG and PMS officers was the story of the year.
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Punjab Assembly: House in uproar over Ayesha Malik case
Opposition and law minister at loggerheads over latest ‘daughter of Punjab’.
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Awan stands fast on government stance, blames PML-N for all problems
Awan criticises Nawaz Sharif for filing petition on Memo case in Supreme Court.
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Tehsildar punished for delaying implementation of court order
LHC sends Kasur Tehsildar to prison for seven days for delaying implementation of civil court order.
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The politics of development spending
Opposition members received Rs8 million every year for the three years PPP and the PML-N shared the treasury benches.
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Pakistan Railways scrap scam: NAB begins probe, makes four arrests
The alleged sale was made at throw-away prices.
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Terrorism alert: ‘Punjab is home to banned organisations’
Analyst says terrorists have been affected by operations in the north.
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Meet the Press: Riaz says PTI’s tsunami will sweep away more Leaguers
Raja says all PPP members are united and had complete trust in their leadership.
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Punjab Assembly: Where are the development funds we were promised, Riaz asks Sanaullah
After 40 minutes, PA closes shop due to member’s death.
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Civil service: Four in the running for chief secretary
Nasir Khosa expected to leave to join Asian Development Bank.