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Power Riots: 83 arrested for protests released
An initial assessment of the damage done to the Gepco grid station has estimated the damage at around Rs120 million.
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LDA, police summoned on building owner’s plea
Petitioner says police ignoring earlier orders for FIR on his complaint.
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‘Phone store employee made bomb hoax calls’
Worker sent on judicial remand after admitting to making calls ‘for fun’.
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Job development: Cops not getting mandated arms training
Police short of personnel, funds for ammunition.
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Acid throwing: Man gets 57 years for burning three women
Threw acid on former employer’s daughters after he was sacked from job.
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Wani tradition: 5-year-old given in ‘marriage’ to 40-year-old
Girl’s father had eloped with the sister of middle-aged neighbour.
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Informal sector: ‘Recognise home-based women workers as labourers’
Govt asked to ratify ILO’s convention on home-based work.
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Govt introduces stringent control regulations
More cell separator machines to be purchased.
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Health hazard: Life saving pesticides trigger rash of allergies
Import, manufacture of pesticides for domestic use still unregulated.
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Dengue death toll reaches 176 with more deaths in Lahore
Six more patients died in Lahore in the last 24 hours.
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Dengue fever: 3,500 bottles of medicine reach city
Bottles of dextrone-40, used in treatment of dengue fever, imported from India.
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Rape Investigation: Locals protest against police for not following case
Gate Gali Hamam Wali resident Yasin’s married daughter was raped by Shahbaz alias ‘Shaba’ at her house.
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Consumer Court: Transporter summoned over damage to books
A petition seeking payment of Rs1,077,030 in compensation for alleged damage caused to 265 books.
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Fanning the flames: Protesters set fire to Dhodak office
OGDC employees plan to relocate offices to Sindh, workers start strike.
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Youth UN next month
Event rescheduled due to dengue vacations.
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PPP returns fire at PML-N on dengue
Punjab Assembly session requisitioned to discuss public health crisis.
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‘Private schools seeking bids for seats’
Students report colleges to UHS for seeking fees to ‘book’ places at med school.
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Lights out: Giving power to the people
Power riots continue, PML-N supporters launch rally in DG Khan.
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Unrequited love: Youth shoots girl, then himself
Police investigators say that Adil had stalked Parveen for over a year; she is in critical condition.
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Finance and Trade Centre: LDA uses fake bidder to auction plot
Rules require at least two bidders for auction, so LDA made one up.
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City treasures: Revamped Lahore Heritage Museum opens next week
Officials say more funds needed for substantial repairs of old Tollinton Market.
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PML-Q to keep PPP alliance intact
PML-Q will also contest the next general elections with the PPP.
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Sialkot lynching case: LHC asked to change life term to death penalties
Punjab govt filed two appeals, one against the acquittal of 5 accused and the other to award death sentences to 6.
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Suspected terrorist arrested in Lahore
Muaaz was allegedly involved in blasts at Garhi Shahu Juice Market, different shrines and markets.
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Dengue in Punjab: Death toll rises to 168
Shahbaz Sharif says effective strategy will be chalked out to eradicate the virus.
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Court Order: NAB to release Sharif family’s assets
Sharif family's assets and share certificates were confiscated following conviction of Nawaz Sharif in 1999.
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Boundary battles: Factory owners beat 3 brothers bloody
Mustafa said he was trying to retrieve his kite but was accused of stealing.
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Gang Rape: 11-year-old sodomised and killed
Victim died as a result of the assault and the accused sent the body to his parents.
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World Animal Day: ‘Duty exemption on captive birds proposed’
Suzi the elephant gets fruit gifts from PU students.
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Writers and poets get dengue too
Zahid Dar in hospital, Zahid Hasan tests positive for disease.
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Larger bench: PM disqualification plea referred to CJ
Federal govt yet to respond to petition despite amicus curae warning.
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Post wedding jitters: Dealing with ‘veiled threats’
Burka-clad man arrested for stalking sister outside district court.
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Jail bait: Torture cases against 24 jail officials
Protesting prisoners said that jail officials whipped them and urinated in their food.
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Iqbal Hussain biography launched
Artist says proceeds from book sales will help women of Heera Mandi.
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Power outages: Public anger recedes, for now...
Protestors learn that rioting is only way to communicate with govt.
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Development planning: Traffic bogged down under new flyover
50 days after project ‘finished’, road works continue at Kalma Chowk.
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PML-N responsible for instigating protests: Fauzia Wahab
PPP leader says PML-N not serving the masses by provoking the people.
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Five gunned down near Faisalabad
Gulzar, his two songs and grandson were on their Jaranwala for a court hearing.
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Dengue death toll reaches 160 in Punjab
The outbreak of dengue claimed six more lives in Lahore, raising the death toll to 160 in Punjab.
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Riot Power: Protesters burn GEPCO offices and police station
The protesters also stopped a train heading from Rawalpindi to Karachi and broke windows.
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Emergency Response: Training of community teams discussed
A training handbook in Urdu had been prepared.
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SCBA Elections: Justice (r) Rizvi files papers for presidential poll
Presidential elections of the Supreme Court Bar Association.
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Lawyer beats up client in dispute over ‘bribe money’
Man thrashed by 20 lawyers at Sessions Court, booked for impersonation.
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Upgrade: Five hospitals get cell separators
20-member team of Indonesian experts visited High Dependency Units set up at the teaching hospitals.
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Mass marriages: For better or worse...
30 needy couples tie the knot in the presence of 5,000 guests.
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Pir prognosis: ‘Heartless’ answers to suspicious questions
Man cuts out wife’s heart for pir to ‘stop her from accusing him of adultery’.
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13,000 await registration plates for new cars
No plates issued for some 10 weeks because of material shortage.
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150 health officials to be sent abroad for training
Chief minister seeks alternate power supply for teaching hospitals.
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Electricity blackouts: 200 rioters sent to jail as power protests continue
Police and protestors clash at Bund Road, PML-N tries to direct blame at federal govt.
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Dengue update: Death toll reaches 152 as 9 more die in Lahore
228 more people have been diagnosed with the disease in Punjab in the last 24 hours.