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Capacity building: Minister promises UK scholarships for college teachers
Says programme to be started with help from British Council will help improve teaching standards
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Budgetary allocations: Little has been done for child development, says researchers
Report says only 11% schools in Lahore have toilets and drinking water
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Heinous crime: LHC upholds child rapist’s sentence
The judge said the Rs100,000 fine, ordered by the trial court, if realised, will be paid to the rape victim
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CM says spurious drugs crackdown to continue
Shahbaz expresses dissatisfaction with Provincial Quality Control Board’s performance
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Why does this author of 12 books in Faisalabad drive a Qingqi?
Despite having three reprints of 11 of his novels sold out, this Faisalabad man has to drive a Qingqi to pay his rent
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Flood havoc: Pir Adil dyke breach inundates 7 villages
Residents of the area have been asked to evacuate immediately
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Law and order: Three ‘terrorists’ killed in shootout, police say
Their bodies were taken to Dera Ghazi Khan DHQ Hospital for post mortem examination
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Capacity building: UNICEF, govt sign $37m agreement
The programme will continue from July 2015 to December 2017
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Forced evictions: National day of action on August 12, says Minto
Minto said the government should resettle those evicted from their homes on July 30
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Education facilities: Governor lays foundation stone of study park
He also met a delegation of PML-N workers and assured them that their problems would be resolved soon
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Accountability: University of Sargodha VC set to get clean chit
A member of the committee probing irregularities says it has cleared the VC of charges
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Wings of colours: Butterfly House to be opened next week at Jallo Park
The CM approved the project in July last year
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Hazardous work: LESCO workers demand safer working conditions
Dozens of LESCO workers marched from Bakhtiar Labour Hall on Nisbet Road to Lakshmi Chowk
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Working women: Policies pile up, but when will they be implemented?
Consultation held to discuss recommendations for the uplift of women workers
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Illegal occupation: Property grabbers told to vacate shops, flat in Liberty
SC reprimands judge who ordered a stay against eviction
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No rest for the dead: No ghusal, no burial — unidentified bodies pile up at Mayo Hospital morgue
PSO to DCO says this is the first he has heard of it
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Guardianship: Police ordered to recover Malaysian woman’s daughter
Justice Farrukh Gulzar Awan directed the Nishatabad DSP to produce the girl and her grandmother in court on August 10
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No margin for error: Chinese to be provided security in 3 categories
DIG Haider Ashraf reviews security arrangements for Chinese in Lahore
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Metro train project to be completed speedily, says CM
Two sub-committees formed to oversee Orange Line Metro Train
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Three death row prisoners hanged in Punjab
Two were hanged in Lahore's Kot Lakhpat Jail, while third was executed in Gujranwala Central Jail
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PRA launches restaurant invoice monitoring system
This web based application has been prepared by the PRA in with collaboration with PITB
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Dangerous buildings: Three of a family killed in roof collapse
The bodies were handed over to their relatives for burial
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Domestic labour: Maid found dead at employer’s house
The Civil Lines SHO said police had registered the FIR and had formed a team to arrest the suspects
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Evacuate immediately: Flood warning issued in Kalore Kot
District Emergency Officer Naveed Iqbal visited relief camps set up by Rescue 1122
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Easy access: Villages protest FESCO office move
The protesters gathered at Mamu Kanjan Road and staged a sit-in there
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Youth empowerment: Interns praise rural-urban student linkages
The ceremony was titled Hamara Pakistan
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Public service: ‘Flood safety infrastructure being upgraded’
CM offers helicopter for flood relief activities
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Health facility: Hospital to be set up at police lines
He was presiding over a meeting at the Directorate General of Health Services
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Defeating dengue fever: Walled City residents join WCLA in awareness walk
They discussed preventive measures with the residents
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‘De-seating will lead to mid-term elections’
PTI lawmakers are the only opposition in the National Assembly
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Improving healthcare: DCOs directed to fill vacant posts of doctors
Adviser to CM on Health Khwaja Salman, Health Secretary Jawad Rafique Malik and the Lahore DCO attended the meeting
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Disaster management: WWF Pakistan seeks better flood management plan
Asks govt to check deforestation in wetlands, remove encroachments on flood plains
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Withholding tax: Partial strike fails to make a loud statement
Half of the shops in major markets remained open for business
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Infrastructure work: Government allowed to widen Canal Road
Supreme Court say widening project will benefit road users
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CIA arrests four 'terrorists' from Lahore railway station
Police say the suspected terrorists were planning to attack a train coming from Karachi
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Four murder convicts hanged in jails across Punjab
While four murder convicts were hanged, authorities stayed the execution of two
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Drama on the court steps: SC sends ambulance to pick up petitioner feigning illness
Maulana Shakir is accused of hate speech and attacking a police team.
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Breeding season: Flour mill sealed over dengue larvae find
The DCO also suspended from duty the Union Council 262 secretary Tariq Javed for failing to drain stagnant water
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Fatal accident: Two die from electric shock
brother Kashif Ali, 15, rushed to help him and also received an electric shock
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Assaulted: Teenager raped
The suspect was later arrested by police from his village
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Criminal intent: Man seeks criminal case against his accuser
Petition seeking a case against another man for helping the petitioner print fake currency notes
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Two arrested for unsealing food outlet
The authority’s Ravi Town team had sealed Bhaijan Sweets and Bakers
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In the line of duty…: Dogs sent to animal care centre
They were caught for attacking a police team.
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Farmers demand reopening of canal
The Irrigation Department took the step following a request by the district administration
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Out on streets: Visually-impaired protest in DG Khan
Protesters demand jobs in govt depts.
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Escalation: 19 injured as protesting villagers clash with police
Protesters from Hussain Khanwala village were marching towards Lahore.
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Grassroots representation: Government urged to hold local bodies elections on time
Equal opportunity sought for marginalised groups to elect their representatives
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Advice on economy: ‘Consult others’ economic policies to devise your own’
Failure to see the crises coming was a failure of the academic discipline of macroeconomics
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Law and order: Five more men linked to Church attacks nabbed: Khanzada
They are believed to be involved in Qila Gujjar Singh Police Lines and Model Town FIA building attacks.
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Legal debate: Can penalty under ATA be commuted after compromise?
SC stays execution of convict after his son says they have reached a settlement.