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Salary raises : ‘Clerks will march to Islamabad on June 3 if demands not met’
APCA general secy says govt has not planned raises for workers in the new budget.
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Healthcare challenge: Campaign against quacks soon, says Salman Rafiq
On the direction of Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif, elimination of quackery has been ordered
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Inter-faith harmony: Joint efforts needed to curb extremism, says Sindhu
Collective efforts are needed to establish a society based on peace and religious harmony
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Seminar: ‘Forget privatisation, improve efficiency’
APHEWU held a seminar at Bakhtiar Labour Hall on proposed privatisation of electricity supply companies.
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Loopholes: Women protection bill needs major changes, says activists
Rights activists say draft law just a procedural document.
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Talking change: Reform police for good governance, says Rajwana
Governor addresses meeting on law and order.
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Schools reforms: Spread of education can end terrorism and poverty, says minister
Rs2 billion allocated for millennium development goals in education sector.
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5 years since Ahmedia worship places attack
Five years ago, 86 people died and over 150 were injured in attacks on two Ahmadia worship places in the city
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Urging cohesion: Sarwar calls on PTI workers to unite
Former governor was appointed as the party’s provincial organiser on Saturday .
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Homecoming: Qadri says he will return in June to lead protest
Qadri rejected the JIT report, calling it ‘murder of justice’
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On the streets: Lawyers threaten country-wide protests
Bar leaders give the govt two weeks to bring the culprits to book.
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Peace conference: Mothers of APS victims demand justice
MPA’s jibe infuriates families of those martyred in Peshawar carnage.
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Flattened by erratic rain, Pakistani farmers ditch crop farming
Farmers from districts southeast of Islamabad said that delayed or excessive rains, coupled with heavy hailstorms
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Fished out: Lawyer’s body retrieved from canal
Rescue-1122 team had retrieved Aslam’s body from the canal on the same day
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Public health: ‘Nishtar College to be made a university’
The government will grant Nishtar Medical College, Multan, the status of a university
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Law and order: HRCP seeks review of police operations
killings were condemnable and sought an immediate assessment of rules that govern police operations in the province
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Inquiry: Home Dept sets up JIT to probe Daska riots
Govt withdraws request for a judicial commission
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Dhoop Sarri evacuations: Christians refuse to return despite police presence
‘Some families reported being threatened with dire consequences for pursuing police case over mob attack’.
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‘Increase cereal yield to prevent food insecurity’
International seminar organised at UAF
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Cricket comes home: Pakistan beat Zimbabwe by 41 runs in first ODI
It turned out to be the highest run-aggregate in ODIs involving Pakistan as a total of 709
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Countrymen: ‘Overseas Pakistanis’ problems being resolved’
500 complaints received by the commission over three months, 300 had been redressed
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War of words: Declamation contest starts at PU
The All Pakistan Bilingual Declamation Contest 2015 started at the Punjab University on Tuesday
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‘The process determines the final outcome’
Exhibition featuring work of 10 artists underway in city
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Mass transport: Over 100 injured as train derails near Rajanpur
‘Peshawar-bound Khushhal Khan Khattak Express was speeding when it derailed’.
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Making a point: Govt should resign for failing to maintain order, says Sarwar
PTI leaders, workers rally in front of press club to show solidarity with lawyers
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Death penalty: Two sent to the gallows in Faisalabad
The murder convicts had exhausted all avenues of appeal.
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Religious parties eyeing alliances in Rawalpindi
ASWJ, MWM, ST plan to rigorously participate in the September polls
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Daska killings: Protesting lawyers attempt to break through Punjab Assembly
Protests spread across Punjab, dissenting lawyers demand arrest of the Daska SHO
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Eleven murder convicts hanged across country
The latest hangings bring the total number put to death since December to 128
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Promoting literacy: ‘Exempt private schools from taxation’
Instead of encouraging the private sector to promote education, the government has imposed heavy taxes on them
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Kidney health: Reply sought in plea seeking better treatment facilities
Number of people suffering kidney diseases had increased rapidly in the recent years
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Daska killings: Govt has given police a licence to kill, says Tahirul Qadri
The Punjab government has been using police for political purposes
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By-polls: Govt, political party leaders allowed canvassing
Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) could take action over announcement of development projects
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Security checks: 32 held in separate incidents
Police teams were now interrogating the suspects
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Heinous crime: Woman assaulted at home
women was raped at her home, while home alone
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Next season: ‘Paddy crop on 4.4m acres planned’
Production target for the year was 3.5 million tones
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Rozgar scheme: Traffic police training nominees
The candidates have to complete a 14-day special training course
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Taken away: Family protests abduction, killing of lady health worker
Najma and her sister Shabnam had been abducted a few days ago. Shabnam is still missing, family says
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Wheat procurement: Not being supplied gunny bags, farmers say
Investigation demanded into charges of corruption in distribution of gunny bags
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Dilapidated building: Playgroup students have a narrow escape at school
Assistant Education Officer Abdul Ghaffar said some children had gotten cuts and bruises
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Public health: Campaign against dengue to continue, says minister
Residents in vulnerable areas will get mosquito repellant and medicines, says Mujtaba Shujaur Rehman
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Do more: ‘Capacity-building of Minerals Dept needed’
Chief minister orders that a Coal Pricing Board be set up immediately
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Workplace accident: One dead, 5 hurt in boiler blast
Police say excessive pressure may have caused the blast
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Governance reform: Sub-secretariat for south Punjab in the works, says governor
Rajwana says PML-N’s parliamentarians will meet this week to discuss the matter
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Up in arms: Hundreds of black coats turn on police across Punjab
Punjab Bar Council announces complete boycott of court proceedings today
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Governance: ‘Failure to spend development funds reflects bad planning’
PTI says of the Rs345 billion allocated for ADP, govt has spent only Rs167 billion
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Law and order: ‘Shahbaz has nothing to show for 7 years in govt’
Bill passed un-amended on condition that a discussion on law and order be allowed.
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Welcome changes in policing
With a more sensitised police,we can eventually hope for more reporting of crime as well as less biased investigations
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Clashes erupt across Punjab after killing of lawyers in Sialkot
Another advocate injured as SHO opens fire to disperse protesters; CM Punjab orders judicial inquiry
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In pursuit of greatness: Student sells dust-cloth, garlands to meet educational expenses
Tuition centre in the morning, school in the evening and a vendor by night