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Forged and fake: PMDC officers accused of ‘deceiving’ MNAs
The council tried to pass off a fake notification as genuine.
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Progress: ‘Improve quality of education’
Pakistan’s educational institutions need to improve the quality of education, say speakers.
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Waste management: LWMC in Murree
The LWMC will look after waste management for one month.
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Pushing ahead: PTI wants local bodies’ polls held at earliest, says Qureshi
PTI Vice Chairman Shah Mehmood Qureshi says PTI played its role for holding transparent local body polls in Punjab.
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Dengue season: High rainfall increasing risk, says Sarwar
Directs all departments to ensure vigilance.
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Rejected friendship?: Man shoots woman, commits suicide in Gujranwala
The man was reportedly bothering the woman over the phone via text messages.
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Van topples over in Sheikhupura: 6 dead, 8 others injured
Two women are among the deceased.
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Punjab Youth Festival: ‘Govt made false claims of records’
PPP MPA Shaukat Basra says no GBWR representative had witnessed the activities.
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Judge throws out attempted murder case against 9-month old baby
Baby Musa Khan appears in court in Lahore, sitting on his grandfather's lap and drinking from a bottle of milk.
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(Dis)order at the court: Policeman files complaint against court staff
The ASI was slapped by a lawyer.
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Threat of violence: 17 injured in cracker blast in Ichhra
The shop owner says he has been targeted by extortionists.
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Work on coal power plants in Sahiwal to start in May
‘Pakistan is a second home for Chinese investors’.
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Sense of deprivation: ‘Stop treating us as second-class citizens’
We were promised a province: Durrani.
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Disappearances: 21 bags go missing during inspection of ballots
The election commission has sought one week for their recovery.
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Heinous crime: Girl abducted and raped
Ghulam Fareed, the girl’s uncle, told media that the men abducted the girl on her way to the market.
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Behind bars: Man accused of killing father of three blind children arrested
Police had been looking for him for four weeks.
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Grey traffic: FIA arrest three for operating illegal gateway exchange
The raiding team found the exchange at the upper storey of a house in DHA.
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Piling up bills: FESCO tells govt departments to pay up or lose connections
They have till April 25 to clear their electricity bills.
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Anti-polio campaign: Polio drops for children travelling from Peshawar
Rafique inaugurates container polio check posts at Pir Wadhaye and GT Road.
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Walled City: LHC issues stay order on illegal construction
Mirza says the illegal construction also damaged a 200-year-old imambargah building.
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Rawalpindi declared polio-sensitive
Peshawar, Karachi, also on list.
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Identity politics: Suppression causes separatism, Seraiki activist warns
Ethnic differences and political activism discussed at FC College.
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Embezzlement: PWD official granted bail
Court directs accused to submit surety bonds of Rs1 million.
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Technical expertise: USAID and Intel sign MoU
The MOU commits to using technology to support education and women’s economic empowerment in Pakistan.
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Metro bus: ‘My land was acquired without compensation’
Passport DG has been summoned in Russian woman’s petition.
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Accountability: Release of kidnapping suspect challenged
Demonstrators chant slogans against police, demand immediate re-arrest of suspect.
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Money’s worth: Caller sues PCO owner over Re1
Applicant seeks Rs145,000 damages for stress, Rs20,000 for missing important calls.
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NA-89 Jhang: PML-N MNA to challenge disqualification in SC
Party feels Akram’s disqualification had no substantial basis as there is no issue of rigging or a forged degree.
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Wheat purchase: Complaint mechanism being set up for farmers
Food minister says complaints will be relayed to the chief minister.
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Seminar: ‘Educate your countrymen for social progress’
Former Balochistan chief secy stresses on improving literacy rate.
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Baisakhi festival: Thousands of Sikh pilgrims arrive to a warm welcome
The pilgrims will travel to Hassan Abdal, Nankan Sahib and Sacha Soda Sahib.
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Short-circuiting: Fire destroys shoe factory inventories
Rescue 1122 officials said fire had erupted in one of the rooms of the two-storey building.
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Blast in Lahore market injures 17
The injured were shifted to Ganga Ram and Services Hospital for treatment.
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Civil Hospital employees in Faisalabad take protest to new heights
Demonstrators climb on top of water tank, threaten to jump off if salaries are not paid.
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Innovation: GCU students get technology update
VC Muhammad Khaleequr Rahman says youth must give their technical input for country’s betterment.
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Shootout: Proclaimed offender killed, accomplices flee
The shootout went on for half an hour.
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Baisakhi: Sikh pilgrims to arrive at Wagha today
This year, around 3,000 Sikhs are expected to visit.
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Crimes against children: Exorcist burns ill girl’s feet
Seperately, teacher allegedly hit a student for not bringing book.
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Temporary helpers: Teachers protest suspension orders
Teachers says govt increased salaries to Rs8,000 on paper but they hadn’t received their salaries in 10 months.
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Young people: Two commit suicide
Girl student kills herself after boy she was in love with refuses to marry her, police arrest boy.
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Medical facility: Spine Centre inaugurated
Professor Amir Aziz, head of the centre, says Rs 250 million were spent on its construction.
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Public health: Shahbaz promises latest liver and kidney institute
72 lady health workers get performance awards.
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Changing narrative: ‘Take back power from the ruling classes’
New JI chief says India is not the biggest tormentor of Muslims, United States is.
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Poor service: Cell numbers of officers to be changed
Government purchases above 125 Blackberry mobile sets for this purpose.
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Results recalled: PML-N MNA from Jhang disqualified for being a bank loan defaulter
Ludhianvi of the Ahle-Sunnat-Wal-Jamaat declared the returned candidate.
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Convicts’ issues: ‘All remission pleas to be placed before same court’
Petitioner says many convicts granted remissions by courts but accountability court had not given any concessions.
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Amnesty scheme: LHC directs FBR to register vehicles
‘It is imposible to register vehicles without documentation’.
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Taming South Punjab: Bureaucrats loathe Multan mini-secretariat idea
PML-N panel seeks Shahbaz’s backing to set up the office.
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Blackmail allegations: Suspect remanded in custody
A hard disk containing objectionable material was found at his academy.
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Election in NA-89 rescheduled; petition filed against PML-N MNA
Election tribunal brought forward these charges based on suggestions made by Maulana Ahmed Ludhianvi.