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ID card bloopers: What’s in a name — apparently a lot
238 cases have been filed against NADRA since January.
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Urban development: New road to ease traffic congestion
Construction is expected to begin in June, says TEPA.
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Healthcare: ‘CM committed to providing medical facilities to people’
Adviser says health insurance scheme launched for people in backward districts.
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Going abstract: Silence Please at Nairang from May 5
Thirty art pieces by 10 artists will be on display.
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‘Religious intolerance will not take us anywhere’
Chief Justice was chairing a meeting of the National Judicial Policymaking Committee.
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Welfare: Homes to be built for beggars
Minister says govt started project to provide accommodation and skills training for street beggars.
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Revenge crime: Two minor girls killed ‘by former aunt’
Two bodies recovered from canal; third is missing.
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Martyrs Day: Mall road, others to be closed
Traffic police provide alternate route guide for Wednesday.
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Medical journals: Moot urges medical editors to protect scientific record
‘Editing, research methods should be added to medical curriculum’.
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Landlord scorned: Landowner razes labourers’ houses over harvest wage
100 men use tractors to destroy 13 houses, police arrest 20 men, seize tractors.
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Broken family: Court hands over children to mother
Mother had filed a petition seeking the recovery of her children from their father.
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Child safety: Mother beats six-year-old son to death
Neighbours heard screams from their house early in the morning .
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Divorce dispute: Seven hit by tractor after panchayat tiff
Protesters allege police were not arresting the assailants who they said had paid a Rs1 million bribe.
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Deadly sport: Man strangled by ‘friends’ over dispute
Police arrest six suspects.
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Labour conference: Decent living essential to human values, says Mamnoon
Punjab set to introduce labour policy on May 1, president announces.
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Education for all: ‘Free schooling bill to be tabled in May’
Cabinet has approved draft bill, minister says.
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Further tragedy: Boy injured in balloon explosion dies
The bereaved family protests in front of the chief minister’s residence.
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About lawyers: ‘We believe in supremacy of law’
Former president of Supreme Court Bar Association, Mian Israr-ul-Haq, was addressing lawyers at meeting at Aiwan-i-Adl
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Payment default: FESCO cuts power supply to nine govt departments
Affected departments include police, prisons, revenue, highways and buildings, the district government, among others.
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Health challenges: ‘Waterborne diseases kill 1.2m every year’
Health experts say 60 per cent of the deaths are among children.
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Bad medicine: Over 450 pharmacies selling spurious drugs in Lahore
Hospitalised suspect begs doctors not to inject him with drug that he had supplied.
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4 killed, 1 injured in road accident in Haveli Koranga
Driver of the truck manages to escape, police takes truck into custody
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Remembering Bhagat Singh
The district government’s decision to establish the Lyallpur Heritage Foundation, is a step in the right direction.
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PEF takes over 75 schools in Cholistan
PEF and CDA sign MoU to provide free education to almost 4,500 students.
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Man beaten for ‘not disclosing children from earlier marriage’
Woman and son beat 60-year-old husband for not disclosing fact that he had children from his first wife.
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Fear and uncertainty: Sweeping powers for armed forces risky, says JI
Taliban should free the people in their custody, the JI shura demands.
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Labour rights: EU delegation calls on chief minister
They discussed matters of mutual interest, bilateral relations and the South Asia Labour Conference.
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Busted: Six arrested, drugs worth millions seized
Police says they recovered 100 maunds of charas, worth Rs70 million.
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Death anniversary: A year past, Sarabjit Singh’s murder remains a mystery
Inquiry committee had completed recording witnesses’ statements several months ago.
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Pulling together: SAARC moot vital for regional cooperation, says CM
‘Governments and businessmen should cooperate for economic development’.
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Working together: UHS, Ferdowsi University formalise collaboration
MoU was signed between University of Health Sciences and Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran, for academic research.
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Women development: More privileges sought for PCSW chairperson
The PCSW Act says the chairperson is allowed perks meant for BS-21 officers.
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Interim order: LHC bars govt from returning WB loan until plea disposal
Petitioner says delay in executing project can lead to World Bank cancelling loan.
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Tickling the ivories through the evening
French pianist Martine Mirabel-Pitté plays in Pakistan and compliments the legendary Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan.
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An evening with Zia Mohyeddin
Master narrator reads Josh, Faiz and Yusufi to promote the habit of book reading.
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Dengue control: Once bitten
Balochistan and the FATA are the most malaria-hit places in Pakistan, Punjab seems to have it under control.
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Walled City: Royal Trail restoration project ‘nearly complete’
57 streets with more than 800 properties have been restored.
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Push for development: Pension fund likely to be invested in energy sector
The law does not allow investment in real estate or infrastructure.
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Legal affairs: LHC stays PbBC’s polls
The PbBC’s executive committee chairman and vice chairman were to be elected in these polls.
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Shahbaz says no prosperity without ‘including’ labour
Sharif says South Asia should collaborate to manage labour markets.
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Public health: Thalassaemia awareness needed ‘desperately’
Regular blood transfusions are painful and difficult.
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Law and order: 11 killed in three districts
Most of them were killed over family and property disputes.
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While in a queue: Two injured in scuffle at wheat purchase centre
The farmers later staged a protest demonstration against the centre’s administration.
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Rural health: Closure of health centres opposed
Protesters say closure will render hundreds of people jobless.
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National narratives: ‘Social stratification making rights violations more frequent’
Experts discuss human rights from the perspective of religion, disability and labour.
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Chance to learn: 84 students awarded USAID scholarships
The scholarship is for students enrolled in a four-year bachelor’s degree programme.
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3.4 Richter scale earthquake in various cities of Punjab
Shocks were felt in Lahore, Sheikhupura, Nankana Sahib and adjoining areas.
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Granted: Punjab garments sector receives Rs344m
PSDF awards contracts for personnel training.
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Development: Sialkot hospital to be upgraded
Gujranwala Commissioner Khawaja Shamail Ahmed says Rs2b has been released under the ADP for this purpose.
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Chief minister’s activities: Sri Lankan envoy praises Shahbaz Sharif’s vision
‘Bilateral ties should be strengthened’.