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Five army personnel killed in oil tanker collision in Multan
Speeding oil tanker collides with army vehicle with 11 personnel onboard.
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Police custody: Missing man’s family protest against police
Accuse police of killing him; police say he fled the police station.
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Waste management: Cash rewards for reporting waste
Citizens are being given Rs1,000 to Rs5,000.
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Narcotics: Woman, 10 men arrested
A kg heroine; 1,362 litres of liquor seized.
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Contempt of court: PIDA managing director fined
PIDA failed to comply with court order involving contractual employees.
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Under control? ‘Multan doesn’t need a measles campaign’
Some 300 cases had been reported since January.
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Fake degree: JUI-F leader jailed for two years
The parliamentary leader was also ordered to pay a Rs5,000 fine.
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Right to work: ‘Register private sector employers for disabled quota’
Petitioner says failure to register private sector means fewer opportunities.
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Interfaith harmony: Dispute over cemetery turns violent
‘8 Shias detained by police be released in two days’.
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Narrow escape: Explosives recovered from impounded car
Case registered against SHO for concealing facts, keeping vehicle in personal use.
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Load shedding: ‘Government still lacks a concrete policy’
Alternative energy sources have not been considered: LHC CJ.
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Expired cover: NICL sued for refusing to pay LDA Plaza claim
Insurer says policy had expired on May 2.
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Fire safety: High-rise buildings to get a month
Failure to comply with safety measures could result in buildings being sealed, registration of cases against owners.
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Leaked questions: Students resent O-level exams re-test
The exams were not leaked in Pakistan, British Council says.
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Punjab CM: Shahbaz Sharif submits his nomination papers
Given the PML-N’s overwhelming majority in the Punjab assembly, it’s a sure bet that he will once again be CM.
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Missing for 15 years: Bahawalpur student was killed in Afghan camp
DPO informs SC that Khurram Ilyas was encouraged to flee to Afghanistan in 1998.
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Reserved seats: Imran Khan fends off criticism
Party did not receive any written complaint from any female party leader including Kasuri.
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‘Honour’ killing: Woman killed over meeting former husband
Brother, his friends named.
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Reverence: 20,000 attend Sakhi Sarwar’s urs in Dera Ghazi Khan
The urs celebrations begin on Rajab 21.
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Freewill marriage: Police stops family from abducting woman from court
They claimed she was already married to another man.
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Fraud case: Swindled by his bank
Five bankers withdraw Rs133m from ex-DSP’s account.
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Punjab Assembly: Owning the House and knowing it
Having won by 262 votes, Iqbal described the 35 votes cast against him as a “personal failure”.
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Preventable disease: Measles claim two more lives
According to the Health Department, 135 children have died in the province since January this year.
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Propriety: Reply sought by 17th on curriculum development plea
The board has been barred from participating in bids for the development of textbooks.
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Sufi pilgrimage: Devotees unhappy with urs arrangements
Shah Shams Tabraiz’s 762nd urs ends in Multan.
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Government inaction: No steps to stop sale of cigarettes to children
‘A plan to register tobacco outlets has been shelved due to dengue, measles and polio campaigns’.
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Punjab Assembly: Rana Muhammad Iqbal elected speaker for the second time
Deputy speaker Rana Mashhood Ahmad Khan presided over the voting process.
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Shahbaz Sharif officially nominated for CM Punjab
Shahbaz Sharif thanks the parliamentary committee for their faith in him.
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Transition: Film industry loses iconic songwriter
Riazur Rehman Saghar wrote songs for over a thousand films during his decades-long career.
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Prohibition: ‘Don’t issue liquor permits to Christians’
Petitioners say law allowing Christians liquor permits should be abolished.
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Animal farming: UAF, Livestock Dept to setup model cattle market
Livestock to bear 75 per cent of the cost; UAF would provide 20-acres of land.
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Disease prevention: 6-year-old dies of measles
The girl died at her home shortly after she was discharged from the hospital.
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Treating as commodity; Man beats wife for refusing to go with another
He told her he had lost her in a bet.
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Serving people and advancing one’s own cause
CJ ordered the Ministry of Religious Affairs to set a consistent criterion for Hajj organisers to be allotted quotas.
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‘Caught red-handed’: Robbers beaten up, handed over to police
Suspects confess to being drug addicts, deny stealing anything.
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Austerity measures: ‘Country needs to cut down spending’
The ministers will present monthly reports on the performances of the departments under them, says Sharif.
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Peace not war: “We are in favour of Kashmir’s freedom”
‘Confidence building measures necessary to resolve issues’.
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Children’s Day celebrations: Avari Hotel plays host to SOS Village children
‘Today people realise that these children deserve love, care and attention’.
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Best practices: ‘Poor sterilisation methods risk infections’
Young Doctors write to Health Care Commission.
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Parliamentary procedure: PA to elect speaker and deputy speaker today
PML-N’s Rana Iqbal faces Raja Rashid, Sher Ali Gorchani faces Waqas Moakkal
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Margalla Festival 2013: Punjab highlighted amid ‘fiery’ first-day display
Nine-day festival kicks off at the Arts and Crafts Village.
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1st Punjab Assembly session: Smooth sailing despite a small delay
Sanaullah says ‘tiny’ opposition won’t be a problem for PML-N.
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Follow-up planned in consulate case
The city government said that it would serve two more notices to the consulate general.
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For better or worse: Court marriages on the rise
Most couples were between 19 and 24 years of age.
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State of schools: Education Dept to identify ghost schools
Survey to be taken to register all schools in the district.
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‘Lucky draw’: PPP wins a National Assembly seat reserved for women
Beelum Husnain won against PML-Q’s Tanzeela Amir Cheema.
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Measles outbreak: ‘Health officials need to improve their attitude’
Officials should work honestly for the eradication of measles: DCO.
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Demands be met: Kidnappers release video of missing doctor
The kidnappers [Choto Mazari gang] demanded that their detained accomplices be released.
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Law and order: Robber killed in shootout with police
Police said Shahbaz Masih and his accomplice had tried to rob a taxi driver Arshad earlier in the day.
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Prosecution delay: Record summoned in bail petition
Accused says he has been in jail for more than 2 years without a trial.