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Waste collection: Ensuring ‘clean’ elections
11,000 LWMC employees to ensure cleanliness and create awareness.
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Campaign adverts: Clean-up of banners and posters to take place on Sunday
PHA and city government staff engaged with election duties.
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Franchise: Christian groups to protest for separate electorate
Say under present system, MPs on reserved seats don’t represent minority communities.
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Election duty: Presiding Officers get magisterial powers
Ballot boxes and papers being handed over.
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Jinnah Hospital: Gunmen storm emergency ward to finish off rival
All CCTV cameras out of order; YDA threatens protests over lack of security.
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Cost of terror: The human face of the Liaquat Bagh tragedy
The family of a slain PPP jiyala is abandoned and suffering.
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Gilani brothers are right in demanding election suspension: Javed Hashmi
PTI stands with the Gilanis in moment of pain, understand the love for their brother, says Javed Hashmi.
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LDA Plaza: Fire continues, charred bodies hang out of windows
25 bodies are feared to be inside - rescue workers wait for building to “cool down”.
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Jhelum campaign trail: The ‘pardesis’ come home to vote
PML-N and PTI both claim these returning émigrés as their own.
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Bahawalpur profile: In the land of the nawabs
This electoral cycle sees many old faces.
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Eight killed in Lahore plaza fire
Four people plunged to death after waiting to be rescued for four hours.
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Police raids: Eight robbers’ gang members arrested
Stolen vehicles, mobile phones, three pistols recovered.
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Trial by fire: Fear, anguish, anger and, for some, relief
Relatives face torment of waiting for news on streets below tower inferno.
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Appointments, terminations: AG asked for details on powers of caretakers
Caretaker government have the power to appoint new law officers, says AG.
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Endangered species: LHC moved against PML-N’s tiger show
Faryal Gohar says tigers at rallies pose risk to both animals and humans.
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‘We didn’t start the fire’
LDA rejects conspiracy allegations.
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Last words: ‘Don’t worry, Rescue 1122 will save us’
Relatives of survivors and victims recount their experiences.
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Army-controlled constituency: Will PTI break PML-N’s NA-125 winning streak?
Candidates on both sides upbeat about election results.
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LHC issues notice to DCO Lahore over PML-N tigress' death
Faryal Gohar filed a petition against the PML-N for causing the death of an innocent animal.
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Animal abuse: Tigress’ ‘death’ spotlights a larger issue
WWF officials suspect the rare White Siberian tigress died due to excessive heat and noise.
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Code violation: Decision reserved in Imran Khan case
Imran Khan and Aleem Khan had to appear in person to pick up their notices in the case earlier this month.
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Protest against police for freeing suspects
Police say the men are still in custody.
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Citizens kill four after death in robbery
No arrests so far.
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Thalassemia Day: ‘55,000 Pakistanis are thalassemia patients’
Charity event manages to collect Rs1 million.
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Election duties: 11 officials arrested for failure to provide staff lists
Officials released after pledging to supply lists to election cell today.
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Lahore-Karachi operation: 3 ‘target killers’, two cops killed in shootout
Suspects wanted for more than 50 serious crimes,says police.
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'Flawed elections': Qadri to lead protest at PA on election day
‘Govt broke promises on period of scrutiny, application of Articles 62 and 63’.
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Voting rationally: Don’t let emotion cloud your decision, says Shahbaz
Former chief minsister says that ‘repeat of emotional vote’ would set Pakistan back another 20 years.
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Constituency profile: Will 58,500 new voters be enough?
The PTI hopes for a victory in a PML-N stronghold.
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Constituency profile: PTI, PML-N in battle for City’s gateway constituency
Residents say the runners-up might be the only difference in results from 2008.
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Joseph colony: Nine arson accused granted bail
Bajwa said that the police had no direct evidence against his clients and no weapon had been recovered from them.
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Untimely demise: Independent candidate in Faisalabad passes away
Elections in NA-83, PP-51 postponed.
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Load management: Industries to close down from May 10-May 12
Factory owners informed about plan for uninterrupted power supply on election day by the DCO.
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Persecution: Anti-Ahmadi group targets community again
Police detain five Ahmadis for three hours, release them without FIR.
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Constituency profile: Round 3 of Khokhar vs Khokhar
Biradari the major factor in this southwestern Lahore constituency.
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Five-year record: Hits and misses in the health sector
While the PML-N govt spent record amounts on health care, it was plagued by epidemics and medicine scandals.
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Election tussles: PML-N workers clash with JI, PPP activists
The PML-N workers allegedly ransacked a JI camp.
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Apolitical violence: Triple murder blamed on old enmity
The two groups had exchanged fire two days ago resulting in the death of three people.
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Improvement Update: ‘FESCO spending billions of rupees to improve distribution system’
State-of-the- art energy meters has been introduced to minimise overbilling complaints, says Fesco CEO.
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New appointments: Sacked law officers move LHC for reinstatement
The government had sacked 20 law officers on May 3 and appointed 19 to replace them.
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Code of conduct: NA candidate among 33 PML-N workers arrested, 25 flee
Case registered against 3 other parties’ candidates in separate incidents.
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Returning to traditional ways: ‘PMDC urged to register eastern medicine doctors’
Highlight benefits, need for provision of research opportunities.
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Human trafficking: FIA foils bid to smuggle 28 people to Libya
They had received a tip off about an attempt and beefed up vigilance.
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Election leave: Private schools object to May 8-13 closure
Say students already lagging behind schedule due to various holidays.
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Musharraf plea: LHC sends case to back of election queue
Says it will deal with cases of candidates participating in elections first.
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The minority vote: ‘For whoever can protect us’
Christians in the Punjab more inclined towards the PML-N and PPP. Religious parties more popular in KP.
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‘Un-Islamic democracy’: The other election campaigning
Some groups call for election boycott and for caliphate to replace democracy.
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May 11 polls: Educational institutions to remain closed from May 8-13 in Punjab, Sindh
Tough security measures have been implemented across the country to facilitate free and fair elections.
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Election preparations: Ballot papers for Punjab still in print
ECP secretary says papers for other provinces, FATA printed and dispatched .
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Cases against 31 for attacking PPP meeting
Shots were fired in the air; several vehicles damaged.