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Violating Premises: LDA seals 18 buildings, demolishes five
LDA seals buildings over non-payment of commercialisation fees and violation of building bye laws.
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Entrepreneurship: IBA Karachi and UAF to collaborate
The agreement was reached to promote agricultural entrepreneurship.
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Busted: Three arrested, tons hashish recovered
DPO calls the recovery ‘a historic success for the Punjab police’.
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PML-N workers unhappy at seat adjustment with JI
“We will not let the party present the seat to JI on a plate,” the youth wing district president said.
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Feuding families: Five killed over old rivalries
Two, including a police constable, injured in other incidents.
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Conjugal wrongs: Man maims wife
Her parents took her to a hospital, where doctors treating her said that she would require a surgery.
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Public health: 111 new measles cases reported in City
No deaths reported; health care is a fundamental need, says Hashmi.
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Death threats: Security beefed up at CM’s residence, office
Sniffer dogs deployed; junior staff no longer allowed visitors.
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Expanding education: ‘The teachers are qualified but don’t innovate’
Accelerated Learning and Enrolment Programme to start from April 25.
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Altercation: Police, ‘miscreants’ clash outside Imran’s house
PTI claims as many as 100 men entered the house, beat Imran Khan’s brother-in-law and misbehaved with women.
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Neither PPP nor PTI field big names against PML-N in Lahore
PML-N hopes to prove Lahore still the party’s fortress.
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Election commission: Candidates still ignoring code of conduct
Violations include affixing posters, hoardings and banners of a size larger than allowed by the election commission.
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Defaulters: LHC disappointed by lack of compliance
ECP representative says that the required record has not been provided to it by the concerned authorities.
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Kidnappings: Protest over missing doctor
Sadiqabad Saddar police have registered a kidnapping case and started the investigation.
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‘Honour’ crime: Niece killed by uncle, sister by brother
No arrests made so far.
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Land dispute: Man, his son shot on court premises
A couple attacked by woman’s family, saved by police.
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Sikh heritage: Rare items go on display at Sheesh Mahal
The Archives Department contributes Princess Bamba collection.
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Children hospital: Comments sought on medical negligence
Petitioner prayed the court to direct the SHO to register an FIR against Dr Saima.
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Election expenditure: Rs650 million allocated for Punjab
Rs2.25 million will be paid to the returning officers.
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Delayed justice: LHC seeks explanation from district and sessions judges
Lahore, Faisalabad, Jhang, Multan, Sahiwal, Sargodha and DG Khan have not met the target.
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Dedicated police help-line to be started for kidnapping for ransom, extortion
Use modern methods to improve law and order, Sethi tells police.
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Epidemic update: Three more die of measles, 124 new cases reported
Health Minister Salima Hashmi visits Mayo Hospital; says more money needs to be spent on healthcare.
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60% of people face food insecurity
Call for promoting food processing industry to address the challenge.
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Sheikh Waqas Akram gets back in election race
Akram will contest against ASWJ chief on NA-89 constituency in Jhang.
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Anti-dengue campaign: LWMC cleans up dumping sites
As many as 50 LWMC workers took part in the operation.
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Low turnout: Auction held for parking lots
Companies believed the auction would be held afresh once the govt is formed.
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Water accidents: Three drown in river, stream
Bodies recovered.
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LHC bench demand: Lawyers threaten to surround SC
The lawyers have been on a strike for two months.
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Panchayat decree: 13-year-old ‘vani’, mother flee
Her father is accused of having eloped with the wife of a landlord.
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‘Election will not bring any change’
“Hollow slogans of laptops, metro buses and roti, kapra and makan do not work any longer,” says Hussain.
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Pakistan calling: Documentaries for social change
More than 20 films from Pakistan and Great Britain are being featured on the Royal Society website.
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General elections: 3,354 polling stations declared ‘sensitive’
Intelligence agencies and police to decide strategy for security next week.
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Election rallies: Rent a cavalcade for the campaign
Car rental firms believe political parties dont have time to campaign.
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Measles on the rise: 3 children dead, 90 cases admitted in hospitals
‘We are admitting only the children who need management at the hospital’.
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Fate of PPP lies buried in Gari Khuda Bakhsh: Shah Mahmood Qureshi.
10 PPP workers from PA-195 jump ship to join PTI.
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New Charge: Demolition of dilapidated buildings ordered
The tehsil municipal administrations was directed to survey their areas for buildings that needed to be demolished.
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Linesman’s murder: FESCO employees protest against police
Ghulam Akbar was shot dead allegedly for reporting an electricity theft.
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New DPO opens anti-polio campaign
545,198 children to be given vaccine in three days.
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Student politics: Five arrested for protesting expulsion
30 students at the Bahauddin Zakariya University were expelled for firing on campus, 10 others issued warning.
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Award Ceremony: Lady health workers in Multan recognised
LHWs, often with limited training and support, are involved in saving lives and building healthier communities.
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Measles upswing: 70 more cases, most kids were not vaccinated
3-day polio immunisation campaign kicks off.
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Big Brother: Special cell activated
Monitoring report on five districts handed to IGP Aftab Sultan.
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Jati Umra: City govt to reply on notification by April 24
Notification and demarcation of the area is not based upon any section of the master plan.
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Energy conservation: Govt workers welcome five-day week
An officer says the two days off would give them time to refresh.
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‘Sensitive matter’: Jail trial requested for Sawan Masih
Bail plea withdrawn because the threat to Masih’s life would increase.
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Earth Day 2013: WWF extends tree plantation drive to hospitals
50,000 trees will be planted across the country as part of the campaign.
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Sunni Ittehad Council chairman Sahibzada Fazal Karim passes away
The 58-year-old was undergoing treatment for a liver condition at a local hospital in Faisalabad.
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Sharifs’ security expense overstated: PML-N
The question is that who will be responsible in case of any untoward incident.
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Public hospitals: ‘Doctors need to be punctual’
Around 300 patients visit the OPDs every day while 93,145 patients were treated at OPDs during 2012, says Niaz.
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Dispute: Mother of three ‘commits suicide’
Police said the body had been sent for a post-mortem examination.