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Institute of Communication Studies: Students demand reinstatement of director
Faculty members scuffle with reporters after students protest.
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Miniature art: Hazara artists portray pain of persecution
The exhibit was to end on January 20, but will now conclude on January 27.
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‘Flour shortage’: CM’s assistant inspects flour mills, shops
Says daily quota of wheat provided to flour mills.
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Eid Milad security: 3,696 police officials to protect 276 processions
Police have declared 21 processions sensitive and extra police force have been deployed along the routes.
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Peace building: ‘Positive mind crucial for conflict resolution’
Speakers at UAF seminar stress the need for listening to the other side.
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Gas cylinder explosion: DHA blast leaves 40 injured
Four said to be critical; 20 receive cuts and scrapes.
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Rental power plants case: SC asked to stop NAB ‘interfering with probe’
Petitioner says NAB officials told political leaders ‘to deal with Faisal’.
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Measles outbreak: 10-year-old dies, 22 new cases reported
Chief minister demands emergency prevention plan in two days.
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LHC hears petition calling for ban on dual national bureaucrats, army men
Petitioner argues bureaucrats, army men deal with sensitive state information and settle abroad after service ends.
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Zulfiqar Khosa's son joins PPP
Saifuddin Khosa says he is positive about serving Pakistan well while being a part of the PPP.
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NCA thesis display: Making lives easier through better design
Product design students focus on labourers, children with disabilities.
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SSP reprimanded for failure to find muggers
Judge leaves court to join bench in Zardari case before finishing written order.
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Consumer court: Marble shop told to pay up
Consumer court orders Al-Rahman Marble Shop to pay Rs17,800 damages to petitioner for selling substandard tiles.
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Hospital death: Family protest after child dies during surgery
Doctors accused of negligence, MS forms committee to investigate.
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Police actions: Three killed in ‘encounter’
Police said one of them was wanted for killing three policemen in December 2012.
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Bahawalpur province: ‘Makhdooms and Gilanis cannot decide our fate’
Nawab Salahuddin Abbasi accuses Punjab governor of betraying people of Bahawalpur.
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Commission on New Provinces: Dera Ghazi Khan’s voice went unheard, says Leghari
Lashes out at Mehmood-Gilani statement about creation of Bahawalpur province.
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Crime against women: Woman ‘killed by brother’, over alleged elopement
Family says she abandoned her husband and six children.
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Assault: Eunuchs protest colleagues’ beating, mugging
The protest continued for three hours.
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Consumer court: Goods business ordered to pay damages
Delivery company had lost insulation material.
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Zahid Akkasi: A distinguished writer remembered
Journalists and writers remember old comrade at SAFMA reference.
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Education survey to be launched on 28th
Report contains new research on regional languages.
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Bureaucratic delay: 762 teachers await salaries since Aug 2012
EDO (Finance) says matter likely to be resolved next week, blames Education Dept.
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Preventive measures: Six-month-olds to get measles vaccine
Health Dept to launch awareness campaign, issue treatment guidelines.
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Treaty violations pointed out in Indian dam plan
India plans to build Pakal Dul Dam on Chenab tributary.
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Punjab Assmebly: Treasury benches reject PPP’s Bahawalpur proposal
Say two new provinces should be formed in southern Punjab, not one.
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Food basket: Punjab achieves 98% wheat sowing target
Provincial agriculture minister says growers are being provided every facility to boost.
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Disagreement: Senator pokes holes in Bahawalpur plan
Mohsin Leghari laments underrepresentation in the parliamentary commission for new provinces.
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Raising awareness: DHA residents walk for education, hunger
Walkathon had been delayed due to security concerns over long march.
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IT University Punjab: Dr Umer Saif appointed first VC
CM Punjab praised Dr Saif as an IT expert of international repute.
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Abbot Road: Six perish in plaza fire
Four in critical condition; inferno caused by short circuit.
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Death of a child maid: 3 years on, Shazia’s mother appeals to president
Nasreen Bibi alleges that rights activists exploited her, only joined case for media attention.
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‘Fugitive’ killed in ‘encounter’, accomplice flees
Following the encounter, relatives of the deceased protested against police and accuses them of staging the encounter.
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Pre-election decisions: Governor’s 3 sons join PPP
Makhdoom Ahmed Mehmood says he is ‘a people’s governor’.
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Architectural work: Theses look at how to build in congested spaces
NCA students design shelter homes for villagers arriving in Lahore to find jobs.
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Measles cases start emerging in city
13 cases reported on Sunday; emergency meeting at Health Dept today.
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Only one province to be carved out in Punjab, says governor
Abdul Qadir Shaheen says parliamentary commission is working to finalise the draft of the bill.
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Long march declaration: Presidential decree will include electoral reforms, says Qadri
MQI chief, govt representatives to meet on Jan 27 to finalise draft; says it doesn't require constitutional amendment.
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Flour Shortage: Punish hoarders, says DCO
Many shopkeepers were not selling flour and those selling the commodity were found overcharging the customers.
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Electricity Shortage: Sugar mills start supplying 15MW to MEPCO
Sugar mills would have to start producing ethanol fuel from sugarcane extract to generate power.
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Allied health sciences: UHS launches new physical therapy course
In the future, the university would offer courses for allied health personnel through its web portal.
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Murder case: Charges framed against Shan Khusro
Accused pleads not guilty.
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Training course: ‘Women judges can help reshape patriarchal society’
Justice Malik advises female judges to give comprehensive verdicts.
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Preventable viral diseases: Boy, 6, dies of measles
3 admitted to hospital; polio case confirmed in Sargodha.
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Indefinite closure: Courts allow CNG stations to open for business, temporarily
Notices issued to OGRA for Jan 12 and Jan 21.
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NCA thesis show: ‘We will find meaning wherever we see it’
Students look at construction of feminine appearance, spirituality and quiet violence.
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Doctors’ protest: YDA Punjab president, four others sacked
Association says young doctors are being victimised, continues OPD boycott.
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Incinerators to be installed at three hospitals in February
Cheema says the incinerators will cost around Rs12 million.
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Resisting wani: Family told to leave village for disagreeing with panchayat
The panchayat directed Imran’s family to marry one of his daughters to Rizwana’s brother Ahsan, 22, as settlement.
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Watta satta: Evidence turns out fake, petitioners flee
Police say they submitted a bogus nikahnama, a photo with fake moustache to pass child for an adult.