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Industrial waste: Sundar Estate directed to install Rs1b treatment plant
Officials asked to provide alternative if funds not available; Nehla drain access issue not taken up.
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Service structure: ‘Diploma holders should get specialist status’
General Cadre Doctors Association demands 50% quota of specialist jobs.
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Monsoons: More rain, roads remain flooded
CM slams Wasa officials, sets up committee to make recommendations.
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Youm-i-Ali: Police tighten security strategy for Shia procession
7,300 policemen to be deployed to guard procession on Ramazan 21.
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Fiasco in Lahore: Drowning child turns out to be dead calf
It was a disaster – just not the one people thought it to be.
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As Khosas deliver googly, PML-N tries to woo rival politicians
Politicians have been elected regularly from their constituency, might benefit the PML-N, if inducted.
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Punjab delays formation of new provinces’ commission
Punjab Assembly Speaker waiting for PML-N’s decision on the matter.
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Probe into kidnapping of Sharifs’ accountant reactivated
FIA sources say it is payback for the arrest of close aides to Punjab CM Shahbaz Sharif.
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Olympics visa scam: Abid Chaudhry sent on 14-day judicial remand
Chaudhry insists the real culprit is Ali Asad, The Sun’s undercover man.
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Plum jobs: DMG ‘stranglehold’ in Punjab violates policy
ED secretary says some officials will be transferred next week.
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Monsoon season: When it rained, it poured
Two-hour rain leaves at least three dead; buildings, roads flooded.
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Police culture: Child arrested for sexual assault dies in custody
SHO says the investigation officer has been arrested, charged with neglect.
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Senior doctor given protection after ‘death threats from YDA’
YDA denies harassment, but demands that the doctor be transferred.
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Fireworks blast kills six in Multan
Owners of illegal warehouse arrested.
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Dengue prep: Rains give mosquitoes more room to breed
61 tyre shops and warehouses sealed in last two months for improper storage.
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Reconciliation?: Zulfiqar Khosa ready for talks with Nawaz
Snubbed by party’s ‘reconciliatory’ committee, Khosa softens stance.
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Covert raid: Detained TTP men reveal terror plans, say police
Covert operation conducted in Khanewal and Dera Ghazi districts.
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St Patrick’s High School dean hopes scrabble will aid SAT scores
The institution’s first inter-school scrabble tournament was organised on Saturday.
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5 alleged TTP men arrested in Multan
Arrested men were allegedly planning on targeting chief of Tehreek-e-Jafaria, Allama Sajid Naqvi.
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Blast at fireworks warehouse kills 2, injures 9
Rescue efforts underway as blasts continue due to chemicals.
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DSP’s car damaged in explosion
Police can’t say if a time device or remote was used to set off the explosives.
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Abuse of authority: Sub inspector suspended from service
Video shows theft suspect walking with a bent back.
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Road block: Demonstration ends after murder FIRs registered
Teenager, his uncle, killed in two incidents in three days.
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Dengue season: Health Dept told to improve vector surveillance
Dengue experts directed to inspect teaching hospitals for medicines.
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PCB wall: LHC constitutes committee to resolve matter
Instructed to submit reporton September 4.
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Medical negligence: Doctors blamed for death in child birth
Sughra Bibi died after remaining in coma for one day.
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Fake tickets: Two Railways officials held for corruption
23,000 fake tickets worth Rs15 million were seized in the raid.
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Dust level: EPD issues notices to eight cement factories
Units did not have electrostatic precipitators, devices installed in chimneys to wash down soot and limit dust levels.
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Dual nationality: Rana Asif’s assembly membership suspended
MPA given last chance to explain why he should not be disqualified.
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Dual nationality: LHC suspends PML-N MPA Rana Asif
He had admitted before the court that he possessed a Canadian passport.
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Free education: Article 25A commission holds first meeting
Member says CM’s one-month deadline for law draft unlikely to be met.
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Cross-border investment: JI sees trap in Indian opportunity
Munawar, Baloch urge Pakistanis to refuse offer of ‘enemy number one’.
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Laws to aid people with disabilities sought
Ways to implement international commitments discussed.
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Retirement benefits: Rule change comes too late for former chief secretary
Noor was residing in Islamabad and could not be extended facilities earlier.
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Governor’s trip: PPP will support a Bahawalpur province, says Governor Khosa
Says law minister does not know to create a new province.
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Law and order: Man beaten up ‘for not paying protection’
One of the suspects, who have obtained pre-arrest bails, denies robbery, says complainant was beaten to avenge attack
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Constested appointments: Adhoc doctors say they will accept the court’s verdict
A YDA member has challenged the adhoc appointment of 500 doctors; new doctors complain of social boycott.
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Excise and taxation: Car dealers protest at new registration procedures
Say new policy creates more hassle for buyers and sellers.
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ANF seizes heroin from Cavalry Ground area of Lahore
ANF arrests four suspects who reveal that the heroin will be smuggled to Britain from Lahore.
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Covert understanding: Nawab drops demand for Bahawalpur province
Nawab of Bahawalpur offered governorship of South Punjab province.
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Multi-million rupee scam: Ripped-off, Punjab calls ad agency a fraud
Writes to SC, federal govt, other provinces urging action against M/S Midas.
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Hajj monopoly: Why is there no law to regulate Hajj quotas, LHC asks
CCP to inform court of action against Hajj tour cartels.
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CIA operation: ‘Terrorist’ killed, two arrested
Police claim timely action saved 40 lives.
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Livestock and Dairy: Govt to collaborate with businesses, UVAS to boost productivity
Punjab Livestock Advisory Forum should provide technical support to livestock farmers and other related businesses.
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Death at hospital: 17-year-old dies from ‘wrong injection’
Hospital management keeps body in a locked room for 12 hours.
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Corporal punishment: Boy’s legs broken ‘for making mistakes’
Doctor says it is likely his backbone is also affected.
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Punjab youth helpline: ‘Such initiatives last no longer than the government that introduces them’
The province-wide facility will be launched after Eid.
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Universal schooling: ‘Legislation can’t ensure 100 per cent enrolment’
Legislators, officials discuss obstacles to full enrolment.
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Clean sweep: Security guard walks away with Rs20 million
Suspect complained of stomach ache, escaped with four bags full of money.
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Twin blasts at Badami Bagh market, 23 injured shifted to hospital
One bomb was planted under a push-cart, the other took place in the parking lot just outside the fruit market's gate.