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Early learning: Six lessons you need to teach toddlers
An NGO shares a curriculum it developed over a year with the Punjab government.
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Police policies: IG tells officers to get more aggressive
‘Police will pay for lawyers to represent officials who end up in court over encounters’.
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Grave issue: Sheikhupura graveyard at centre of ownership dispute
Christian community, retired army officer lay rival claims.
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False alert?: Mumbai goes on alert while ‘terrorists’ work at Lahore’s mobile market
Indian authorities release photos of ‘LeT terrorists’ saying they entered Mumbai.
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School roof collapse: CM announces financial assistance for affected families
CM announced Rs300,000 for the families of each of the deceased; Rs100,000 for those seriously injured.
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Substandard pipes in sewerage project
Contractor gives Rs4 billion project to unauthorised subcontractors.
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Eliminating crime: Two ‘robbers’ killed in encounter
Soon after robbers left, the owner of the house informed police who followed the robbers.
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Battlefield: Three brawls in a day at sessions court
Increasing number of violent incidents reported at courts since April.
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Straight and narrow: Former UHS VC asks SC to check private colleges
Prof Mubbasher says colleges should not be functioning without UHS affiliation.
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Art installation: National malaise - from darkness to light
‘My work is not about matching someone’s drawing room curtains’.
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PML-N muscles its way forward
Advocating for a separate south Punjab province was PPP’s crown for the last year or two.
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Stitch up?: Khussa-makers feel the economic squeeze
Hand-stitched khussas no longer pay enough for craftsmen.
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New provinces in the south?: PA resolutions get mixed response
While Bahawalpur province supporters are happy, Seraiki suba supporters express reservations.
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Ghalib Market: FIR delayed in brutal beating of elderly woman
Victim says police protecting attacker under pressure from local clerics.
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LHC disposes of contempt case as IG Punjab tenders unconditional apology
IG Punjab tells court that he will not do anything in the future that might irk the court again.
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Punjab Assembly: Resolutions on South Punjab, Bahawalpur province today
PML-N, PPP strategise, submit resolutions to PA secretariat.
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DSPs promotion: IGP summoned over lack of compliance
Chief Justice upset with the Punjab govt for not implementing orders.
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No privitisation: Disco unions ‘lock out’ offices
Protest against appointment of non-technical CEO to QEPCO.
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Report on economy: Fix what is wrong with agricultural sector, Policy Institute report says
‘Punjab has performed poorly in agriculture sector compared to other provinces’.
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Sexual assault: Family asked to back up charge with medical report
Seminary teacher accused of rape in Muzaffargarh a month ago yet to be located.
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Shabnam in town: ‘Revival of cinema requires govt help’
Actress discusses career, film industry and personal life at college talk.
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Urban environment: Canal Heritage Park to be ready by end of year
Bird population to benefit from plantation of native tree species.
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From theory to practice: New food authority to start small in Lahore in June
Original plans for food regulation scaled back dramatically.
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Bad mutton: Restaurant sued for food poisoning
Manager says petitioner never complained about food.
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Punjab Assembly: Resolutions on new South Punjab, Bahawalpur province today
PML-N, PPP strategise over how to play their cards; submit resolutions to PA secretariat.
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PML-N's Saifuddin Khan Khosa resigns from National Assembly, party
He resigned after developing differences over political matters with his father, senior PML-N leader Zulfiqar Khosa.
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US aid worker: Investigators track down Weinstein kidnappers
FBI team told that two al Qaeda members belonging to the network arrested.
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Lahore High Court: ‘Indian prisoner to be home within three months’
Surjeet Singh, who completed his jail term, will be released.
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Shakargarh Tragedy: 5 children killed in school roof collapse
Police say the structure was in a dilapidated condition and lacked repairs.
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Punjab public funds: Financial team to reconcile missing amount
Finance secretary writes a letter to the AG and assured him that a team will pay a visit shortly.
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Vigilante justice: Man beaten up, paraded ‘for visiting woman’
Police registered a rape case against him on a complaint by Anwarul Haq, an uncle of the woman he is accused of seeing
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Three killed, 2 injured in bank robbery
Manager says delay in police response allowed suspects time to escape.
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Environment issues: Judge finally appointed to tribunal
Pending cases against polluting industries have piled up since 2011.
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Hafiz Saeed’s protection plea: Centre given 2 more weeks to reply
Punjab govt says it would ‘act according to law’ if Saeed applies for security.
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Service structure: YDA withdraws protest call after government forms committee
The 10-member body will submit recommendations within 30 days.
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Consumer court: Doctor sued over caesarean section delivery
Petitioner says she was operated on without consent.
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Youth interaction: The country needs an education emergency, says Khan
PTI chairman addresses students at Insaf Students Federation event.
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South Punjab convention: Lawyers tell Gilani to step down
Peoples Lawyers Forum members expelled from premises ‘for trying to sabotage convention’.
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Bittersweet goodbye: Indian scouts head home
‘It’s up to us to take this friendship forward’.
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Violent protest: Student run over by bus after slipping
Protesters set 3 buses on fire; Race Course police registers 3 FIRs.
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Law and order: Panic, terror as gun battle erupts on The Mall
Two bystanders hurt as groups fight over commercial property in heart of city.
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Gilani cannot be disqualified till detailed order is released, LHC told
Petitioners argued that the instant Gilani had been sentenced, he ceased to be the Prime Minister.
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Hafiz Saeed bounty: LHC gives federal govt last chance to file reply
Justice Saeed asks DAG Kashmiri to file a reply regarding security for Saeed by the next date of hearing, on May 21.
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PIC deaths: Govt told to suggest steps to avoid repetition
Justice Umar Ata Bandial directed the government to file its reply by June 12.
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Three injured in crossfire on Mall Road
Despite the presence of police officials, assailants arrived on Mall Road, creating panic among traders.
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PTI will nurture future leadership in educational institutions: Imran Khan
Khan says political student wings caused severe blow to academic activities by indulging in illegal activities.
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Unaccounted for: Rs38b go missing from Punjab accounts
Accountant general asks chief secretary to explain the anomaly.
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Punjab govt takes note of illegal mosque construction
177 mosques in Bhawalpur identified as tainted by sectarian conflicts.
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Accident: Youth crushed to death by bus in Lahore
Tabish tripped over as the driver, who operated the automatic door, shut it despite objections from other students.
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Allies in the making: PML-N looks to muster support in Sindh
Mumtaz Bhutto expected to announce an alliance on May 9.