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Anti-Ahmedi laws: Police act as worship place ‘looks like a mosque’
Quranic verses on walls removed, minarets to be covered.
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Public space: Fencing off the city behind high walls
‘Based on the idea of security and fear, urban elites have carved out a securitised city in their own image’.
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Neo Realistic Romanticism: Paintings show women, horses to depict strength
More than half of the artist’s work has been sold in the first two days.
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Petition filed in LHC challenging increase in Hajj expenses
Petitioner contends increase was without any reason. Case will be taken up by LHC Chief Justice on Friday.
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Sheikhupura accident: School van explosion kills 5 teachers, a student
CNG cylinder burst; two teachers, van driver injured.
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Higher education: UAF to start diploma in food safety
Post graduate diploma under the European Union funded Trade Related Technical Assistance (TRTA) II Programme.
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Petition: Court stays allocation of Hajj quota
Unjust distribution of Hajj quota to private tour operators makes it hard for the common man to bear expenses.
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Advisers: Come up with a logical answer, says LHC
High court was hearing a petition filed by Advocate Rana Mehtab to challenge the appointment of advisers.
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Worse news: Body of kidnapped boy found from canal
Father says kidnappers wanted Rs7m through a former CM.
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What trespass?: Lawyers boycott courts after scuffle with police
Lawyers were stopped from passing through police station.
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Endowment fund: Education will reach all, says CM
PEEF marks distribution of Rs1 billion to students.
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Damages: Wedding ruined - lift out of order, guests trapped and lights out at 10pm
Manager says story is concocted and they will fight in court.
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Environment Day: Don’t waste another year arranging seminars
72 NGOs, businesses suggest ways to mark June 5.
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Think again: ‘Computer centres would’ve been better than laptops’
Abdul Qadeer Khan speaks at Punjab University.
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Progress card: Punjab’s economy not looking so bright
Report reveals that lack of water for agriculture and absence of energy has hit province hard.
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I may consider contesting next elections from Lahore: Dr AQ Khan
The father of the ‘Islamic bomb’ addressed students, faculty members and employees of Punjab University.
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5 teachers, 1 student killed in CNG cylinder explosion
The teachers and the student had received severe burns in the accident.
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Will quit politics if corruption evidence presented: Shahbaz Sharif
Sharif says he will quit politics if Rehman Malik gives evidence against Sharif family in corruption cases.
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Reading: Aftab’s poetry celebrated at RAC
Aftab recited his tragic and comic poetry to an appreciative audience from all walks of life.
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Scrutiny: Yellow cab delivery could take until August
Government had allocated Rs4.5 billion for the provision of 20,000 yellow cabs – 12,000 cars and 8,000 vans.
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Identified: Two killed in police encounter
Eight killed by police in April.
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Bribe over bounty: Wanted man released
Case registered against cops accused of freeing the criminal for a bribe.
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Gilani under fire: ‘What law allows you to be prime minister?’
Two writ petitions asking for PM to quit to be heard today.
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Some progress: UNESCO delegation appreciative of government’s conservation efforts
Unesco delegation had arrived in the city on April 27 to evaluate the progress made to conserve historical sites.
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United workers’ front sought for rights struggle
Union leaders demand a 100 percent raise in minimum wage.
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Convention: Mashaikh Council demands 100 per cent increase in minimum wage
Calls for protest against burning of Holy Quran, urges sufis to participate in general elections.
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Beyond minimum wage: ‘Workers need more protections’
Rights activists demand social security, registration for workers.
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Candidates required: No committee formed for KEMU VC appointment
20 applicants await word, UHS posts not yet advertised.
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Ensure 100% attendance of teachers in schools: DCO Lahore
Teachers would be hired through exams conducted by the NTS.
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Separate electorate: Dual voting right for minorities urged
Minorities can elect representatives in Parliament while voting for general seat candidates through the system.
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Wheat harvest: ‘Hand out gunny bags at govt buildings’
LHC directs Food Dept to stop distribution from politicians’ houses.
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Vested Interests: Traders announce long march for friendly budget
Convention demanded that the government set a 10 per cent quota for traders in the National Assembly and the Senate.
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Gas theft: Case against colonies’ administrations
SNGPL officials disconnected supply to 1,100 houses in Nasir Nagar, Ghausia Colony and several other housing colonies.
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Press conference: No headway yet on April 24 attack
Railway Station bomb blast in which four people, including two children, had died as a result of the explosion.
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Acid attacks: Police delays suspect’s production ‘to complete interrogation’
Say he will be produced in court after he has identified his accomplices.
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Father, daughter exhibit art work
Artist said his work on silk on water colours on silk had not been done by any artist in Pakistan so far.
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Contempt plea: Who is entitled to harvest from disputed land?
Administration accused of seizing wheat stock from 67-acre disputed plot without court orders.
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Consumer court: Doctors pay Rs1m to settle surgery suit
Suit against third doctor accused of botching surgery to continue on May 17.
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LDA to spend Rs250m on roads and hockey stadium
WASA to recruit three new directors, 15 deputy directors.
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Development plans: Mayo’s Surgical Tower to open end of year?
Insiders say work is far behind schedule and could take another two years.
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Alumnus visit: Foreign minister Khar talks politics at LUMS
‘Grossman-Kayani meeting should not cause any undue concern’.
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Alumnus visit: Khar gives 'foreign policy briefing' at LUMS
Says Pakistan was going through an evolutionary phase, and all institutions were working in their proscribed place.
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Shifting tactics: After Bannu attack, Adiala prison could be next
Traced phone conversation between two terrorists indicates that Adiala prison was next on the TTP’s hit-list.
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A family affair: Family of robbers arrested
Police said that the suspects had confessed to over a hundred robberies.
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Abduction: City police directed to recover kidnapped woman
Abducted allegedly over converting and marrying against her family’s wishes.
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Deportation plans: ‘Crackdown’ on illegal African immigrants on the cards
Home Dept says 2,000 illegal immigrants in Lahore.
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‘U-turn’: Withdrawal of ‘false’ cases demanded
LQM leader condemns cases against ‘genuine workers’.
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Cholistan Awards: ‘Cholistan’s heritage was stolen’
Promises made to revive the culture of Cholistan Desert.
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Book launch: ‘Corruption responsible for mass unhappiness’
Arts Council arranges Urdu poetry book launch.
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Rehabilitation: 100 flood-affected families get model village houses
Village provided with biogas power plant, technical training institute and primary education and healthcare facilities