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Ban on rallies: ‘Can a chief minister lead a protest?’
PHA director general asked to produce rules regarding banners in court.
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Preeto and Billo stand aside: Abrar raises his voice against corruption
‘Politicians should give development agenda, time frame for implementation’.
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Salaries and pensions to be paid before Eid: Railways Chairman
Bank manager says pensioners have not been paid as the amount has not been transferred yet.
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Finance Ministry releases Rs2b for Pakistan Railways
Finance minister to also provide Rs4 billion every month to PR to keep the trains running.
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Teachers protest outside MAO college demanding 50% raise in salaries
Lecturers boycott classes in around 500 government colleges of Punjab.
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LHC petition: PML-N, PTI banners come under scrutiny
Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed says court wants to know which political party followed the law and which did not.
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Local elections: Opposition submits 3 resolutions in assembly
Khosa says he will take up the issue after the period of mourning ends.
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Unconstitutional appointments: Centre asked to file replies in NAB, PCB appointments
Chief Justice asks DAG to tell the court about the nature of application in SC.
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Communications: Pakistani media ‘committed to the truth’
Media policy expert says reporters should have one beat and in-depth training.
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USAID: Production house inaugurated
Sim Sim Hamara, a television educational series, to launch in November.
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13-year-old butchered for turning down marriage proposal
Cousins admit to murder, claim girl’s refusal was an ‘insult to family’.
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Mayhem at the court: Woman attempts suicide after ‘rape’
Says she was raped by lawyer she had gone to consult to file an application.
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Medical education: PMDC to defend college admission test today
Petitioners say test depriving those who cannot afford private tuitions of a medical education.
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Diwali celebrated at two city temples
No drum beating this year because of Nusrat Bhutto’s death.
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Voters’ lists: ECP unable to verify 1.4m NADRA records
ECP has also made a list of around 346,870 people who had valid CNICs but were not included in NADRA lists.
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Three more days: Tehreek-i-Insaf prepares to put its best foot forward
PTI leaders are hoping for a massive turn out.
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108 illegal immigrants arrested in Lahore
FIA and ANP arrests suspects involved in various illegal activities on tip-off.
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Merit is being compromised: Asma
Asma says she never faced any pressure from govt during her tenure.
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Image issues: Punjab calls back sacked media managers
The officials were fired over inability to manage the Ayesha Ahad Malik story.
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18th amendment: Punjab denied 12 cash-rich federal institutions
Shahbaz Sharif says withholding of the financially sound institutions is ‘unconstitutional’.
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Drone warfare: BugSplat week begins
‘Activities aimed at using collective talent to provoke meaningful debate’.
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Charity event for thalassamia patients
Some estimates put thalassamia patients in Pakistan at around seven per cent of the country’s population.
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Protest against homicide: Police accused of partiality
Intermediate student’s body exhumed from a neigbhouring house on suspect’s indication.
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Home-based workers: ‘Making less than Rs40 for 12 hours of work’
The often ignored group needs to be recognised, say activists.
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Literature: Heer recital to revive interest in Sufi poetry
University plans to hold more events to promote works of famous Sufis.
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Balochistan problem: ‘Guerrilla war a real possibility’
Pakistani nationalism, not Muslim nationalism can unite country, says Quaid-i-Azam University teacher.
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Road works add to traffic woes
Complaints soar as roads struggle to cope with protests, encroachments.
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Hindus celebrate Diwali today
‘Festival of Lights to be cut short because of power cuts’.
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Bank Security: Customer robbed at cash counter
Man counting notes at the cash counter when a thief snatched some from his hand and ran out of the bank.
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Gone in 120 seconds: Another bank hit by ‘police’ gang
Rs4m taken by robbers dressed in Muhafiz Force uniforms, guard shot and injured.
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Rs250 million embezzlement discovered in NA employees housing scheme
Money missing from accounts of National Assembly Employees Cooperative Housing Society, supposed to be frozen.
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More PML-Q members join PML-N
During meeting with CM Shahbaz Sharif, members say only PML-N can resolve problems of the masses.
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45-day deadline given for recompilation of Intermediate results as protests cool down
Protests in Rawalpindi and Sargodha cooled after board promises to re-check papers and issue revised results.
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Lawyers offer funeral prayers for Qaddafi in Lahore
Former SCBA secretary Raja Zulqarnain says Qaddafi was a dear friend of Pakistan.
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Punjab releases cash to foot dengue fight bill
Provincial govt disburses Rs514 million in additional funds.
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Defence Pakistan Council: Anti-US sentiments run riot at all-parties moot
APC shoots down equal rights for minorities.
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Punjab likely to appoint 32,000 schoolteachers
Recruitments to fill posts lying vacant for ‘a long time’, according to officials.
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Power Play: CM to lay foundation stone for hydro project
The hydro power project would provide the uninterrupted supply of electricity to the export industries in Sialkot.
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Magistrate slams police for false accusations
Accused released, says he is a target of personal vendetta.
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Institute of Islamic Culture desperate for funding
Court battle over land added burden on limited resources, say officials.
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Mass marriages: 25 couples say ‘I do’
Grand function hosted by Minhaj Welfare Foundation for over 2,000 guests.
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Man arrested for chopping off wife’s nose, lips, cheeks
Gulshan was mutilated by Abbas because she refused to dance on stage in a public theatre.
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Dengue training for private practitioners from Oct 26
‘All doctors in the province are required to attend the training under Dengue Control Regulations of 2011’.
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‘No pure, neatly-defined Islamic law in Pakistan’
Russian scholar says environmental issues keep people in poverty.
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Pakistan mourns death of 'mother of democracy' at candlelight vigils
Members of political parties, lawyers and civilians gather in Islamabad and Multan to pay tribute to Begum Bhutto.
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Board result fiasco: IT consultant fired on CM Punjab's orders
Dr Naeem fired from duties in wake of errors in the intermediate results.
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Dengue death toll reaches 274 with 5 more deaths in Lahore
174 new cases of dengue have been reported in Punjab.
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‘Govt aiming to eradicate TB by 2015’
Tuberculosis affects around 300,000 people in Pakistan every year
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Student support: Sehba Musharraf asks youth to pull for her husband
Sehba said the Musharraf Foundation was dedicated to working on behalf of the youth and the needy in the country.
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Mother and daughter found dead at home
Man says family killed by robbers, police not ruling out any suspects.