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Pat on the back: Cabinet hails CM for dengue ‘success’
Punjab govt to seek six-month extension in local election schedule deadline.
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PML-N's Khizar Khagga in pole position to win Sahiwal by-election
Khagga got 40,185 votes while PML-Q and PPP joint candidate Muzzaffar Shah came in second with under 21,000 votes.
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Dengue: Eight more dead, 270 new cases registered in Lahore
Total number of patients has now crossed 16,000 in Punjab, more than 13,700 patients belong to Lahore.
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World Sight Day: Giving the blind a chance to see
Experts feel Pakistan lags behind in motivating people to donate their eyes.
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Energy crisis: Punjab rejects two weekly holidays
Chief Minister says he was not consulted by the cabinet, K-P govt also reportedly unsure.
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Stolen Oil: Police recover NATO oil tanker
tanker contained oil costing Rs6.5 million which was removed so that the empty tanker could be parked near Chiniot.
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Unpaid Salaries: Railways given five days to pay legal advisors
LHC gave five days to Pakistan Railways to ensure payment of salaries to 60 legal advisors of the organisation.
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Punjab Assembly: Session convened to discuss dengue outbreak
PPP would move court against any attempt by the PML-N to dissolve the Punjab Assembly, says PPP leader Basra.
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Suspect’s rights: NAB, FIA suspects have right to lawyer too
Provincial government’s reply on plea against torture still awaited.
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Student torture: No broken bones, no case
First grader brutally beaten for forgetting to bring her slate to class.
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200 homes handed over to flood-hit families
Caritas Austria, Faces Pakistan building 600 houses in Kashmore.
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Outlaws and in-laws: Mother gets custody of four kids
In-laws had been trying to get her to sign over her children’s inheritance to them after her husband’s death.
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Dengue: Shahbaz proposes ‘environment police’
Force would ensure that dengue control measures are kept in place.
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Rafi Peer Youth Festival: Rowdy crowd, ham actors distract from stage
One-man show, documentaries, play and puppet show on Day Two.
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City administration: Revenue dips as town staff busy with dengue
Consumed by special campaigns, towns fall behind on collection targets.
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Public transport: Defence gets shuttle service
AC buses to cover Phases 1-5, run from 6am to 10pm.
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Father, son gunned down in Faisalabad
Accused falsely informed police that victims had arrived to rob their house.
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Dengue: 4 dead, 214 new cases reported in Lahore
Official figures put the death toll at 204 in Punjab, 182 have been reported from Lahore.
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Punjab Assembly: PPP, PML-Q submit privilege notice against ‘unification bloc’
‘In 64 years no one has submitted such a motion against elected members of any assembly’.
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‘Alarming’ situation: ‘Likeminded’ lashes out at Sharif over dengue
Calls for judicial inquiry over dengue deaths.
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Money and malfeasance: LHC asks politicians to file foreign assets details
Issues notices to President Zardari, PM Gilani, PML-N chief Nawaz, PTI chief Imran Khan.
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Improving Ties: Indian journalists visit Punjab Assembly
Khan was addressing a delegation of journalists from Chandigarh.
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Student Murder: Headmaster sacked for neglecting school
Alleged negligence in a murder incident involving a tenth grade student three days ago.
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Thursday meeting: Cabinet to discuss PPSC appointments
Legislation on Ghazi University, Public Defender Service to be approved.
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Baba Farid shrine: LHC seeks detail of Auqaf land
DPO says shopkeepers at main gate could be relocated.
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Errors and ommissions: PHA admits it possessed parking plaza land
Justice Saeed says plaza has marred Liberty Chowk.
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Poisonous milk: Two brothers die from milk with lizard in it
Mother forgot to cover kettle while boiling milk, sons died after drinking it.
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Child marriage: Drug addict ‘settles debt’ by handing over daughter
Arif and Faryad owed Abid Rs15,000, Nazia was given to square away debts.
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‘Blinding’ rejection: Cop pokes out woman’s eyes
Constable Kaloro had been stalking Najia and pressuring her to divorce her husband and marry him.
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Punjab to regulate for mosquito control measures
Regulations to remain in force till November 30.
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Emergency services: No funds to replace old ambulances
29 of 32 vehicles past their reliable operational life.
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Rafi Peer Youth Festival: ‘Guys and girls can just be friends’
Platonic friendships, suicide bombing and sectarian violence examined on first day.
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Cultural entities: Potohar folk music and poetry reading pulls big crowd at Lok Virsa
The Potohar festival that started at Lok Virsa, Shakarparian on Sunday highlights Potohari art and culture.
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Gas explosion injures 3 in DG Khan
The explosion caused extensive damage to the office and adjacent buildings.
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Dengue in Punjab: Death toll rises to 207
A total of 198 new cases have been reported in Punjab, of which 150 are from Lahore.
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Attack On Lankans: SC moved against Ishaq’s release
The Lahore Registry of the apex court had granted Ishaq bail on July 11, 2011.
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Lal Masjid deputy cleric likely to face the chop
Naib Khateeb at Lal Masjid believed to be in the process of being expelled from his post as penalty for visiting Iran,
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Taseer murder case: Ex-LHC chief justice to defend Mumtaz Qadri
Justice Sharif will appear before the Islamabad High Court today.
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By-elections controversy: Pervaiz Elahi defies LHC by addressing poll rally
PML-Q leader violates the court order barring ministers, govt officials from electioneering .
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Money Matters: Man arrested for burning wife
Woman burned because she had refused to get them money from her family.
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Mosquito hunters await credit for dengue fight
Entomologists from Faisalabad directed campaign to stop mosquito breeding.
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Fraud cases: ‘Reconciliation committees’ to be set up at police stations
Critics say committees illegal, will increase political interference in police work.
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Laser surgery centre sued for Rs500,000
Petitioners says doctor failed to meet cure guarantee.
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Store indoors: New restrictions for tyre shops
Puncture, tyre shops and godowns must register or face fine, jail.
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‘PML-Q, Peoples Party to contest elections together’
Elahi blames Sharif for the LHC order stopping him from addressing a rally.
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Wani tradition: 3 arrested for marrying infant to 24-year-old
Girl was declared wani by a panchayat in a Jhang village.
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Diagnosis Rate: Dengue infections down 24% in three weeks
The insecticide spray campaign had succeeded in controlling the mosquito population.
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‘Monitor historical sites, bus stands, graveyards’
CM orders action against medical staff who avoid training.
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Umpire of the year: LBA gives Dar Rs160,000 for flood victims
LBA President describes umpire as lone “ray of hope” in a depressed nation.
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Dengue in Lahore: Death toll reaches 192
Sharif says that Punjab government is following a concrete plan for diagnosis and treatment of dengue patients.