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‘Impromptu’ justice: Still a long way to go to end pending cases
Lawyers held responsible, increase in number of judges suggested.
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Best candidate: ‘This is no way to hire teachers’
‘Multiple choice questions will favour average candidates’.
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Power outage: Mepco officials tied to pole, beaten up
Villagers say they have had no electricity for eight days.
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Illegal occupation of girls’ school: Man killed, 12 injured for reporting land grab
District administration says land can’t be recovered because ‘encroachers’ have obtained court orders.
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Little buyers: Eidi fuels rush of gift and toy sales
Markets report good business after Eid holidays.
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Holy slippers: Cleric-bureaucrat rivalry plays out at rallies
Forum for recovery of artefact becomes forum for DG-bashing.
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Speaking out: Sharif bashes ‘top man in Islamabad’ for country’s woes
Says army should assist civilian administration in disaster relief.
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Amidst the ruins in Harappa
Harappa is one of the last signs of a long-dead civilisation.
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Foul favours: There’s no such thing as a ‘free lunch’
105 hospitalised after eating free food handed out by school teacher.
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Multiple murders: 4 women of a family killed over ‘honour’
Abbas, Shah and Hassan escaped after shooting their wives over suspicion.
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Burning questions: Man arrested for setting wife on fire
Police officials arrest man for allegedly burning his wife over a domestic dispute.
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Suicide notes: Gang rape victim sets herself on fire
Mehreen wrote that women in the neighbourhood told her that she ought to ‘kill herself out of shame’.
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Crime and punishment: Mob bays for blood after child rape
Protestors in Badami Bagh demand public execution of suspect.
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Embezzlement: Two Seikhupura govt officials arrested
Officials accused of misappropriating Rs9.01 million.
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‘Justice for all’: Chief justice to inaugurate three-day moot
SCBA has arranged a three-day conference in the city.
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Public transport: Out with the old, in with the refurbished
Govt to subsidise bus repairs as investors shy away from public transport.
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Rainfall claims 22 lives in Hyderabad, interior Sindh
President directs CM Sindh to personally monitor flood situation.
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Justice delayed: Consumers continue to wait on courts
It is taking much longer than six months to deal with complaints.
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Drunken Fury: Man stabbed 17 times for resisting robbery
A group of men visiting Talamba for Eid holidays were drunk and roaming the streets early in the morning.
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Traffic Trials: PM orders cost estimate for road projects
Prime Minister also directed them to prepare a cost estimate for widening the Chowk and building a flyover.
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Out of luck: 11 die in accidents, crime
Various incidents reported from Wednesday to Friday.
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Liver transplant: Living-donor surgery likely by month-end
Surgeons from UK will supervise two procedures at Shaikh Zayed.
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‘Targets Achieved’: Rescue 1122 satisfied with service at Eid
Surgeons from UK will supervise two procedures at Shaikh Zayed.
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Sexual assault: 14-year-old abducted and gang raped on Eid
The girl has been admitted to the DHQ hospital in critical condition, police are searching for the accused.
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Grave matters: Bidding for land down under
Graveyard owners allot land to highest bidder, dig up existing graves.
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Off monitor: Lahore police give up on tracking system
Trackers allow control room to ensure police patrols are not off course.
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Motorcycle travails: Buyers unable to register new bikes
Company’s failure to renew Excise licence becomes a buyers’ headeaches.
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Police constable arrested for allegedly molesting Chinese woman
Chinese woman engineer lodges FIR with police.
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Education in Pakistan: 64 years of complacency
We are bound to have a major catastrophe on our hands.
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Seven die in fatal bus accident on Sargodha Road
Collision of buses so severe, rescue workers cut through the bus to pull out dead bodies.
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Security Matters: Vendors lose prime spot for Eid sales
Say they paid money to set up stalls, shopkeepers deny being paid.
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Suspicious circumstances: Man butchers wife after she filed for divorce
Sarfraz kidnapped Zahida from her parents’ house and chopped her head off.
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Flood fallout: One wave after another
17 more villages in Pasrur inundated by rising water levels in Nullah Dek.
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Rail safety: Two killed in freak train accident
Khyber Mail crashes into Bahoo train after suicidal man crushed on track.
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Not around for Eid
Some keep profit and compensation in mind as they trudge off to work.
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Money matters: The long wait for ‘new money’
Locals say banks are out of fresh notes.
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Food and festivities: What’s Eid without a cake?
Mosques, bangles, floral patterns popular choices for Eid cakes.
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Collection camps: Banned groups free to collect Eid donations
Police say JD offshoot FIF is not banned from collecting charity, though former is.
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Eid festivities: Tarot, food and shoes; something for everyone
The Knowledge Factory’s Eid Mela brings festivities to DHA.
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Personal enmity: Three brothers killed in Lahore
Unidentified gunman opens fire on car. Driver survives attack, taken into custody.
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Train collision in Lahore, 3 dead
The Khyber Mail crashed into the Babu Train standing at the Badami Bagh railway crossing.
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CTBT ratification: UN day against nuclear tests today
The day was declared by the United Nations General Assembly on December 2, 2009.
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Crackdown against ‘Afghan jihadis’ in Punjab on the cards
Officials say 170 seminaries in Punjab are involved in terrorist activities.
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PML-N leaders want judicial probe on Mirza’s charges
Their party had already endorsed an investigation into provincial minister’s claims.
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Rang-i-Amn: Faiz and Tagore feature in peace mural
Students join hands to paint a mural based on the verses of two great poets.
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Pigeon Holed: 1 killed, 2 injured during panchayat hearing
Chak No 452 GB residents had complained that notables in their village had been stealing their pigeons.
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British Council: Chevening Scholarship awards announced
Of the 23 people selected for a one-year master’s degree, three were present on the occasion.
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Deterrence: Rescuers deployed at major mosques
The cell as well as all district control rooms would remain open around the clock during Eid holidays.
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Zulfiqar Mirza fallout: Lawyers’ group wants Malik punished
Demands name of interior minister be put on exit control list.
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Unions call for reform in labour law
Participants in HRCP meeting stress need for legislation for informal workers.