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Missing Girl: Chief Secretary’s reply sought
police have no clues about the whereabouts of the girl been missing for 6 years now.
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Bzu: No VC, no result
BZU officials said the university did not have the finances for the prizes to give to the students.
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FIA books 53 human traffickers in July
53 international human traffickers as well as their agents and sub agents where arrested in July 2011.
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‘Wrong man’ used to obtain pre-arrest bail
Investigation officer refuses to release the suspect, informs the court.
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Medical colleges: One entrance test for all, says Mubashar
Exam will have 220 questions to be answered in 150 minutes.
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Life of Muhammad: The Knowledge Factory showing BBC documentary
The use of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh)’s imagery has been avoided.
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Family reunion: Man returns home after 13 years in captivity
Ahmed said he was forced to work in a shoe factory in Balochistan.
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Police training: Curriculum upgrade to include counter-terrorism
Recruits are not trained in detection of explosives or tackling suicide attackers.
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Rights and wrongs: Fate of Ashiana housing hangs in the balance
Officials say land is Waqf property, cannot be transferred; SC hearing case challenging the transfer.
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Punjab Police uncover terrorist plot to target officials, politicians
DG ISI Shuja Pasha, Interior Minister Rehman Malik and JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman included in list.
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New provinces: Awan backs Hashmi’s Punjab carve-up stance
Several calls for new provinces have been raised in the region, particularly in Bahawalpur and southern Punjab.
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Bahawalpur province under consideration: PM
Gilani says a committee is looking into formation of new provinces.
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Ashyana for poor: Punjab can build housing scheme ‘at own risk’
The SC, however, turns down Punjab govt’s request to vacate stay order.
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River disputes: ‘Punjab water must come from Mangla’
Sindh government lists demands in a letter to Irsa.
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Bad Cheques: Magistrate rejects bail plea of ‘French bootlegger’
Police had arrested him in the Cantonment area carrying 100 bottles of liquor.
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Public Service Commission: ‘Clerk mafia’ has taken over
Petitioner’s application was rejected by a clerk without orders.
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Mob justice Villagers kill 4 ‘robbers’
Police called after the ‘robbers’ had been killed, fatally injured.
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Bogus cheques: Court wants actress’s signature verified
Petitioner says three cheques for Rs2.5m she gave him were dishonoured by the bank.
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Architect accuses tourism chief of harassment, extortion
TDCP has yet to pay the petitioner Rs6m outstanding dues.
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Revering Ramazan: 2 arrested for eating in public, 3 fined for serving food
Samples of food items being sold in Khanpur sent to Food Laboratory.
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Competent procedure: Six gang rape accused get pre-arrest bails
13-year-old girl accuses 12 men of sexual harassment, says she was ‘sold’ by her former employer.
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Emergency services: Rescue 1122 helped 35,000 in July
Rescuers have average emergency response time of under 7 minutes.
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Sweet tooth: Chocolate out. Peaches, mangoes, cherries in
Desserts made with seasonal fruit selling like hot cakes.
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Demand and supply: Load-shedding down to consumers, not us says Pepco
DG says as long as people keep using air conditioners, outages will continue.
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Vigilantes torture alleged robbers to death
Some female family members reportedly raised an alarm as a result of which the neighbours woke up.
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Ramazan in jails: Special arrangements for Punjab inmates
Special arrangements for Sahar and Iftar have been done on the instructions of CM Shahbaz Sharif.
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Campaign 2013: PPP’s South Punjab proposal all talk so far
Prime minister’s plan yet to be discussed by party’s manifesto committee.
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Victimisation: Leaders see bias in load management
Government announced that there would be no load shedding during sehri, iftar and Taraweeh but the promise is broken.
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Gas Blast: Initial report states Sialkot Road blast was an accident
Bank officials were operating an illegal Sui gas connection; a pipe had been leaking for 2 days but was not repaired
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A Helping Hand: 100 to receive aid from Baitul Maal in Ramazan
People should file applications with the district Baitul Maal offices before August 10.
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Madrassa teacher flees after torturing 2 students for four months
Fayyaz lost 4 fingers after being accused of stealing, police search for Hussain.
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Harassment: PU teachers condemn firing incident
Demand operation in university hostels to oust illegal occupants.
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Governor, GCU VC issued notices in appointments case
LHC verdict in favour of search committee appealed.
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Land acquisition: Price assessment inflated in road project
Tepa chief raises concern over price notification.
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Bailed accused rearrested: Police chief apologises over arrest at High Court
Committee formed to investigate the matter.
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Court security: Another camera disabled by electricity theft
Load on court UPS threatened to crash entire monitoring system.
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Pakistan Railway's woes continue as engineers go on strike
Engineers demand they should be provided with at least four motor engines to run the trains.
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I will vote for South Punjab province: Hashmi
Hashmi called move ‘the need of the hour’ and begged the country’s leadership to ‘listen to the voice of...
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Intelligence report: Punjab seminaries fanning radicalism identified
3,270 students from tribal areas enlisted at 209 seminaries in the province.
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Missing Person: Judge reprimands police chief
Had it been a police officer’s child, the whole department would be on the look out.
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Vigilante Justice?: Murder suspects shot at in Ferozewala
The victims had been accused of killing a man named Ahmed Ali in a dispute over property.
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Assault: ‘Spiritual healer’ handed over to police
When women came to seek amulets and charms, he raped them and black mailed them using the videos he had made.
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Atheletes get exam exemption
PU sports director confident decision will boost varsity sports.
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Education spending: Rs1.5b allocated for four new women universities
Rs550m allocated for computers, Rs1.12b for teachers’ incentives.
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Secondary school: Matric results finally released
More girls among toppers across Punjab.
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Lahore board results: 59 per cent succeed in secondary school exam
Minister concedes load shedding hurting perfromance; Board chairman proud of computerised marking, tabulation.
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Ramazan reality: Bazaars look great but don’t stock much
Residents of some areas complain that markets are only selling a few basic items rather than full variety of groceries
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Gujranwala gas pipeline blast destroys two buildings
Three people are believed to have been trapped under the rubble.
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Punjab board announces Matric results
Laraib Farruk secured the first position in Lahore board, scoring 1022 marks.
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23 banned outfits barred from collecting donations during Ramazan
Punjab Home Department says legal action will also be taken against those who will donate to these organisations.