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Execution: Death row convict hanged
In Faisalabad, two men were sentenced to death for killing former market committee chairman
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Brothers battling it out from the PML-N, PTI platforms
‘We have our differences...contesting elections is the democratic thing to do’
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Fortress Faislabad: PML-N groups promise amicable campaign
Sher Ali, Sanaullah groups tell Capt (r) Safdar that they will avoid confrontation
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Protect Ashura gatherings at all costs, says Shahbaz
Mobile phone service to be suspended on Muharram 10
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Serena hotel’s kitchen sealed
Along with expired products, the team found rusted utensils and inadequate arrangements for drainage in the kitchen
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Five murder convicts hanged in jails across Punjab
Supporters say that the death penalty is the only effective way to deal with the scourge of militancy in the country
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Young man run over by police officer’s son in Lahore
According to eyewitnesses, a speeding car hit Bilal and driver of the car sped off
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Proposal to cut tenure of assemblies shot down
Parliamentary panel leaves contentious issues for parent committee to decide
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Ex-PML-N MPA backs PTI campaign in UC 68
Muhammad Nadeem says it is his first local government election
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UCs 221, 222 Johar Town: Residents demand better sewage system, roads
The major problem here is the lack of a proper sewerage system
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Irregularities: PTI asks for details on transfer of votes in NA-122
Sarwar says votes of PTI supporters were transferred without their request to far flung constituencies
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Gainful opportunities: Commission for Status of Women to inform callers about govt jobs
‘Women callers ask about job vacancies the most’
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Capital punishment: Nine convicts hanged across province
Two convicts were hanged at Faisalabad Central Jail
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UC 233 Township: Political science student leaves PTI, gets PML-N ticket for chairmanship
The PML-N has transferred education and health to authorities set up at the provincial-level
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UC 69 Mozang: PTI fields man twice elected on PML-N ticket
There are three other independent candidates and a PML-N ticket holder in the run for the chairman’s seat
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UC-35 Rang Mahal: ‘My opponent is a turncoat’
PTI man says he was swayed by Imran Khan to leave Jamaat-i-Islami
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Public order: No leniency for sectarian elements, minister says
Channar says military, govt working in tandem
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Energy crisis: Gas-based power plants to provide cheap electricity: CM
General Electric delegation calls on Shahbaz Sharif
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No cause for concern: PM to select PML-N’s mayoral candidate: Rana Sanaullah
Law minister says party will sweep forthcoming elections
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Model Town violence: ATC indicts 41 PAT workers, 5 policemen
Police had submitted a challan in the case in July, 2014
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Labour inspectors to oversee Orange Line Train project
They will be accorded special powers, Sarwar says
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Minor girls slaughtered
Locals and relatives attended the funeral of the two girls
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SC issues notices to Punjab, federal govts
ECP says court ‘misunderstood’ relevant law
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NA-122: PTI asks ECP to provide details of registered, transferred voters
Chaudhry Sarwar says changes in voter lists deprived their supporters to vote during Oct 11 by-polls
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Another nine convicts hanged in Punjab
Three convicts were hanged in Attock, two each in Faisalabad and Lahore, and one each in Bahawalpur and Sargodha
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Freakish: Woman attacked by pack of stray dogs
Her husband Muhammad Irshad and other men in the area ran to help her
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Mayor Group to demonstrate muscle at Dhobi Ghat on October 29: Sher Ali
He will announce support for candidates his group has fielded
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For the needy: Rs71m distributed among hospitals, vocational schools
Sanaullah says the fund will enable many more students to obtain vocational skills
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Low performing: Nine delivery centres at BHUs scrapped
District health officer says very few people used to visit the centres
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Dire straits: ‘Water scarcity must top govt’s agenda’
Pakistan loses 35 million acre feet of water each year
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Energy economy: ‘Cheaper electricity needed to end power crisis’
WAPDA Hydro Electric Workers Union demands end to privatisation plans
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Public education: Govt asked to include lessons on constitution in curricula
PHEC chairman said the commission was working on a programme to promote civic education
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Informal economy: Govt urged to secure home based workers’ rights
Govt’s failure to approve a policy on HBWs decried
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Fair elections: PTI calls APC on NA-122 ‘rigging’
Sarwar said it appeared that the government was reluctant to devolve power to the grassroots level
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Waste disposal: Shahbaz Sharif asks for early removal of illegal landfill sites
CM reprimands Metro Bus, NESPAK officials over man’s death in Rawalpindi
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Foreign assets: Reply sought in plea seeking permission to transfer money abroad
Justice Khalid Mahmood Khan gave the federal government till the next hearing on November 3 to respond to the matter
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Power push: LHC rejects review petition against coal project stay
The petitioner has raised environmental concerns against ‘cheap power’ plants
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PML-N workers have full faith in party leadership: Rashid
Says bickering between two or three leaders are not signs of dissent
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Tragic end: Woman commits suicide
The body has been sent for a post mortem examination
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Regulation: ‘Low-fee schools ignored in new law’
APPSA says 95 per cent of private schools in Punjab charge ‘low fees’
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Religious freedom: MWM activists protest restrictions on ‘firebrands’
Demand govt lift ban on movement of Shia clerics
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For the people: 113 of 253 development projects completed in Bahawalpur district
Baligur Rehman says there will be no compromise on quality
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Death penalty : Five convicts to be hanged on Tuesday
Mustafa had murdered a man in a McLeod Ganj police precinct
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Urban policing: Six women injured in ‘police firing’
Police have arrested three of them for ‘harbouring a proclaimed offender’
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Discipline : FPC to take over parking lots at hospitals
The DCO also directed the medical superintendents of Allied Hospital
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Army, Rangers requested for security in Faisalabad
Security measures in place from today.
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Local govt nomination issue referred to LHC full bench
JIT investigating Kasur scandal submits inquiry report to LHC
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WWF to set up national monitoring network
Implementation of wildlife laws on illegal trade was also criticised at the meeting
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Local governments: Punjab lagging behind in devolution of municipal services
UNDP study shows the provincial govt will be in charge of these services
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Faith and unity: ‘A Zuljinnah procession is a walk of remembrance’
Custodians say the processions unite Shias and Sunnis