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Hamza Elahi murder: Shan Khusro acquitted of murder charges
Mother of the deceased said she had forgiven him for his parents’ sake.
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Hazardous job: Ticket-checker dies after clash with ticketless students
Students got into an argument with Shabbir, insisting that they could travel without the tickets.
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Protest mode: The honeymoon is over, Imran tells government
PTI to decide whether to demand early elections after verification of votes in four constituencies.
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LG polls: PML-N devises strategy for LG elections
Party will award tickets only for seats of mayors and deputy mayors.
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Ending depreciation: Ishaq Dar vows to arrest rupee’s free fall
Finance minister urges business community to exploit GSP Plus status to the fullest.
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Security sans space: Police checkposts - on scant resources and no man’s land
Official records say 25 checkposts are located on disputed land; moving them a ‘herculean task’.
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Against all odds: Lahore woman wins PhD from Srinagar
Nadia is the first Pakistani woman to attain a doctorate from Kashmir University.
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Law and order: Criminals on parole to be re-arrested
CM wants five ATCs and five courts for Arms Ordinance to be set up within 48 hours.
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Student taken into custody for beating ticket inspector to death
Four students had boarded a Sargodha Express Train without tickets and beat the inspector when he asked for them.
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Market shooting: Police clueless about motives, culprits
Two brothers, their cousin shot dead by assailant in Pindi’s Bara Market.
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International conference: ‘Poverty and terrorism are not always linked’
Speakers say terrorism is largely a middle class, urban problem.
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Scam: TEVTA assistant manager arrested for embezzlement
The suspect had illegally transferred money in his name.
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Acid attack: LHC disposes of notice
Husband throws acid at wife's face when she refused to return to him.
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Increasing trend: 1,630 suicide attempts reported in 2013
67 people committed suicide, 1,630 attempted it in Faisalabad in 2013, a 17% increase over the previous year.
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Robbers dressed as police commandos loot highway passengers
Police said it succeeded in arresting one of the robbers.
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Sugarcane crop: Farmers demand better prices
Say govt should fix sugarcane rate at Rs250 per 40kg.
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Social welfare: Development trust pledges support for urban uplift
Kidney centre to be established at the district headquarters hospital.
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Punjab Assembly: Members pre-approve house committee constitution
The penalty for not paying minimum wage set for modest increase.
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Embezzlement: Police comments sought against former pastor
Former pastor was accused of embezzling church funds.
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Judicial allowance: ‘Should all court staff get special pay?’
FJMC principal issued contempt notice for not depositing fine.
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Crackdown: Hazardous factories in residential areas set to lose electricity, gas
The city government is set to launch an operation against hazardous industrial units located in residential areas.
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The right to know
Our governments need to realise that the public has the right to hold them accountable.
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No surrender: Altaf claims British police have made life difficult for him
MQM chief says people can ask the likes of General Hamid Gul, Brigadier Imtiaz, Gen Alsam Beg if he ever took money.
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Illegal confinement: Sargodha sessions judge asked for report on custody death
Complainant says his son died from police torture.
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Public health: Authorities ‘not interested’ in collecting infection data
Most passengers not filling and returning declaration of health cards.
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Illegal hunting: LHC issues notices to Interior, Foreign ministries
Petitioner says during their stay in Pakistan, the birds were poached in violation of international laws.
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LDA auction: Reserve prices revealed for parking plaza shops
Reserve price for 106sq feet shop on ground floor is Rs4.7mn, for 325sq feet shop on upper ground floor is Rs19.5mn.
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Indian films: High court issues notice to censor board, media
Cinema owners, distributors want a say in the ban on exhibition of Indian movies.
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Information analysis: Big data ‘hugely important’ for professionals
77% respondents in South Asia and 62% globally cited big data as 'hugely important to the future of business' - survey
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Special education: ‘Children with disabilities need inclusive schools’
'Only 4% of children with special needs have access to schools in Pakistan,' says UMT Department of Education chairman
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Protest: PTI condemns demolition of church wall
PTI Punjab president Ejaz Chaudhry says PTI will protect religious places of minority communities.
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Intimate partner violence: Husband arrested for acid attack
Doctors say she has 50% burns; her face and chest have been affected.
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Accountability: Acid attack convict sentenced to 34 years in prison
The judge also ordered the convict to pay Rs150,000 fine and Rs1.08 million compensation to the heirs of the deceased.
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Drive against illegal weigh-bridges ordered
DCO Mengal directs assistant commissioners to launch campaign against unauthorised sugarcane weigh-bridges in district
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Robbery, theft: Eight people deprived of valuables, cars
Robbers and auto-thieves deprive at least eight people of vehicles and valuables worth million of rupees.
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Punjab clears right to information bill
The bill also states that public bodies will be proactive in the disclosure of functions and duties.
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‘Ineligible’: Lecturers get cushy jobs, foreign travel
Six female lecturers appointed in violation of rules, getting special favours.
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Early childhood development: Study shows dismal state of affairs in three Punjab districts
Says both educational, medical facilities be provided to children under six.
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Local government: ‘Nepotism will not be tolerated’
PTI's Jahangir Khan Tareen urged the participating office bearers to raise funds for campaigns of party candidates.
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Conference: ‘Code of conduct needed to promote religious harmony’
Pakistan Ulema Council (PUC) Chairman Hafiz Tahir Mahmood Ashrafi was the chief guest at the conference.
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Teachers threaten strike, govt feigns ignorance
Protests threatened if govt does not commence talks by Dec 13.
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Burning issue: Citizens, political parties protest against petrol strike
Fuel stations remained closed on Wednesday; owners demand a 5% sales margin.
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Police accused of beating complainant
The lumberdar told the media that some unidentified men had broken into Ilyas Ghumman’s shop and taken away Rs25,000.
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Social harmony: ‘Religious discrimination must end’
AWAM organises a seminar to mark the International Human Rights Day.
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Access to info: No protection in new law for whistle blowers
The bill is set for passage on Thursday.
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Healthcare: Polio vaccination drive to kick off today
He said 5.8 million children were expected to be administered anti-polio drops in the drive.
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Cross-border marriage: Govt barred from deporting Indian man on wife’s plea
Petitioner said she married her husband in 2005 and they had 2 children.
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Murder or accident: Shan Khusro receives pardon
Parents of the deceased tell the court they have no objection to his acquittal.
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‘Fair hearing’: Orders of demotion suspended
Asfhaq and 6 others had moved petitions challenging their demotion from sub-inspectors to assistant sub-inspectors.
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Glued shut: Lawyers lock down Model Town courts
Judicial work remained suspended for over three hours.