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Controlling dengue: Private hospitals asked to send daily dengue report
‘All patients exhibiting serious dengue fever symptoms must be admitted’.
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Rawalpindi clashes: 'Loss of lives extremely sad, but could have been prevented', says Imran
PTI chief joins Sheikh Rasheed in blaming the administration for the mob riots.
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Heart broken: Man sets himself on fire
Relatives say his parents had refused to help him marry his girlfriend.
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Fighting polio: ‘We owe our children a healthy life’
DCO wants health officials to double their efforts.
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Bomb defused: Terrorism bid foiled in Kot Addu
A police spokesman said an eight kilogram bomb was recovered from the venue.
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Busted: Two ‘terrorists’ arrested in DG Khan
Police recover Kalashnikovs, pistols, 800 rounds and pen pistols.
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Business rules: Vendors protest against rate card fee
Agri-Marketing Dept had announced free cards, but govt imposed Rs5,000 fee.
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Safety measures: Security to remain tight today
The main Zuljinnah procession will reach Karbala Gamay Shah on Friday evening.
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Security test: 9th Muharram processions staged
15,700 policemen on duty at 600 processions and 5,369 majalis.
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Social stability: Sunni Ittehad Council urges religious and political leaders to unite for peace
Leader says US wants to weaken Muslims by creating a wedge between them.
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Public health: Schools open for dengue inspection
Teachers’ union protest being forced to facilitate the Health Dept.
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Turkish assistance: WASA to be converted into a company
Istanbul Water and Sewerage Administration helping with reform.
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Local body politics: LHC cancels increase in union councils for Rawal, Potohar towns
District admin had subdivided a number of union councils.
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Muharram plan: 219 gatherings and 331 processions on 9th and 10th
Punjab Emergency Service issues procession route plan for Bahawalpur.
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Defeating polio: ‘More women volunteers can mean greater campaign success’
DCO forms UC, tehsil-level polio eradication committees.
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Welfare: Planners approve eight development schemes
PWDP okays projects costing Rs11.82 billion in total.
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Rigging petition: Hockey federation says elections legal
The petitioner asked the court to direct the respondents to follow the rules and regulations for the elections.
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Free counselling: Punjab Youth Helpline faces funding challenge
The current financing agreement ends in December.
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Sexual harassment: PU vice chancellor, ombudswoman issued notices
Judge refuses to recuse himself from case.
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Local elections: ECP must stick with new poll date, says PTI
Ejaz Chaudhry said that the ECP and provincial governments should complete all the required arrangements in time.
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Express Media Forum: Politicians on all sides welcome poll delay
PML-N rejects Opp criticism of Local Govt Act, delimitation as posturing.
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Threats: Businessman seeks extortion case
The petitioner said a man demanded Rs1.6 million from him, threatening "dire consequences" if he didn't pay.
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Embarrassment: Rs300,000 sought for defective phone
Petitioner said his friends had made fun of him because of the faulty phone.
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Bogus stamp paper: FIA seeks records of over 100 housing societies
Almost 90% of stamp papers was found to be counterfeit.
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BZU Multan: Three former VCs to face corruption charges
ACE seeks permission to register cases against 22 university officials.
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Muharram procession: Several injured in clashes near imam bargah
MWM says fight started by armed Sipah-i-Sahaba men.
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Martyrdom question: Sunni Tehreek rallies in support of army
ST leader says JI chief should be tried for treason.
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Punjab University: VC harassment drama plays out at LHC
VC turns up in court with supporters, opponents protest on The Mall.
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Former army chief: Govt given two weeks to reply to Ziauddin’s plea
Ziauddin is seeking a declaration that his removal upon Gen (r) Pervez Musharraf’s coup in October 1999 was illegal.
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Furniture store sued for late delivery
A notice was issued to a proprietor in a suit seeking Rs500,000 as damages for not delivering furniture on time.
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Spiritual connection: 85 injured in stampede at Khwaja Farid’s urs
They were all trying to pass through the bahishti darwaza (door to paradise).
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Changing weather: Camels dying from ‘respiratory’ disease
Livestock official says the dept is yet to establish if the disease is viral.
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Sports Board: Sports deputy director accuses 10 officers of theft
Judge once again seeks comments from Gulberg SHO.
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Marital confusion: Judge refuses to release woman to husband till her identity is proven
Court says one of her relatives will have to testify on her behalf.
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DCO wants uplift projects completed on time
Says Wasa officials need to ‘tighten their belts’.
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Using ICT: ‘Time to boost use of technology in agriculture’
Participants discuss industry funding of academic research.
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Economic policy: PTI demands price cuts
PML-N govts in Punjab and Centre needed to take steps to improve the country’s economy, said PTI's Ejaz Chaudhry.
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Public service: City given a week to regularise employees
The court granted the government a week’s time to implement the order.
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Public transport: Smart cards for use in all buses planned
Single-ride tokens to be phased out on Metro Bus Service.
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Juvenile: 10-year-old charged with murder
The complainant alleged that Zubair had helped the three children kill Shahid.
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Muharram security: Four-tier security plan for main procession
Shia leaders asked to register volunteers with the City SP by today.
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Empowerment: ‘Solution to all problems lies in educating girls’
Economic empowerment of women was the key to success for Pakistan, says Advisro to the CM Zakia Shahzawaz.
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A British town in the hills: Book on Murree launched
Author calls for preservation of local heritage.
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To ban or not to ban: Curriculum authority washes hands of ‘I am Malala’ ban
PCA chairman says they can only review content, not ban it.
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2 dead bodies found in Lahore
Sources say the victims - a man and a woman - were reportedly around 25 to 30-year-old.
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‘Social taboo’: Divorced for bearing third daughter
Husband had wanted a son, parents refuse to take woman back.
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Rehabilitation: Rs5 million given to 239 flood-affected
'Government had spent Rs600 million on the rehabilitation of the flood affected,' says minister.
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Development projects: Rs100m released for Satiana-Faisalabad road
DCO inspects newly constructed sports gymnasium in Samundri.
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Polio campaign: 2,755 teams to vaccinate 1.18m children in Faisalabad
The campaign will last for five days in Bahawalpur.
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Negligence : Two polio cases reported from Kamalia
Both the children, a boy and a girl, had missed their anti-polio vaccination.