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Man axes wife to death, injures himself
An FIR is registered on the complaint of Zakia’s father.
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Medical education: UHS orientation week starts
University encourages radical thinking and challenges orthodoxies: VC.
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Rape, forced abortion: Court calls for police comments
Police accused of taking bribe to release accused.
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Not a good start: Young doctors vandalise hospital office
Protesters disperse when police arrive.
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Hiring of professors: KEMU accused of violating recruitment rules
CPSP asks Health Department to address matter.
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Substandard construction: Corruption cases against 18
Officials, including project director, accused of Rs7 million corruption; project pending since 2009.
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Banned: Tyno no more – for now
‘Why is the federal govt silent on this issue?’
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Missing businesswoman: ‘Canadian Sikh was killed the day she landed in Pakistan’
Police say they have arrested one of the killers, obtained a confession.
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Malangs dancing to drums at Data Darbar
Three-day urs of Hazrat Ali bin Usman Alhajveri begins.
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Punjab govt release half-yearly development report
Has utilised 72% of its budget in first six months of fiscal year.
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Cough syrup: Drug Control Room set up to monitor sale
Dr Rauf requested the people not to use any medication, especially cough syrups, without a doctor’s prescription.
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Medical education: Lahore students get two top positions
A total of 3,086 candidates from 22 affiliated medical colleges sat for the exam which was held in November.
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Salt iodisation: 15 district officers complete training
Learn about the importance of salt iodisation, quality control.
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Justice delayed: Families protest police’s failure to arrest killers
Two demonstrations held in Faisalabad and another in Toba Tek Singh.
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Missing Canadian: Rajvinder Kaur contacted Malik, Warraich before reaching Pakistan
LHC summons CCPO on January 2 to brief on efforts made for recovery.
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World Day of Peace: Laws demanded against custodial torture, violence
Activists march from District Council office to Circular Road.
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Which is better?: Students fight over post graduate training
MS/MD, FCPS trainees at King Edward Medical University demand more seats for respective groups at Mayo Hospital.
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Cough syrup deaths: ‘Even drug addicts have a right to life’
Lahore High Court summons health secretary for today.
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‘Foreign nationals’: Petition filed to stop Qadri, Altaf Hussain
‘MQM, Awani Tehrik want to delay elections and destabilise Pakistan’.
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LHC issues notices to applicants seeking ban on Tyno syrup
Judge directs concerned officials to appear on Tuesday to inform about measures taken for patients' safety.
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Honour-killing: Girl hanged to death over suspected love affair
Jirga orders execution after she was found sitting next to a youth in a sugarcane field.
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Bilawal to conquer hearts in Punjab: President Zardari
President says Bilawal’s debut will be instrumental in preserving PPP’s true legacy.
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Pakistan remains most dangerous country for journalists: Report
Safma says the media was inept in highlighting judicial activism by the SC.
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Strengthen democracy, Kaira tells nation
Kaira says it was the PPP who brought all the political forces onto one platform.
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Cough syrup fatalities: As medical disasters continue, Punjab govt defends itself
PML-N Senator Pervez Rashid says so far probe indicates syrup itself is not poisonous.
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Two students killed, 15 injured as college van overturns
Three men injured in an accident in Gakhar Mandi.
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For art’s sake: Calligraphy that explores civilisations
Naqvi has shown an inclination towards merging Latin and Arabic scripts.
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Progress report: 6 firms shortlisted for 2035 master plan
Authority cracked down on 25 housing schemes during 2012.
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Justice for Shahzeb: Protesters demand fair probe, prosecution
Dozens of activists at Liberty roundabout force traffic to slow down.
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PML-N Foundation Day: Nawaz Sharif seeks a thumping mandate
Says a hung parliament will not resolve anything.
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Murder case: Court allows time for settlement negotiations
Court seeks comments from SHO over petition filed by woman against her husband for 'fraudulently taking Rs5 million’.
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Investigation ordered: Inquiry officer ‘protecting’ murder suspect
Complainant says IO took Rs60,000 from suspect and treated him like “his guest”.
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Development project: Special children’s school, children’s park, highway inaugurated
CM announces setting up 410-bed DHQ hospital in Bahawalpur.
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Salt quality control: 34 labs to be set up in Punjab
Health Department, Micronutrient Initiative hold training for lab technicians.
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Missing persons: Amna Janjua says no abandoning the cause
She said she had been fighting the case of people who could not afford legal fees.
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Punjab University convocation: ‘Highest-ever’ number granted PhDs degrees
Proceedings held in Urdu for first time in decades.
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Election time: 2,160 out of 4,300 Gymkhana votes cast
LGC in trouble due to new memberships.
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Inter-city buses: Operators asked to shift terminals to new locations
Only 20 companies have agreed to bid for new licences.
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Art delineation: Hassan displays oil works
The works, all oil on canvas, include some landscapes. Others depict the recent political upheavals in Pakistan.
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Shahbaz Sharif orders confiscation of entire Tyno stock, raw materials
Punjab Chief Minister orders that samples of the syrup, and from patients should be sent to UK for testing.
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'Toxic' cough syrup: Death toll reaches 40 as 5 more die in Punjab
Eight patients in Gujranwala hospital are in critical condition.
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BB assassination: Inquiry stalled by ‘those who stopped post mortem’
Minister for Law Rana Sanaullah criticised the PPP for not taking Benazir Bhutto’s murderers to task.
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Recreational use?: Another cough syrup claims at least 16 lives
Officials suspect the deaths could be caused by overdose.
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USAID project: Capacitors installed on 233 tubewells to help conserve energy
FESCO is working on several projects with the USAID to reduce technical losses.
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SHO’s comments sought on January 2
The judge granted bail to a murder suspect ordering him to furnish a bail bond for Rs100,000.
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Illegal occupants: 21 schools freed in special operation
DCO has also ordered demolition of shops constructed on school premises.
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Projects to turn Arfa Kareem Nagar into model village
Proposals include a monument, a girls’ college and technical training centre.
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The responsibility lies with the people, says Hashmi
‘PTI’s priority is a peaceful Pakistan; Peace will lead to a prosperous Pakistan’.
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Career opportunities: Colleges, universities focus on in-house counselling
Students now develop an academic profile according to career choice.
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PTI central office in Lahore put on hold
Two groups emerge during party elections.