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Encroachment Drive: Stalls, signboards removed from Montgomery Road
Roadside stalls, counters, signboards and handcarts removed from public spaces.
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Relatives decide against pressing charges in ‘killing by police’
Say they can’t allow an autopsy of the body.
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Law and order: Four killed in 1,070 robberies in August
573 vehicles, Rs25 million taken away.
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Islamia University: 50 complete short IT courses
IUB has started short technical courses in art & design, agriculture, engineering & veterinary & dairy development.
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Government departments ready to observe Anti-Dengue Day
Health, Education depts to set up camps, host seminars and walks.
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Bird conservation: Learning about vultures and how to protect them
WWF event includes screening of documentary, games, guided tours.
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Competition: Winning partridge chirps 250 times
Owner says he turned down a Rs200,000 offer for the bird.
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SAFMA seminar: ‘Govt, Supreme Court can’t tell us how to live’
Authorities urged to tackle hate material on TV rather than obscenity.
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Bonded labour: More than 200 freed from private prison
Police arrest 13 guards assigned to keep a watch over the prisoners, raids underway to arrest the suspect.
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Drama: Desperate father wins back job with suicide threat
Model Town Society employee climbs up electricity pole in protest at ‘demotion’.
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Public transport: Transporters raise fares following petrol price hike
7-15 per cent raise in inter-city fares, decision on intra-city fares on Monday.
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Air traffic remains suspended at Lahore airport's main runway
Authorities attempt to remove plane from runway shoulder.
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Bhara Kahu: Man held, hashish seized
Acting on a tip-off, the police found the hashish during a search.
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Khyber College of Dentistry: Unqualified professionals promoted, says report
PMDC says only those with post-doctoral degrees are eligible.
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Manhandling: Contractors protest against commissioner
Suspend work on projects in Abbottabad, threaten to expand the strike division-wide unless an FIR is registered.
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Capacity building: For craftspeople, a little supplemental income goes a long way
Textile workshop brings artisans from across the country.
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Blue Area plots scam: NAB swings into action
CDA asked to submit complete record of bidding process on September 11.
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First dengue case in Isloo confirmed
Blood samples have been sent to a laboratory for confirmation.
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Punjab divisions: Koh-e-Suleman province demand comes to fore
Tribal chiefs, feudal sardars from South Punjab reject provinces commission.
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Anti-Dengue Measures: Zakat officials to conduct dengue awareness
District Zakat committees to arrange public meetings to create awareness about precautionary measures against dengue.
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September 4: JI calls for Hijab Day
The Muslim youth must rise to defend their culture, says Munawar Hasan
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Law And Order: Man held for robbery, killing
The suspect was caught by passers-by and handed over to the police after a beating.
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Nonpayment of bills: Supply to railway station, workers colonies suspended
Station manager said the matter had been reported and request sent to the Railways Headquarters about release of funds
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Crime and punishment: Three arrested in two sexual assault cases
Medical examination has confirmed that a 13-year-old girl in a Hafizabad village was raped.
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‘Revolution from Within’: Pakistan Youth Congress begins today
4-day event will include sessions on career, drug abuse prevention.
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‘PML-Q supports South Punjab province’
Parvez Elahi receiving NA Deputy Speaker Faisal Karim Kundi.
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Corruption: Officials suspected of issuing fake theatre permits
Investigation Officer recommends their suspension from service, initiation of inquiry, registration of criminal cases.
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Balochistan transfers: Punjab relieves 6 officers
Several officers allowed to join management courses.
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Young entrepreneurs: IT Board launches country’s first technology incubator
Organizers say they are looking for an idea that would generate business.
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Service structure: Government, doctors ‘close to an agreement’
YDA Punjab given a day to accept or reject the government’s offer.
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Security on high alert as 18 Taliban enter Punjab: Report
According to the interior ministry, senior civil and military officers may be targeted in attacks.
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Determination: ‘New province soon’
Raja Riaz said the opposition had forwarded an application to the PA speaker seeking action against the law minister.
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Governor Khosa: ‘Country can survive without democracy, but not without justice’
The judiciary has no right to reject the people’s mandate, Governor Sardar Latif Khan Khosa.
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New Provinces: Petition filed against commission
The Watan Party filed the petition that the commission was “discriminatory”.
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27 PAS officers being shifted to Balochistan
One BS-21 and four BS-20 officers to be shifted in first phase.
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Girls get top positions in IUB bachelors exams
Pass percentage recorded at 43.5%.
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Religious extremism: Action sought to curb sectarian killings
Speakers urge the parliament to amend discrimination laws.
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‘Honour’ crime: Man arrested for killing mother, four sisters
Murder case was registered against the suspect by his father who may pardon him and withdraw the complaint.
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Sewage treatment: River Ravi Commission discusses heavy metals
Members say industries should treat effluent before discharge.
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Kalabagh Dam: Court rejects govt reply, seeks detailed report
Petitioner says Council of Common Interests must consider dam.
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Biker arrested after shooting
Suspect opened fire at police after chase on MM Alam Road.
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School curricula: ‘Hate content in textbooks has increased since 2009’
National Commission for Justice and Peace report releases report on Thursday.
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Petition challenges commission on new provinces
Petition filed by chairman of Watan party challenges commission constituted for creation of new provinces.
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LHC constitutes larger bench to hear contempt of court petition against Zardari
LHC had asked President Zardari to stop using the presidency for politicking.
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PML-Q MPA shot at while chasing bandit
Samina Khawar Hayat witnesses robbery outside her house, chases bandits.
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Efficiency: UVAS, IFAD discuss improving dairy farming
The IFAD said their funding agency interested in developing linkages with the university to improve dairy potential.
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Careless Driving: Eight die, 75 injured in bus-collision
Three passenger buses collided on the Indus Highway near Kala Colony, some 20 kilometres away from DG Khan.
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PML-N exposed
The opposition had a stranglehold of the House and there was no way business could have continued.
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Jurisdiction: Railways Police ASI sought over mystery body
Two men caught transporting dead woman in rickshaw.
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Wildlife: Five arrested for illegal hunting in Bahawalpur
Four deer, 28 black and 11 brown partridges, and 20 quails recovered.