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Preventive measures: Patient Education Centre opens at Lahore General Hospital
To educate diabetes patients on how to manage disease.
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Historic establishment: Pak Tea House reopening delayed till after Eid
Company undertaking renovation awaits payment from city government.
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PM Ashraf announces Rs1 mn reward for BA exams topper
Ali, who works at his brother’s tandoor, secured first position in BA 2012 examinations.
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Family feud: Father, son among three shot dead
Arshad was a proclaimed offender who was wanted in multiple cases.
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Carjackers: Suspect shot dead in encounter
Raid on carjacking gang’s hideout turns deadly; three escape, one arrested.
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University admissions: Committee to check degrees of applicants
Officials directed to computerise records of all academic departments, form online campus management system.
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Double loss: Ex-SHO accused of torture
Complainant says he was detained, tortured for reporting motorcycle theft.
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Health Regulations: ‘Commission checks hospitals, council checks doctors’
Health dept says PHC's jurisdiction distinct, its regulatory functions did not overlap with other regulatory bodies.
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Illegal Connection: Factory owner caught stealing gas
Ayaz, a factory owner, had been stealing gas from a domestic connection.
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Hair-less: Man beaten, humiliated for ‘harassing’ girl
Man says his head, moustache and eyebrows were shaved.
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Administrative affairs: Bureaucrats complain about ‘pushy’ muavins
Departments say political appointees interfering in administration.
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Lahore Parking Company picks chairman, MD
DCO to send Rs200 million summary to start viable company.
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Two ‘liquor smugglers’ gunned down at border
Rangers arrest two accomplices, two others flee.
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‘Govt aims to slash teacher-student ratio’
Education minister says 3.1m children enrolled as result of primary campaign.
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Secular Pakistan: ‘Pakistanis should know Quaid’s Aug 11 speech by heart’
Awami Party arranges seminar to ‘celebrate Jinnah’s vision for Pakistan’.
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PU bachelors’ results: Girls outshine boys, bag five of six top positions
Private candidates, including a tandoorwala, secure top three places in BA exams.
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New provinces: PML-N, Durrani to join forces for Bahawalpur province
Former MPA meets Durrani, promises cooperation.
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‘Freewill’ couple survives attack outside court
Twenty-six-year-old Sajjad Samoon and Nargis Soomro, 22, tied the knot on August 3.
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Rickshaw stand manager paraded naked by extortionists in Layyah
SHO Thanakot Sultan police station acting on television report files case after his sub inspector refused.
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Crime: Office burgled; bag snatched
The bag contained Rs1,100 cash, a cell phone, pension book and other valuables.
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Family Dispute: Second wife accused of killing Highways SDO
A police team is looking for the suspects.
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Assistance: Cash, home for women assaulted in Khangarh
The women were allegedly beaten up and paraded in public.
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Nabbed: Four gamblers arrested
Police apprehend four gamblers and seize Rs8,520 cash, four cell phones and gambling cards.
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Municipal service: City govt seeks help with waste disposal
Mechanical sweepers will be used on major roads under action plan.
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Public transport: Air-conditioned buses inaugurated
Discount cards will be issued after verification of particulars by the education institutes.
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‘Persecution’: Ahmedi jeweller accused of passing himself as Muslim
Ashraf has been released on bail, after imprisonment of eight days.
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Secure perimeter: Youm-i-Ali goes by without incident
Tazia completes its customary march from Mubarik Haveli to Karbala Gamay Shah.
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Unusual suspect: High court cancels remand of blind man accused of robbery
A judicial magistrate had granted a 3-day physical remand.
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Khawaja Sharif ‘murder plot’: FIA directed to present case record
CM’s former aides granted interim bail.
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Three dead in Haripur as mine caves in
The contractors took the bodies to their village near Hasan Abdal.
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Sargodha school case: Punjab given three days to settle teachers’ salary issue
Chief justice blasts exploitation of teachers, ignoring of education sector.
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Zardari builds consensus for one South Punjab province
Provincial headquarters to be in Bahawalpur; Multan to get an industrial zone.
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New provinces’ commission: PPP nominates senators — none from South Punjab though
While PPP accommodated its major allies in commission, it ignored MQM which has raised its voice for South Punjab.
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Three polio cases detected in Jhang
The parents of the affected children claimed that the area was not visited by any health department team.
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Khawaja Sharif case: Questionable action on ex-judge’s ‘murder plot’ memo
Punjab government immediately terminated the contract of Col (retd) Rehman and removed Shah from his post.
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Crime: Two men detained in child rape case
‘Arrest will be registered after DNA report is available’.
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Khawaja Sharif ‘murder plot’: FIA told not to arrest two named in FIR
Petitioners demand FIA provide them a copy of the FIR.
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Torture charges: ‘Police given 3 days to investigate’
Complainant says her son was tortured to extract information about his brother’s whereabouts.
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Food adulteration: Two arrested, milk production unit sealed
Chemical hazardous for health found at the factory seized by the raiding team.
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Capturing devotion: Weaving culture into calligraphy
Exhibition at Ejaz Gallery showcases the best work of choice calligraphers.
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English literature: Young writers mentored at LUMS workshop
Eight of 250 applicants selected for five-day creative writing workshop.
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Financial institutions asked to follow security guidelines
Request sent after a recent surge in bank robberies and cash snatching incidents.
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Threat alerts: ‘Terrorists planning attack on PAF base’
Two TTP teams plotting bombings before Eid, say intelligence reports.
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Punjab Food Authority: Fewer checks on food vendors this Ramazan
City government officials say they used to conduct far more inspections.
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Flood situation: Dozens of villages affected by flood in River Chenab
PDMA DG says flood has abated and the rivers are flowing usually.
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Withheld rewards: 4 months later police yet to release bounty
Rs16.4m lying in coffers, officials fear informers will be de-motivated.
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Workers rights: Contract workers rehired after protest
Labour leaders claim contracts of 40 workers were not renewed for trying to register union.
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Khwaja Sharif murder plot: 3 Special Branch men given protective bail till August 23
Men accused of conspiring to create differences between govt and judiciary.
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Youm-i-Ali: Multan declared the most sensitive district
DCO bans distribution of open food and drink.
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Sewage leak: Residents resent being told to evacuate
Say the TMA is threatening them with a clean-up operation.