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Finance and Trade Centre: LDA uses fake bidder to auction plot
Rules require at least two bidders for auction, so LDA made one up.
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City treasures: Revamped Lahore Heritage Museum opens next week
Officials say more funds needed for substantial repairs of old Tollinton Market.
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PML-Q to keep PPP alliance intact
PML-Q will also contest the next general elections with the PPP.
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Sialkot lynching case: LHC asked to change life term to death penalties
Punjab govt filed two appeals, one against the acquittal of 5 accused and the other to award death sentences to 6.
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Suspected terrorist arrested in Lahore
Muaaz was allegedly involved in blasts at Garhi Shahu Juice Market, different shrines and markets.
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Dengue in Punjab: Death toll rises to 168
Shahbaz Sharif says effective strategy will be chalked out to eradicate the virus.
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Court Order: NAB to release Sharif family’s assets
Sharif family's assets and share certificates were confiscated following conviction of Nawaz Sharif in 1999.
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Boundary battles: Factory owners beat 3 brothers bloody
Mustafa said he was trying to retrieve his kite but was accused of stealing.
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Gang Rape: 11-year-old sodomised and killed
Victim died as a result of the assault and the accused sent the body to his parents.
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World Animal Day: ‘Duty exemption on captive birds proposed’
Suzi the elephant gets fruit gifts from PU students.
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Writers and poets get dengue too
Zahid Dar in hospital, Zahid Hasan tests positive for disease.
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Larger bench: PM disqualification plea referred to CJ
Federal govt yet to respond to petition despite amicus curae warning.
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Post wedding jitters: Dealing with ‘veiled threats’
Burka-clad man arrested for stalking sister outside district court.
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Jail bait: Torture cases against 24 jail officials
Protesting prisoners said that jail officials whipped them and urinated in their food.
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Iqbal Hussain biography launched
Artist says proceeds from book sales will help women of Heera Mandi.
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Power outages: Public anger recedes, for now...
Protestors learn that rioting is only way to communicate with govt.
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Development planning: Traffic bogged down under new flyover
50 days after project ‘finished’, road works continue at Kalma Chowk.
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PML-N responsible for instigating protests: Fauzia Wahab
PPP leader says PML-N not serving the masses by provoking the people.
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Five gunned down near Faisalabad
Gulzar, his two songs and grandson were on their Jaranwala for a court hearing.
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Dengue death toll reaches 160 in Punjab
The outbreak of dengue claimed six more lives in Lahore, raising the death toll to 160 in Punjab.
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Riot Power: Protesters burn GEPCO offices and police station
The protesters also stopped a train heading from Rawalpindi to Karachi and broke windows.
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Emergency Response: Training of community teams discussed
A training handbook in Urdu had been prepared.
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SCBA Elections: Justice (r) Rizvi files papers for presidential poll
Presidential elections of the Supreme Court Bar Association.
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Lawyer beats up client in dispute over ‘bribe money’
Man thrashed by 20 lawyers at Sessions Court, booked for impersonation.
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Upgrade: Five hospitals get cell separators
20-member team of Indonesian experts visited High Dependency Units set up at the teaching hospitals.
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Mass marriages: For better or worse...
30 needy couples tie the knot in the presence of 5,000 guests.
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Pir prognosis: ‘Heartless’ answers to suspicious questions
Man cuts out wife’s heart for pir to ‘stop her from accusing him of adultery’.
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13,000 await registration plates for new cars
No plates issued for some 10 weeks because of material shortage.
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150 health officials to be sent abroad for training
Chief minister seeks alternate power supply for teaching hospitals.
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Electricity blackouts: 200 rioters sent to jail as power protests continue
Police and protestors clash at Bund Road, PML-N tries to direct blame at federal govt.
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Dengue update: Death toll reaches 152 as 9 more die in Lahore
228 more people have been diagnosed with the disease in Punjab in the last 24 hours.
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World Habitat Day 2011: Lahoris reminisce Canal’s grandeur, lament felling of trees
Environmentalists bemoan govt short-sightedness vis-à-vis natural habitat.
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Starved for work: Top student goes on hunger strike to get job
Mazhar Abbas received a first division in his Matric, Bacherlors and Masters exams and was still unable to find a job.
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Let there be light!
Citizens take to the streets against power cuts.
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Registration fraud: Govt investigates extent of stamp paper scam
Millions of rupees in registration fees ‘missing’ from govt accounts.
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Botched demolition: ‘Daily wagers hired after officials refused’
Chief Town Planner denies claim, says workers employed to save time .
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Provincial concerns: Governor says CM stands in the way of new provinces
‘The PML-N has not even let us place a resolution asking for the formation of new provinces in the Punjab Assembly’.
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Indonesian experts: ‘Nurses more important than doctors’
Health Department issued appointment letters to 100 new nurses for Services Hospital.
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Ablution ponds teeming with mosquito larvae
Entomologists say mosque ponds must be sprayed.
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Threshold of pain: Riots break out over power cuts
Several injured as police clash with protestors at Ring Road, Multan Road.
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Power crisis: PML-N to back street protests
Angry demonstrators ransack GEPCO office, attack police checkpoint in Gujranwala.
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Dengue outbreak: Three more succumb to virus in Lahore
Number of patients rises to 467 in Punjab, with 139 from Lahore alone.
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Protest: Armed with pots, pans and protests
Women weilding kitchen utensils take to the streets protesting price hike.
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Lessons learned: Millat Grammar School temporarily reopens
81 percent parents voted that the school be reopened on October 3.
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Mob tries to burn cattle thieves
Police officials arrived in time to rescue Bushra and Yaqub, Abid was injured and is in the hospital.
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Prostitution: 2 cops arrested from brothel
Series of raids revealed that six brothels were operating in the district.
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Model Town Extension: ‘No graveyard to bury our dead’
Residents complain Samsani villagers not allowing them to use the facility.
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Fade to black: Pollution is a Qilla killer
No money, no will to protect historic treasure from pollution.
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Fighting dengue: Committee set up for long-term measures
Nine more die in Lahore, Indonesian experts arrive.
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'Political unity made US distance from Mullen remarks': PM Gilani
Gilani says that the All Parties Conference proved that the political leadership is united on national issues.