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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.
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Kallar Kahar tragedy: School to reopen from Monday
DCO Faisalabad meets parents of accident victims to discuss future of Millat Grammar School and its students.
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Dengue Fever: Female patient expires in Faisalabad hospital
EDO Dr Abdur Rauf says 13 patients were brought from different parts of Faisalabad on Friday.
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Kallar Kahar tragedy: Inquiry teams fix responsibility, recommend strict action
Inquiry team attributes accident to sheer negligence of motorway police which failed to stop overload bus.
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Told You So: ‘All parties vindicated PTI’s seven-year stance’
PTI had been warning the government for 7 years that the war on terror would hurt Pakistan’s economy and sovereignty.
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Medical Negligence: Victim’s family say doctors refused to treat her
“While we were at the hospital Dr Amir administered an injection to my mother and she began getting worse," says son.
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Arms licences: Interior Ministry to respond on Oct 5
Petition challenges govt notice to licence holders over NADRA registration.
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Banding together to combat dengue
Seminar highlights protective measures to combat epidemic.
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Child marriage: 12-year-old girl given in wani to 85-year-old
Ahmed said that he was ‘owed a wife’ after Rani’s father killed his wife 8 years ago.
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Justice served?: Almost half family court verdicts delivered ex-parte
Judges and litigants complain that the respondent’s stated address is often wrong.
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Oxford University Press: Month-long book fair begins today
Discounts of up to 30 per cent on 60,000 titles including new books.
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Gas pressure: Panic in Anarkali after sewage line blasts
The police said that the blasts appeared to have been caused by a build-up of methane in the sewers.
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Expert Advice: Don’t use too much mosquito repellent
"Repellents contain chemicals known to cause several skin diseases," Dr Nasreen Muzaffar.
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More nurses hired for better treatment facilities
Naulakha godowns of used tyres fumigated, environment secretary tells CM.
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Dengue update: 5 dead in Lahore
The UN has joined Pakistan’s efforts to control the dengue fever epidemic that has affected more than 12,000 people
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Govt committed to rehabilitating earthquake victims: Gilani
Gilani says govt would continue funding reconstruction projects despite financial constraints.
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Two low intensity explosions in Anarkali, Lahore
SP Civil Lines says explosion could be result of 'gaseous material' underground.
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Dengue fever: Death toll reaches 121 in Lahore
CM Punjab asks elected representatives to only focus on dengue till its eradication.
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Five more, including PML-N MPA, die in Lahore
MPA Chaudhary Mumtaz Ahmed Jajja breathed his last at the Jinnah Hospital.
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Child Care: Complaint office session on children’s issues
Those concerned could register their complaints by email, post or message service.
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Teacher assaulted by supervisor
Nagra threatened to fire her because her documents were forged.
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Civil servants: Officers concerned at mooted exam waiver
S&GAD proposes exam exemption for BS-17 section officers.
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‘No law to determine top 10 criminals’
Govt says inclusion in the list does not necessarily lead to an arrest.
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Lawyers beat up cops at LHC for speeding fine
Motorway police officials thrashed outside courtroom.
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Law enforcement: Town officer shot during cattle farm raid
Official in intensive care after second shooting in eviction drive in three days.
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Gas explosion in Islamabad hotel injures six
Blast was a gas explosion on the Citi Hotel's fifth floor. Injured shifted to PIMS.
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Kallar Kahar accident: Inquiry teams meet survivors, record statements
The inquiry teams are appointed by CM Punjab and motorway police.
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Dengue fever: Death toll reaches 108 in Lahore
Three more people fall prey to the dengue virus in Lahore.
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Kallar Kahar accident: Bus had been sold off as scrap
Inquiry report says ill-fated vehicle was illegally reconditioned.
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Four vice chancellors told to join case
Division bench tells lawyers to prepare final arguments for October 10.
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Corporal punishment: Getting the silent treatment
Headmaster tortures 7th grader for getting tongue-tied, breaks nose and ribs.
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DG Khan Medical College design rejected
Health Dept told to model design on private college in Lahore.
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Child rape: Video of incident circulated by cell phone
Villagers hand accused over to police; Sana’s condition is serious.
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Mosquito homes: Tyre godowns and shops in Naulakha fumigated
Inspectors say old tyres are top breeding sites for mosquitoes.