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New designer duo hits the fashion world
New brand Armario fuses 'sensuality with a touch of funkiness'.
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Speaking of Urdu
Sargodha University VC requested the CJ take suo motto notice and make Urdu the official language of the country.
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Investigator doubts FIR despite confessions
Two days after the registration of the FIR, victim’s medico-legal examination still pending.
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Love really is blind...
Visually impaired newly-weds have sought government protection from their relatives.
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Two violent protests on PU campus in a day
Students disrupt seminar speech in protest; clerical staff refuse to process admission forms.
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Seven of a family in suicide bid at CM’s Secretariat
Man douses children with kerosene while Shahbaz, Malik discuss law and order.
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The reality of mental-health patients
Mental disorders such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorder common among women.
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Report on Justice Khawaja murder plot completed
Sources say the report will be submitted to the Supreme Court in two days.
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Need stressed to preserve evidence in assault cases
Sexual assault survivors often deprived of justice due to loopholes in the medico-legal procedure of documentation.
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Disease affecting mango yields
Pakistan's mango produce suffering from 'the mango sudden death syndrome' every year.
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Two accused of rape, robbery arrested
Pregnant women filmed being sexually assaulted, robbed of more than Rs300,000 worth of jewellery and cash.
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12-year-old camel jockey’s father recounts his child’s sufferings
Father seeks justice for son who was made a camel jockey, tortured regularly and deported home.
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GCU faculty fear registrar’s influence
Registrar’s extension allows him to influence search for successor.
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3-day camp educates women on breast cancer
Women already diagnosed were turned away, with the administration stressing that the camp was an awareness camp.
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‘Nuclear weapons could wipe us out’
Book launched on Pakistan’s nuclear weapons programme.
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‘Rape filmed as insurance against prosecution’
Victim says footage of her two-day ordeal was sent to her family.
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Nawaz Sharif proposes national charter
Sharif proposes a special charter “outlining the country’s development” path for 25 years.
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The folklore of Chunian
Welcome to Chunian: a town deeply entrenched in the cultural heritage of Punjab.
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‘Floods only exposed crises’
The power balance between the rich and the poor needs to be eradicated to save the state and society of the country.
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More floods if we don’t go green, says PM
PM warned that country will face further natural disasters if not made more energy efficient and environment friendly.
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Abducted woman thrown on road after one month
18-year-old married woman thrown on road after a month of sexual assault and torture by her abductors.
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‘Measure up or face disciplinary action’
CM Sharif warned a DHQ medical official to improve his performance or face the consequences of his inefficiency.
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Senior officers acquiesce to junior head of city govt
BS-18 DCO set to write ACRs for subordinates in BS-19 and BS-20.
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Asma Jahangir wins SCBA elections
Unofficial results indicate that prominent lawyer Asma Jahangir has won the elections by 42 votes.
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CM for volunteer guards at shrines
Sharif says concerned sects should help police to ensure security at places of worship as well as shrines.
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Asma targeted in Ahmedi hate campaign
Pamphlet dubs Asma Jahangir an 'anti-Pakistan, pro-American and pro-Indian Ahmedi'.
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CJ calls Lakha police over newborn’s death
5 family members including infant’s mother accused of burying baby alive.
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The love of music is blind
Handicapped brothers enchant audiences with their musical act at a small shrine in Qaisarabad.
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Woman commits suicide after poisoning 5 children
A woman committed suicide and made her five children drink poisoned milk after a fight with her husband.
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The case of the objectionable ‘no objection’
‘Irregular’ NOC allowed an officer to be posted as a deputy secretary allegedly in line with Gilani’s wishes.
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No PPP, PML-Q reconciliation: Hayat
PML-Q leader Faisal Saleh Hayat has categorically ruled out reconciliation between the PPP and the PML-Q.
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CNG stations to remain closed for 3 consecutive days
The CNG Association has decided to close CNG stations in Punjab in protest against the loadshedding schedule.
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PPP cuts into the queue
Pakistan Peoples Party publicly opens dialogue with the internally-fractured Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid.
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A red-hot affair dipped in chocolate
Lal’s opening of its flagship shop in the city had guests happily ignoring their calorie count for the night.
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Making prison life bearable...
11 more jails to be constructed to deal with the increasing number of inmates, better facilities offered.
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Commission told to hire rejected Arabic teachers
Merit policy violated, LHC ordered Punjab Public Service Commission to hire three petitioners.
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Blast at Baba Farid’s shrine kills six
Security tightened at shrines across the country following blast outside Baba Farid Ganj Shakar’s shrine.
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Religious groups band together to protest blast at Baba Farid shrine
Members of different religious groups participated in a procession near the shrine, condemning the attacks.
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Watan Party asks political elite to cough up country’s money
Application filed to recover Rs465 billion in loans to political and social elites of the country.
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PPP wants to reconcile with PML-Q: Taseer
PPP to have a formal meeting with the PML-Q in an effort to improve its relationship with the Q-League, said Taseer.
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Omanis allowed to flee the country
Transplant authority chairman says that an FIR should have been lodged against the family.
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Nawaz will not meet Pagara: Khawaja Asif
Khawaja Asif says there is no scheduled meeting of PML-N Chief with Pir Pagara regarding unification of PML factions.
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Nawaz okays alliance talks
PML-N chief gives green signal to close aides to continue negotiatin alliance with other factions of Muslim League.
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No more selling from floor mats
Vendors at Santnagar Sunday Bazaar now required to sell their goods on wooden platforms for hygiene purposes.
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Govt hospitals ‘operating’ without doctors
7 doctors treat 600,000 patients in Haroonabad, 30,000 others treated by only 20 in Sargodha.
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‘Anti-govt’ candidate seen as having edge in polls
Members say SC verdict in 18th Amendment case may have helped Ahmed Awais.
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Hospital staff accused of assaulting 17-year-old
Patient's daughter raped by three ward servants.
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Brutal murders shock Sialkot citizens
Two men were killed by unknown assailants in separate incidents in the district.
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Six nominated in Saturday killings
An FIR was registered on Sunday against six named and two unidentified men accused of killing four and injuring one.
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Get British visa in 5-15 days
Speedy processing of British visa applications promised, SMS service informs one in case of delays.