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Labour Dept to give free education to workers’ children
The Labour & Human Resource Department will provide free educational facilities to 28,000 workers’ children.
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Sialkot lynching: brothers innocent, evidence tampered
Judicial inquiry declares murdered brothers innocent, says doctors, investigation officers destroyed vital evidence.
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City on high alert for Yaum-i-Shahadat Hazrat Ali (RA)
The police have been directed to stay on high alert and thoroughly check every suspicious vehicle.
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CDA joins hands with E&DM
The directorate will take up tasks related to relief and rehabilitation in addition to its existing responsibilities.
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Five arrested in Islamabad for illegal fuel arbitrage
The accused were buying fuel stolen from government busses and trucks from AECP in Kahuta at a very low price.
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Nawaz says PML-N welcomes ex-members
Party will welcome “some” of its former members who had defected to join former military ruler Pervez Musharraf.
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Power to the people
Pepco has issued electricity bills to people in the flood zones.
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No medical aid in Multan relief camps
A large number of gastroenteritis and malaria cases are being reported in the region.
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Man slaughters women of family for their ‘arrogance’
Confesses to killing his daughters and wife after dispute over marriage of their oldest daughter against his will.
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Evening outages hurt shops and Eid shoppers
A regular two-hour power outage during the evening has made Eid shopping difficult for the public.
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PHA removes 117 billboards violating new policy
211 out-door advertisers and more than 3,200 staff members and around 5,000 contract employees would lose out jobs.
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Banned JD running public campaign for relief funds
Jamaat-ud-Dawa is running a campaign to collect donations for flood relief despite being declared a terrorist group.
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Man kills wife, three daughters
A man slaughtered his wife and three young daughters over a domestic dispute in Muridke on Tuesday.
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No gas for Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab
SNGPL on Tuesday announced that Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab will have a five-day gas holiday starting September 13.
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Mayo Hospital, Convalescent Home disagree over ownership
Mayo Hospital administration plans to demolish a 350-year-old structure that houses a convalescent home.
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Vultures of another flock!
Edhi saheb had to leave for a meeting with the Sindh chief minister at Circuit House.
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LPG consumers irked by high price, shortage
Shortage of LPG coupled with a sharp rise in its prices has led rickshaw drivers to increase their fares.
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Provincial monitoring set up within days
The human rights ministry’s provincial monitoring cell is likely to become functional in a few days.
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PPP appointee told not to interfere in PIA union affairs
PIA authorities and senator were refrained from interfering in the working of elected office bearers by LHC.
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ATC orders physical remand of 17 culprits
The 17 accused were presented in the court under Article 302, 149,148 and 497.
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Credit Information Bureau illegal, borrower tells court
LHC issued notice to SBP and the attorney general of Pakistan on a petition challenging the Bank of Punjab’s action.
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Wired degrees and coded exam sheets
Punjab government has decided to put a security ribbon in its college certificates in order to curb fake degrees.
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Civil society urges for writing off external debt
The announcement was made in a joint press conference held by social activists and members of progressive parties.
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Multan hotels find relief in neighbouring districts flood woes
Two branches of the hotel in Multan are packed to capacity due to an unexpected tourism boost.
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Surveying the damage
The aftermath of the floods continues to pose a major challenge for the government and authorities to cope with.
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Wanted man kills villager to escape crowd
A notorious criminal opened fire on a man one kilometre away from the Bhong police station.
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Flood victims stuck in middle of management disaster
Authorities continue to struggle with the aftermath of the floods in southern Punjab.
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No teeming crowds at Sunday Bazaars
The number of buyers remained low despite the general decline in the prices of vegetables and fruits.
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Celebrity Camp raises Rs300,000 for flood victims
Lal, Roxen, Noori, Falak and singers Ali Sher, Noman Javed and Umer Nabeel performed on the occasion.
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SCBA election scheduled announced
September 8 set as the deadline for payment of dues and acquiring membership.
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A court order that never was
The School Education Department (SED) will take action against All Pakistan Private Schools Management Association.
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‘Judges’ chambers out of bounds for lawyers’
The committee has recommended that the judges be courteous towards the lawyers.
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Minhaj encroaching on public roads
Township residents told The Express Tribune that they were facing problems due to the closure of the roads.
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Seventeen culprits of Sialkot lynching in custody
Six out of ten police officials involved have voluntarily surrendered and are expected to be arrested on Monday.
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Feudals torture labourer to death
A labourer was tortured to death by three feudal lords for allegedly falling in love with a land lord’s daughter.
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‘Army, government must react to Altaf’s statement’
The PML-N on Saturday said the military and the federal government should ‘explain’ their position on Altaf's words.
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Court takes a principled view in QMC case
Judge orders for a case to be filed under the Anti-Terrorism Act against Quaid-e-Azam Medical College principal.
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Father bludgeons 15-year-old son to death
A father beat up 15-year-old during taraweeh prayers over a family dispute on Friday night.
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Nothing to go back to...
Over 200 people from flood zones in Muzaffargarh are set to go back to their home towns.
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Muzaffargarh leads in injuries, infections
The Health Department has treated 678,508 patients in 10 flood affected districts for diseases.
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Out with the new, back in with the old
Tollinton Market, once a hub for housewives and students in the heart of Lahore, is now an empty husk.
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‘There was a human finger in my food’
During the meal, an under trial prisoner Fahim vomited and complained that there was a human finger in his food.
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Home delivery orders go up in Ramazan
Home delivery orders have increased by 35 to 40 per cent this Ramazan.
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Sialkot lynching: all suspects arrested
A total of 35 suspects have been arrested. Preliminary investigation underway.
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Survey begins at 150 katchi abadis
The survey was given the go-ahead after the Punjab Assembly passed the Punjab Katchi Abadis (Amendment) Bill 2009.
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Centre, province fail to explain local election delay
The Lahore High Court on Friday came hard on counsel for the federal and provincial governments.
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Punjab govt retains former chief secretary
Mehmood’s name had been on the initial list of officers drawn up by the provincial government.
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No space in Pakistani colleges for rescued medical students
Some 400 medical students who were rescued from rioting in Kyrgyzstan are unlikely to get into Pakistani colleges.
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Woman lops off man’s nose for harassing her
A 20-year-old girl chopped off the nose of a father of four on Friday allegedly because he was harassing her.
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Mehmood Kot, the shadow of a town
Most shops that have endured the flood water lie vacant and the few that have opened up have no customers.