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Aid in crisis: 23,000 food packets sent to Jhang, Chiniot
The food packets contain flour, rice, pulses and other edibles.
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Financial duress: Police recover missing child, arrest two suspects
He was abducted by his cousin.
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Flood ‘14: 20 drown as boat capsizes in swollen Chenab
Boat was carrying a couple, other members of a wedding party; efforts on to save Muzaffargarh city.
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Gujrat begging ring: Police rescue a dozen children
Children were forced to beg in the streets and bring back the money to the ringleader
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Fresh batch: ‘Govt would never use police to further political ends’
Saad Rafique says police are custodians of law
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Poor workplace conditions: Punjab govt acting against sweatshops, says AAG
Claims 40 stone grinding factories penalised for lax workplace safety
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Preserving history: Tweaking Lahore’s Haveli heritage
The Walled City of Lahore Authority aims to re-establish the haveli as a space for social interaction
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Floods 2014: 200,000 evacuated from Multan, adjoining areas
Rising water level poses threat to Multan, Muzaffargarh and Bahawalpur.
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Helping the needy: Zakat, dowry assistance revised after 31 years
Dowry grant raised from Rs10,000 to Rs20,000.
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Right to protest: PML-Q condemns police action in Islamabad
Said after the June 17 bloodshed in Model Town in Lahore the government had now resorted to violence in Islamabad.
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Fighting dengue: Surveillance of junkyards, warehouses ordered
Town officers ask Wasa to drain rainwater immediately.
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Lunch anyone?: Cafeteria at the civil secretariat renovated but not functional
Rain water had seeped and damaged the roof and the air conditioners.
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Labour policy: Minister says government striving to create a worker-friendly environment
Sarwar says policy announcement delayed due to political situation.
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Deadly water: Picnic turns into nightmare as 2 drown
Three students had entered the Ravi River to take pictures.
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Bad cops: 3 policemen shoot 5 people over tikkas
The policemen fled by firing in the air, threatening people with dire consequences if they followed them.
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Services suspended as doctors go on strike
The protestors walked from the hospital to the health EDO’s office.
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Deadly anger: Two shot dead at home
Jaam Jameel and his accomplices shot dead neighbours Waheed and Naveed.
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300,000 evacuated from flood-hit areas: Shahbaz
Flood victims say chief minister’s visits impeding relief activities.
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Flood devastation: PM statements show his ignorance, says Gilani
Advises Nawaz Sharif to make all those institutions accountable that are responsible for controlling the flood
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MNA’s sons booked over rape charges
Police have filed a case and opened investigations
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Testing times: Govt failed to protect people from floods says Haq
JI leader questions NDMA’s performance.
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Let there be love: Hate material in text books has increased
Govt must frame a minorities’ protection policy, participants say.
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Inspired by Bollywood: Teenager arrested for kidnapping child
He said he got the idea from a Bollywood film.
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Streamlining traffic: Automated parking lots from next week
Two parking lots set up on The Mall, one on Jail Road.
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Public health: Anti-dengue Day on Sunday
Seminars, walks planned to educate citizens about dengue fever.
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Set for university: 58 per cent pass higher secondary examination
Pre-medical secures the highest passing percentage among all five groups.
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Show of strength: PTI prepares to flex political muscle
Show expected to draw 150,000 people.
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Compensation in weeks, not months, says Shahbaz
CM monitors rescue operation in flood-hit areas of Multan, Jhang and Muzaffargarh.
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MPA swindled by ‘married woman’
Amin told MPA that ‘Rehana’ was from Lahore and was married in a landed family in Vehari.
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Abducted girl manages to flee, returns home
The victim was held captive for 16 days.
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Relief sent from Faisalabad for Jhang and Chiniot
Preparations being finalised to airdrop supplies.
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Fruit-vendor’s son tops intermediate exams
Mehran Sattar, son of a fruit-seller, has stood first in the intermediate examinations this year.
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NA-149: LHC declines appointing judicial officers as ROs for by-polls
The seat fell vacant after PTI President Javed Hashmi resigned from Parliament
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Hazardous work: Six injured in building collapse
Six labourers were trapped beneath the rubble
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Knife’s edge: ‘PAT dharna broke up my family’
Man divorced wife, asked daughters to leave his house after they wanted to return to the sit-in
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Revenge killing: Man sentenced to death by ATC judge
Salim shot a man in Dera Ghazi Khan court premises in 2013
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Street crime: Two injured on resisting robbers
Two cars, 14 motorcycles snatched from Faisalabad, suburbs
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Rescue efforts: 5,000 people moved to safer areas
Rescue efforts continued in flood-hit areas of Jhang and Athara Hazari
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Achievements: BISE position holders announced
Mehran Sattar, of Kips College for Boys Multan, took the first position by securing 1,031 marks
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Capital punishment: HRCP calls for abolition of death penalty
Commission urges govt to stay hanging of a murder convict
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State and the citizen: Poor governance leads to political instability, says report
‘Military dictatorships perform better than elected governments in some aspects’
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Legal training: Workshop on criminal trial starts tomorrow
Naseeruddin Khan Nayyer, a Supreme Court lawyer, will address the participants
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The opposite sex: Art inspired by gender perceptions goes on display
The show features 14 paintings by four artists.
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Foot in mouth: Contempt petition filed against Rana Sanaullah
Petition filed against Azadi and Inqilab March.
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Intermediate Annual Examination 2014: BISE announces top exam scorers
GCU, Punjab College for Women students nab top positions
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Agitation: Hearing against Islamabad sit-ins resumes today
On August 13, the bench had declared the marches and sit-ins unconstitutional
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Helping flood victims is a national responsibility: CM
Govt releases Rs2 billion for relief, rescue operation
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Floods 2014: Over 100 villages submerged in Multan
High alert declared as water level rises at Panjnad; evacuation complete from riverine areas.
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2010 Flood report: Culprits promoted rather than punished
Report also declares visits of Shahbaz Sharif and other VIPs as counterproductive to the flood relief activities
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Helping hand: Sindh, Balochistan extend assistance to flood-hit Punjab
Balochistan CM announces Rs10b and Zardari directs Sindh govt to release Rs100m for flood victims of Punjab

















































