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Metro bus consultant: Parliamentary panel objects to NESPAK’s selection
PPRA rules were amended to bypass competitive bidding process.
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Resisting ‘development’: Privatisation of WAPDA unsettles employees
Hundreds of IESCO workers stage protest on Benazir Bhutto Road.
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No service: Jammers in Adiala Jail don’t just disrupt prisoners’ calls
Residents of surrounding localities unable to use mobile phones.
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Driven by poverty: Mother kills her two children in Lahore
Father is allegedly a drug addict who did not provide for the family.
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Dengue control: ‘There shouldn’t be any excuses… you know your job’
Adviser to chief minister on health wants all departments to adhere to SOPs.
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Road construction: ‘Private investment too expensive’
The authority will also move a summary for approval to the government for land acquisition.
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Gypsy Mela: Artists and craftsmen celebrate cultural diversity
A NADRA van was brought to help register the gypsy people as citizens.
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Remember the slain: Black coats observe strike
Walk-through gates, metal detectors out of order at the lower courts.
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Halal foods: ‘Pak-China should cooperate’
Sharif said the demand for Halal food was increasing worldwide.
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Bilateral ties: ‘Pakistan, Belgium should collaborate on agricultural research’
UAF is running external research projects costing Rs2 billion, says VC.
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WASA given 180 days to install water treatment plants
Industrial waste is being disposed of into Paharang and Samundri drains.
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Street crime: Looted in Pakistan
A Slovak doctor serving Pakistanis is disheartened after a robbery.
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Punjab Youth Festival: Pakistan outshines India, yet again
Win five out of six arm-wrestling and weightlifting completions.
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The right way: Hospital staff trained in waste management
Rafique says necessary measures would be taken for the protection of health workers from infection.
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Teachers’ festival: Teachers discuss curriculum
As many as 1,200 teachers participated.
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Crime: Shop burgled
Thieves entered shop by breaking its lock says Police.
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Poor performance: Pakistan Railways employees get tough love from minister
Saad Rafique blames depart failures on employees, previous govt.
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Theatre: ‘Spring has arrived but will basant ever be celebrated?’
Ajoka’s new play Lo Phir Basanat Ayee opens.
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Okara residents allegedly vandalise under-construction church
Mob also accused of desecrating cross, case filed against the group.
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Youth Festival: Indian women win, men lose kabaddi matches
Indian women’s team wins with final score of 38-15 points, Pakistan’s men’s team scores 51-34.
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Fraud: Court seeks FIA’s report on Asim Malik’s arrest
FIA Director Dr Usman says govt had announced Rs5 million reward for anyone who could provide information about Malik.
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Disability: ‘Hearing loss, deafness on the rise’
Experts say most hearing aid facilities are too expensive for the common man.
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Gypsy Mela: ‘NADRA will facilitate registration of nomads’
The festival aims to highlight gypsy art and culture.
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Modern art: ‘My paintings attempt to recall a journey’
Kamal Hyat’s solo exhibition opens at Alhamra.
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Beyond borders: Getting rid of partition’s ‘negative baggage’
Kuldip Nayar reminisces at his book launch.
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Outside passport office: Tout mafia looting applicants
Offering services to secure tokens for nominal fees.
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Rainy day: Mercury comes down in twin cities
Minimum temperatures in Islamabad were between 6 and 8 degrees Celsius and between 8 and 10° C in Rawalpindi.
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High alert: Four more diagnosed with swine flu
Patients diagnosed include nurse and two siblings of Humaira, who passed away from the disease on Friday.
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Hospital theft: Couple arrested for stealing phones
Ali told an officer that he and his wife had stolen over a dozen phones from attendants at hospital.
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Wildlife Day: ‘Community mobilisation can help save wildlife’
‘There is need to reduce demand for animal products’.
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Rally: Brick kiln workers demand fair wage
Participants say according to Punjab Gazette 2013, should be paid at least Rs740 for 1,000 bricks, paid only Rs450-500
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Bodla improves world record tally in martial arts
20-year-old impresses audience, judges in Lahore.
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Lahore students on top
As many as 200,000 students participated in the examinations from across the country.
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Workshop: ‘Enquiry-based learning can help students succeed’
Country can progress if latest teaching techniques are promoted among teachers and students, say speakers.
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Convention: Equal rights for women demanded
Policy document says the role of women was paramount in bringing about a structural change in the society.
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Peace dialogue: ‘Citizens need to unite to root out terrorism’
Religious groups and political parties should be on the same page, says governor.
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Inauguration ceremony: Public policy research centre opens at FCC
Ambassador Beth Jones says establishment of center is important towards promoting research on policy and governance.
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Youth Festival: Hundreds throng to PYF exhibition, games
Faisalabad women’s hockey team defeats DG Khan; Multan defeats Sargodha.
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Public transport: Survey on motorcycle rickshaws completed
The findings will be sent to a committee next week .
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Industrial action: Teachers to protest attendance targets
PTU general secretary Rana Liaquat Ali Khan says the focus is not on what is being taught, it is on a show of numbers.
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‘Ghost schemes’: FIA starts probe into public spending
According to Public Works Department up to Rs 340 million has been misspent.
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Hearing of YouTube ban deferred till March 11
Lady Willingdon Hospital demolition case to be heard this week.
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Smelly solution: Trash treasure of twin cities
Twin cities generate 500,000 tons of waste each year; great potential for waste-to-energy conversion, recycling.
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Bilateral ties: ‘Chinese investment will usher in a new era’
CM says his recent China tour was the most successful of his political career.
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‘Highhandedness’: Rickshaw drivers protest against traffic wardens
Ali Raza, one of the protestors, told media that traffic warden had impounded his rickshaw for a violation.
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Protest: Kiln workers demand raise
Labour Qaumi Movement central sec says kiln workers to go indefinite hunger strike if demands not met within 24 hours.
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Epidemic concern: Woman dies of swine flu, two test positive
10 patients showing symptoms admitted to Nishtar Hospital in last seven days, says Nishtar Hospital MS.
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Road accident: Man, sister run over by speeding bus
Separately, a man was killed and his wife was injured in a road accident in Kasur.
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Kamal Hyat’s solo show from March 3
Hyat received early training under Moyeene Najmi, one of the pioneers of the modern art movement in Pakistan.
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Vehicle theft: ‘Non-detachable plates will improve safety’
Excise and Taxation Department to issue number plates in 14 weeks.