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Health dept unable to test food samples: Revised NHA rates
ISLAMABAD, July 27: The revised rates of laboratory test at the National Institute of Health (NIH) have constrained the district health department from taking regular samples of food items in the... 
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Talks between PTCL management, protesting workers fail
ISLAMABAD, July 27: After the last rounds of negotiations between PTCL management and its employees failed on Sunday, the United Workers Alliance gave an ultimatum to the company to accept their demands or else they would jam the system....
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Call to resolve Balochistan issue through talks
LARKANA, July 27: Speakers at a seminar on provincial autonomy, held here on Sunday under the aegis of the Sindh United Party, opposed use of force in Balochistan and called for negotiations to resolve the issue....
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People’s court finds landlord guilty: Kidnapping of Mannu Bheel’s family
HYDERABAD, July 27: A ‘people’s court’ held by peasants outside the press club on Sunday found Abdul Rehman Marri, a powerful landlord of Sanghar district, guilty of kidnapping family members of...
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WB stops funds for water project
DADU, July 27: The World Bank is reported to have declined to release funds for rehabilitation of water channels of Ghotki feeder canal under the Water Sector Improvement Project (WSIP)....
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Position-holders denied teaching jobs
BADIN, July 27: Candidates who had clinched positions in an IBA-held test for teachers’ jobs have been denied offer letters on grounds that they do not qualify because they do not have BEd degrees....
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16-hour power outage hits Badin
BADIN, July 27: People suffered a 16-hour long power breakdown on Sunday, just a day before the arrival here of the National Assembly speaker to inaugurate a new grid station....
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Three children drown in Nara Canal
SUKKUR, July 27: Three children, two of them girls, drowned in Nara canal in Patni, near Sukkur on Saturday night....
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Officials dare not miss Sunday: CM’s Sialkot visit
SIALKOT, July 27: The Sialkot district made a history on Sunday as all officers and officials ensured their presence in their respective offices even on holiday ahead of Punjab Chief Minister...
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Cases of rape assume alarming proportions
MULTAN, July 27: Over 100 per cent increase was recorded in rape cases in Multan district in the first six months of year as compared to last year....
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Environmental pollution grips Gujranwala
GUJRANWALA, July 27: Unplanned industrialisation and housing and inefficiencies of various government departments have added to environmental pollution in Gujranwala, a Dawn survey has found. As a result, the number of...
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Pervaiz raps govt for flour crisis
LAHORE, July 27: Leader of Opposition in National Assembly Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi has criticised the Punjab government for failure to resolve the flour crisis despite its tall claims and large-scale arrests of farmers....
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Food Stamp Scheme revamp aimed at curbing corruption
LAHORE, July 27: The Punjab government has changed the basic concept of the Rs22 billion food subsidy scheme by deciding to now give Rs1,000 in cash each to all deserving persons...
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Shahbaz gives last warning to Wasa MD
LAHORE, July 27: Punjab Chief Minister Mian Shahbaz Sharif has issued a last warning to the Water and Sanitation Agency managing-director against faulty sewerage system in the city....
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PPP not serious on judges issue: Qazi
LAHORE, July 27: Jamaat-i-Islami Amir Qazi Hussain Ahmed has said the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) was not serious in reinstatement of judges and was trying to create differences among them....
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NAB declines to take up housing cases: Dearth of staff, funds
LAHORE, July 27: The National Accountability Bureau has stopped taking up new cases of the housing societies where irregularities have been reported thus leaving their members at the mercy of fraudsters....
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PFUJ-IFJ conference on safety, ethics on Aug 2
ISLAMABAD, July 27: Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) in collaboration with the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), is holding an international conference on “Journalist’s safety and ethics” in Lahore on August 2....
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Big tumour removed
MIRPURKHAS, July 27: A 14-kilogram tumour was removed from the abdomen of a man in a local private hospital on Sunday....
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Wheat shifting from govt farm sparks haris’ protest
KHAIRPUR, July 27: A complete strike was observed for several hours in Setharja town on Sunday in protest against action taken by police against peasants of a Sindh government farm....
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Two women, man killed
SHIKARPUR, July 27: A man and two women were killed in Bilawal Jatoi village in the Rustam area late on Saturday night....
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Sacked UBL employees seek reinstatement
NAWABSHAH, July 27: A group of employees of the United Bank Ltd retrenched in 1997, have appealed to Pakistan People’s Party co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani...
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Mealybug attacks cotton crop
MUZAFFARGARH, July 27: Mealybug has attacked the cotton crop and agriculture officials have failed to control the situation, Dawn has learnt....
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Multan to host world cotton moot, football event
MULTAN, July 27: Multan will host an international cotton conference and a football tournament in winter this year, according to three memoranda of understanding (MoUs) signed here on Sunday....
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Two hurt as tanker hits landmine
RAJANPUR, July 27: A driver and his helper working on Kachi Canal were critically injured after their water tanker hit a landmine in Rojhan on Sunday....
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Wasa told to desilt drains
LAHORE, July 27: Lahore Development Authority Director General Irfan Ali has asked Water and Sanitation Agency Managing Director Dr Javed Iqbal to ensure desilting of all major drains in the city in the next three days....
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One killed in police van ambush
MULTAN, July 27: A policeman was killed and three others injured when some unknown people opened fire on a police van in a remote area of Sadiqabad tehsil in Rahim Yar Khan district on Sunday night....
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Three of a gang arrested
LAHORE, July 27: Shahdara police claimed on Sunday to have arrested three members of a gang involved in street crime and seized from them booty as well as illegal weapons....
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130 kilogram hashish seized in Sargodha
SARGODHA, July 27: Sargodha police on Sunday claimed to have seized 130kgs of hashish, 80kgs of opium, around 4,000 bottles of liquor and illicit weapons from drug pushers during the last few days....
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Policeman suspended
VEHARI, July 27: The district police officer (DPO) has suspended the Sadar police station ASI Khalid Mehmood for receiving bribe from a complainant....
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One dies, 5 hurt in roof collapse incidents
LAHORE, July 27: A labourer died while five people, including four of a family, were injured in two roof collapse incidents here on Sunday....
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LHC clears backlog
LAHORE, July 27: The LHC judges are working voluntarily during the summer vacation to clear the backlog of cases due to lawyers’ strike , according to an official intimation....
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11 kite-flyers held
LAHORE, July 27: Police claimed on Sunday to have arrested 11 people for flying kites with deadly string....
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PTCL workers’ demands
LAHORE, July 27: The Pakistan Workers Federation (PWF) has urged the government to accept the demands of the Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) employees for increase in emoluments and regularisation of services....
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Taseer wishes to see Old Ravians get together
LAHORE, July 27: Governor Salmaan Taseer has regretted the absence of Old Ravians from across the border at the functions and activities of their alma mater....
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Fireworks seized
LAHORE, July 27: Mochhi Gate police claimed on Sunday to have arrested a man and seized fireworks from him, according to a handout....
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