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News for Friday, 1 Jun 2012

‘100, 000 people die of smoking-related diseases annually’

The CMH Lahore Medical College (CMHLMC) organised a seminar on the World No Tobacco Day on Thursday to create awareness among the youth, students and the general public about the...

Religion was exploited for political gains: speakers

Speakers at a seminar said on Thursday that the governments in the past, particularly the regime of Zia-ul-Haq, used the name of religion for perpetuating their ‘rule’ and took no...

17 projects underway to generate 20,000 MW electricity

The Pakistan Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) is implementing a low-cost energy generation plan on priority to help reduce the electricity shortfall and increase the ratio of low-cost hydropower...

Foreign propaganda can’t affect Pak-Iran ties: Sadegh

Pakistan and Iran enjoy close bilateral ties, a common culture and cooperation in various sectors. Foreign propaganda cannot affect the relations between the two countries. This was stated by Iranian province,...

LCCI fears country-wide power riots

The Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry has expressed grave concern over the power riots in Faisalabad and feared that the violent protests may engulf other parts of the country...

Punjab Police to recruit 10,000 officials

Punjab Police Inspector General (IG) Haji Habib-ur-Rehman has said that Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has given the approval for the recruitment of 10, 000 police constables every year in...

‘Shahbaz, Sanaullah responsible for rampage during Faisalabad protest’

Punjab Assembly opposition leader Raja Riaz said on Thursday that Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif and provincial Law Minister Rana Sanaullah were to blame for the rampage by protesters in...

Five cases reported in ‘dengue-free’ Punjab

In the last three months, 299 suspected cases of dengue have been reported throughout the Punjab out of which five have been confirmed so far. A seminar, titled, ‘Prevention and...

Punjab govt approves draft of Punjab Local Govt Act 2012

Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif presided over a meeting of the provincial cabinet on Thursday that gave approval to the draft law of Punjab Local Government Act 2012. The meeting...

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