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Protest over ballot shortage continues for 5th day

SEOUL – Protesters continued to rally outside a vote-counting facility in Seoul for the fifth day Tuesday, demanding a re-run of last week’s local elections over ballot shortages at some polling stations.

#Protests #Elections

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Data reveals one man owns 421 vehicles, Rs2.088m e-challans pending

LAHORE – City Traffic Police Lahore (CTPL) uncovered a startling case of traffic violations during a general hold-up campaign when ownership verification of a motorcycle revealed that a citizen was registered as the owner of 421 vehicles, includin…

#TrafficViolations #EChallan #Crime

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DC orders timely completion of development projects

LAHORE – Deputy Commissioner Muhammad Ali Ijaz on Tuesday said that 93 per cent development work under Phase-II of the Lahore Development Programme (LDP) had been completed.

#Governance #DevelopmentProjects

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Punjab police intensify crackdown under ‘Drug-Free Punjab’ vision

LAHORE – Under “Drug-Free Punjab” vision, Punjab Police continues its operations against drug peddlers and smugglers across the province.

#Punjab #DrugFreePunjab #Crime

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Punjab CNF seizes over 678kg drugs

LAHORE – The Punjab Counter Narcotics Force (CNF) has seized more than 678 kilograms of narcotics and arrested 56 suspects during 52 operations conducted across the province over the past two weeks as part of its ongoing crackdown on drug traffick…

#Punjab #DrugSeizure #Crime

The Nation

LHC dismisses petition against capacity charges

LAHORE – The Lahore High Court (LHC) has dismissed as non-maintainable a petition challenging the collection of capacity charges and tariffs through power bills, ruling that policymaking in the energy sector falls within the domain of the governme…

#LHC #Judiciary #CapacityCharges

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Court upholds death sentence in rape, murder case

LAHORE – The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Tuesday upheld the death sentence awarded to a convict in a rape, murder and evidence-tampering case, affirming the verdict of the trial court and dismissing the convict’s appeal.

#Judiciary #DeathSentence #Crime

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Bar associations call for structural reforms in district judiciary

ISLAMABAD – Office-bearers of the Islamabad High Court Bar Association, Islamabad Bar Council and Islamabad District Bar Association Tuesday held a joint press conference, where they raised concerns over alleged corruption in the district judiciar…

#Judiciary #BarAssociation #LegalReforms

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DG FIA claims 10,000 Pakistanis abused UK study visa

ISLAMABAD – Pointing to concerns of the international community over irregular migration, Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Director General Dr Usman Anwar on Tuesday told the National Assembly Standing Committee on Interior and Narcotics Control…

#London #VisaAbuse

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Jail official sentenced to 25 years in Mahwish Jarwar murder case; husband acquitted

MIRPURKHAS – A local court in Mirpurkhas on Tuesday convicted a jail police official in the murder case of Lady Police Constable Mahwish Jarwar, sentencing him to 25 years’ rigorous imprisonment and imposing a fine of Rs500,000 after finding him g…

#Judiciary #MahwishJarwar #MurderCase