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District courts will have real-time access to various sensitive medico-legal reports

Organisations failed to provide audit of funds provided by govt

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Girls tell magistrate they did so out of own free will; parents say they are underage

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President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif met at Aiwan-e-Sadr on Tuesday, reaffirming their shared commitment to ensuring the country’s stability, development, and prosperity.

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Barrister Gohar Ali has said that the party’s movement, as announced by its founder, will reach its peak on August 5.

A Gujranwala court on Tuesday dismissed the post-arrest bail petition of an Ahmadiyya community member, who was arrested on blasphemy charges for distributing Niaz (free food and drinks) on the 10th of Muharram (Youm-i-Ashur). The first information report (FIR) against the suspect was lodged with the Satellite Town police station in Punjab’s Gujranwala city on the complaint of a Hafizabad Road resident under Section 298(C) of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC), which criminalises certain acts by members of the Ahmadi community, including calling themselves Muslims or referring to their faith as Islam. In the FIR, the complainant said the incident took place on July 6 at 4:30pm when he saw the suspect distributing free food and drink during Muharram, “posing as a Muslim”. The Ahmadi man was subsequently arrested and sent on judicial remand. Gujranwala Judicial Magistrate Sidra Gul Nawaz presided over a hearing for the man’s post-arrest bail plea today. The court order, a copy of which is available with Dawn.com, sa...

Lack of maintenance has compromised the quality of water

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Self-taught artisan empowers girls, defies industry odds

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Arrested man had injured citizen over personal dispute

CM orders comprehensive checklist for surveillance