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The fearless vendors in the Sunday bazaars, in the absence of price magistrates, officials from the City District Government Lahore (CDGL), livestock and food departments and the market committees, openly charged exorbitant prices for fruits and vegetables. Overall escalating trend in the prices of fruits and vegetables was registered this week as compared to the last week at the Sunday bazaars of the city.
Visitors were of the view that this hectic exercise of placing these

After scrapping the Sasti Roti scheme, the Punjab government has shelved the metro train project called the Lahore Rapid Mass Transit System (LRMTS) in order to divert Rs 5.2 billion allocated for the project to the rehabilitation of the flood affectees, Pakistan Today has learnt.
The metro train was supposed to run through different areas of the city in order to minimise the load on public transport routes, reduce the dependency on road vehicles, facilitate safe and

During the last ten years, five accountability courts in Lahore dismissed 105 cases on the request of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), on the basis of lack of evidence against the accused. This track record shows serious defects in the procedure of collection of evidence adopted by NAB courts.
Sources said that most references filed by NAB in the last ten years had no legal grounds and were filed only to serve as tools of political victimization. An example of this is

During his visit at the Badshahi Mosque and the Allama Iqbal's mausoleum on Saturday, the chief justice Lahore High Court (LHC) took notice of the poor maintenance at the mosque and directed the secretary Auqaf government of Punjab to ensure proper cleanliness and initiate repair works.
The chief justice expressed his discontent on the poor cleanliness conditions prevailing in the mosque. Irshad Ullah Rana, Secretary to LHC chief justice, wrote in a letter to the secretary Aukaf,

Secular academic environment is needed for educational growth in Pakistan, Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) Chairman Dr Mehdi Hassan said on Saturday.
He made these remarks while addressing a seminar titled "Festival to acknowledge teachers contribution in nation building", organised by the Ali Institute of Education, Lahore. Hassan said that the curriculum of subjects should cover human rights education, democratic traditions, forbearance and education of peace. The

Pakistan has the highest rate of breast cancer for any Asian population in the world. Breast cancer accounts for 38.5 percent of all female cancers, making it the most frequent malignancy in women. It claims 40,000 lives each year. Due to lack of information on breast cancer in Pakistan, only advanced cases are reported. An early diagnosis of the condition increases a patient's chance of survival by 90%. In the effort to mark October as the breast cancer awareness month Warid has

Punjab University Department of History Lecturer Mahboob Hussain's new book entitled "Students' Politics in Pakistan" has been published from Germany.
The book addresses the issues of political consciousness of the students and their response to the major political events, which took place during the Ayub Khan's regime. The work deals with the historical context as well, in which it examines the phase of students' active participation in the Pakistan movement. The book also

It has been some time now that Lollywood, the so not popular Pakistani film industry, lost its touch. People no longer feel the buzz when it comes to watching Pakistani films. Cine-goers have resorted to foreign films. Cinemas have stopped showing local film with Lollywood appearing to breathing its last breathe.
To the older generation Lahore's cinema came as a breathe of fresh air. Those who experienced cinema in the 1950s and 60s retain fond memories of local movies. A Wareed

Suicide (2)
Shahdara:
A young woman committed suicide by swallowing pesticide tablets after she had a row with her younger sister.
Shahdara Town police said that Ayesha quarreled with her younger sister on Saturday which led her to swallow pesticide tablets. Her family took her to a nearby hospital where she was pronounced her dead.
The body of the deceased was handed over to her family after the completion of legal procedures.
A young man attempted suicide

A man was shot dead by a group of robbers on Friday. Doctors said that he was in critical condition for about nine hours during which he received four blood transfusions.
40 year old Shareef was traveling back to his village near Raiwind form Sharaqpur with his brother and 13-year-old son. When they reached Faizpur interchange, a group of robbers forced them to stop and demanded cash, cell phones and other valuables. Sensing resistance, the robbers opened fire. The injured were

The tea stall is an icon of the culture of the working class. It remains central to their lives. For the elite, drinking tea from the tea stall becomes a moment in which the barrier is broken and an attempt is made to 'reconnect'. It is to reconnect that the tea stall becomes the first photofeature Pakistan Today offers you...
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