Spurious heart medicine kills 120 in Pakistan
February 11th, 2012 - 3:09 pm ICT by IANS
Lahore, Feb 11 (IANS) The toll due to consumption of spurious medicines at a well known heart institute has risen to 120, with a woman losing her life Saturday.According to ... Read more...
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Pakistan needs to check medical malpractices: Minister
February 8th, 2012 - 1:52 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Feb 8 (IANS) A federal minister has stressed the need to enact laws to check medical malpractices in Pakistan, a country where over 100 patients died after taking ... Read more...
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Tourists stranded as snow covers Pakistan hill town
February 5th, 2012 - 1:50 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Feb 5 (IANS) Hundreds of tourists were stuck in their vehicles as heavy snowfall blanketed Murree, a hill station near here.The Murree region in Pakistan's Punjab province has witnessed ... Read more...
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Heavy snowfall in Pakistan province
February 4th, 2012 - 4:02 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Feb 4 (IANS) The Murree region in Pakistan's Punjab province has witnessed heavy snowfall.A bus carrying girl students was stuck in snow on the Murree-Bhurban road Friday. Efforts were ... Read more...
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Four die as ambulance falls into canal in Pakistan
February 3rd, 2012 - 2:55 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Feb 3 (IANS) Four women were killed and five injured when their ambulance carrying a body plunged into a canal in Pakistan's Punjab province, police said.The ambulance fell into ... Read more...
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Panel to improve hospitals in Pakistan Punjab
February 2nd, 2012 - 12:51 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Feb 2 (IANS) A special committee has been formed to help improve the condition of hospitals in Pakistan's Punjab province following the death of over 100 people who took ... Read more...
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Pakistan drug deaths institutionalised incompetence: Daily
February 1st, 2012 - 2:34 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Feb 1 (IANS) The death of over 100 people who took contaminated heart medicines in Pakistan's Punjab province is a failure of checks and balances and looks like "institutionalised ... Read more...
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Pakistan cardiac drug that killed over 100 tainted: Report
February 1st, 2012 - 12:52 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Feb 1 (IANS) One of the heart medicines that caused over 100 deaths in Pakistan's Punjab province was contaminated, said a media report citing a British laboratory report.The samples ... Read more...
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Beheaded body found in Pakistan
January 31st, 2012 - 10:59 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Jan 31 (IANS) A beheaded and decomposed body of a young man, who was tortured before death, was found Tuesday in Pakistan's Punjab province.The body was found along with ... Read more...
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Mehra keen to shoot ‘Bhaag Milkha Bhaag’ in Pakistan (With Image)
January 30th, 2012 - 6:58 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 30 (IANS) Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, who is currently working on one of his most ambitious projects "Bhaag Milkha Bhaag", is keen to shoot the film in ... Read more...
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Pakistan mulls panel to probe fake drugs deaths
January 28th, 2012 - 1:04 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Jan 28 (IANS) Pakistan may set up a judicial panel to probe over 100 deaths due to spurious drugs in its Punjab province.Interior Minister Rehman Malik Friday hinted at ... Read more...
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100 die from fake drug use in Pakistan
January 26th, 2012 - 11:45 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Jan 26 (IANS) At least 100 patients at a heart institute in Pakistan's Punjab province have died from reactions to spurious drugs, Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has said.Sharif said ... Read more...
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Alarming HIV/AIDS surge among Pakistan’s drug addicts
January 23rd, 2012 - 4:35 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Jan 23 (IANS) There is an alarming surge in HIV/AIDS cases among injecting drug users (IDUs) in Pakistan, the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) says.HIV/AIDS prevalence among IDUs in ... Read more...
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Pakistan witnesses surge in AIDS
January 23rd, 2012 - 3:05 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Jan 23 (IANS) There has been an alarming rise in the number of AIDS cases among the injecting drug users (IDUs) in Pakistan, a Canadian aid agency has said.The ... Read more...
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Bus accident in northern Pakistan kills 6, injures 23
January 17th, 2012 - 11:17 pm ICT by BNO News
SWAT, PAKISTAN (BNO NEWS) -- At least six people were killed on Monday when a speeding minibus overturned in northern Pakistan, police said on Tuesday. More than 20 others were injured.The accident ... Read more...
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Civil society vulnerable in Pakistan: Faiz’s daughter
January 16th, 2012 - 12:42 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 16 (IANS) Pakistani social activist Salima Hashmi, the daughter of renowned Urdu poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz, feels civil society in her country is under pressure and extremely ... Read more...
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I am only answerable to parliament: Gilani
January 16th, 2012 - 1:37 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Jan 16 (IANS) Declining to clarify his remarks about the country's army and intelligence chiefs over submission of statements to the apex court in the memo scandal, Prime ... Read more...
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18 killed in Pakistan bombing (Second Lead)
January 15th, 2012 - 7:51 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Jan 15 (IANS) At least 18 people were killed and more than 30 injured in a bomb blast Sunday at a religious gathering of Shia Muslims in Pakistan's Punjab ... Read more...
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16 killed in Pakistan blast, no terror link (Lead)
January 15th, 2012 - 7:07 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Jan 15 (IANS) At least 16 people were killed and more than 20 injured in a blast Sunday at a religious gathering of Shia Muslims in Pakistan's Punjab province ... Read more...
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Pakistani lawyers protest senior advocate’s killing
January 10th, 2012 - 5:03 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Jan 10 (IANS) Lawyers in Pakistan observed a day-long strike Tuesday to protest the killing of a senior lawyer in Lahore city of Punjab province, Geo News reported.Nasrullah Waraich, ... Read more...
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Six die in botched Pakistan hostage rescue attempt
December 30th, 2011 - 2:16 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Dec 30 (IANS) A doctor who was kidnapped was among the six people killed in a rescue operation mounted by the police in Pakistan's Punjab province.The shootout between the ... Read more...
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Ex-Pakistani CM booked over actress’ abduction
December 29th, 2011 - 12:18 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Dec 29 (IANS) Former chief minister of Pakistan's Punjab province Dost Muhammad Khosa has been booked for the kidnapping of actress Sapna whom he had married, a media report ... Read more...
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Pakistani woman shot dead for spurning fiance
December 22nd, 2011 - 4:06 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Dec 22 (IANS) A young woman was gunned down in Pakistan's Punjab province as she refused to marry her fiance.Anar Begum, 24, was shot dead by her fiance's brother, ... Read more...
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Three Pakistani policemen gunned down
December 1st, 2011 - 8:45 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Dec 1 (IANS) At least three policemen were killed and two others injured Thursday when unidentified gunmen ambushed a police vehicle in Pakistan's Punjab province, a media report said.The ... Read more...
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No information on joint China-Pakistan army exercise: Antony
November 28th, 2011 - 11:58 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 28 (IANS) Defence Minister A.K. Antony Monday said India has no information on a China-Pakistan joint military exercise held close to the Indian border recently.In a written ... Read more...
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Three killed in Pakistan factory blast
November 23rd, 2011 - 8:04 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Nov 23 (IANS) At least three workers were killed in a blast Tuesday night at a factory in Pakistan's Punjab province, a media report said.The blast took place inside ... Read more...
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Pakistani forces hunt for militants after intelligence men killed
November 13th, 2011 - 11:25 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Nov 13 (IANS) The Pakistani security forces Sunday launched a major hunt for militants behind the killing of five intelligence officials in the eastern Punjab province, reported local ... Read more...
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Six held with 25,000kg explosives in Pakistan
November 10th, 2011 - 6:01 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Nov 10 (IANS) Six militants along with 25,000 kg explosives have been arrested in Pakistan's Punjab province, a media report said.They were arrested Wednesday in the suburbs of the ... Read more...
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Sikh pilgrims visit Pakistan
November 9th, 2011 - 12:59 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Nov 9 (IANS) About 8,000 Sikh pilgrims from all over the world have congregated in Pakistan's Punjab province to mark the birth anniversary of Guru Nanak.The three-day celebrations began ... Read more...
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Pakistani ex-soldier held over bombing plot
October 31st, 2011 - 10:11 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Oct 31 (IANS) A former commando of the Pakistan Army has been arrested on charges of plotting to bomb the parliament, a media report said.Saadullah, an ex-member of the ... Read more...
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Pakistani who chopped off wife’s nose held
October 25th, 2011 - 1:12 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Oct 25 (IANS) A man who chopped off his wife's nose and lips after she refused to dance at weddings has been been arrested in Pakistan's Punjab province.The victim ... Read more...
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One dead as boat capsizes in Pakistan
October 17th, 2011 - 1:36 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Oct 17 (IANS) One person was killed and 31 people, including college students, went missing after a boat capsized in a canal in Pakistan's Punjab province, a media report ... Read more...
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Honour killing: Two Pakistani brothers held
October 17th, 2011 - 1:13 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Oct 17 (IANS) Two men have been arrested for killing their sister in Pakistan's Punjab province.The honour killing took place in Rawalpindi district, reported Dawn.Abida Bibi had eloped ... Read more...
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Illegally imported steel seized in Pakistan
October 11th, 2011 - 1:27 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Oct 11 (IANS) As much as 180 tonnes of illegally imported steel has been seized in Pakistan's Punjab province.The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) detected a scandal of unauthorised ... Read more...
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Pakistani kills son, daughter
October 9th, 2011 - 1:56 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Oct 9 (IANS) A man fatally stabbed his son and daughter following an argument with his wife in Pakistan's Punjab province.Farooq killed Waheed, 6, and Saba, 3, when his ... Read more...
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