Lahore police on red alert: CCPO
* Pervez Rathore pays tribute to officers injured in Babu Sabu bombing
LAHORE: Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Muhammad Pervez Rathore, on Tuesday, announced that security in the city would remain on “red alert” until the threat of terror attacks in major cities subsides. In his message...

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LHC asks CCPO to explain why Queens Road is blocked
LAHORE: Lahore High Court (LHC) Chief Justice (CJ) Khawaja Muhammad Sharif on Tuesday ordered the Lahore capital city police officer (CCPO) and others to explain why Queens Road had been blocked. The CJ directed the CCPO to explain, by November 6, the legal justification for blocking the Queens Road...

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Punjab govt to introduce Police Order, 2010
By Hussain Kashif
LAHORE: The Punjab government has decided to introduce the Police Order, 2010 after amending the Police Order, 2002, Law Minister Rana Sanaullah told the Punjab Assembly on Tuesday.
During the Question Hour, he said a special committee to review the Police Order,...

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Resolution calls for ban on weddings after 10pm
LAHORE: The Punjab Assembly passed a resolution on Tuesday banning weddings, official and non-official activities and other such gatherings at public places and banquet halls after 10pm.
The resolution – tabled by MPA Sheikh Alauddin – said that the ban should come into place because of the...

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Punjab Assembly brands 2007 emergency ‘martial law’
* House passes resolution condemning ‘unconstitutional developments’ of November 3, subsequent period * PML-Q walks out of House to protest discussion of govt business on private members’ day
Staff Report
LAHORE: The Punjab Assembly passed a resolution on Tuesday declaring...

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PPP, PML-N avoid confrontation during PA session
LAHORE: Tuesday’s session of the Punjab Assembly (PA) remained unusually calm, as the speaker disallowed any discussion on the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) on the floor of the House. MPAs from the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) avoided confrontation...

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Lawyers condemn emergency, PCO on ‘black day’
LAHORE: Lawyers observed a ‘black day’ on Tuesday to condemn the imposition of emergency and promulgation of the provincial constitution order (PCO) on November 3, 2007 by former president Pervez Musharraf.
Lawyers, sport black armbands, observed a token boycott of the courts, took out rallies,...

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Parents, kindergartens equally at loss by closure orders
* Education Department says school administration trying to convince government to reopen pre-schools in December * Parents want fees refunded
LAHORE: The government’s decision of enforcing a closure of kindergartens across the province has created a number of difficulties for parents...

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Only cars allowed on four ‘model roads’
* Rickshaws, motorcycles, bicycles partially banned on Jail Road, Ferozepur Road, Walton Road and Bund Road * Ban to remain in place from 8am to 2pm every day
By Rana Tanveer
LAHORE: The City Traffic Police (CTP) has banned rickshaws, motorcycles and bicycles from four major...

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