SC smoking ban flouted in city’s courts
* No ‘no-smoking’ notices displayed in LHC
* Guards stop people from taking cigarettes inside, but smoke themselves
By Rana Tanveer
LAHORE: Despite the Supreme Court’s (SC) ban on smoking at courts, people are still smoking at all subordinate courts and the Lahore High Court... 
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Smokers 70% more likely to die: WHO
LAHORE: The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said smokers have a 70 percent higher death rate than non-smokers. According to WHO, there are approximately 1.1 billion regular smokers in the world, which is one-third of the population aged 15 years and above. According to the figures, roughly 47 percent...
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Public ignorant of anti-smoking laws
LAHORE: Smoking in Pakistan is also very common as the ‘Prohibition of Smoking and Protection of Non-smokers Ordinance’ which was promulgated in 2002 was not fully implemented, the experts said. Under the ordinance, police was authorised to expel anyone found smoking in a public place, and allowed to...
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0.1 million ‘smoking’ deaths each year
* PMS chairman says 1.8 billion youth aged between 10 and 24 years at risk of cancer due to smoking
LAHORE: Approximately 0.1 million people die every year in Pakistan from diseases caused by tobacco, doctors quoted medical researches as saying on Sunday on ‘World No Tobacco Day’. Various...
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Gulberg residents ‘paying’ for development
* Businessmen forced to pay contractors to complete work, claim government withholding funds
* Ongoing excavation creating dust pollution
* WASA spokesman says government paying contractors on time
By Afnan Khan
LAHORE: Residents of Gulberg have been forced to pay contractors...
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Human Rights Ministry to establish district courts
LAHORE: The Federal Ministry for Human Rights has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the UNDP, which will provide funds for the establishment of Human Rights District Courts, Human Rights Minister Mumtaz Alam Gillani said on Sunday. Addressing a press...
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Newborn girl’s body found
LAHORE: The body of a newborn girl was found in the Harbanspura Police precincts on Sunday. The body was found on a garbage heap. The locals informed the police, who took the body to the city morgue.
A fire in the multi-storey building of an engineering company on Davis Road reduced valuables...
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Extraordinary security measures in city
* City witnesses rise in crime during last week
By Rana Tanveer
LAHORE: The city has been struck by panic and fear following the attack on the provincial ISI headquarters and the Rescue 15 office on May 27.
Five days after the attack, which left 27 dead and more than 300...
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