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PML-Q to avoid pandemonium during PA budget speech: Ch Zaheer

Lahore—PML-Q Parliamentary Party leader in the Punjab Assembly Ch Zaheerud Din on Sunday said the party would avoid pandemonium in the Punjab Assembly budget session but it would opt for right criticism where needed. “We believe in politics of decency and promotion of democracy in the country,” he told APP on Sunday. He said fray and hooliganism by the PML-N parliamentarians during Finance Minister budget speech in the National Assembly was highly regrettable which, he said, the politically conscious people had rejected outrightly.

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Standing with masses to protest against convicted PM: Shahbaz

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Lahore—Chief Minister Punjab Mian Shahbaz Sharif has blamed the federal government for the ongoing loadshedding and other crises confronting the national sovereignty and masses interests. Talking to media persons outside the protest camp established at Minar-e-Pakistan against prolonged power outages, Shahbaz Sharif said that Ali Baba and 40 thieves were responsible for load-shedding and miseries of the masses.

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Parliamentary decorum to be ensured during budget speech: Raja

Lahore—Opposition Leader in the Punjab Assembly Raja Riaz Ahmad has said that a peaceful atmosphere will be ensured during the Punjab budget session for the sake of democracy. Talking to APP on Sunday, he said the PPP was true democratic party and always take care of the decorum of parliament, hence, it had been decided to avoid any protest during the speech. He said that PPP leaders and workers had sacrificed for the cause of democratic movement and it could never act like the PML-N parliamentarians which they had done in the national assembly.

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Highest civilian awards demanded for teachers slain in Balochistan

Lahore—The Punjab Forum on Sunday demanded of the government to announce highest civilian awards for those teachers and principals who were killed by terrorists in Balochistan for their patriotism. Love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it is a distinguishing feature that is not very common nowadays; our heroes should no longer remain unsung, it said. Talking at a ceremony to offer fatiha for the principal Muzaffar Jamali and his son who were recently killed by the terrorists for singing national anthem despite threats, President of the Forum Baig Raj said that the slained educator was among most patriotic Pakistanis in Baluchistan.

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Babies fed soy formula develop as well as others

ONE-year-olds raised on breast milk, regular formula or soy formula seem to fare equally well in brain development, a new study suggests. Past studies have found that, as far as growth, babies given soy formula develop the same as their peers fed breast milk or traditional formula made from cow’s milk. But not much was known about signs of brain development, like an infant’s early language skills.

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