
01Sport
Why the city's only public swimming pool keeps closing
Filters, chlorine and a staffing gap. We looked at what it costs to keep the doors open.

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Small units that make shawls and blankets are hiring for extra shifts after a slow summer.
Read the storyLocal reporting from Bahawalpur, the Cholistan edge and the towns along the Sutlej.

01Sport
Filters, chlorine and a staffing gap. We looked at what it costs to keep the doors open.

A school run that takes 25 minutes by car would take 12 on foot, if the footpaths were safe.

03City
Reading rooms will stay open until 10 pm for six weeks. Students queued before the doors opened on day one.
Every renovation plan starts with signboards and lights. The one thing shoppers ask for never makes the list.
Three new courts have waiting lists. Tennis coaches say they are not worried, yet.
Poets from three generations read to a full hall. The youngest was 19.
The late route now runs past two hospitals and the railway station, every 30 minutes until 1 am.
Phone covers, perfumes and stitched suits: how a weekend stall became a delivery business.
The city run returns in February with a 10 km route for first-timers and a family walk.
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