Punjab

Free of charge treatment facilities will not be affected by the austerity plan.

Petrol shortage continues to haunt the city, some modes of transportation have gained in popularity.

Flood victims asked to wear 'details' on slate hung around their necks as each person is photographed and questioned.

SC orders distribution of cheques worth $1000 provided by UAE govt among children being used for camel races.

Nurses and domestic workers most vulnerable to sexual harassment at workplace.

PIDA officials boycott work in protest at the non-payment of salaries.

A man confessed to killing 23 women by stoning them to death after luring them to deserted places.

Aisamul Haq was awarded the Ambassador of Peace Award at the National Youth PEACE Festival 2010.

Municipal bonds are issued by governing bodies to raise funds and are usually repaid over a few years.

Shalimar Police fails to arrest the killers of Malik Umer, a property dealer shot dead in Islamabad.

A student develops laser gun to detect suicide bombers and take them out.

Supervisors tell students they will have to stop teaching them unless the HEC budget crisis is resolved.

Punjab govt supports the University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences in its initiative in forensic sciences.

The petition challenges legality of the Acting Governor’s actions in making ‘appointments of a permanent nature’.

LHC restores QMC 15 students suspended by academic council for allegedly damaging college property and inciting riots.

The woman is recovering in hospital with burns to 30 percent of her body.

Orders are issued against a couple after they are declared ‘kala kali’.

Banks are defying instructions from the State Bank of Pakistan in recovering credit card loans.

Special court sends two lawyers, accused of killing a marble factory owner, on physical remand for seven days.

LHC directs NAB to produce the order on the basis of which Hussain Haqqani was exonerated from corruption cases.

92 officials of Islamabad Police refuse to vacate illegally occupied residential flats.

Construction work on Islamabad General Hospital was announced in 2007 but has yet to begin.

Petrol supplies in the country will normalise in 48 hours, as fresh supplies from oil refineries will reach the cities

Teams constituted to monitor black marketing of petroleum products, tasked to raid petrol pumps.

CDA and Islamabad Traffic Police both blame each other for U-turns.

Funds have been frozen in the renovation project of parliament lodges after irregularities came to surface recently.

Federal law secretary is summoned in a petition seeking the disqualification of Zardari as PPP’s co-chairperson.

CCPO is directed to obtain information on whereabouts of Ali Abdullah, the Jinnah Hospital doctor who went missing.

A swindler is caught after illegally transferring money to his name.

Number of children suffering from viral infections like influenza, conjunctivitis and bronchitis rise.

LHC hears a Sharif family appeal against tax evasion notices.

PML-N inquiry committee urges Nawaz Sharif to pardon the MPA for presenting the infamous “anti-media resolution”.

Punjab govt fails to pay bills worth Rs30b for ongoing government projects causing contractors to halt work.

Lahore Museum launches two short educational courses: replica making and research methodology.

QMC administration is allegedly using extreme measures against the students.

Lahore High Court directs the police to reinvestigate the alleged rape of a handicapped woman by a constable.

Prof Khalid Aftab says on Monday that the university will never leave its deserving students in the lurch.

Nawaz Sharif helps lay the foundation stone of a flood affected woman’s house in Mithun Kot.

CNG stations in the city will remain open on Tuesday.

An unemployed father of four who lost his home in the floods died after setting fire to himself in Multan.

Punjab government announced the waiver of Rs300mn in tuition fees for students in the flood-hit areas of the province.

UET conducts standardised entry tests for 2010 admissions to undergraduate engineering programmes.

Punjab govt puts off appointment of 30 doctors as food inspectors until extablishment of Punjab Food Authority.

A 20 kg bag of flour is going for Rs610 in the outskirts of Islamabad, as opposed to the set price of Rs580.

Two cargo aircrafts, filled with plastic sheeting for the flood victims, arrive in Pakistan.

Petroleum ministry says it is making alternative arrangements to ensure uninterrupted supply of gasoline in Punjab.

Fortune-tellers, precious stones sellers, and palmists set up shops on overhead bridges across the city.

A group of senior bullies would force a student to smoke cigarettes, sometimes three at a time.

Filling stations in several districts in Punjab stopped selling petrol, diesel and CNG.

The first model village is being constructed in Khangarh for flood-affected people in the district.