Punjab

A special medical board assesses whether the convict is a juvenile or adult.

Lack of tolerance and patience towards mentally ill people is one of the biggest hurdles to developing a society.

PEF plans to introduce free-of-charge vocational training for deserving grade 10 students.

Hajoom, a new body of work by NCA associate professor Talat Dabir, goes on display at Rohtas 2.

Kidnappers trapped the victims by speaking to them on the phone in a “sexy female voice and through SMS messages”.

Flood victims accuse NADRA officials of issuing Watan Cards to people who do not qualify for aid.

ECP starts working alongside NADRA on a model project to prepare voter lists and amendments.

Labour Minister vows to keep standing for the duration of the session.

A crater 8 to 10 feet long and 6 to 8 feet wide is causing traffic jams on the Model Town Link Road.

Air pollution in the city has increased after the monsoon season and will rise further till December.

Two young boys exhume their grandmother’s corpse and buried it in their village in the middle of the night.

Two day exhibition begins in LUMS today.

University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (UVAS) observes Egg Day.

Two men decide to sell their children because they had not been issued Watan Cards.

LHC issues notice on registering case against couple despite restraining orders from court.

Administration takes serious note of reports that some Watan Card holders are selling the cards for Rs25-30,000.

Around 150 prospective medical students protest against the admissions procedure for medical colleges.

Exhibition Lakh War Sadkay questions the way things are in the society by making fun of the reigning ‘insanity’.

Lahore Development Authority issues documents with special security features for plot sale and title deeds.

Two protests aree organised against the administration for irregularities in Watan Card distribution.

Pakistan moves from a low-risk to a moderate-risk country for cervical cancer.

LHC bench decides to start unilateral proceedings on petitions challenging President's holding of dual offices.

Twin suicide attacks in Clifton, Karachi bear similarities to the one in Lahore.

Punjab govt should debate one-time flood tax proposal rather than outright reject it, say opposition members.

Mujtaba Shahbaz, a citizen, filed the petition expressing his concern about alleged anomalies in HED hiring.

Rana Sanullah says floods affected 880,000 families in 1,778 villages and 11 districts in Punjab.

TAs unhappy with their appointment, feel they should have been offered the lecturer posts that they applied for.

New district and sessions’ judge says he respects lawyers and hopes that they help him in dispending justice.

Lahore tops the district wise break up of complaints filed with the Punjab Ombudsman with 1,356 complaints during 2009

Cafe aims to provide poets, artists and intellectuals platform for literary discussions, seminars and other activities

Waiting times have ballooned to 90 minutes and the number of buses plying Lahores roads cut by three-quarters.

Stone crushers in Sargodha complain the govt has failed to provide them with any security or facilities.

Armed men break into Multan Institute of Cardiology, broke down doors of executive director’s room.

Annual dastaar bandi ceremony of eunuchs from across Punjab held in a local marriage hall amid tight security.

A young man died after allegedly being beaten-up by police during a stampede by desperate flood victims.

An 85-year-old man ends up in hospital after marrying a 20-year-old, his third marriage.

Petition challenges admission policy for students of A-level in medical colleges.

Solid Waste Management Dept is currently unconcerned about a strike called by a sweepers union.

Two people suffer minor burn injuries due to a fire in the store of Orthopaedic Operation Theatre of Services Hospital

Teachers observe WTD as a black day in all 72 public universities of the country.

Over 15 couples are wed in a mass marriage ceremony in Daska.

Three men torture their sister-in-law, a case is registered against them by district and sessions judge.

Five children of a factory worker have been suffering from a mysterious disease that has left them all paralysed.

Asma Jehangir and Ahmad Awais gear up their campaign with only three weeks left to showdown.

Breaking of a major breach bank of the Indus has led to fresh displacements in Sujawal.

Establishment of boards of governors in 26 colleges is not a step towards privatisation, says Punjab Law Minister.

The Punjab Bar Council demands that all resignations tendered by lawyers be accepted regardless of withdrawals.

Punjab Finance Minister says Rs50 billion to be deducted from the Rs190 billion development budget.

Report is sought on a petition against the alleged abduction and extradition of 7 Pakistani citizens.

Faculty members say in a letter that they are not disclosing their identity for fear of severe victimisation.