Punjab

Hafiz Saeed has challenged ban on collecting hides at Eid.

Government departments should remain vigilant, says health minister.

Dept notified 143 murder and blasphemy cases to be tried behind bars last week.

Petitioner says act violates basic rights and democratic norms.

Every citizen has a duty to contribute to increasing literacy because a country cannot progress without it, says DCO.

Diploma upgraded in response to increasing ‘research needs and demand for professionals’ .

Beggars were caught begging at traffic signals, bus stands and markets.

IG and RPOs review law and order situation in the Punjab.

Grand operation launched against those involved in illicit liquor business.

Raise boundary wall, deploy more snipers and sniffer dogs, judge tells LHC.

Govt urged to improve utilisation, concentrate on learning outcomes and facilities.

Police say frames of both vehicles had to be cut to pull out bodies, injured.

Town municipal administration clueless about destruction of Walled City site.

At least 13 people were burnt alive as the truck's engine and the van caught fire. A woman and a child survived.

The WCLA is planning to buy the building and restore it.

RPO tells LHC may have body in custody, DNA test to be done.

DPO says these men were not involved.

District officer says dengue threat prevails in Faisalabad.

Column was not blasphemous but of great Islamic value, says advocate.

Complainant wants DSP included among accused in police torture and killing case.

Punjab govt aims to ensure 100% primary enrolment by 2015.

Government urged to address gender imbalance at schools in south Punjab.

Around 1,108 proclaimed offenders and 869 absconders were arrested in August.

Officials suspended for being absent from work.

Postgraduate Medical Institute Principal urged citizens to maintain cleanliness in their houses and streets.

Agreement with Turkey to be inked soon, chief minister says.

Witnesses say assailants used a Kalashnikov rifle.

The theatre group will perform Bulha and Hotel Mohenjodaro at Alhamra Arts Gallery on September 11 and 12.

Construction of Diamir Bhasha Dam, luxury tax, court security was brought up in court .

USAID, International Rescue Committee programme to reach 3.2 million students.

There are more than 200,000 quacks in the Punjab.

Government has no other option in Karachi, say retired military men.

Khatm-i-Nabuwat groups celebrate passage of anti-Ahmadi law in 1974.

L&NFBE receive real-time data from 4,000 informal schools across the province.

The unidentified man has been taken into custody.

Police said four men on two motorcycles soon approached one of the pickets and shot at the policemen.

Patients coming to the camp were given free check-ups and treatment.

The deadline to apply for the scholarships is October 31.

Protestors allege the SHO took bribes from the suspect.

Dr Abid Hussain at the hospital’s emergency ward told the media that the injured were in coma.

They said Sindh police did not register a case against the kidnappers.

Experts say 90% of injections are unnecessary.

RPO says he will set up alternate dispute resolution committees.

Two wives who did not want to return to their husbands attacked.

For one week, traffic wardens will give warnings to motorists who violate traffic signals, stop lines and lane lines.

Inquiry committee set up to look into ‘rigged elections’, medical associations to give presentations.

The DCO was told that the complaint centres will be linked via satellite.

The target audience includes donors, tourists and residents of the Walled City.

Victim had been pursuing case against 15 people for murder of blasphemy accused.

PWDP withholds approval of PC1 until ‘minor objections’ are addressed.