Punjab

Last week a group of young Pakistanis congregated in Gulberg and Defence to collect funds.

The Parks and Horticulture Authority’s annual plantation campaign has failed to materialise this year.

The sale is in jeopardy owing to marked discrepancies in the reserve calculated by government and private evaluators.

Steel mills operating in residential sectors of Islamabad not equipped with dust indicators are to be closed down.

There is only one bridge in Bara Kahu that connects Nullah Korang with Murree road.

Fresh flood warnings were issued in Rajanpur as officials ordered the emergency evacuation of the area.

Flood affected people at five relief camps in Sadiqbad protested in front of the local administration.

Safia was brought to the local hospital where doctors said her brain had stopped functioning due to suffocation.

The worst seems to be over for Punjab and water level readings show rivers and barrages are at normal levels.

The two men allegedly killed two and injured four during a robbery early Sunday morning on main Daska Road.

Kot Addu resident Amanullah Shah, 70, said that the floods reminded him of migrating after Partition in 1947.

Butchers in flood-hit areas are selling meat from animals that were killed in the floods to homeless and hungry people

The issue started 5days ago when a shop owner directed the tenants to vacate the shop.

Critical Mass, a cycling club, started peddling across the capital around a year ago.

Gender Reform Action Plan to promote gender equality fell in doldrums due to misappropriation of funds.

Featuring the work of 5 artists, 35% sales from the exhibition will go towards charity funds for flood affected areas.

They say all it really takes to change the world is an original idea and enough people believing in it.

The authority had detected irregularities in the campaign to collect more than Rs2b from commercial concerns.

Around 80,000 people in the flood-hit areas of the Punjab have been diagnosed with water-borne diseases.

Nearly two months have passed since the approval of the federal budget.

Army told to take over the relief and rescue operations in districts around Multan.

The 64th Independence Day was celebrated with simplicity and special prayers for the flood victims.

The Punjab government has stopped all development projects in the province, ceasing payments to contractors.

The official ceremony for the distribution of the awards will take place on Pakistan Day (March 23, 2011).

Chairman of the authority accused of misappropriation of funds, abuse of authority, illegal postings, harassment.

The government has decided to reinforce its army of officials supervising and monitoring the Ramazan Bazaars.

Aitchison College has called back its boarding students today (August 15), a week before the school reopens.

Nearly 1,000 youths selected two weeks ago to serve in Lahore Police as constables have yet to be given tests.

Incidents of brawls at relief camps, kidnappings, theft and famine are being reported in Punjab.

A report says the floods destroyed 3,132 villages, 5.2 million acre irrigated land, 8.2 million people are displaced.

Police and motorcyclists are gearing up for their traditional battle on August 14.

Dozens of public school students were told to forget the celebrations and help flood victims instead.

Shopkeepers are selling unregulated and potentially dangerous soft drinks in various Ramazan Bazaars.

A father wants the government to pay him the Rs4 million he gave as ransom for his son’s release.

President Safma was speaking at a seminar titled Pakistan in South Asian Context organised by Safma.

Hundreds of thousands of homeless people are now being shifted to relief camps across the province.

A report on the “Situation of Violence against Women" revealed that Punjab dominated with 2690 registered cases.

The British Council released the results of the O- and A-level examinations to schools in the city on Thursday.

Pepco spokesman said all power distribution companies had been told to ensure uninterrupted power supply.

A briefing organised by the Women Workers Helpline said economic empowerment is key to ending violence against women.

The Lahore High court chief justice directed the SSP to inform the court of his findings by August 26.

The chief justice was expected to reserve his verdict, but he found new points came up during the proceedings.

The water has reached very close to Kot Sabzal, a town on Punjab-Sindh border, and is expected to flood the KLP Road.

The relief efforts so far have not been able to at par with the catastrophe in the southern districts of the province.

Several shoppers at crowded bazaars had come specifically to buy sugar, flour or meat.

National Assembly deputy speaker addressed a press conference in Chashma along with the Wapda chairman.

YSP would revive and revitalise a nation wide initiative and spread its wings in all parts of Pakistan.

Two construction companies based in Germany and Canada will invest in the housing sector of Pakistan.

The 25-year-old Zubair Ahmed came to meet Noreen Bibi at her house on Wednesday, said a Koral police official.