Punjab
More News
-
Transporters’ protests: ‘Overcharging, limited sale unfair’
Higher fares, countrywide strike threatened.
-
Reviving still life painting: Capturing sadness on canvas
Artist Farazeh Syed’s work explores everyday expressions of women.
-
PP-122 (Sialkot): PPP candidate ‘boycotts’ polls, alleges rigging
Raja Aamir Khan lost the elections to Mohd Akram by 22,494 votes.
-
Cough syrup deaths: Medical store owners, distributor sent on judicial remand
Lawyer for accused says store owners can’t be blamed for manufacturer’s fault.
-
Hafiz Saeed’s plea: Hearing adjourned till end of the year
Jamaatud Dawa chief seeks govt aid in defence in US court.
-
World snooker champion welcomed in hometown
DCO gives him Rs100,000 cheque, says road will be named after him.
-
Election Preps: JUI-F to speed up mass contact campaign
JUI-F will field its candidates all over the Punjab in the elections.
-
Dual citizenship: Butter to appear in court Dec 18
Case against former PML-N MPA Chaudhry Waseem Qadir dismissed.
-
Religious Tourism: Sikh pilgrims return to India
Officials of the Evacuee Trust Property Board saw off the Sikh yatrees at the Wahga Railway Station.
-
Accident prevention: Notices issued to 425 factories
Factory owners to respond in 4 days or their factories will be sealed.
-
Unapproved construction: Police, TMA scuffle over check post
Under-construction post demolished by TMA staff ‘for not obtaining NOC’.
-
Seminar: ‘Many Indians seek guidance from Allama Iqbal’s poetry’
Delhi University professor talks about Poet of the East.
-
Social Welfare: Rahim Yar Khan city govt to register disabled children
A file of every disabled child would be prepared after a survey and he or she would be issued disability certificate.
-
Religious Persecution: FIR registered against desecration of tombstones
FIR # 1096/12 was registered for trespassing on burial places, dacoity, criminal intimidation.
-
Chalking out plans: ‘DPC was created as armed forces failed’
Maulana Samiul Haq announces events planned by DPC.
-
Art exhibition: Living in a bubble
‘Together Alone’ by Heraa Khan examines ‘delusional lifestyles far removed from reality’.
-
Film fans: Cinemas to be allowed four shows a day
DCO says he has asked chief minister to waive tax on cinemas for five years.
-
Police protection: Police ignore court orders with impunity
Judge again issues warrants for SP and SHO accused of sexual harassment.
-
Election prep: PTI to establish Central Secretariat in Lahore
Islamabad office to be converted into a regional office.
-
Religious intolerance: Ahmadi graves vandalised in posh Lahore neighbourhood
HRCP condemns the incident and demands that the alleged vandals to be brought to book.
-
38 Years of service: 70-year-old Swedish charity worker shot in Lahore
Almby suffered a bullet injury on her neck and was immediately shifted to Jinnah Hospital after the incident.
-
Allegations: ‘Police torture’ leaves man unable to use arms
Bus conductor says he was released after family paid officials Rs250,000.
-
Fathers’ wrath: Three children killed, another three poisoned
Fathers attack own children to ‘punish’ wives.
-
White Ribbon Campaign continues
Pakistan is ranked 55 out of 86 in a list of nations violating social norms and rights concerning women, says WRCP CEO
-
Murder case against doctors: Counsel told to submit proof of FIR’s quashing
ADSJ seeks copy of LHC order to police at hearing on December 14.
-
Closure of gas pumps challenged before Lahore High Court
Petitioner says CNG station owners still making Rs5 profit per kg.
-
Malpractice: Angry lawyers delay opening of courts
Advocate protests at judge’s failure to announce verdict on bail petition.
-
Public awareness: Activists demand more inclusive schools
‘Children with disabilities shouldn’t be isolated from others’.
-
Tyno case: Forensic lab report due today
Officials pin hopes of identifying poisonous ingredient on Punjab Forensic Science Agency.
-
Watan Party files petition in Supreme Court to ban NGOs
Barrister Zafar Ullah Khan of the Watan Party seeks immediate ban and complete inquiries on NGOs.
-
Mysterious circumstances: Blasphemy accused dies in custody
The 22-year-old was taken in protective custody after being accused by Nankana Sahib residents.
-
Addressing the Sikhs: Pilgrims promised quick visa processing
PM stresses on religious harmony; addresses pilgrims’ issues.
-
Jinnah Hospital claims 99.5% success rate
Dr Fazlur Rahman coronary diseases are one of the major causes of death among the adult population.
-
Electoral process: Arrangements for PP-133, PP-92 by-polls complete
As many as 153,918 voters will exercise their right to vote at 425 polling booths.
-
Religious educators: Chained up for ‘threatening to leave madrassa’
Teenager says he was left out in the cold for 4 nights before his friends helped him escape.
-
Fog, crushing season: ‘Get reflectors installed, your rear lights fixed’
Traffic Police and NH&MP to launch operation against overloading
-
Sanitation Hackathon: Fast and Comsats teams win contracts
Students will work with World Bank to develop tech solutions to sanitation issues.
-
IG vows to get raises before retirement
Announces Rs10,000 for a DSP who kissed a man’s beard ‘for following sunnat’.
-
Easy access: Criminal trial courts shifted
Twelve criminal courts are now on the ground floor.
-
Green offices: Cutting business costs and saving the environment
Steps to cut paper and power use and generate less waste can result in big savings.
-
Merit matters: Former pro-VCs to be favoured in VC search
Critics say academic achievements, research should be given weight.
-
Precautionary measures: People advised to switch off gas heaters before sleeping
Absence of adequate ventilation can result in gas poisoning and death.
-
Revenue growth: District office completes survey of properties
Thousands of new commercial properties identified, to generate millions for govt.
-
Guru Nanak’s 544th birth anniversary celebrations conclude
Pilgrims satisfied over security arrangements, upkeep of gurdwaras.
-
Cough syrup deaths: Victims’ families fight against overdose narrative
Government hesitant to compensate until investigation is complete.
-
Extra-Curriculars: GCUF arranges Mehfil-i-Mushaira
Columnist Attaul Haq Qasmi chaired the event. Poet Aslam Ansari was the guest of honour.
-
Public Welfare: Work on 1,038 development projects underway
Development projects in Faisalabad district under Annual Development Programme being built at cost of Rs 9.33 billion.
-
Right To Education: Children perform at HRCP auditorium
Children presented skits and plays to highlight their right to education.
-
Missing faculty: 16 out of 54 posts at Jhang college vacant
Principal says posts yet to be advertised, parents claim difficulties for students.
-
Conference on Iqbal: ‘Follow Iqbal’s vision to make a more equitable state’
GCUF conference concludes, 35 research papers presented.