Punjab
More News
-
Embassies and embezzlement: LHC demands inquiry reports into sales
Petitioner says former ambassadors embezzled proceeds of property sales in Japan and Indonesia.
-
‘Fake Taliban ameer’ arrested for extortion
Second such case reported in Lahore in one month.
-
LHC reader’s murder: Police arrest 2 suspects, conclude it is an ‘honour killing’
Police said they were able to trace the suspects from Ghauri’s cell phone.
-
Rainy day: Monsoon continues
The Met office forecast heavy rain for Thursday (today).
-
Basra offers his arrest, police decline
Parliamentarians and media push their way into police office.
-
Service structure: Doctors block Jail Road in new round of protests
Protests held all over province, YDA threatens more.
-
Pcb Wall: LHC seeks dispute resolution by Sep 17
The dispute revolves around a boundary wall at the PCB office at Gaddafi Stadium that was torn down by the Gulberg TMA
-
Road Rage: Four killed in three accidents
Two people died in a collision between a motorcycle and a tractor-trolley on Mian Chanu-Khanewal Road.
-
Atlas bother: Chief secy told to investigate ‘global conspiracy’
The atlas was an international conspiracy aimed at making new generations comfortable with idea of a smaller Pakistan.
-
Infrastructure: ‘Project to link Bahawalnagar to Arifwala Road approved’
DDO (technical) given 3 days to report on progress on all road projects.
-
Hooliganism complaint: ‘Private college vandalised, staff beaten’
College administration says assailants were asked to move away from entrance after harassment complaints by students
-
LHC overrules objection to disqualification plea
Petitioner says PML-N’s Mazhar Hayat’s BA degree is fake.
-
LHC to take up contempt plea against Zardari today
Petitioner to ask for show cause notice against president .
-
Youth Congress: Local polls good for youth: Khosa
Governor says 36m new jobs needed for young people over coming years.
-
Punjab launches non-formal education, technical training programme
Rs2.3b project to educate 487,640 people, including prisoners, eunuchs.
-
Hijab day: Only men give speeches at women’s rally
Liaqat Baloch says reports of forcible conversions in Sindh is NGOs’ propaganda.
-
Murder: Man thrown in canal
“The suspects had fled by the time the police arrived,” says Hafiz Muhammad Nazuk, son of the deceased.
-
Health: EDOs told to ensure targets are met
Participants were told to ensure measures necessary were taken regularly to achieve child immunisation targets.
-
PM announces Rs0.5m for shoemaker’s son
Ravtesh Kumar came first in matric exams in the district with 975 out of 1,050 marks.
-
No electricity: Three students faint at school from heat
Principal says Mepco officials removed 3 meters installed at the school.
-
Hazardous jobs: Six men drown in sewer well
TMA considering moving govt for compensation.
-
Business and environment: LHC stops government from opening tender for Euro II buses
‘Govt going after expensive buses when fuel not available in Punjab’.
-
Drug abuse prevention: Better monitoring of medicine sales urged
Fourth Pakistan Youth Congress at Punjab University ends today.
-
Doctors’ service structure: Court reminds doctors strike is a no-no
LHC told that govt and YDA have reached agreement on 42 of 45 issues.
-
Land use: Housing on agri-land to be referred to 2nd committee
Green areas can’t be declared protected environmental land as no such classification exists, says EDO.
-
New provinces: PPP is trying to make issue controversial, says Ahsan Iqbal
PML-N leader claims that government formed one-sided commission against the Punjab Assembly resolution.
-
New provinces row: PML-N to hold key session in Murree today
Nawaz Sharif expected to brief party leaders on PPP’s response to PML-N’s proposals.
-
State land: Permission sought to raise rents for 945 shops
Rents charged are far below those charged for land leased for commercial purposes.
-
Anti-dengue Day: Seminars, walks held in Bahawalpur
‘Improving sanitation and environment will end the disease’.
-
Hijab Day: JI urges women to cover themselves
Walk participants criticise Western countries, media.
-
Holy Mary festival: More than 900 cops for security duties
30 vehicles will patrol roads to the Mariamabad shrine.
-
‘Detection, prevention far better than cure’
EPD staff hand out 1,000 pamphlets in awareness-raising walk.
-
Mass wedding: 100 couples tie the knot in Faisalabad
Couples given Rs210,000 each and kitchenware in dowry.
-
Public health: ‘Dengue won’t be as bad this year’
‘20 cases and no deaths so far this season shows strategy is strong’.
-
Anti-dengue day: ‘Women’s make-up attracts mosquitoes’
GCU conducting research on best biological agents for mosquito control.
-
Not all participants keen on dengue drive
Teachers forced to work for second consecutive Sunday.
-
Chief minister: ‘We’ll help Sindh deal with dengue’
Punjab government has contacted Sindh government and offered assistance in controlling disease, says Shahbaz Sharif.
-
Talks disintegrate: YDA-government talks ‘break down’
YDA re-issues call for protest on September 5, Rafique says ‘talks continuing’.
-
Anti Dengue Day: City firms up for dengue battle
All govt departments and institutions engaged in awareness-raising drive.
-
400gm explosives found outside house in Rawalpindi
Bomb Disposal Squad successfully defuses device, police say it was locally-made.
-
Dengue awareness walk held in Attock
Participants carried placards, banners and distributed pamphlets to inform people about ways to prevent dengue fever.
-
Bahawalpur operation: Conjoined twins separated, one survives
The other twin was not fully formed, say doctors.
-
Encroachment Drive: Stalls, signboards removed from Montgomery Road
Roadside stalls, counters, signboards and handcarts removed from public spaces.
-
Relatives decide against pressing charges in ‘killing by police’
Say they can’t allow an autopsy of the body.
-
Law and order: Four killed in 1,070 robberies in August
573 vehicles, Rs25 million taken away.
-
Islamia University: 50 complete short IT courses
IUB has started short technical courses in art & design, agriculture, engineering & veterinary & dairy development.
-
Government departments ready to observe Anti-Dengue Day
Health, Education depts to set up camps, host seminars and walks.
-
Bird conservation: Learning about vultures and how to protect them
WWF event includes screening of documentary, games, guided tours.
-
Competition: Winning partridge chirps 250 times
Owner says he turned down a Rs200,000 offer for the bird.
-
SAFMA seminar: ‘Govt, Supreme Court can’t tell us how to live’
Authorities urged to tackle hate material on TV rather than obscenity.