Punjab

The polio vaccination campaign from Sept 27 to Sept 29 might not attain its objective of vaccinating 11.5 m children.

Govt of Punjab decides to postpone local body elections for six months citing the devastating floods as the reason.

Law enforcement agencies nab five suspects from Sihala who were allegedly planning to target Sihala Police Academy.

LHC issues notice to governor SBP seeking names of people whose loans had been written off.

A raid at a privately owned store lead authorities to confiscate a large quantity of used and unused govt medicines.

LHC directs the federal govt to implement its orders regarding free movement and provision of security to Dr AQ Khan.

ECP and Nadra should work on a system to register voters at the time they are issued their computerised CNICs.

An MPA is accused of torturing, shaving the heads, moustaches and eyebrows of over 25 people in Kharrianwala.

Rescue 1122 officials say that 97 per cent of calls received are prank calls.

The Saudi health ministry authorities are interviewing doctors for one-year contract based jobs.

Punjab government wants to include more banks in the programme.

The Punjab government decided to dissolve all task forces as part of its austerity measures.

LDA launches operation on encroachments on 11 thoroughfares.

LHC takes notice of inefficiency of secretaries for health and the law in implementing the court's order.

Almost one out of ten is afflicted with conjunctivitis in Lahore, eye specialists blame floods.

Private medical colleges start displaying final merit lists for 2010 MBBS admissions.

Police book 300 people under Anti-Terrorism Act for beating up policemen during protest.

Chasm between coalition partners in Punjab govt continues to widen.

Aisamu­l Haq visits GCU, his alma mater to receiv­e a warm welcom­e from the sports board.

No activities organised to celebrate World Tourism Day in view of the recent floods and security situation.

Relatives allege the staff of the children’s ward replaced new-born boy with dead new-born girl.

CDA and Airblue present divergent accounts on the promised memorial.

Protestors booked for causing halt of demolition operation in Jinnah Abadi.

Pakistan is the only country producing and administering 'sheep brain' vaccine for treatment of rabies.

Flood victims will be able to check if their names are included in the beneficiaries' list of the Watan Card Project.

Two suspects, who had been in police custody for a while, were killed in a fake encounter as robbers.

The survey will cost Rs128 million – Rs114 million have been provided by Jica and remaining by provincial government.

A woman’s hair was cut and she was tortured over a fight between her son and her neighbour’s children.

Quaidabad police registers case under Wani Act Article 130 against panchayat and groom for declaring girl wani.

Bahauddin Zakariya University (BZU) has allegedly refused to accept entry tests conducted from other institutions.

With water level in River Ravi still high, it is the first choice for boating and fishing enthusiasts.

Shopkeepers say the price of most vegetables had declined by about 30 to 40 per cent.

University assured students that they would make a flood relief grant to help them pay their dues.

Residents criticise the government for lack of spending in these areas despite huge budget allocations.

Rawalpindi’s health department recovers about 1200 kilograms (kgs) of carrion from a house in Shamsabad.

Event management company booked for committing fraud worth Rs30 million in the name of CDA.

Residents of the area have been pressing the city administration for a bridge over the drain for quite some time now.

Sharif reiterates his demand that federal govt move quickly to provide provincial govt funds.

Stakeholders say the hike in prices in Lahore was due to a sharp fall in supply.

A graveyard in Yazman becomes a shrine as people believe the trees to have healing powers.

A dars was in progress at Al Qamar Mosque, Block-C, Satellite Town after Fajr prayers when the gun men attacked.

Sex is a subject that remains off the table for open and honest discussion in Pakistani society.

ACE Sialkot registers embezzlement and corruption case against accused DHO, DDO (Health), health dept store in charge.

Chauhan had been charged with negligence with regard to the brutal killing of two teenagers in Sialkot.

Sajid Yousuf, who was arrested in Sialkot, is believed to have looted more than Rs1.4 million.

A MoU has been signed between the UVAS and the Pakistan Dairy Development Company (PDDC).

A woman allegedly gunned down the wife and father of her boyfriend, a police inspector.

The HEC claims that it provides funds to private universities but the process is marred with red-tapism.

SSP Investigation Zulfiqar Hameed informs LHC that Constable Javed Bhatti has confessed to raping a handicapped woman.

Famous Sufi poet Bulleh Shah’s 253rd urs celebrations are in progress in Kasur.