Punjab

LHC restores QMC 15 students suspended by academic council for allegedly damaging college property and inciting riots.

The woman is recovering in hospital with burns to 30 percent of her body.

Orders are issued against a couple after they are declared ‘kala kali’.

Banks are defying instructions from the State Bank of Pakistan in recovering credit card loans.

Special court sends two lawyers, accused of killing a marble factory owner, on physical remand for seven days.

LHC directs NAB to produce the order on the basis of which Hussain Haqqani was exonerated from corruption cases.

92 officials of Islamabad Police refuse to vacate illegally occupied residential flats.

Construction work on Islamabad General Hospital was announced in 2007 but has yet to begin.

Petrol supplies in the country will normalise in 48 hours, as fresh supplies from oil refineries will reach the cities

Teams constituted to monitor black marketing of petroleum products, tasked to raid petrol pumps.

CDA and Islamabad Traffic Police both blame each other for U-turns.

Funds have been frozen in the renovation project of parliament lodges after irregularities came to surface recently.

Federal law secretary is summoned in a petition seeking the disqualification of Zardari as PPP’s co-chairperson.

CCPO is directed to obtain information on whereabouts of Ali Abdullah, the Jinnah Hospital doctor who went missing.

A swindler is caught after illegally transferring money to his name.

Number of children suffering from viral infections like influenza, conjunctivitis and bronchitis rise.

LHC hears a Sharif family appeal against tax evasion notices.

PML-N inquiry committee urges Nawaz Sharif to pardon the MPA for presenting the infamous “anti-media resolution”.

Punjab govt fails to pay bills worth Rs30b for ongoing government projects causing contractors to halt work.

Lahore Museum launches two short educational courses: replica making and research methodology.

QMC administration is allegedly using extreme measures against the students.

Lahore High Court directs the police to reinvestigate the alleged rape of a handicapped woman by a constable.

Prof Khalid Aftab says on Monday that the university will never leave its deserving students in the lurch.

Nawaz Sharif helps lay the foundation stone of a flood affected woman’s house in Mithun Kot.

CNG stations in the city will remain open on Tuesday.

An unemployed father of four who lost his home in the floods died after setting fire to himself in Multan.

Punjab government announced the waiver of Rs300mn in tuition fees for students in the flood-hit areas of the province.

UET conducts standardised entry tests for 2010 admissions to undergraduate engineering programmes.

Punjab govt puts off appointment of 30 doctors as food inspectors until extablishment of Punjab Food Authority.

A 20 kg bag of flour is going for Rs610 in the outskirts of Islamabad, as opposed to the set price of Rs580.

Two cargo aircrafts, filled with plastic sheeting for the flood victims, arrive in Pakistan.

Petroleum ministry says it is making alternative arrangements to ensure uninterrupted supply of gasoline in Punjab.

Fortune-tellers, precious stones sellers, and palmists set up shops on overhead bridges across the city.

A group of senior bullies would force a student to smoke cigarettes, sometimes three at a time.

Filling stations in several districts in Punjab stopped selling petrol, diesel and CNG.

The first model village is being constructed in Khangarh for flood-affected people in the district.

The petrol shortage took its toll on Sunday Bazaars, as the number of customers and vendors fell sharply.

Vehicle owners in Lahore have found themselves paralysed by the petrol crisis which has left all pumps short of fuel.

Federa­l Law Minist­er calls Punjab a ‘police state’, say admin needs to be remove­d.

Doctor Mukhtar justifies the expulsion saying nurses had been asked not to use mobile phones during duty hours.

300 job applicants staged a protest and accused the Punjab Public Service Commission (PPSC) of rescheduling exams.

60 members of the FC Ambor Rifle Unit kidnap, torture Goth Mazari SHO, ASIand a constable.

The Punjab governor denies allegations against him and federal government regarding a plot to kill Khawaja Sharif.

A railway official was killed and six others were injured as truck overturns due to excessive floodwater.

Wasa has directed 22 sub divisions to detect illegal connections and try to identify network reportedly charging bills

CDA has promised to give 4,000 plots to accommodate occupants in the new Kuri Model Village.

Around 81 people died in 76 fatal accidents in the first eight months of the current year in Islamabad.

Hundreds of pending cases are of minor nature and petty crimes such as cheque dishonour and violation of section 144.

Dozens of labourers, forced to work in brick kilns, took to the streets on Friday afternoon in Islamabad.

Lashari’s dismissal from service as recommended by an inquiry committee has been overlooked by the authorities.