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Watchful eye: Tight security at the Metro Bus inauguration ceremony
LAHORE: Over 8,000 security officials were deployed for the Metro Bus System’s (MBS) inauguration ceremony on Sunday, the security plan finalised by the police on Saturday, was carried out without a...
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Doctors move protest camp to Jail Road after police action
LAHORE: The Young Doctors Association (YDA) Punjab blocked off one side of Jail Road on Sunday after riot police prevented them from marching towards the inauguration ceremony for the Metro Bus...
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Guru’s execution affects Sarabjit’s mercy appeal
LAHORE: The execution of Mohammad Afzal Guru not only brings bad news for Kashimiris who believe that the suspected militant was framed, but also casts doubts over the future of an Indian prisoner...
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No breakthrough: Nawaz declines President’s rendezvous request
ISLAMABAD: All hopes of reaching a likely breakthrough between the government and the country’s largest opposition party with regards to a caretaker setup faded after Nawaz Sharif politely “turned...
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You don’t need a fat wallet to win your Valentine’s heart: V-Day on a budget...
LAHORE: It’s the time of year when Cupid sprinkles confetti, lovers meet and the world is wrapped in overwhelmingly red decorations. It is also that time of year when card manufactures, chocolatiers...
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Four children die in Lahore house fire
A house fire in Lahore claimed the lives of four children, Express News reported. The house was reportedly located in a bazaar. The children could not manage to escape and perished. At least 24 people...
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Medical Negligence: Three doctors dismissed, victim still in coma
MULTAN: District and Sessions Judge Zafar Iqbal Chaudhry on Monday ordered the dismissal from service of three doctors from service over professional negligence. The doctors were also ordered to pay...
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‘Khar’s wife’ appeals jactitation of marriage decree
LAHORE: A woman, claiming to be a wife of Ghulam Mustafa Khar, a politician, has filed an appeal against the dismissal of a suit she had filed for the recovery of dower and a plea that Khar be...
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Two children die, 13 people injured in road accidents
SIALKOT / GUJRANWALA / MULTAN / FAISALABAD: Two children were killed and 13 people were injured on Tuesday in four road accidents. A five-year-old was run over by a tractor-trolley on Tuesday. The...
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Opportunities: Distance learning programme to begin at GCUF Layyah Campus
FAISALABAD: The Layyah Campus of the Government College University Faisalabad (GCUF) will start its first distance learning programme this year, Vice Chancellor Zakir Hussain said on Tuesday. Also,...
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Civil Rights: Bail denied in Ahmadi literature case
LAHORE: An additional district and sessions judge on Tuesday rejected an application for after-arrest bail by four men accused of publishing allegedly blasphemous books about the Ahmadi faith. The...
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Child kidnapped four years ago recovered
FAISALABAD: The police on Monday recovered a child kidnapped from Nurpur four years ago and arrested the kidnappers, a police spokesman said. Ashiq Ali had rented a portion of his house in Haji Abad...
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Khurram Dastagir condemns young doctors for violence against senior doctors
GUJRANWALA: “The young doctors have not only embarrassed their profession but also the city by misbehaving with and attacking their senior doctors. It is hard to understand their motive,” PML-N...
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PTI social media team launches iPhone application
LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) launched an iPhone application on January 20 to enhance its online social media presence. PTI is the first political party in the country to have an outstanding...
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Hunger strike: Do not prosecute senior doctors, says PMA
LAHORE: The Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) has asked the government not to register a case against any PMA Gujranwala office bearer or DHQ hospital Gujranwala administrator on the pressure of...
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Still free: The joy ride continues
LAHORE: Police have been deployed at every stop on the Metro Bus route to handle the problems caused by a surfeit of ‘joy riders’ and Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has instructed the Lahore Transport...
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Young doctors: Security alert at hospital after MS ‘threatened’
GUJRANWALA: Additional guards were deployed at the Civil Hospital on Tuesday after some of the young doctors allegedly threatened to assault the medical superintendent. The district coordination...
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National Women’s Day: ‘State no longer hostile, but there are new challenges
LAHORE: Ek Do Teen Chaar, Hum Naheen Hain Lachaar, said one of the purple banners put up at the entrance of the three-day conference organised by the Applied Socio-Economic Research (ASR) Resource...
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Meeting at Bilawal House: PPP candidates to contest 10 NA seats from Gujranwala
LAHORE: Pakistan Peoples Party’s (PPP) senior leadership held a meeting on Tuesday with party office bearers from Gujranwala division and gave the go-ahead to 10 candidates to contest the National...
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Bahawalpur Janoobi Punjab: Senate panel fails to take up new province bill
ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Law and Justice assigned to discuss a proposed constitutional bill, seeking the creation of Bahawalpur Janoobi Punjab province, failed to make any headway...
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