Toppers: BISE announces position holders
FAISALABAD: The Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE) announced the position holders of the intermediate (Part-II, composite) examination on Sunday. BISE Examinations Controller Malik...
View ArticleWay out: Policeman commits suicide
FAISALABAD: A head constable committed suicide on Sunday. Jhang Bazaar police said he had had some liver problem. They said he had sought treatment from various doctors but his condition had not...
View ArticleWelcome steps: PM’s schemes are encouraging, says PWC
LAHORE: Pakistan Workers Confederation (PWC) on Sunday welcomed the six schemes announced by the prime minister for the youth. PWC Secretary Khurshid Ahmed said the schemes were pro-poor and would...
View ArticleWhither national interest: ‘Pakistan hasn’t had a visionary leader since ZA...
LAHORE: The judiciary, the army and the bureaucracy have to work together under the government to save Pakistan from the prevailing crises, speakers said at seminar on Power and Politics in Pakistan...
View ArticleYouTube battle moves on to next stage at Lahore High Court
LAHORE: The legal battle at the Lahore High Court over the reopening or otherwise of video-sharing website YouTube took a step forward last week as the judge hearing the case recommended that a full...
View ArticleLaw and order: FIR registered against 220 Sunni Tehreek men
FAISALABAD: Sandal Bar police on Sunday registered cases against 190 members of Pakistan Sunni Tehreek (PST) including 20 nominated persons for attacking a police station and creating a law and order...
View ArticleDeciding futures: Top positions in intermediate exam revealed
LAHORE: Boys got top positions intermediate examinations whose results were announced here on Sunday. The first two positions were secured by students of Government College University (GCU). Asad...
View ArticleCivil society calls for better protection of women, children
FAISALABAD: Civil society activists on Saturday staged a protest demonstration against violence against children and women in the country. The Association of Women for Awareness and Motivation (AWAM),...
View ArticleAhmadi persecution: Police bow to clerics to tear down minarets
LAHORE: Police demolished minarets at an Ahmadi place of worship in Sialkot on Saturday, after a group of protesters threatened to do so themselves, The Express Tribune has learnt. The police...
View ArticleAspiring doctors: 41,677 take the medical college admission test
LAHORE: As many as 41,677 candidates-13,361 boys and 28,316 girls- sat the medical and dental colleges entrance test on Sunday in 12 cities, amid tight security. The test began at 9am at 20...
View ArticleResults announced: 1,040 marks a new high in Multan board
MULTAN: Farheen Fatima of City College has scored 1,040 marks out of 1,100 setting a new record for the board. As many as 50,593 students sat the intermediate examinations this year. The pass...
View ArticleGrudge Man beaten up, thrown into canal
MIANWALI: A man was beaten up on Monday and thrown into a canal allegedly by his former brothers-in-law. He was rescued by some passers-by and taken to a hospital, where he was later said to be out...
View ArticleSuccess story: ‘I attended the ceremony at the cost of a day’s wage’
MULTAN: When Muhammad Shafi, 17, a resident of Layyah, decided he wanted to study commerce, he did not have money for a college. So he took the intermediate examinations as a private candidate. When...
View ArticleBounced cheque case: Nine judges refuse to hear bail plea ‘for personal...
LAHORE: The bail application of a traffic warden accused in a dishonoured cheque case has not been decided some three months after it was filed, with nine judges refusing to hear it for ‘personal...
View ArticleLaw and order: Hamza Shahbaz condemns Peshawar bombing
LAHORE: “Today we have to decide whether we want to live in peace or face the threat of violence everyday” MNA Hamza Shahbaz said at the intermediate examination prize distribution ceremony. Shahbaz...
View ArticleWriting and history: ‘Buddha’s stories beat Chekhov’s any day’
LAHORE: Celebrated author Intezar Hussain discussed his inspirations and influences and the values he likes in the writings of others here at the FC College Department of History on Monday. Hussain...
View ArticleJinnah Hospital: YDA demands fresh inquiry into snake-bite death
LAHORE: The Young Doctors Association of Punjab has demanded a fresh investigation into the death of a man brought to Jinnah Hospital with a snake bite, after an earlier inquiry held some doctors and...
View ArticleBreakdown: Pass percentage up by five points, says BISE
LAHORE: Pass percentage in the intermediate examination of the Lahore board was 61 per cent this year, a five percent jump from last year. The results were officially made available on the website of...
View ArticleJob well done: ‘Not easy studying by candlelight’
LAHORE: Proud and teachers applauded top students as they made their way to the stage to get their awards and certificates at the ceremony held for high achievers in the intermediate examinations the...
View ArticleCondemnation: Christian communities demand suo motu notice on Peshawar blasts
FAISALABAD / BAHAWALPUR / MULTAN: Protests rallies were held across the Punjab on Monday to condemn the Peshawar church blasts that killed 83 people and left more than 140 injured. According to...
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