Expired drugs: Another five pharmacies and clinics sealed
RAWALPINDI: The District Quality Control Board on Monday recovered illegal, expired and unauthorised drugs from another five pharmacies and hospitals during an ongoing drive. The board has launched a...
View ArticlePunjab University: ‘Parents must keep kids away from IJT’
LAHORE: Education Minister Rana Mashhood Khan has appealed to the parents of Islami Jamiat Talaba (IJT) activists not to allow their children “to become tools of elements putting their future at risk...
View ArticleMisleading figures: Punjab omits dengue deaths from datasheet
ISLAMABAD: After 2011, the country was once again in the grip of a dengue fever outbreak this year, which exposed the poor preparations and management of health departments to address patients. In...
View ArticlePrisoners in Punjab: Scores awaiting release for want of money
LAHORE: Up to 138 prisoners are still in jail, despite completion of their conviction period because because they cannot pay the blood money or the fine, official documents available with The Express...
View ArticleRaja Bazaar tragedy: Police arrest 21 more suspects
RAWALPINDI: The police claimed to have arrested 21 more suspects linked to the Rawalpindi tragedy from different localities of the city. A police team arrested the suspects with the help of footage...
View ArticlePunjab University: IJT clashes with police as boys kicked out of hostel
LAHORE: Islami Jamiat Talaba (IJT) activists clashed with policemen, torched a bus and disrupted traffic on Monday in a protest at the Punjab University’s (PU) decision to convert a hostel for boys...
View ArticleBare necessities: Govt asked to explain price control measures
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Tuesday sought a report from the government on its mechanism for revising prices. Justice Khalid Mahmood Khan directed the government to submit the report by December...
View ArticleWASA to cover manholes after man falls in and dies
FAISALABAD: A man died on Tuesday after falling into a manhole on one of the busiest roads of the city. Shortly after the incident and a protest that followed, the Water and Sanitation Agency...
View ArticleHere they go again: Faisalabad lawyers plan to besiege LHC
FAISALABAD: The Faisalabad District Bar Association president on Tuesday said that lawyers would besiege the Lahore High Court on December 17 to press their demand for LHC benches in five Punjab...
View ArticleControlling dengue: Health Dept to report on ‘expired meds’
LAHORE: Hearing a petition against the government’s alleged failure to control deaths from dengue fever, the Lahore High Court on Tuesday asked the government to file a report on the alleged supply...
View ArticlePunjab University: Terrorism charge removed from FIR against 6 students
LAHORE: An anti-terrorism court on Tuesday removed Section 7 of the Anti Terrorism Act from the FIR against six university students and directed the police to produce them before another court. The...
View ArticleForms of abuse: ‘Change mindsets to end domestic violence’
LAHORE: An overwhelming 74 per cent of the women surveyed by Rutgers WPF had been victims of physical domestic violence, Natasha Sajjad, of Rutgers WPF, said on Tuesday. She was speaking at a...
View ArticleNational issue: Case registered for hindering polio drive
FAISALABAD: The Tandlianwala police has registered a case against a villager for making provocative speech from a neighbourhood mosque against the anti-polio drive calling the campaign “anti-Islamic”...
View ArticlePunjab University: Consensus against IJT grew from al Qaeda man’s arrest
LAHORE: The Punjab University administration, law enforcement agencies and the Punjab government are all on the same page in an operation to clear university hostels of illegal residents, officials...
View ArticlePublic transport: Normal bus services resume
LAHORE: The Lahore Transport Company (LTC) resumed normal aTuesday, a day after they were suspended when Punjab University students attacked several buses. LTC Operations Manager Faisal Nisar said...
View ArticleResolution: PA condemns attack on Express
LAHORE: Both sides of the Punjab Assembly passed a resolution on Tuesday condemning the attack on the offices of Express News a day earlier in Karachi. Leader of the Opposition Mian Mehmoodur Rashid...
View ArticlePunjab Assembly: Opp walks out over ‘drama’ taunts
LAHORE: The opposition led by the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) boycotted Punjab Assembly proceedings on Tuesday after the treasury benches refused to entertain their resolution about US drone...
View ArticleLow-cost housing: Body formed to identify land for PM’s scheme
LAHORE: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has constituted a committee to identify suitable land in the Punjab for the Prime Minister’s Housing for Low-Income People. The chief secretary will be the...
View ArticleFake degree case: Sarwar gets protective bail for one week
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Wednesday granted seven-day protective bail to former federal minister Ghulam Sarwar, who is accused of running for election on a fake degree, and directed him to...
View ArticleRoad accidents: Four policemen killed, four injured
FAISALABAD: Four policemen were killed and four others were injured in two road accidents in Faisalabad on Wednesday. A police spokesman said that six City Toba Tek Singh police officials were...
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