Worship places: Saint Mary’s Cathedral reopens after renovation
MULTAN: The 165 years old Saint Mary’s Cathedral in cantonment was opened for worshipers on Monday evening after it had remained closed for a week for renovation. The church had been undergoing...
View Article'Kidnapping' case: Minor returned to ‘parents who gave her away’
LAHORE: A baby girl born just four months after her parents’ wedding and then allegedly given away to protect the couple’s reputation was returned to her parents on Tuesday. The parents, Naeem and...
View ArticlePunjab Assembly: Speaker stops minister from doing Sanaullah’s job
LAHORE: PML-N MPA Sheikh Allauddin pointed out a violation of the Punjab Assembly Rules of Procedure 1997 by the government in dealing with adjournment motions on Tuesday. The session resumed at...
View ArticlePU hostel search: Administration hands over 4 illegal occupants to police
LAHORE: The Punjab University (PU) administration on Wednesday searched one of their hostels and handed over 4 illegal occupants to the police, Express News reported. The search was conducted at...
View ArticleWedding crashers: LHC takes notice of robbery charge against police
LAHORE: The LHC on Tuesday took notice of a complaint against around 20 Faisalabad police officials accusing them of looting a bus carrying people to a wedding. The court directed the relevant...
View ArticleBlurred tragedies: Dozens dead as fog descends on Punjab
LAHORE: Dozens of people were killed and hundreds injured in the last 36 hours as thick fog enveloped the plains of Punjab, causing a number of collisions and snarling traffic for more than half a...
View ArticleDetention: ‘Bagram prisoners will be released after questioning’
LAHORE: A law officer of the Interior Ministry on Tuesday told the Lahore High Court that the six Pakistani citizens repatriated from Bagram prison in Afghanistan were being interrogated by an...
View ArticleAshura violence: Protesters claim police arresting innocent citizens
RAWALPINDI: Relatives of the persons arrested for their alleged involvement in the Ashura violence along with Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen activists staged a protest demonstration on Benazir Bhutto Road...
View ArticleInformation technology: UAF sets up website to help farmers
FAISALABAD: “The University of Agriculture, Faisalabad (UAF), has set up a website, Zarai Baithak, to help farmers resolve their problems,” UAF Vice Chancellor Iqrar Ahmad Khan said on Wednesday. He...
View ArticleRigging allegations: NADRA stopped from verifying NA 118 voters’ thumb...
LAHORE: A division bench of the Lahore High Court on Wednesday stopped National Database Registration Authority (NADRA) from verifying NA 118 voters through thumb impressions. The court suspended the...
View ArticleBonded labour: Workers demand raises, enforcement of labour laws
FAISALABAD: Hundreds of kiln workers on Wednesday staged a protest demonstration to press their demand for a raise in wages. Talking to the media, Labour Qaumi Movement (LQM) leader Aslam Meraj said...
View ArticleProtest: Doctor blamed for woman’s death
BAHAWALPUR: The family and relatives of a woman who died following a caesarian birth at a private hospital in Bahawalpur on Wednesday protested against the hospital administration and accused a...
View ArticleGuns, ammo seized by motorway police
RAWALPINDI: The National Highway and Motorway Police on Wednesday claimed to have recovered a huge cache of arms and ammunition besides arresting two accused. The motorway police said that during...
View ArticleLaptop scheme: Rs230m penalty on supplier proposed to be waived
LAHORE: The planning and general wing of Education department has moved a proposal to waive a Rs230 million fine imposed on a company for violating an agreement with the government for supply of...
View ArticleFog hazard: ‘Drive safe or don’t drive at all’
LAHORE: City traffic police and the National Highway and Motorway police have issued advisory for motorists in view of the dense fog that descended upon the province on Tuesday, bringing the...
View ArticleRecognition: CM gives away gold medals to Pakistan movement workers
LAHORE: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Wednesday gave away Tehrik-i-Pakistan gold medals to 147 veteran workers of Pakistan movement at a ceremony held at Pakistan Movement Workers Trust. The...
View ArticleCounter-terrorism: PSP resents Home Department plans
LAHORE: A member of Police Service of Pakistan Officers’ Association met on Wednesday at capital city police officer’s office (CPO) to discuss their reservations on amendments to the Punjab police...
View ArticleDeadly matters: Death toll from Gracy Lane blast rises to four
RAWALPINDI: The death toll from the Gracy Lane bomb blast on Tuesday has increased to 4, as a police inspector succumbed to his injuries on Wednesday morning. Four people including Airport Police...
View ArticlePublic-private varsity: CM constitutes committee to probe irregularities
LAHORE: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Wednesday ordered for a committee to be constituted to review the process of establishment of universities under the public-private partnership mode in the...
View ArticleState Minister Khurram Dastagir assaulted in Gujranwala
GUJRANWALA: State Minister for Commerce and Textile Industry Khurram Dastagir Khan and his father and his father-in-law were attacked at a local restaurant in Gujranwala on early Friday, Express News...
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