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Traffic planning: Three junctions at Thokar Niaz Baig remodelled
LAHORE: The Traffic Engineering and Transport Planning Agency has decided to remodel three junctions around Thokar Niaz Baig, The Express Tribune has learnt. A traffic island has been created at the...
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Thoughts on peace: ‘Thoughts are free...censorship and burning books cannot...
LAHORE: “Sufism can play a pivotal role in bringing peace to our region…We need to promote sufi teachings and writings,” Syed Siraj Naqvi, a journalist from India, said at the second day of the...
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Man accuses son of $8,500 stealing
FAISALABAD: Madina Town police on Sunday registered a case against a boy and his friends for allegedly stealing $8,500 from his father’s safe. Liaqat Ali, a resident of Madina Town’s Y-Block, filed a...
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New work stations: 2 judges promoted, transferred
MANDI BAHAUDDIN: Senior Civil Judge Tariq Saleem has been promoted and posted to Muzaffargarh as an additional sessions judge. Civil Judge Iftikharun Nabi has been posted to Toba Tek Singh as a...
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5 arrested in spurious ‘butter’ unit raid
BAHALWALPUR: Police on Sunday recovered 800 kilograms of spurious butter in a raid at a house. Five men caught preparing the butter were arrested. The raid was ordered by DSP Malik Tanveer Ahmad and...
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Power pilferage: Illegal mini grid station recovered
BAHALWALPUR: An illegal mini grid station was discovered near Rahim Yar Khan, where a man was found to be supplying electricity to several houses in the village. He was arrested. As part of the...
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Special children: ‘We can all contribute to society equally’
LAHORE: “I want to show people that people with disabilities can make healthy contributions to the society,” Mariam Arshad, a 19-year-old student with learning disabilities, said on Sunday. She was...
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Lahore Bar: List of candidates to be displayed on Dec 27
LAHORE: The final list of candidates in the Lahore Bar Association (LBA) election will be displayed on December 27 following scrutiny of nomination papers. The polling is scheduled to be held on...
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Is that Santa at the door? No, its the Shia community of Multan
MULTAN: Christmas for 700 Christian families in Multan was made extra special this year, as the Shia community showered them with gifts the day before the Chehlum of Imam Hussain. The goodwill step...
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LHC takes up drinking water case
LAHORE: Last week the Lahore High Court sought a report on laboratory tests carried out on samples of water taken from the city. Imtiaz Rasheed Qureshi, a resident of Sanda, had filed the petition....
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Security: Large police deployment for PTI rally
LAHORE: A contingent of 700 policemen was deployed along the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) rally on Sunday. The police had warned of strict action against those found breaking the law. However, the...
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Administrative control: Fate of St Francis High School hangs in the balance
LAHORE: The parish priest of the St Mary of Immaculate Conception Church, Kutchery Road, has threatened to go on a hunger strike if the city district government does not hand over the administration...
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Nuisance: ‘My neighbour keeps knocking on my gate’
LAHORE: An additional district and sessions judge on Monday sought comments from Shahdara station house officer in a petition seeking a case against a man for knocking on the petitioner’s main gate...
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Peace conference: ‘Women best accountants of what is lost in wars’
LAHORE: “The notion of peace is full of paradoxes… when we say there is no justice in the world, it is because there is no justice for differences,” Dalia Staponkute from Lithuania, a member of the...
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UHS budget approved
LAHORE: The University of Health Sciences (UHS) board of governors on Monday approved Rs521.982 million budget for the 2013-14 financial year. The budget was approved at the 32nd meeting of the UHS...
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Lizard hazard: Three prison officials suspended over tainted food
LAHORE: The inspector general of Punjab prisons told a three-member bench of the Supreme Court on Monday that two deputy superintendents and a jail warden had been suspended when a lizard was found...
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Indo-Pak relations: ‘Let’s re-write our history for a better future’
LAHORE: “We need to re-write our history with India to improve relations. A change in the narrative will bring a change in attitudes,” Punjab University Vice Chancellor Dr Mujahid Kamran said on...
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Going online: School libraries to be made electronic
FAISALABAD: Electronic libraries would be introduced at all government schools in the district, Education Executive District Officer (EDO) Shahida Sohail said on Monday. Talking to The Express...
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Two Tezgam Express bogeys gutted near RY Khan
BAHAWALPUR: Two Tezgam Express bogeys were gutted at the Noraywali railway crossing near Rahim Yar Khan on Sunday night. Two people received minor injurious. Rescue officials said the fire in bogey...
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Fuel crisis: 28 arrested for Rs12m gas theft
MULTAN: Twenty-eight people were arrested on Monday on charge of gas theft. The arrests were made in a raid at a restaurant by the district task force and Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Ltd (SNGPL)...
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