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Investment opportunities: ‘Govt’s economic policies bringing in foreign...
LAHORE: The dream of progress and prosperity cannot be realised without economic security, Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif said while talking to Canadian High Commissioner Greg Giokas on Tuesday....
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Economic governance: ‘Technology can improve farm yields’
FAISALABAD: Bilateral trade between India and Pakistan can be enhanced while protecting the interests of stakeholders especially farmers, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad (UAF) Vice Chancellor...
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Punjab Youth Festival: Video game buffs take centre stage
LAHORE: The Punjab Youth Festival’s Gaming Arcade and Ad-Mad events concluded at the Punjab Stadium’s Gymnasium Hall on Tuesday. Minister for Sports and Education Rana Mashhood Ahmad Khan was the...
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Celebratory gunfire: Groom arrested after girl gets hit
FAISALABAD: A 14-year-old girl was injured in firing in the air at a wedding in Bhowana on Monday. Qaim Khan, a witness, told The Express Tribune that the girl, Abida Bibi, was injured when some...
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Governance priorities: What use are youth festival records, asks Imran Khan
LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chairman Imran Khan joined the Young Nurses Association (YNA) at a protest rally on Tuesday to slam the Punjab government for their indifference. Following an...
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Misappropriation: Five Education Dept officials including EDO suspended
FAISALABAD: The provincial government has suspended Executive District Officer (Education) Shahida Sohail and four other Education Department officials over alleged misappropriation of funds,...
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Youth Festival: COMSATS students win speed wiring contest
LAHORE: As many as 1,000 electrical engineering students from across the province competed in the speed wiring competition organised at the Punjab Stadium Gymnasium Hall on Wednesday. Team Wes Corp...
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Public health: ‘Steps being taken to eradicate polio’
LAHORE: Advisor to Chief Minster on Health Khawaja Slaman Rafique said on Wednesday that the government was taking steps to ensure children were immunised against polio. He said children entering the...
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Reading is fun: ‘Why should children only be exposed to academic books?’
LAHORE: “It is possible to prevent children and young people from engaging in terrorism if they are encouraged to read books from a young age…compassion and empathy will be hard to come by unless we...
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Misbehaviour: Warden suspended on LHC order
LAHORE: Chief Traffic Officer Sohail Chaudhry on Wednesday told the Lahore High Court that a departmental inquiry had been initiated against a warden for misbehaving with Justice Mazhar Iqbal Sidhu....
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Dengue control: ‘Strict action against negligent officials’
FAISALABAD: “Criminal cases will be registered against government officials if their offices are found infested with dengue larvae,” District Coordination Officer Noorul Amin Mengal said on...
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Relief efforts: Food items dispatched to Thar
LAHORE: “The Punjab Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) has started providing water and food to families in the drought-affected districts in Thar,” Relief Commissioner Nadeem Ashraf said on...
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Protests: Nurses split over talks with govt
LAHORE: The Young Nurses’ Association (YNA) has developed a split over whether or not to negotiate with the Health Department. On Wednesday, a group of YNA members announced they were ending their...
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Abduction attempt: Aasia Bibi’s lawyers threatened
LAHORE: Additional District and Sessions Judge Malik Tariq Mahmood Zargham on Tuesday directed the Old Anarkali police to register a case against some people accused of threatening and trying to...
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Equal rights: Protesters condemn attack on Okara church
OKARA: Dozens of rights activists and members of the Masiha Millat Party (MMP) on Wednesday staged a protest demonstration against police for its failure to arrest those involved in demolishing an...
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Need for dialogue: Conference calls for interfaith harmony
LAHORE: “Peaceful co-existence will bring prosperity to Pakistan,” said Archbishop of Lahore Sebastian Francis Shaw on Wednesday. He was speaking at the Interfaith Consultative Conference by the...
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Punjab Assembly: Lack of quorum keeps uplift authorities bill pending
LAHORE: The Opposition failed on Wednesday to defend any of its reservations or amendments to The Punjab Development of Cities (Amendment) Bill 2014 moved in the Punjab Assembly. Minister for Law and...
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Healthy activities: Rs3m announced for Balochistan Sports Festival
LAHORE: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has announced a Rs3 million grant for Balochistan’s sports festival. A three-member delegation led by the Punjab Sports Board Director General Usman Anwar has...
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Abducted?: Mystery of the missing traffic warden
LAHORE: A traffic warden was allegedly kidnapped from Ek Morya Pul, near City railway station on Tuesday. Warden Muhammad Azeem was performing duty at Ek Morya Pul around 11 am when unidentified...
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Fake cases: Police snubbed, teen ‘robber’ granted bail
LAHORE: A judicial magistrate on Tuesday granted bail to a student allegedly implicated by Nawab Town police in five false cases of robbery. The police produced Muhammad Hamid (an Intermediate...
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