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Remembring ZAB: PPP workers shower tributes on former premier
RAWALPINDI: The Pakistan People’s Party activists observed the 35th death anniversary of former prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto here on Friday. A large number of PPP activists and local leaders...
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Court appearance: Plea for top spymasters’ exemption accepted
ISLAMABAD: The Lahore High Court (LHC) Rawalpindi Bench has accepted intelligence agencies’ applications, seeking exemption for the country’s top spymasters from appearing in person in court in a...
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Limited responsibility: Police ask minorities to secure themselves
RAWALPINDI: A directive by the Punjab government to enhance security for minorities’ places of worship has resulted in station house officers (SHOs) passing on the buck by issuing a long list of...
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Couple gets death over 'blasphemous' text message
LAHORE: A court in eastern Pakistan has sentenced a Christian couple to death for sending a blasphemous text message insulting to Prophet Mohammed (pbuh), their lawyer said Saturday. Judge Mian Amir...
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Management: ‘Strict action against negligent officials’
FAISALABAD: City Police Officer (CPO) Haider Ashraf said on Saturday that strict action would be taken against delinquent policemen. Speaking at a khuli kacheri (open court) at the Government High...
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‘Rs400m to be provided for new girls’ hostel’
FAISALABAD: “The provincial government has earmarked Rs400 million for the construction of a girls’ hostel at the University of Agriculture, Faisalabad,” UAF Vice Chancellor Iqrar Ahmad Khan said on...
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Springscapes: Landscapes across Pakistan illustrated at Royaat Gallery
LAHORE: An art exhibition showcasing 12 painters’ work on Pakistan’s ‘springscape’ at Royaat Gallery will open on April 10. It is titled The Artist’s View: Springscape at Royaat. Faryal Haris, the...
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Get together: PGMI to hold its first alumni conference
LAHORE: The Post Graduate Medical Institute will hold its first alumni conference in the third week of April, marking 40 years of its establishment. PGMI alumni abroad will also be invited to the...
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Epidemic control: Shahbaz asks for report on swine flu situation
LAHORE: Two patients suffering apparently from swine flu passed away in Lahore on Saturday. The World Health Organisation has so far reported 37 suspected cases of H1N1 flu in the province, 15 of...
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Higher education: Women promised equal opportunity
LAHORE: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has approved the establishment of a new hostel for the students of Islamia College for Women, said Education Minister Rana Mashhood Ahmed Khan on Saturday. Khan...
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Cyber crime: Two people arrested for credit card fraud
LAHORE: Two men suspected of credit card fraud were arrested by the National Response Centre for Cyber Crime (NR3C) on Friday. FIA Director Usman Anwar told The Express Tribune that Muhammad Abubakar...
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A law unto themselves: Cases against 11 cops for ‘illegal arrest, beating’
FAISALABAD: Additional Sessions Judge Muhammad Azhar Chaudhry on Saturday ordered that cases be registered against 11 policemen including a station house officer (SHO) for arresting a man and beating...
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Propaganda against PYF an attempt to defame Pakistan: Rana Mashhood
LAHORE: Provincial Minister for Sports and Education Rana Mashhood Ahmad Khan said on Saturday that propaganda against the Punjab Youth Festival (PYF) was part of an attempt to defame the country....
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Affirmative action: Ready for more women decision makers?
LAHORE: The Women Development Department is inviting online applications from women seeking membership of the boards of statutory organisations, public companies and committees. The last date to...
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Lawyer-police contention: Lawyer seeks case against police for his arrest,...
LAHORE: An additional district and sessions judge directed the Operations SSP to record a lawyer’s petition seeking to file a case against the Kahna SHO, DSP, SI and 16 other police officials. The...
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Police foil bid to explode pipeline in Rahim Yar Khan
RAHIM YAR KHAN: Foiling bid to blow up a gas pipeline in Rahim Yar Khan, security forces early Sunday arrested three suspected members of the banned Balochistan Republican Army, Express News reported....
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Higher education: 7 universities from the US set up college fair
LAHORE: Representatives of seven universities and colleges from the Unites States engaged with students aspiring to pursue higher education abroad at a fair held at the Forman Christian College on...
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Welcome visitors: Pakistan-Britain relations have deep roots, says Shahbaz
LAHORE: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has said friendly relations between Pakistan and Britain are deep rooted. He was addressing a delegation led by the Mayor of British city Waltham Forest, Nadeem...
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‘FinFisher surveillance set up on servers under PTA’
LAHORE: The alleged set-up of a surveillance technology, FinFisher, in Pakistan was challenged before the Lahore High Court on Sunday. The petitioner, Bytes for All chairman Shahzad Ahmad, said that...
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Posthumous justice: Copy of FIR sought to plead Bhagat Singh’s innocence
LAHORE: An additional district and sessions judge has sought comments from the Legal Affairs DSP on a petition seeking an attested copy of the FIR registered against Bhagat Singh for the murder of SSP...
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