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Medical journals: Moot urges medical editors to protect scientific record
LAHORE: There is a dire need for understanding among medical editors and reviewers in the country to ensure standardised research and quality publications. Medical experts discussed these issues...
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About lawyers: ‘We believe in supremacy of law’
LAHORE: Former president of the Supreme Court Bar Association, Mian Israr-ul-Haq, said on Saturday that the lawyers’ community in Pakistan believed in the supremacy of law. He said he was proud of...
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Payment default: FESCO cuts power supply to nine govt departments
FAISALABAD: The Faisalabad Electric Supply Company on Saturday disconnected the electricity supply to nine government offices for defaulting on their power bills, a Fesco spokesman said. They include...
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Health challenges: ‘Waterborne diseases kill 1.2m every year’
FAISALABAD: Waterborne diseases claim 1.2 million lives in the country each year, health experts from the University of Agriculture, Faisalabad (UAF) said on Saturday. They were speaking to a batch...
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Education for all: ‘Free schooling bill to be tabled in May’
LAHORE: Education Minister Rana Mashhood Ahmad Khan said on Friday the Punjab cabinet had approved a bill for the right to free and compulsory education. Speaking to The Express Tribune, he said the...
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Bad medicine: Over 450 pharmacies selling spurious drugs in Lahore
LAHORE: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has identified more than 450 drug stores selling spurious drugs in the provincial capital, according to a report of the agency available with The...
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Further tragedy: Boy injured in balloon explosion dies
LAHORE: A 15-year-old boy on Saturday succumbed to burn injuries he had sustained after gas-filled balloons exploded near him on April 20 near Kamahan Road. Navid and 35 other people had had to be...
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Labour conference: Decent living essential to human values, says Mamnoon
LAHORE: “Democracy in Pakistan is being strengthened…our country will emerge as one of the most important in the region over the next five years,” President Mamnoon Hussain said at the closing...
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Going abstract: Silence Please at Nairang from May 5
LAHORE: An art exhibition titled Silence Please will begin at the Nairang Art Gallery on May 5. Thirty art pieces by 10 artists will be on display. The artists are Zarah David, Sehar Jalil, Sadia...
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[Inter]national community: First overseas Pakistanis conference starts today
LAHORE: As many as 400 delegate are expected to participate in the first overseas Pakistanis’ convention which will open on Monday (today). These delegates are community leaders representing 5...
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Basic needs: PPP demands 20 per cent raise in salaries
LAHORE: “Finance Minister Ishaq Dar should announce a 20 per cent in salaries of government employees and pensioners because they have been badly affected by the unprecedented hike in the price of...
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Welfare: Homes to be built for beggars
LAHORE: Minister for Social Welfare Syed Haroon Sultan Bukhari on Sunday said the government had started a project to provide accommodation and skills training for street beggars. He said that the...
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Revenge crime: Two minor girls killed ‘by former aunt’
MULTAN: Two minor girls were allegedly killed by their former aunt, in what relatives say was an act of revenge for a bitter divorce. The tragic incident took place in the rural area of Chah Chaanu...
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Christian divorce: Court seeks assistance from AG, bishop
LAHORE: Lahore High Court on Monday sought assistance of the attorney general and Bishop Sebastian Shaw by June 7 on a petition challenging the Christian Divorce Act 1869. Justice Mansoor Ali Shah...
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Lahore’s serial killer ‘wanted to teach gays a lesson’
LAHORE: Short in stature and softly spoken, paramedic Muhammed Ejaz was probably destined for a life of relative anonymity – until he began killing gay men he met online. The 28-year-old father-of-two...
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Reopening Bhagat Singh’s case: ‘Police not giving me the original FIR’
LAHORE: An additional district and sessions judge on Monday sought comments from the capital city police officer in a compliance petition filed by a man seeking orders for the police to provide him...
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Exhibition highlights impact of social factors on mental illness
LAHORE: Students from 12 educational institutions participated in an exhibition for Mental Health Week, which started on Monday at the Government College University Lahore. Organised by the GCU...
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Goodwill gestures: Delay in project launch advised to help farmers
LAHORE: The Sahiwal commissioner has requested that the groundbreaking ceremony for two coal-fired power projects that the Punjab chief minister is to attend on Wednesday should be deferred for a few...
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‘Old’ waste disposal ways dumped
FAISALABAD: Faisalabad Solid Waste Management Company (FSWMC) has acquired 150 acres near Chak 211 to dump solid waste collected from the city. Talking to The Express Tribune, FSWMC Managing Director...
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DCO takes notice of vegetable market mismanagement
FAISALABAD: District Coordination Officer (DCO) Noorul Amin Mengal on Sunday took serious notice of mismanagement in fruit and vegetable markets. He ordered the market committee staff to improve...
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