For justice: LHC takes notice of molestation reports
LAHORE: Lahore High Court’s Complaint Cell on Tuesday took notice of media reports of three women being molested in three districts. One of the reports said Sadiq, a resident of Gogera, lured a woman...
View ArticlePublic school: ‘Exams Commission only being reformed’
LAHORE: Speaking at a dialogue on Monday Learning Challenges and Inclusion of All, organised by the Idara-i-Taleem Aagahi and Pakistan Coalition for Education, the Standing Committee on Education...
View ArticleDengue fever control: Various depts directed to continue dengue surveillance...
LAHORE: Adviser to Chief Minister on Health Salman Rafique directed all departments and institutions concerned to continue vigorous dengue fever surveillance activities. He said citizens should...
View ArticleInformation legislation: Who wants to know about their right to information?
LAHORE: How many Pakistanis genuinely care about the Right to Information Act? Will the government facilitate the implementation of the Act? Will the youth want to know about this Act? Why is there a...
View ArticleQuality education: Shahbaz announces 100,000 more laptops for students
LAHORE: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif said on Tuesday 100,000 laptops would be distributed among students this year. Presiding over a meeting of the Education Department, he recalled that during the...
View ArticleChildren entering Punjab must be vaccinated: Shahbaz
LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Tuesday ordered arrangements for vaccination against polio at entry and exit points of the province and said that district coordination officers should...
View ArticleChild marriages: ‘Punjab should follow Sindh’s lead and adopt law’
LAHORE: A seminar on Early Child Marriages in Pakistan was held on Wednesday by students of the Social Work Department at the Lahore College for Women University in collaboration with Strengthening...
View ArticleWomen’s welfare: Working women at a loss over raise in hostel charges
FAISALABAD: Tenants of government hostels built to accommodate working women have protested the Women Development Department’s decision to raise the rents, charges and security fee of working women...
View ArticlePrevention: E-tag plan aims to check cattle theft
FAISALABAD: The district government has started an electronic-tagging project for cattle to check their theft in Faisalabad, the district police chief said on Wednesday. “After the animals are tagged,...
View ArticleViolent crime: Man shoots former wife, her sister outside court
FAISALABAD: A man shot his former wife and her sister dead near a Jaranwala court’s main gate on Wednesday. Police said Najma Bibi had married Najabat, a resident of Jaranwala, a few years ago. Since...
View ArticleOver land: Man accused of misappropriating sister’s property
LAHORE: An additional district and sessions judge sought comments from the Hanjarwal SHO on Wednesday on a petition by a woman seeking the registration of a case against her brother whom she accuses...
View ArticleWater woes: Canal breach destroys wheat, cotton crops
BAHAWALPUR: A 120-foot wide breach in the Ahmad Wah Canal on Tuesday at Kacha Bhatta in Ahmadpur Lama swept away ready-for-harvest wheat crop on a number of acres and damaged cotton and fodder crops...
View ArticleInconvenience: LHC disposes of petition against CM house barricades
LAHORE: The government told Lahore High Court on Wednesday that special stickers had been issued to Model Town Society residents to end inconvenience caused by the closure of a public thoroughfare...
View ArticleJoseph Colony suspects: Bail cancellation plea rejected
LAHORE: A bench of the Lahore High Court on Wednesday dismissed the Punjab govt’s appeal seeking the cancellation of bails to 83 suspects accused of torching more than 200 houses in Joseph Colony....
View ArticleUnresolved problems: Teachers to protest outside PA today
LAHORE: Hundreds of teachers will protest in front of the provincial assembly on Thursday (today) against the government for not resolving their issues. The protest has been called by the Punjab...
View ArticleUnanimous in violation: 50 per cent beds for poor at teaching hospitals a far...
LAHORE: A Health Department letter to all the private medical colleges in the Punjab, asking them to observe a rule regarding allocation of 50 percent beds in their teaching hospitals for poor...
View ArticleEqual punishment: Accountability court convicts allowed remission in sentence
LAHORE: A Lahore High Court division bench on Wednesday accepted petitions moved by several accountability court convicts. They were seeking the benefit of presidential remissions for their...
View ArticleToo enthusiastic: CJ seeks Khan’s comments on PTI activists’ rowdyism
LAHORE: Lahore High Court Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial on Wednesday asked Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan to submit in writing his position on the disturbance caused by PTI...
View ArticlePTI threatens to halt traffic if protest barred
FAISALABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) has threatened to paralyse traffic in the Punjab if the government created any impediments for the participants of the party’s proposed May 11 protest...
View ArticleHuman rights lawyer Rashid Rehman shot dead
MULTAN / LAHORE: Notable human rights lawyer Rashid Rehman Advocate was shot dead at his office in Multan Wednesday evening. According to police and eyewitnesses, two armed men opened fire at Rashid...
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