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Crime against women: Girl sold a year ago recovered, ‘buyer’ arrested
LAHORE: The police on Tuesday night arrested a man who had allegedly ‘bought’ a girl from her brothers a year ago. Model Town SP Tariq Aziz Sindhu told The Express Tribune that Mariam*, youngest of...
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Spare the rod: Medical of injured students sought
BAHAWALPUR: Bahawalpur deputy district officer on Wednesday sought the medical report of seven children allegedly beaten by their teacher. Thalwari Government Primary School’s head Muhammad Afzal...
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75 couples marry in mass wedding
FAISALABAD: As many as 75 couples tied the knot in a mass wedding organised by the Madinah Foundation at the University of Faisalabad late on Tuesday night. Professor Mohammad Iqbal Tahir and the...
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Enabling black coats: LCCI to donate funds for lawyers’ hospital
LAHORE: Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry president Sohail Lashari on Wednesday announced that it would give the Lahore District Bar Association (DBA) funds for a lawyers’ hospital whose...
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Hunger strike: ‘Bring back all missing persons’
LAHORE: Under a tent in a small green belt across the Lahore Press Club, young students from Balochistan studying at various public universities across Lahore were on a hunger strike from 10 am to 10...
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‘My family tried to take my property’
LAHORE: Lahore High Court on Wednesday issued notices to the Punjab government and police on a petition by a man accusing his former wife and two uncles of colluding to get him declared mentally...
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Book launch: Journalists should follow Shorish’s lead, says Sarwar
LAHORE: “Agha Shorish Kashmiri was a great journalist who exposed oppression. Journalists today can learn a lot from him,” said Governor Chaudhry Muhammad Sarwar on Wednesday. He was addressing a...
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Safe drinking water for all: Rs12 billion allocated for Saaf Pani project,...
LAHORE: “The government wants to ensure provision of safe drinking water to all citizens. For this purpose, Rs12 billion have been allocated for the first phase of the project under which over 1,400...
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Nandipur Project: First test of 100MW turbine successful
LAHORE: The first test of the 100 megawatt turbine of the Nandipur Power Project conducted late on Tuesday was successful. All technical tests of the first gas turbine including performance, sound,...
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Taking the war digital: Rawalpindi police website gets hacked by the Taliban
RAWALPINDI: Taking their fight to the digital theater, a group of hackers supporting Taliban hacked the Rawalpindi police website on Thursday. The website was defaced by a group that calls itself the...
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Woman booked on theft charges
GUJAR KHAN: A woman was booked on theft charges in Gujar Khan on Thursday. Najma Bibi lodged a report with the local police stating she was visiting a local market when Raheela Bibi allegedly...
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Homage to saint: Musanjaf Ali Sarkar’s Urs kicks off tomorrow
A three-day Urs of Subedar Musanjaf Ali Sarkar will kick off at Balawara from May 17, said a press release. A large number of devotees and disciples of the saint will attend the service. Sahabzada Haq...
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Images speak: Photographs look at life, one moment at a time
LAHORE: A photo essay titled An Inner Silence by Nashmia Haroon opened on Thursday at the Zahoorul Ikhlaq Gallery. A slideshow of 72 photographs was displayed at the exhibition which will continue...
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Free and compulsory: Stakeholders skeptical of Education Ordinance
LAHORE: As the Punjab government prepares to implement Article 25-A of the Constitution intended to ensure free and compulsory education, stakeholders are skeptical about the law’s success. The...
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Loan for loan: Govt eyes $150m IDB loan to finance youth scheme
LAHORE: The government intends to get a $150.50 million loan from the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) to finance the Chief Minister’s Self Employment Scheme (CMSES), The Express Tribune has learnt. The...
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Canal Road expansion: Body formed to save trees mulls road widening
LAHORE: The government is considering expanding the Canal Road over the green belt that has been declared a heritage park by the Supreme Court of Pakistan, The Express Tribune has learnt. In its...
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Tackling violence: Speakers discuss women’s security, diversity and volunteerism
LAHORE: A seminar organised to encourage youth volunteerism and highlight the importance of knowing one’s rights was held at the Lahore College for Women University (LCWU) on Thursday. Students from...
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Law and order: ‘Command and control centre to check crime’
LAHORE: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Thursday said that a modern command and control centre was being set up to check crime in the city. Presiding over a meeting, he said the centre would have...
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No response: LHC warns Fortress Stadium Management
LAHORE: Justice Ayesha A Malik of the Lahore High Court warned the Fortress Stadium Management on Thursday that activities on Fortress Square plaza will be stayed if it failed to submit replies by...
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Falsely accused: ‘I was never kidnapped’
LAHORE: Justice Manzoor Ahmed Malik of the Lahore High Court on Thursday directed police not to harass a man nominated in an FIR for kidnapping a businessman from a mental hospital, as the ‘abducted’...
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