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Supreme Court to be consulted on YouTube ban
LAHORE: The Supreme Court is yet to be approached for clarification of its order regarding ban on YouTube, as directed by the Lahore High Court last week. On May 13, a division bench of the LHC had...
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Investment loopholes: Apparel Park all set for ‘hasty’ start
LAHORE: The government is scheduled to proceed with the groundbreaking of Apparel Park in Sheikhupura later this month without addressing concerns of the National Highway Authority (NHA) and amid...
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Mixed media: Art that reflects linkages between religion and culture
LAHORE: “Through my recent work, I have tried to comment on how different elements of war and other objects of destruction have affected our lives”, artist Imran Mudassar told The Express Tribune on...
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Sexual harassment: CJ notice on complaint against FIA man
MULTAN: Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Tasadduq Jillani has taken notice of a sexual harassment complaint against some officials in the legal department of Federal Investigation Agency’s Multan...
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Political history: ‘We need a history based on facts, not animosity’
LAHORE: “Nationalism has no singular definition. It has varied interpretations and no one interpretation can be applied to every case. It is an abstract slogan, as can be seen through its usage...
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Rs5 billion Ramazan Package for Punjab
LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Sunday announced Rs5 billion Ramazan Package for the holy month. Presiding over a high-level meeting, the chief minister said the Ramazan Package was...
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Online ‘romance’: Four arrested for raping a woman
DERA GHAZI KHAN: Four men were arrested on Saturday for allegedly raping a woman. Police said the woman, a resident of Korangi, Karachi, had had a relationship with a man from Dera Ghazi Khan over a...
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Abduction: Kidnapped girl reunited with family
GUJRANWALA: Aroop police on Saturday recovered a three year-old girl who had been kidnapped on Friday and handed her over to her family. The father, Qaiser Abbas, a resident of Dera Awanan, had filed...
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Bachelors’ theses: Artists explore identity, technology, visual forms
LAHORE: “The work on display at the BNU degree show this year has many common threads. They generate a lively visual dialogue. The artists deal with form and fabrication, new technologies, notions of...
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Women workers: Convention calls for law on home-based work
LAHORE: “Labour laws should be the same for men and women. The draft bill on home-based workers should be passed without dekay,” said Ume Laila Azhar, the executive director of HomeNet Pakistan. She...
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Preserving history: Landmark High Court building re-opens
LAHORE: “The Lahore High Court building has been constructed on the concept of secularism, so that no man would fear discrimination on account of religion or race in dispensation of justice,” Justice...
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Turkish model: Punjab to have Dolphin Police unit, says CM
LAHORE: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Saturday announced that a Dolphin Unit would be started in the Punjab Police along the pattern of Dolphin Unit in Turkey. He said officials would be inducted...
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Healthcare: PMDC asks private colleges to provide free beds to patients
LAHORE: The Pakistan Medical and Dental College (PMDC) has written a letter to private medical colleges asking them to abide by the rule requiring allocation of 50 per cent beds in teaching hospitals...
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Higher education: Efforts afoot to raise education standards says Sarwar
LAHORE: Governor Chaudhry Muhammad Sarwar said on Sunday the Vice Chancellors’ Committee had proposed steps to lift the standards of education in public and private universities. The recommendations...
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Wait and see: Siraj decries ‘London politics’
LAHORE: Those talking in London about the welfare of Pakistan should come back and help steer the country out of the crisis, Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) ameer Sirajul Haque said on Sunday. “Instead of trying...
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One crime too many: Three robbers killed in Muzaffargarh encounter
MULTAN: Three robbers were killed in an exchange of firing with the police on Sunday after villagers and police collaborated to block their escape routes. Three robbers were snatching motorcycles...
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Prevention: ‘Stay hydrated to avoid sun stroke’
LAHORE: “Heat strokes can be fatal if preventive measures are not taken,” Jinnah Hospital Medical Superintendent Dr Abdul Rauf said on Sunday. He said sun strokes occurred due to the failure of body’s...
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Farzana Parveen’s father produced in court
LAHORE: The chief justice of Pakistan, the prime minister, the Lahore High Court chief justice, and the Punjab chief minister all took notice of the murder of Farzana Parveen near Lahore High Court...
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Law enforcement: Compensation for officials killed on job increased
LAHORE: The government has raised the amount of compensation to be paid to the families of federally-regulated law enforcement agencies’ officials killed in the line of duty. A notification issued by...
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Economic uplift: ‘Pakistan will soon become an Asian tiger’
FAISALABAD: “This government has put the country on the road to progress and prosperity,” State Minister for Water and Power Abid Sher Ali said on Sunday. He was speaking to newsmen at...
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