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Security Situation: Discrimination against minorities should stop
LAHORE: Malik Nasim Ahmed, a reserve member of the Swedish Parliament and an ambassador to the International Human Rights Commission for Scandinavian Countries, said on Wednesday that he never...
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Bright futures: 279 students at Khanewal colleges get solar lamps
KHANEWAL: Solar lamps were given to 244 female and 35 male students of various district colleges on Wednesday. The distribution ceremony was held at the Government College for Women and was presided...
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BNU’s ‘Bestival’ kicks off today
LAHORE: The Beaconhouse National University will organise a number of fundraising activities, over four days, to celebrate the National Education Fundraising Week. The week is being celebrated at the...
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Negligence: Two workers injured as patient’s family vandalise hospital
HAFIZABAD: The family of a pregnant woman, who was brought to district headquarters hospital, vandalised the emergency ward and attacked some paramedics. Two hospital workers were injured. Police...
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Literature and cultural festival: GCU, Punjab College win debating...
FAISALABAD: A debating competition was held at the University of Agriculture Faisalabad on Wednesday as part of its ongoing Lyallpur Literature and Cultural Festival. A book fair, a qirat and naat...
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Uniformed absence: 12 primary school teachers suspended from work
MULTAN: As many as 12 primary school teachers in Dera Ghazi Khan were suspended from their jobs on Wednesday for prolonged absence. District government officials said an inquiry had been started...
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Unhygienic food: ‘Flour mills fined for supplying substandard flour’
FAISALABAD: Some flourmills have been supplying substandard wheat flour The Express Tribune has learnt. Assistant Food Controller Muhammad Shafi said the Food Department had collected 244 samples of...
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Public Libraries and Archive Department formed
LAHORE: The province’s libraries and archives are now being managed under a single administration as the Punjab Archives and Libraries Department. The Public Libraries section of the Higher Education...
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Proposed additions: Industries Dept proposes six more consumer courts
LAHORE: The Industries Department has prepared a summary, recommending that consumer courts be established in six more districts across the province to facilitate citizens, The Express Tribune has...
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Press Information Department: Audit finds millions in irregular spending
LAHORE: An audit of the Lahore Press Information Department for 2010-12 has detected unauthorised spending of Rs9.534 million. Most of this spending came in the form of irregular promotions and...
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Bahawalpur South Punjab: New province bill sails through the Senate
ISLAMABAD: The government triumphed in its attempt to pass the new province bill (24th Constitutional Amendment Bill 2013) in the Senate on Wednesday, bringing it one step closer to the creation of a...
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Caretaker PM: Opposition unveils its nominees
LAHORE: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz and its likeminded opposition groups have put an end to weeks of a guessing game about their choice for caretaker prime minister. They have shortlisted three...
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Crackdown on ASWJ: Malik Ishaq’s son detained
BAHAWALPUR: District Coordination Officer (DCO) Nabeel Javed detained the district deputy president of Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat (ASWJ) for one month on the directions of the Punjab Home Department....
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Punjab University: University, bank officials stole millions in exam fees
LAHORE: Punjab University officials and bank employees have stolen millions of rupees in exam fees deposited by thousands of BA and MA students in an unfolding scandal which the university is yet to...
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Women’s Day: Working women complain of limited role in society
LAHORE: To commemorate the International Women’s Day, the South Asian Women in Media (SAWM) Pakistan held an event to discuss the challenges faced by women in Pakistan and the ways for their...
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Southern Loop of Ring Road: Govt drops public-private partnership plan
LAHORE: The Punjab government has dropped the idea of entering into a partnership with a private company to build the Southern Loop of the Ring Road, after exploring the idea for over a year, The...
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Hooliganism: Lawyers thrash litigants
LAHORE: A group of lawyers on Friday thrashed litigants and later filed a case against them after they came out of a district and sessions court after attending proceedings of a murder case. The...
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Pid: Director general issued notice
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court issued a notice to director general of Press Information Department (PID) and others, on Friday, on a petition seeking action against those responsible for misusing...
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‘More hospitals needed in south Punjab’
MULTAN: Khawaja Jalaluddin Rumi, the Nishtar Medical Institute board of management chairman, on Friday urged the government to build more hospitals in south Punjab. Addressing a press briefing at the...
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‘Sweden wants to widen bilateral ties’
LAHORE: Governor Makhdoom Syed Ahmed Mahmood said on Friday that the Pakistan-Iran gas pipeline project asserts the sovereignty of both countries and sends out a clear message that “we prize our...
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