Dangerous stunts: Four injured while performing wheelies
LAHORE: Four men received minor injuries when they fell off their motorcycles while performing one-wheelies on The Mall on Sunday. A Rescue-1122 team took them to a hospital where doctors later said...
View ArticleLaw enforcers cannot wash their hands off the murder near the court
LAHORE: Law enforcement officials cannot be silent spectators at a scene of crime. They are bound to take immediate action. The Lahore police chief’s statement that the police officials deputed at the...
View ArticleBittersweet homecoming: Expatriates robbed by men in police uniform
LAHORE: Armed men dressed as policemen robbed three expatriates of large amounts of cash and valuables on Ring Road early on Sunday morning, when they were going home from the Lahore airport. Four...
View ArticleOn track: Passenger train restored, named after Faiz
LAHORE: A train on Narowal section was restored on Sunday and named after poet Faiz Ahmad Faiz. More than 1,600 people would travel by the Faiz Ahmad Faiz passenger train daily, Railways Minister...
View ArticleBiggest bar: LBA leaders’ accounts of finance secretary’s suspension vary
LAHORE: Several Lahore Bar Association (LBA) leaders have expressed surprise over the suspension of LBA’s finance secretary’s, claiming that they were not aware of it. LBA President Chaudhry Ishtiaq...
View ArticleLivestock development : Dairy sector growth can curb poverty, says Shahbaz
LAHORE: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif said on Sunday the private sector could help growth in the livestock and dairy farming sector. He said the development of livestock sector could help alleviate...
View ArticlePreserving heritage: Advertisement on historical buildings banned
FAISALABAD: District Coordination Officer (DCO) Noorul Amin Mengal on Sunday imposed a ban on posters and banners on historical buildings across Faisalabad. Addressing a meeting, the DCO said the...
View ArticleRailways refuses Sheikh Rasheed's 'train march' request
LAHORE: Pakistan Railways has refused Awami Muslim League (AML) chief Sheikh Rasheed’s request to hold a ‘train march’ starting from Rawalpindi to Lahore on June 20, Express News reported on Monday....
View ArticleRaid: Police rescue toddler, arrest child killer
MULTAN: Police in Muzaffargarh district recovered a three-year-old girl from a Muradabad colony house they raided on Sunday and arrested her 22-year-old abductor on charges of kidnapping and...
View ArticleDouble jeopardy: LTC inspectors to cut rickshaw drivers some slack, for now
LAHORE: A four-hour protest by the rickshaw drivers’ union at the Liberty roundabout on Monday ended only after the Lahore Transport Company (LTC) assured the rickshaw drivers that the company’s...
View ArticleDisorderly conduct: Lawyers attack police, free client
LAHORE: A group of lawyers on Monday attacked police personnel at the Lahore High Court after their client was denied bail in a fraud case and helped him escape arrest. Justice Alia Neelam rejected...
View ArticleCarnage at Karachi airport: Red alert declared at Lahore airport
LAHORE: The authorities on Monday ordered a red alert at the Allama Iqbal International Airport following an overnight terrorist attack on the Jinnah International Airport in Karachi. The Airport...
View Articlechange of guard: PIC gets new board of management
LAHORE: The health secretary on Monday constituted a new board of management for Punjab Institute of Cardiology (PIC). The new members include Khwaja Ahmad Hassaan, Safdar Javed Syed, Ayesha Ghaus...
View Article‘Sexual harassment’: LHC seeks report on cases against students
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Monday sought a report from the Mandi Bahauddin district coordination officer (DCO) and district police officer (DPO) about registration of cases against...
View ArticleTardiness: LHC takes notice of slow disposal of cases
LAHORE: Lahore High Court took notice on Monday of the slow rate of disposal of cases involving complaints filed by overseas Pakistanis. The judge directed the district judiciary to clear the backlog...
View ArticleMutual cooperation: ‘Journalists need a code of conduct’
FAISALABAD: “Adoption of a code of conduct is imperative to protect press freedom,” said Pakistan Press Council Chairman Justice (r) Raja Shafqat Khan Abbasi on Monday. He was talking to local...
View ArticleMoney lure: 2 robbers killed after Kot Addu bank heist
MULTAN: Two robbers were killed while three others managed to escape soon after they had robbed a bank in Kot Addu sub-district of Muzaffargarh district on Monday. A police spokesperson said that two...
View Article‘Honour’ killing: Police asked to record stance of Farzana’s sister
LAHORE: District and Sessions Judge Tariq Iftikhar directed police on Monday to record the statement of the sister of the woman who was killed by her relatives in front of the Lahore High Court on...
View ArticleOfficial clout: DCO’s gunman arrested for corruption
FAISALABAD: Judicial Magistrate Shahid Hameed on Monday granted three-day physical remand of the district coordination officer’s gunman to the anti-corruption police. Anti-Corruption Assistant...
View Article‘Fraternity has turned into productive economic ties’
LAHORE: A delegation led by the chairman of the Albayrak Group of Companies from Turkey, Ahmet Albayrak, met Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Monday. They discussed promotion of cooperation in energy...
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