MQM lawmaker Tahira Asif passes away
LAHORE: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) lawmaker Tahira Asif, who was shot and injured while resisting an apparent robbery attempt in the Iqbal Town neighbourhood on Wednesday, passed away early on...
View ArticleKidnapped and murdered: Women found hanging from a tree in Layyah
LAYYAH: A woman was found hanging from a tree in Layyah, Punjab on Friday, Express News reported. The 20-year-old woman was kidnapped on June 19 and later found murdered. Despite receiving information...
View ArticleLaws and rules: Food authorities divided on anti-adulteration drive
LAHORE: The Lahore Food District Office is set to lock horns with the Punjab Food Authority in a campaign against food adulteration in a coming few days, The Express Tribune has learnt. The Health...
View ArticlePCSW strongly condemns Layyah rape
LAHORE: The Punjab Commission on the Status of Women (PCSW) on Saturday condemned the rape and murder of a 20-year-old woman and the hanging of her body from a tree in Nawankot, Layyah. PCSW...
View ArticleJune 23 homecoming: Qadri arrives in London en route to Islamabad
LAHORE: Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) chief Dr Tahirul Qadri on Saturday claimed that Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif had ordered the June 18 deadly police crackdown on his party workers at the...
View ArticleModel Town tragedy: Tribunal summons Rana Sanaullah, Tauqir Shah
LAHORE: The one-judge judicial tribunal tasked to investigate the circumstances that had led to the June 17 Model Town tragedy on Saturday summoned former Punjab law minister Rana Sanaullah and...
View ArticleDemanding transparency: Suspended finance secretary alleges corruption in LBA
LAHORE: Advocate Pir Syed Fareedul Haq Chishti, whose membership of the Lahore Bar Association (LBA) has been suspended, has launched a campaign alleging corruption in the LBA. Chishti has claimed...
View ArticleBoiling anger: Residents up in arms over 48-hour blackout
BAHAWALPUR: Angry residents, who were without power for 48-hours, staged a protest demonstration and blocked a road in Bahawalpur on Sunday. Residents of Satellite Town protested against Water and...
View ArticleSanaullah, Shah to explain their side to judicial commission
LAHORE: Former law minister Rana Sanaullah and principal secretary to chief minister Tauqeer Shah are expected to appear before a judicial tribunal on Monday (today) to give their explanations...
View ArticleStrong reservations: PMA rejects health commission’s proposals
LAHORE: The Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) has rejected the Millennium Delivery Standards and Patient Care Bill prepared by the Punjab Healthcare Commission (PHA), claiming that they were not...
View ArticleSoaring high: Top students leave for European study tour
LAHORE: Forty students, who topped the intermediate and secondary education board examinations, left Lahore on Sunday for a government-funded international study tour. The position holders will visit...
View ArticleBreaking black back: Police to stay away from PAT rallies says IGP
LAHORE: Police will not be deployed at rallies taken out by the Pakistan Awami Tehreek in the Punjab, Inspector General of Punjab Mushtaq Ahmad Sukhera said on Sunday. He was chairing a meeting at...
View ArticleSave the environment: ‘Eco-friendly architectural designs key to healthy future’
FAISALABAD: Urban development experts on Sunday stressed the need to introduce changing architectural designs in line with climate changes to deal with impending dangers of environmental pollution....
View ArticleIncubating ingenuity: Agriculture, human development under threat says Khan
FAISALABAD: University of Agriculture Faisalabad Vice Chancellor Professor Dr Iqrar Ahmad Khan said the prevalent water and energy crises constituted major threats to agriculture and human...
View ArticleMaking strides: Good governance has put economy back on track says CM
LAHORE: The government’s prudent policies have helped improve the national economy, Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif said on Saturday He was speaking to a delegation of National and provincial assembly...
View ArticleUnsafe streets: Three-year-old drowns in sewage drain
FAISALABAD: A three-year-girl drowned and her four-year-old brother, who jumped into to save her, was rescued from an uncovered sewage drain in Liaquat Town on Sunday. Haya Fatima, her brother...
View ArticleWar against terror: Nation fully supports the army says Zahid Hamid
SIALKOT: Federal Science and Technology Minister Zahid Hamid said on Sunday that the nation stood united with the armed forces against terrorism. He was addressing a press conference in Pasrur on...
View ArticleProtest against ‘corruption’ in TMA
FAISALABAD: Office-bearers and workers of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) on Monday staged a protest demonstration against what they termed was massive corruption in the Sammundri Tehsil...
View ArticleReligious leaders asked to help keep peace
SARGODHA: “Islam gives a message of peace. The government is working to restore peace and security in the country,” Sargodha division Commissioner Capt (r) Muhammad Asif said on Monday. He was...
View ArticleMan kills sister, relative for ‘honour’
FAISALABAD: A man killed his sister and a relative on Sunday night for allegedly having an affair. Lalianwala police said that Muzammil Ali, a resident of Islamabad, shot dead his sister Amina Bibi...
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