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New health projects: Equipment purchase for WIC starts
LAHORE: The Health Department has started procurement of medical equipment and machinery for Wazirabad Institute of Cardiology (WIC). Interviews for hiring staff for the hospital will start on August...
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Expensive remedies: Pharmacists warn of ‘imminent’ price hike
LAHORE: The Young Pharmacists’ Association (YPA) on Wednesday severely criticised the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP), claiming the authority was planning to raise the prices of...
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Intermediate programmes: GCU won’t extend admissions deadline
LAHORE: The Government College University on Wednesday announced that it would not extend the deadline for the submission of admission forms for intermediate programmes. In a statement issued on...
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Remembering 1947: Freedom movement worker recounts horrors
FAISALABAD: A convention of Pakistan Movement Workers was held at the Faisalabad Arts Council (FAC) on Wednesday. The event was jointly organised by the city district government and the Nazria...
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Crime scene evidence uploaded to database
FAISALABAD: Faisalabad police on Wednesday began uploading data of supplementary statements to an online database set up to collect crime scene evidence. City Police Officer (CPO) Sohail Habib Tajik...
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Right and wrong: Resignations demand unconstitutional, says CM
LAHORE: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif said on Wednesday that Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan’s demand for the prime minister’s resignation has exposed his motives. The chief minister...
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Commonwealth glory: Wrestler gets hero’s welcome in hometown
FAISALABAD: Wrestler Qamar Abbas on Wednesday returned home to Faisalabad after winning a silver medal in the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. Abbas was received by his family and a large number of...
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Parent vs parent: ‘A man who perturbs his family deserves no relief from...
LAHORE: Supreme Court and the Lahore High Court on Wednesday adjudicated over two cases of child custody and handed the children to their mothers in both cases. A two-judge bench of the Supreme...
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In custody: Police detain PAT, PTI worker in South Punjab
MULTAN: Police have launched a crackdown against the Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) workers in different districts of south Punjab. They have started the operation in...
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Road to Azadi March: PML-N harassing us left, right, centre says Ejaz
LAHORE: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz has gone round the bend and is using state machinery to harass Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf workers, PTI Punjab president Ejaz Chaudhry said on Wednesday. “We are...
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Punjab opposition leader prevented from visiting Qadri
LAHORE: Lahore police on Thursday prevented Leader of Opposition in Punjab Assembly Mian Mehmoodur Rasheed from visiting Pakistan Awami Tehreek chief Dr Tahirul Qadri at his residence, Express News...
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UET extends entry test registration date
LAHORE: The University of Engineering and Technology (UET) has extended until August 11 the last date for the submission of application forms for its Combined Entry Test for admission to bachelor’s...
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Civic freedom: ‘Stop impounding our bikes’
LAHORE: A petition was moved at Lahore High Court on Thursday against impounding of motorbikes by police, apparently to stop the youth from participating in Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf’s August 14 long...
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Avoiding anarchy: Larger LHC bench sought to hear plea against Azadi March
LAHORE: A judge of the Lahore High Court on Thursday asked the chief justice to constitute a larger bench to hear petitions against the Azadi March announced by Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chairman...
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Encroachments: Shopkeepers beat encroachment workers
SIALKOT: Shopkeepers on Thursday beat workers of the cantonment board for removing encroachments in Sialkot. A police spokesman said cantonment board staff was led by sanitation inspector Khadim...
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Crippled industries: Workers’ association threatens load shedding protest
FAISALABAD: “The government will have bigger worries than political protests by Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) and Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) if industrial workers took to the streets to protest...
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Up in arms: FWMC employees protest against traffic warden
FAISALABAD: Several employees of the Faisalabad Waste Management Company (FWMC) on Thursday held a protest demonstration against a traffic warden they accused of misbehaving with FWMC Operations...
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Burning issue: Husband, in-laws attack woman with acid
DASKA: A woman was attacked with acid by her in laws on Thursday. Daska police said 24-year-old Aisha Bibi, a mother of two girls, had married Muhammad Akhtar four years ago. They said the couple...
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Flight for life: Kidnapped man escapes, returns home
DASKA: A man who was kidnapped over two months ago escaped from the custody of his kidnappers on Thursday and reached home near Daska. Police said Saifullah was returning to his village from Daksa on...
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Built heritage: Historical mosques to be restored in Multan
MULTAN: The government on Thursday approved a Rs30 million project for conservation of three historical mosques in south Punjab. Archaeology Department Secretary Muhammad Khan Khichchi chaired a...
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