‘It’s time to abolish discriminatory laws’
FAISALABAD: The government should abolish all discriminatory laws against women and take measures to eliminate customs like vani and sawara and end honour killings. Speakers demanded this at a...
View ArticleMemoirs of the Other opens at 39K
LAHORE: Memoirs of the Other, an exhibition showcasing 11 drawings by Kristian Evju opened at the 39K Art Gallery on Tuesday. The drawings demonstrate the artist’s knack of transforming elements of a...
View ArticleExtra-Curricular: Sports gala begins at GCUF
FAISALABAD: The Annual Sports Gala and 11th Athletics Meet at the Government College University Faisalabad (GCUF) started on Tuesday. The gala includes short put, races, long jumps, wrestling,...
View Article‘Extrajudicial killing’: LHC chief justice seeks report from Rawalpindi judge
LAHORE: Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial of the Lahore High Court has taken notice of the killing of two brothers by the police in New Town, Rawapindi, and sought a report from the sessions judge...
View ArticleBook reading: Lincoln Corner to be set up at GCUF’s new library
FAISALABAD: A two-member team of the US Embassy in Islamabad visited GCUF on Tuesday. It was headed by Information Resource Officer Caryn Anderson. The delegates met the vice chancellor and the...
View ArticleFive new benches: LHCBA rejects government’s decision
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court Bar Association (LHCBA) has rejected the government’s decision to establish five new territorial benches of the Lahore High Court, calling it a move to dent lawyers’...
View ArticleFree bird: I am an awaragard, says Mustansar Tarar
LAHORE: Writer Mustansar Hussain Tarar spoke to students at an event ‘Writer on campus- Bazm-i-Fikr-o-Nazar’ held at the Forman Christian College on Tuesday. Tarar, who is the host of the Pakistan...
View ArticleJoseph Colony arson: Punjab government to blame says Imran Khan
LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chief Imran Khan has held Punjab government responsible for the Joseph Colony incident in which more than 100 homes of the Christian community were burnt by a mob on...
View ArticleJoseph Colony: Gawkers and politicians hold up rebuilding work
LAHORE: “President Asif Ali Zardari gets blamed for every failure but who do we blame for this disaster?” asked Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan speaking with the media at Joseph Colony....
View ArticlePoll candidates: Dr Mubashir Hassan asks SC to watch over Election Commission
LAHORE: Dr Mubashir Hassan, the co-founder of the Pakistan Peoples Party, has asked the Supreme Court to watch over the Election Commission of Pakistan to prevent tax evaders, defaulters and bogus...
View ArticlePakistan bags six new Guinness World Records
LAHORE: Pakistan’s talented youth took the country to the Guinness World Records (GWR) once again by creating six records in different entertainment events in Lahore on Tuesday. Last year, in...
View Article‘Don’t let fear of sanctions stop Pak-Iran pipeline’
LAHORE: Former foreign minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri on Tuesday said that Pakistan should not fear being slapped with sanctions by the United States when it comes to the Pakistan-Iran gas...
View ArticleTransparency International says Metro Bus project corruption free: Sharif
FAISALABAD: With the National Accountability Bureau due to start probing the Metro Bus project over irregularities, the Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Wednesday claimed that projects launched...
View ArticleSelf exile: Arbab Rahim avoids Sindh on homecoming
LAHORE: Ex-Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim ended his five-year long exile by returning to Pakistan on Wednesday, Express News reported. Dr Rahim did come good on his promise to return to...
View ArticlePreparations stalled: Punjab Assembly’s farewell dinner in jeopardy
LAHORE: The decision to hold back Punjab Assembly’s March 16 dissolution, coming from Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz’s (PML-N) top leadership, has apparently stalled the provincial assembly’s...
View ArticleSensitisation: Workshop focuses on disaster management
LAHORE: The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), in collaboration with the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)–Pakistan, arranged a two-day workshop on Disaster Risk...
View ArticlePolice cadets: 49th passing-out parade held
MULTAN: The 49th passing-out parade of police cadets was held here on Saturday. As many as 849 cadets from 17 districts of the Punjab participated in the parade after receiving a six-month training....
View ArticleRomanian honorary consulate in Faisalabad
FAISALABAD: Ambassador of Romania Emiliam Ion said on Friday he was confident that the Romanian Consulate in Faisalabad would play a pivotal role in boosting bilateral trade between the two...
View ArticleJobs Fraud: SHO ordered to record petitioner’s version
LAHORE: An additional district and sessions judge directed a station house officer on Saturday to record a petitioner’s statement who is seeking a case against a man who allegedly obtained money to...
View ArticleNo ransom: Kidnapped boy’s body reaches home
GUJRANWALA: The body of a student, who had been kidnapped for a Rs10 million ransom, arrived at his home on Saturday. Sher Khan, son of Jehanzeb Khan, had been fond of modelling. Some of his friends...
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