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Street crimes: Robbers snatch 17 motorbikes, car
FAISALABAD: Robbers snatched cash, 17 motorcycles and a car in 50 robberies in Faisalabad and its suburbs on Monday-Tuesday. According to Factory Area police, the mother of MPA Mian Tahir Jameel was...
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Procedural delay: Medical college students demand PMDC recognition
DERA GHAZI KHAN: Dozens of students of Ghazi Khan Medical College on Tuesday staged a protest demonstration against the delay in the registration of the institute with the Pakistan Medical and Dental...
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Political standoff: Government lacks moral authority says PTI
LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Punjab president Ejaz Chaudhry said on Tuesday his party’s rally at Minto Park had silenced its critics. In a statement issued on Tuesday, he said the public...
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Disturbing findings: Illicit wildlife trade jeopardising biodiversity
LAHORE: Worldwide Fund for Nature-Pakistan (WWF-P) director-general Hammad Naqi Khan said on Tuesday that illegal wildlife trade had been negatively impacting Pakistan by compromising the country’s...
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Three injured in attack on polio team in Gujranwala
GUJRANWALA: Three people were injured on Tuesday when a polio team was attacked in Gujranwala, Express News reported. On August 31, the Gujranwala district health office had announced that a polio...
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Empty pledges: ‘Political parties have failed minority groups’
LAHORE: South Asia Partnership-Pakistan executive director Muhammad Tahseen on Tuesday stressed the need to conduct a census to determine the population of religious minorities in the country. He was...
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Tragic: Child falls in open manhole, dies
LAHORE: Several residents of the Quaid-i-Azam Industrial Estate staged a protest demonstration on Peco Road on Tuesday after a four-year old died after falling into an open manhole. The protesters...
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Irked by ‘Go Nawaz Go’ chants, Maryam issues veiled threat to PTI supporters
LAHORE: The controversial ‘Go Nawaz Go’ slogan seems to be getting under the skin of not only Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) workers but also its leadership. After the Wazirabad incident earlier...
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Newborn dies after being thrown in garbage
MULTAN: A newborn girl in Multan died after being thrown in a garbage dump on Tuesday, locals said. The tragedy took place in the city’s Ghaziabad Colony. “I was on my way to a grocery store when I...
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Traders protest TMA’s anti-encroachment drive in Faisalabad
FAISALABAD: Over 300 shopkeepers on Wednesday protested against the Lyallpur town municipal administration for removing encroachments on public roads in the area. The protesters, mostly from Regal...
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Two children, mother perish in lantern fire
MULTAN: A woman and her two children died after a fire broke out in a house in Head Baqani, a suburb of Muzafarrargh late on Tuesday night. As many as 14 other people were injured, of which five are...
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Disturbing trends: ‘Living Planet Index declined by 52%’
LAHORE: A recent report by the Worldwide Fund for Nature-Pakistan (WWF-P) has revealed that the global Living Planet Index has declined by 52 per cent in 40 years. The findings are based on 10,380...
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Against terrorism: Ulema Council condemns ISIS, Assad regime
LAHORE: Pakistan Ulema Council (PUC) Chairman Hafiz Muhammad Tahir Ashrafi on Wednesday condemned terrorism and the atrocities committed by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. “The Pakistan...
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Illegal goods: Magistrate arrested for carrying liquor
MULTAN: Multan police on Wednesday arrested a judicial magistrate and claimed to have seized liquor from his car. Police said the car had hit two motorbikes driven by Muhammad Shahid, a citizen and...
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Matter of jurisdiction: Food authority barred from operating in Cantt
LAHORE: Cantonment authorities have asked the Punjab Food Authority (PFA) to stop conducting raids at food outlets in Cantt or issue licenses to them as they do not fall under the PFA’s domain, The...
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Medical college admissions: Punjab says no to proposal for 50 per cent seats...
LAHORE: The Pakistan Medical and Dental Council’s proposal to reserve 50 per cent seats in medical colleges for boys will amount to gender discrimination, a committee formed by the chief minister on...
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Behind the wheel: Road safety training – harnessing a dangerous machine
LAHORE: One can find such ominous words painted in bright colours behind several heavy transport vehicles on the roads. The verse shows tacit acceptance of rash driving – the attitude of many people...
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Raising questions: Teenager ‘commits suicide’ in Attock jail
ATTOCK: In another incident at the Attock district jail reflecting the administration’s failure to secure prison cells, a teenager under trial for murder was found hanging in his cell on Tuesday. The...
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School troupe: Students present folk dances
RAWALPINDI: The Rawalpindi Arts Council on Thursday organised a dance competition for schoolchildren to highlight and promote the rich folk culture of the country. The Anglo Arab School Rawalpindi...
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Missing infant: Lady Willingdon MS, his deputy summoned
LAHORE: Additional District and Sessions Judge Shahida Saeed on Thursday sought comments from Tibbi City police on a petition seeking recovery of a newborn from the administration of Lady Willingdon...
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