PML-N MPA Najibullah Khan Niazi passes away
BHAKKAR: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz MPA Najibullah Khan Niazi passed away on Saturday after suffering a heart attack , Express News reported. A cousin of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chairman Imran Khan...
View ArticleHoly calling: Eidul Azha prayer timings
6:15am Chowk Tajpura, Northern Lahore, Ideal Park, Khokar Chowk, College Road, Township Gulshan-i-Habib Park, Block 4, Township Jamia Masjid Taiba, Gulistan Colony, Qainchi International Market...
View ArticleLeft behind: Flood victims protest poor relief response
FAISALABAD: Hundreds of flood-hit families of Chenab Nabar, Chiniot and Athara Hazari on Saturday staged a demonstration to protest perceived unfairness over distribution of compensation and relief...
View ArticleBudding industry: Opportunities grow in blooming flower market
FAISALABAD: Pakistan is being increasingly viewed as a growing market for floral products, particularly of cut flowers and tulips, and is offering a slew of opportunities to businesses to flourish...
View ArticleBlood feud: Five shot dead by rivals in Chiniot
FAISALABAD: Five men were shot dead and one was injured in a deadly assault by rivals on Saturday over old enmity in Chiniot. According to Muhammad Wala police, the six were returning from Chiniot...
View ArticleHospital management: Newborn kidnapped from Aitchison Hospital
LAHORE: An unidentified woman kidnapped a newborn from Lady Aitchison Hospital. The hospital administration said Jamila, a resident of Narowal, had visited the hospital for a check-up of her...
View ArticlePatriotic duty: Peoples Party backed Nawaz to save democracy, says Zardari
LAHORE: Former president Asif Ali Zardari, Co-chairman of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), said on Saturday he and the party had supported the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) government in the...
View ArticlePolice arrest 4 suspects accused of torturing woman to death in Sargodha
SARGODHA: Police on Sunday arrested four suspects for allegedly torturing a woman to death in Sargodha, Express News reported. Security officials, however, are yet to arrest a sub-inspector and three...
View ArticleRelatives protest against murder of five
FAISALABAD: Dozens of residents of Bhero village staged a protest demonstration against police on Sunday for not arresting the murderers of five people gunned down on Saturday. The demonstrators...
View ArticleSecurity alert: Police plan to protect 365 Eid congregations
BAHAWALPUR: Police finalised arrangements on Sunday for providing protection to 365 Eidul Azha congregations in the district. According to district police, seven DSPs, 21 inspectors, 201 sub...
View ArticleHeinous crime: Man arrested for raping 5-year-old
DERA GHAZI KHAN: Police arrested a man on Sunday for allegedly raping a five-year-old boy. According to Civil Lines police, Ejaz had raped the boy in Bhatta Colony. A complaint was lodged by the...
View ArticleCaustic affair: Woman dies from burns, family blame in-laws
FAISALABAD: A woman died on Sunday at hospital from burn wounds received on October 2. Her family members later staged a protest, demanding the arrest of her in-laws for allegedly setting her on...
View ArticleEid visit: Senior LHC judges visit prisons
LAHORE: Justice Manzoor Ahmad Malik and Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah of the Lahore High Court (LHC) visited Kot Lakhpat Jail, Camp Jail and Sheikhupura District Jail on Sunday. They ordered the...
View ArticleAnother glitch: Excise Dept not resuming number plates’ supply
LAHORE: The Excise and Taxation Department has not delivered 245,000 number plates to motorists, claiming it needs approval by the chief minister before resuming the supply, The Express Tribune has...
View ArticleGirl raped by three in Faisalabad
FAISALABAD: A woman was raped by three men on Sunday in Chah Baqirwala. According to Garh police, 30-year-old Shaista* was home alone when Nasir, Jahangir and an unidentified man raped her. Noor...
View ArticleLHC larger bench to take up plea regarding Model Town violence report
LAHORE: Lahore High Court (LHC) Chief Justice Khwaja Imtiaz Ahmad formed a three-member bench on October 1 to take up a petition accusing the government of violating the Constitution by not making...
View ArticleParliamentary affairs: Motion seeking to strengthen PA committees held up
LAHORE: A notice motion submitted in the provincial assembly last year seeking amendments to the Rules of Procedures 1997 in order to empower standing committees is yet to be approved by the law and...
View ArticleTargeted attack: Express News staffer shot dead in Hafizabad
LAHORE: Gunmen shot dead Express News correspondent in Hafizabad district, Yaqoob Shehzad, on Sunday. Shehzad was sitting in the office of a friend in the city’s busiest Sagar Road neighbhourhood when...
View ArticleSacrificial animals: Prices shoot up as Eid approaches
LAHORE: Prices of sacrificial animals surged the day before Eidul Azha on Sunday. The prices had gone up during the second half of the day forcing citizens to purchase animals from vendors outside the...
View ArticleBy the book: Wapda awards Rs14 billion project to ‘barred’ firm
LAHORE: The Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) has awarded the civil works contract for the 128-mega watts (MW) Keyal Khwar Hydropower Project to a joint venture (JV) of Sinohydro and...
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