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Faisalabad to have mechanised cleaners
FAISALABAD: Faisalabad Waste Management Company (FWMC) Operations Manager Dawood Makki said on Saturday that the company was purchasing 16 compactors and mechanical sweepers to replace the manual...
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They left never to return: Bodies of missing children recovered from drain
LAHORE: City police recovered the dead bodies of two five-year-old children on Saturday from an uncovered drain in Mozang area. Waqas’s mother said she had sent him to the market with Rs50 to buy...
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Fighting terrorism: Politicians asked to play bigger role
LAHORE: Political parties should play a more active role in eliminating extremism from the society as military operations and executions alone cannot change social attitudes, said speakers at a...
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Eid Miladun Nabi: 10,000 cops to protect main procession
LAHORE: More than 10,000 police officials would protect the Eid Miladun Nabi procession on Sunday (today), Operations DIG Haider Ashraf said on Saturday. “Two SPs, 16 DSPs and 30 SHOs will be on duty...
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Political necessity: Govt spent Rs113m on media campaign
LAHORE: The Punjab government spent Rs113.4 million on a publicity campaign during the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s (PTI) long-march and sit-in, The Express Tribune has learnt. The funds were released...
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Court Diaries: LHCBA slams plan to establish military courts
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court Bar Association (LHCBA) last week passed a resolution condemning the government’s plan to set up military courts. However, the legal fraternity did not convey any...
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Innovation: GCU to commercialise nano-fertiliser
LAHORE: The Government College University, Lahore will commercialise a nano-fertiliser, developed by its researchers, that produces healthy food by conserving nutrients and significantly increases the...
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Taking over: Unauthorised access to Lahore Fort to be stopped
LAHORE: The Walled City of Lahore Authority (WCLA) would soon take appropriate steps to prevent tourist guides at Lahore Fort from accessing places that have been closed to visitors, Deputy Director...
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Austere governance: Ministers asked not to hold meetings at CM’s Secretariat
LAHORE: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has barred ministers from holding official meetings at his secretariat, The Express Tribune has learnt. The chief minister’s secretariat consists of 7-Club Road,...
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National consensus: Time ripe to implement National Action Plan, says CM
LAHORE: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif said on Saturday that the consensus achieved on the national action plan demonstrated the national leadership’s maturity. He was speaking at a meeting with...
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Gruesome murder: Autopsy confirms child was sexually abused
LAHORE: An autopsy report confirmed on Saturday that the boy found strangled on the roof of a mosque a day earlier was molested several times before his death. Hours earlier, the family of the...
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Callous act: Twin newborns die after left in open field
FAISALABAD: Twin newborn babies left in the field in Faisalabad on Sunday expired due to the severe cold. The bodies of the infants were spotted in the field near Toll Plaza at Sheikhupura Road by the...
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Brave man takes the wheel of driver-less lorry on motorway
ISLAMABAD: Athar Yaad Ali, a resident of Lahore, took a leap of faith and jumped behind the wheel of a speeding lorry on the motorway to stop the driver-less vehicle from causing any accidents. Ali...
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Police kill three alleged members of 'Chotu gang' in Muzaffargarh
MULTAN: Police claim to have killed three alleged members of the notorious ‘Chotu gang’ in Muzaffargarh police on Monday. Four police officials including Aslam, Saeed, Asif and Obaidullah were...
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Premature twins left to die in the cold
FAISALABAD: In an incident of extreme callousness and disrespect for human life, premature twins were left to die in the freezing cold in suburban Faisalabad on Sunday. Passersby spotted the unclaimed...
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Malafide intent: Why were multiple FIRS registered against protesters
LAHORE: An additional district and sessions judge directed an investigation SSP on Tuesday to look into why two FIRs were registered against 16 employees of the Federal Board of Revenue accused of...
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21st Amendment: ‘Govt to be blamed for eventualities’
MULTAN: If the 21st Constitutional Amendment is used to take action against religious seminaries, the country should brace itself for a strong reaction, Wafaqul Madaris general secretary Maulana...
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Empowering youth: Provincial youth caucus launched
LAHORE: A youth caucus was launched at the Punjab Assembly on Tuesday, with its members vowing to work towards youth empowerment. Rana Mashood Ahmed Khan, the minister for education and youth affairs,...
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Focus on education: ‘Members of school councils lack training’
LAHORE: More than 50 per cent of school council members have not received any training in two years in procurement, construction and civil works or formulation of school improvement plans. This was...
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Public health: 2 more infants die at Sargodha hospital
FAISALABAD: Two newborns died at Sargodha District Teachings Headquarters Hospital on Tuesday. Eighty-one children have died at the hospital in 49 days. Over the past two years, 2,241 infants have...
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