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Planet saviours: Environment conservationists recognised by WWF-Pakistan
LAHORE: WWF-Pakistan organised an award-distribution ceremony on Thursday at its head office to acknowledge the efforts of conservationists who had worked to protect the environment or raised...
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Oil prices: Hearing of plea against sales tax put off
LAHORE: Justice Shahid Jamil Khan of Lahore High Court (LHC) on Thursday adjourned until January 29 the hearing of a petition challenging five per cent additional sales tax on petroleum products. The...
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Family protests delay in autopsy of child maid
FAISALABAD: Relatives of a child maid allegedly killed by her employers on Friday staged a demonstration against doctors of Allied Hospital to protest against delay in her post mortem examination....
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UAF professor passes away
FAISALABAD: Dr Aslam Pervez, director of the Institute of Horticulture Sciences at the University of Agriculture Faisalabad (UAF) passed away on Thursday. He was 59. Funeral prayers were offered for...
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Precautions: Schools with poor security advised to defer opening
DERA GHAZI KHAN: As many as 8,798 schools in Dera Ghazi Khan division have been advised not to reopen until they have met the security guidelines issued by the government. Addressing a meeting on...
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Request for inquiry: Corruption reference moved against ex-DCO
LAHORE: A corruption reference has been sent against a former Multan DCO to the National Accountability Bureau’s (NAB) Punjab chapter, The Express Tribune has learnt. Multan Cattle Market Management...
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Police culture: SSP seeks to revamp Investigations Wing
LAHORE: “Poor standards of investigation are rooted in the lack of trained officials, paucity of motivation and conventional methods of investigation,” Investigation SSP Rana Ayyaz Saleem told The...
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On alert: Police planning helpline for schools’ security
LAHORE: Lahore Police would launch an emergency helpline for the security of schools next week. “We have applied to the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority for a new helpline,” Operations DIG Haider...
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Safe transfusions: Health Dept to be sent Blood Safety Bill draft
LAHORE: The Punjab Blood Transfusion Authority will send a revised first draft of a Blood Safety Bill to the Health Department on Friday (today). The Authority has asked for blood transfusion...
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Imran weds Reham: PTI celebrates nikkah with sweets distribution, dholki and...
LAHORE: Several Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) workers and supporters came out on streets and danced to the tune of traditional songs soon after it was announced that Imran Khan, 62, had solemnised...
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Empowering youth: Apna Rozgar Scheme beneficiaries selected
LAHORE: The country’s future depends upon the youth and the Apna Rozgar Scheme is an important step towards empowering the youth of our country, Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif said on Thursday. He was...
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Local govt elections: SC issues 30-day deadline to Punjab, Sindh
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Thursday called upon the Punjab and Sindh governments to finalise arrangements for holding local government elections within a month. A three-member bench of the apex...
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Abandoned children reunite with mother
LAHORE: Two minors were presented before a Lahore High Court bench on Friday alongside their mother and grandfather on account of being left at their neighbour’s house amid a conflict between their...
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Suspected Wagah attack mastermind killed in Lahore encounter
LAHORE: Suspected Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) member Roohullah, along with two others was killed in an alleged encounter with the police in Lahore early on Saturday morning, Express News...
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Executions stayed: LHC issues notices to federation, air chief
RAWALPINDI: Lahore High Court (LHC) Rawalpindi bench on Friday issued notices to the federation, air chief and Judge Advocate General (JAG) to file a reply to a petition challenging death sentences...
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Scores protest against gas outage
FAISALABAD: Scores of resident of Abdullahpur and nearby areas staged a protest demonstration on Friday against gas outages. They staged a sit-in at Abdullahpur Chowk leaving traffic on Canal and...
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End of vacations: UAF to open on Monday
FAISALABAD: The University of Agriculture Faisalabad and its sub-campuses will open on January 12 said UAF Vice Chancellor Iqrar Ahmad Khan on Friday. He was chairing a meeting of the deans committee...
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Urban development: New flyover planned on Kahna Kacha - Defence Road
LAHORE: Lahore Development Authority and a private company signed an agreement on Friday on build operate transfer basis, using private investment, to construct a flyover at Kahna Railway Crossing....
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In the offing: Investigation Wing set to become autonomous
LAHORE: Punjab Police Inspector General Mushtaq Ahmad Sukhera is on the verge of making the investigation wing autonomous in an effort to reorient its focus towards cracking cases of crime against...
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Violation: Police arrest 29 for misuse of loudspeakers
LAHORE: Police registered a case on Friday against the prayer leader of a mosque in Mughalpura under the Punjab Control of Loudspeakers Ordinance. A police spokesman said the FIR was registered...
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