Four accused of attacking Taseer anniversary vigil remanded
LAHORE: Four people accused for attacking a vigil observing the fourth death anniversary of former Punjab governor Salman Taseer, were sent on a six-day physical remand in police custody by an...
View Article16-year-old confesses to minor's murder in Lahore mosque
LAHORE: A 16-year-old boy has confessed to the gruesome killing a five-year-old, who was found strangled on the roof of a mosque a day on January 3, Express News reported on Wednesday. The boy also...
View ArticleRevolution march: ‘Where is the compensation we were promised’
LAHORE: An additional district and sessions judge sought comments from the Faisal Town SHO by January 22 on a petition filed by a woman seeking registration of an FIR against Pakistan Awami Tehreek...
View ArticleTrades and skills: Ambassador opens new facilities in Hafizabad
HAFIZABAD: Japanese Ambassador Hiroshi Inomata inaugurated a science laboratory and vocational training centre on Wednesday in Hafizabad. A grant from the Japanese government for the Raj...
View ArticleInconvenient holiday: Students protest delay in college reopening
SAHIWAL / MULTAN: Some 400 students of Government Postgraduate College for Boys in Sahiwal on Wednesday protested against the college administration for the confusion surrounding the college’s...
View ArticleDemanding representation: Young fellows seek right to run for CPSP council
LAHORE: Some 150 fellows of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan (CPSP) have written a letter to the college administration asking it to amend the rules to allow them to contest in the...
View ArticleIn memoriam: Road named after Arfa Karim
FAISALABAD: The third death anniversary of Arfa Karim, the youngest World Microsoft certified professional, was observed in Faisalabad on Wednesday. A memorial service was arranged by the district...
View ArticleHeinous crime: Youth arrested for rape-and-murder
LAHORE: CCPO Muhammad Amin Wains said on Wednesday that the Crime Investigation Agency (CIA) had arrested a 17-year-old hairdresser for molesting and strangling a five-year-old child on January 3 in...
View ArticleMeeting of minds: Railways should consider sharing profits with Royal Palm
LAHORE: Supreme Court urged Pakistan Railways on Wednesday to consider an offer made by the administration of Royal Palm Golf and Country Club to share 50 per cent of its profits instead of 10 per...
View ArticleTime and space: Photography magazine launches Pakistan issue
LAHORE: PIX, an Indian photography quarterly, launched a special issue on Pakistan titled Surge at the Nairang Art Gallery on Monday. The event was attended by Rahaab Allana, the editor; Nandita...
View ArticleMadrassah reform: 200 seminaries directed to register with the govt
RAHIM YAR KHAN: As many as 200 religious education institutes in Rahim Yar Khan have been advised to register with the government as soon as possible, said DPO Sohail Zaffar Chatta on Wednesday. He...
View ArticleStressing action: Extraordinary steps need of the hour: CM
LAHORE: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif said on Wednesday that the implementation of quick decisions taken after reaching a consensus on the National Action Plan had been yielding positive results. He...
View ArticleBanquet hall collapse: Emotional scenes witnessed at Shadbagh funerals
LAHORE: Emotional scenes were witnessed at funeral prayers of those killed during a mehndi ceremony at a banquet hall in Shadbagh area on Tuesday after one of its walls caved in and its roof...
View ArticleTerrorists will be rooted out from the country: Punjab home minister
LAHORE: The Punjab Minister for Home Col (retd) Shuja Khanzada said on Thursday that all political parties, armed forces and people of the country are united in the war against terror and terrorists...
View ArticleLove marriage case: 13-year-old girl kidnapped from outside Supreme Court...
LAHORE: Unidentified men kidnapped a 13-year-old girl on Thursday morning from outside the Supreme Court’s Lahore Registry, Express News reported. The kidnappers took the young girl - who arrived at...
View ArticleSecurity concerns: No guests at PU hostels
LAHORE: The Punjab University (PU) has prohibited students living on campus from entertaining guests at hostels in the wake of the Peshawar carnage. The decision has been in place since the varsity...
View ArticleGet started: ‘Rise to challenges and be your own boss’
LAHORE: Overcome your fears, face challenges, transform ideas to reality and be ready to become your own boss. These were the views of young entrepreneurs and businessmen who shared their stories...
View ArticleUnsafe cities: ‘Will go on strike if security not improved’
SAHIWAL / FAISALABAD: Police have failed to protect businessmen and traders in Faisalabad, office bearers of various trade organisations of Faisalabad said at a press conference on Friday. The press...
View ArticleBad cops: Family protests ‘police abduction’
FAISALABAD: Nearly a dozen residents protest against police for allegedly beating a student and forcing him to confess to theft after abducting him from his house. Muhammad Shahbaz told The Express...
View ArticleSense of foreboding: ‘NGOs, seminaries working against state beware'
LAHORE: “We have prepared a list of non-governmental organisations and seminaries working against national interest and whose members deliver provocative speeches,” Home Minister Col (r) Shuja...
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