Election commission: Candidates still ignoring code of conduct
LAHORE: District Returning Officer (DRO) Nazir Ahmed Ganjana on Wednesday directed the district coordination officer, Operations SPP and the Parks and Horticulture Authority director general to...
View ArticleDefaulters: LHC disappointed by lack of compliance
LAHORE: A Lahore high Court full bench on Wednesday expressed dismay over non compliance of its orders and directed heads of Excise and Taxation Department, Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited,...
View ArticleKidnappings: Protest over missing doctor
RAHIM YAR KHAN: The All Pakistan Clerks’ Association on Wednesday staged a protest rally over the kidnapping of a Rural Health Centre (RHC) doctor and two others including his son. On April 8, Dr...
View Article‘Honour’ crime: Niece killed by uncle, sister by brother
BAHAWALPUR: A-Division police in Jamaldinwali near Rahim Yar Khan registered a case against a man on Wednesday for allegedly strangling his 23-year-old niece, who the police said, had eloped two...
View ArticleLand dispute: Man, his son shot on court premises
FAISALABAD: A man and his son were shot and injured on Wednesday on court premises. The injured were taken to district headquarters hospital, where they were reported to be in critical condition. One...
View Article60% of people face food insecurity
FAISALABAD: Pakistan is facing food shortage as 60% of its people are regarded as food insecure and this requires scientists, food experts and other stakeholders to take immediate steps to address the...
View ArticleSikh heritage: Rare items go on display at Sheesh Mahal
LAHORE: When the exhibition Sikh Heritage opens at the Lahore Fort today (Thursday), it will be a first on many counts. For one, none of the items on display have been exhibited before. The event...
View ArticleChildren hospital: Comments sought on medical negligence
LAHORE: Additional District and Sessions Judge Malik Tariq Mehmood Zargham sought comments from the Naseerabad SHO on Wednesday on a petition against a Children’s Hospital doctor, who the complainant...
View ArticleElection expenditure: Rs650 million allocated for Punjab
FAISALABAD: The provincial election commission has allocated Rs650.92 million for the upcoming general elections in the Punjab, The Express Tribune has learnt. According to Faisalabad regional...
View ArticleDelayed justice: LHC seeks explanation from district and sessions judges
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) chief justice on Wednesday sought explanations from district and sessions judges of Lahore, Faisalabad, Jhang, Multan, Sahiwal, Sargodha and Dera Ghazi Khan as to...
View ArticleTaking care: Dedicated police help-line to be started for kidnapping for...
LAHORE: A special helpline will be set up for people to provide the police information on crimes like extortion and kidnapping for ransom and persons suspected of terrorism, Caretaker Chief Minister...
View ArticleEpidemic update: Three more die of measles, 124 new cases reported
LAHORE: Three more children died of measles on Wednesday and 124 new cases were admitted to public hospitals in the city. One-year-old Iqra, two-year-old Fizza, and seven-months-old Ijaz died of the...
View ArticleAltercation: Police, ‘miscreants’ clash outside Imran’s house
ISLAMABAD: An altercation took place on Wednesday evening outside Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chairman Imran Khan’s Bani Gala residence between miscreants and police personnel. An official statement by...
View ArticleNeither PPP nor PTI field big names against PML-N in Lahore
LAHORE: In a significant pattern with neither Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) nor Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) fielding their heavyweight politicians in 13 National Assembly (NA) seats of Lahore...
View ArticleConjugal wrongs: Man maims wife
FAISALABAD: A man cut his wife’s nose on Thursday after she refused to return to him. Thikriwala police said that Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, a resident of Chak 241-RB, had gone with a tableeghi jamaat...
View ArticleEntrepreneurship: IBA Karachi and UAF to collaborate
FAISALABAD: Institute of Business Administration (IBA) and the University of Agriculture Faisalabad (UAF) have decided to join hands to promote agricultural entrepreneurship and product...
View ArticleBusted: Three arrested, tons hashish recovered
BAHAWALPUR: Police on Wednesday recovered thousands of kilograms of hashish from a truck-trailer that was caught on the National Highway near Sanjarpr, Rahim Yar Khan District Police Officer Sohail...
View ArticleFeuding families: Five killed over old rivalries
GUJRAT / GUJRANWALA / PASRUR / MULTAN: Three brothers and their uncle were shot dead on Thursday in Talamba, Mian Channu, over an old enmity. Police said Gulshan, a resident of Chak 125/7-ER, was...
View ArticleViolating Premises: LDA seals 18 buildings, demolishes five
The Lahore Development Authority (LDA) sealed 18 buildings on Thursday over non-payment of commercialisation fee. The Authority also demolished five structures which had been constructed in violation...
View ArticleBattling pollution: Services Hospital work with WWF-Pakistan as past of Earth...
LAHORE: Services Hospital has joined hands with World Wildlife Fund Pakistan to plant over 50,000 trees as part of an Earth Day campaign. In a ceremony held at the hospital on Tuesday, Hamid Mahmood...
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