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Poll fight: PTI to win May 11 elections says Kasuri
LAHORE: Khursheed Mahmood Kasuri, former federal minister and Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s candidate from NA-140, has said the part will win May 11 elections. Addressing rallies at Jamsher Dhadhai...
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Let’s vaccinate: ‘Adults too can contract measles’
LAHORE: There is no age for contracting measles. Adults too can fall prey to it if they were not vaccinated in the childhood, experts say. University of Health Sciences (UHS) Immunology Department...
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Franchise: Ahmadis still out of electoral process
LAHORE: The Ahmadiya community will not cast votes in the May 11 elections because of the “attitude of the State”, Jamaat-i-Ahmadiya Pakistan Spokesperson Saleemudin told The Express Tribune on...
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Consumer Rights: Damages sought for defective batteries
LAHORE: A consumer court issued a notice on Monday to a shopkeeper ordering him to appear in court on May 22 in a petition accusing him of selling defective batteries. The petitioner has sought...
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Traffic accidents: LHC orders commission on road safety
LAHORE: Lahore High Court Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial on Monday directed the provincial government to constitute a commission for road safety to control the increasing number of road accidents. He...
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In the family: Daughter-in-law, her brother named in dowry theft case
GAKKHAR MANDI: A man filed a complaint on Monday against his daughter-in-law and her brother accused of stealing his daughter’s gold jewellery which he claimed was worth Rs3 million. Mukhtar Ahmed, a...
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Electric Woes: Commissioner asks for load management plan
LAHORE: The Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) is providing only 40 per cent of Lahore division’s electricity demand. Lahore Electric Supply Company Chief Engineer (Operations and...
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Earth Day: Civil society plants 100,000 trees
LAHORE: Schools, hospitals, media organisations and the civil society across Pakistan on Monday came together to plant an estimated 100,000 trees in 38 cities of the country to celebrate the 43rd...
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Love For Books: National Book Day celebrated at UAF
FAISALABAD: The National Book Day was celebrated at the University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, (UAF) to encourage the youth to develop the reading habit. Opening the event, Planning Commission Deputy...
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Economics seminar: ‘10 per cent of GDP should be invested in research’
FAISALABAD: “The people of Pakistan need to change their mindset and explore new horizon. To be competitive in the modern world, they need innovative ideas,” Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Dr...
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‘Unlawful detention’: Man claims torture by sub inspector
BAHAWALPUR: A 22-year-old man, who was allegedly picked up by a police sub inspector three days ago, was taken to Bahawal Victoria Hospital on Monday after he was found lying unconscious on the...
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Face of Climate Change: Expert paints bleak picture at Earth Day seminar
LAHORE: Bureaucratic hurdles and a lack of ‘political and administrative will’ were identified, by an expert, as the main reasons behind Pakistan’s failure to benefit from international initiatives...
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Dual anger: Tax officer roughed up by lawyers
LAHORE: A group of angry lawyers from district courts manhandled Income Tax Additional Commissioner Farrukh Majeed on Monday. Lawyers were at the additional commissioner’s office for a hearing...
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Convoys turned rallies: Notices issued for code of conduct violations
LAHORE: The district coordination officer issued show cause notices to the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) and the Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) on Monday for organising rallies on April 20 without...
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Judicial intervention: ‘Load shedding should not exceed eight hours a day’
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court chief justice on Monday directed the Lahore Electricity Supply Company (Lesco) to reduce power load shedding to eight hours a day. The CJ passed this order after the...
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Woman, baby daughters burnt with acid
MULTAN: Alpa police arrested a man on Tuesday for throwing acid at a woman and her two daughters. The woman, Aziza Mai, and her daughters Sonia, 7, and Sania, 5, were taken to Nishtar Hospital, where...
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Strategic changes: ‘Pakistan has complex issues due to climate change’
LAHORE: “We have suggested building several upstream water reservoirs in Pakistan to prevent floods. We are also examining reforestation as it slows down the process of floods and subsequent...
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Villagers cut off burglar’s arms in Chak Nangar: Police
LAHORE: A purported burglar who crept into a village home to steal was caught red-handed and had both arms severed at the elbow by his would-be victims, police said Wednesday. The incident happened...
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Gas cylinder: Explosion at shop injures three
FAISALABAD: Three people, including a child, were injured on Wednesday when a gas cylinder exploded due to gas leak. Dijkot police said the blast occurred at Fauji Hasan’s shop in Old Grain Market....
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Domestic disturbance: Man arrested for setting wife on fire
FAISALABAD: A woman was set on fire allegedly by her husband on Wednesday. Police have arrested the husband on the complaint of her parents. Sargodha Road police said Mazharul Hasan, a resident of...
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