Narcotics: Woman, 10 men arrested
BAHAWALPUR: Uch Sharif police arrested 10 men and a woman on Tuesday for drug dealing. A kilogram of heroine and 1,362 litres of liquor, recovered from those arrested, were seized. Station House...
View ArticleFake degree: JUI-F leader jailed for two years
DERA GHAZI KHAN: An additional sessions judge on Tuesday sentenced former MPA Mir Badshah Khan Qaiserani to two years in prison for having a fake degree. The parliamentary leader was also ordered to...
View ArticleNarrow escape: Explosives recovered from impounded car
FAISALABAD: A case was registered against the Ghulam Muhammadabad station house officer on Tuesday for keeping an impounded vehicle for personal use and concealing facts from the department. The case...
View ArticlePolice custody: Missing man’s family protest against police
FAISALABAD: Family of a missing man, feared to have been killed by the police, protested against the police on Tuesday. The man has been missing since January. Police say he fled from the lock up....
View ArticleRight to work: ‘Register private sector employers for disabled quota’
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Tuesday sought comments from the government on a writ petition seeking enforcement of disability rights and the implementation of Disabled Persons (Employment and...
View ArticleFire safety: High-rise buildings to get a month
LAHORE: Buildings having four storeys or more would be given 30 days starting from June 10 to install fire safety equipment and emergency staircases, DCO Rizwan Mehbood said on Tuesday. In a meeting...
View ArticleLoad shedding: ‘Government still lacks a concrete policy’
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court chief justice on Tuesday expressed disappointment over mismanagement in the power sector and federal government’s failure to come up with solutions to control theft and...
View ArticleExpired cover: NICL sued for refusing to pay LDA Plaza claim
LAHORE: Additional District and Sessions Judge Nisar Ahmed on Tuesday issued notices to the National Insurance Company Limited (NICL) and the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan on an...
View ArticleLeaked questions: Students resent O-level exams re-test
LAHORE: The Cambridge International Examination (CIE) is expected to announce details regarding the retake of the Cambridge O Level and Cambridge IGCSE exams for Pakistan Studies and Islamiyat on...
View ArticleElection for leader of the house on 6th
LAHORE: Shahbaz Sharif, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz’s (PML-N) Punjab president, and Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s (PTI) Mian Mehmoodur Rashid on Tuesday submitted their nominations for leader of...
View Article11-year-old drowns during swimming competition in Lahore
LAHORE: An 11-year-old drowned during a swimming competition at a private school in Lahore, Express News reported on Wednesday. According to initial details, the sixth grade student was not provided...
View ArticleFive army personnel killed in oil tanker collision in Multan
Five army personnel were killed when a speeding oil tanker collided with an army vehicle in Multan early on Thursday morning, Express News reported. The tanker hit the army truck from behind on...
View ArticleOfficial negligence: Robbery suspect flees from custody
MULTAN: A robbery suspect under treatment at the hospital escaped on Wednesday. The policemen who had escorted him to the hospital went missing. CIA police had arrested the robbery suspect-...
View ArticleLawyers lock two courtrooms
LAHORE: Several lawyers led by Lahore Bar Associate (LBA) office bearers on Wednesday expelled court staff and locked the courtrooms of two additional district and sessions judges allegedly for not...
View ArticleEnvironment Day: ‘Youth initiative on environmental hazards needed’
FAISALABAD: “The youth have a responsibility to take initiatives to combat environmental hazards and create awareness of environment issues,” Government College University, Faisalabad, Vice Chancellor...
View ArticleRepresentation: Faculty demand PU syndicate poll schedule
LAHORE: Several Punjab University faculty members on Wednesday demanded the university administration announce the election schedule for a Syndicate seat following a Lahore High Court (LHC) order on...
View ArticleCrime against women: Woman burned ‘by husband, his sister’
MULTAN: A woman brought to Nishtar Hospital with burn injuries on Wednesday died a few hours later. Chehlak police said the post-mortem examination revealed that she had been tied down and set on...
View ArticleDelayed: 3,000 cases pending with police since January
FAISALABAD: Investigation of more than 3,000 cases is pending at the 40 police stations in the district since January, The Express Tribune has learnt. Some of the pending cases have been reported...
View ArticleGroup exhibition: ‘My work highlights a woman’s life’
LAHORE: “My paintings portray the political situation of Pakistan…how leaders play with people’s feelings,” said Zoha Saleem, whose work went on display at a group exhibition of paintings by eleven...
View ArticleChild safety: 12-year-old drowns in school swimming pool
LAHORE: A 12-year old boy drowned in a swimming pool at his school on Wednesday. Suleman Manzoor Bhatti had left for school early in the morning for a summer camp. His exams had just ended on Monday....
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