‘Punjab to mandate thalassemia test before marriage’

--Chief Minister Buzdar vows to uproot thalassemia, revolutionise health sector --Says eliminating corruption PTI govt’s top agenda LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar on Sunday said...

UET announces entry test schedule 2011

The University of Engineering and Technology (UET), Lahore on Saturday announced the combined entry test schedule 2011. The test will be held on July...

PU to end contracts of employees, teaching staff

-Varsities ordered to ensure appointments through ads, conduct internal audit within a month LAHORE: Punjab University (PU) will be ending contracts of as many as...

Former PU vice chancellor Dr Mujahid Kamran released

LAHORE: Former vice chancellor of the Punjab University, Dr Mujahid Kamran, was released from Camp Jail on Saturday. He was welcomed by his wife and students waiting...

Health minister orders AIDS screening of prisoners in Punjab jails

LAHORE: Punjab Health Minister Dr Yasmeen Rashid has directed for HIV/AIDS screening of every prisoner in 41 prisons of Punjab. She passed these directions while...

PL&DD distributes first 100 poultry units

LAHORE: In order to curb poverty, Punjab Livestock and Dairy Development Department (PL&DD), in accordance with the vision of Prime Minister Imran Khan, has started...

No need for speed

Two people, Zulifqar, 45 and Usman, were knocked down and killed by over-speeding vehicles in two different areas of the city on Monday. Zulfiqar...

Report of health week held in August launched

LAHORE: Minister for Primary and secondary Healthcare Khawaja Imran Nazir has said that the Punjab government is trying to fill the gaps in the Health...

We need 200 more trains, says PR secretary

Pakistan Railways Secretary Arif Azeem has said that about 350 locomotives are needed to put railway on normal track. Talking to reporters he said...

Single entrance test for medical colleges from 2011

LAHORE
A single entrance test for admission to medical and dental institutions of Punjab for both FSc and non-FSc candidates will be introduced from next year, a spokesperson from University of Health Sciences (UHS) said on Tuesday.
The format, syllabus and model papers for the Entrance Test 2011 have been updated on the university website: www.uhs.edu.pk. The syllabus, focused on biomedical sciences, was designed by teachers from both FSc and non-FSC systems and was

Google maps identifies road blockages in the provincial capital

LAHORE: Google maps has allowed user to identify locations where containers have been deployed or roads have otherwise been closed off for traffic by...

Minar-e-Pakistan: Re-living history

LAHORE: Minar-e-Pakistan, also translated as 'Tower of Pakistan' and 'Minaret of Pakistan' was built to commemorate Pakistan Resolution (Lahore Resolution), which was adopted during the...

Punjab Forest Department develops ‘record keeping’ mechanism

LAHORE: Department of Forest Punjab is managing 1.6 million acres of forest land area - 67 per cent of the entire forest land area in...

Toeing Imran Khan’s line too hard, is it?

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s party members might not be on the same page with their chairman, Imran Khan, when it comes to ‘representing the poor’ in...

Driving license can now be renewed from any district

The citizens can now renew their driving license from any district of Punjab, the Punjab Information Technology Board (PITB) announced Friday. In a tweet, the...

Two Ahmadi women being harassed for ‘violating constitution’

Two female faculty member of Post-Graduate College of Nursing, Birdwood Road, are getting life threats for being “members of the Ahmadiya community”, with religious...

‘My children speak Hindi, what do I do?’

Shanzay Ali, a mother of three, is upset over the changes she detects in her children’s everyday language. She says her children, Faizan, 8,...