DIG Operations approves postings of 40 Lahore SHOs

LAHORE: Lahore DIG (Operations) Shahzad Akbar on Friday approved the transfers and postings of as many as 40 Station House Officers (SHOs) of the city’s...

Couple dead, child survives roof collapse

A couple died while a four-year-old minor survived a roof collapse late Tuesday in Islam Banda precincts. According to Rescue 1122 sources, the roof of...

Shehbaz Sharif takes notice of influenza cases in Multan

MULTAN: Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif took notice of the spread of influenza in the province Sunday morning, a day after seasonal influenza (also...

SAHARA for Life, PMS workshop on dengue

More than 90 percent to 95 percent of dengue patients are not in need of hospitalisation, and can be safely managed at home, said...

Govt gives south Punjab a major share in budget

--Southern districts given more share in education, sports, health, infrastructures, agriculture, livestock, resource development -Launch of 'Agri Smart Card' to ensure direct benefits to the farmers...

SPARC raises awareness about violence against children through puppet show

A puppet and theatre show was organised under the theme, ‘Violence against Children’ by the Society for the Protection of the Rights of the...

Unscheduled load shedding torments citizens

Unscheduled load shedding in Ramadan persisted on Saturday in several parts of the city causing inconvenience to the citizens. Electricity remained out at midnight...

Cases of Taseer’s ‘wives’ combined

On direction of the senior civil judge, two separate cases regarding the division of former Punjab governor Salmaan Taseer’s property have been combined in...

Azam Cloth Market fire causes loss worth millions

Fire erupted at Azam Cloth Market late on Tuesday night and gutted cloth worth millions. Short-circuiting caused the blaze that engulfed the first floor of...

‘Khan can’t defeat PM through democratic means’

  Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Senator Pervaiz Rashid said that Imran Khan could not defeat Nawaz Sharif through democratic means and was, therefore,...

Court directs NAB to probe Railways GM fairly

Accountability Court Lahore-III Judge Ali Hassan Rizvi on Saturday again gave custody of Pakistan Railways General Manager Saeed Akhtar, involved in a scrap sale...

New PFA regulation tries to curb infant formula sale: report

LAHORE: The Punjab government on Wednesday came out with new rules of the Punjab Food Authority (PFA) regarding infant formula manufacturers to promote breastfeeding among infants,...

2 arrested making fake currency notes, visas

Two men were caught making fake currency note and visas on Saturday, City42 reported. According to the channel, the police carried out a raid...

ZAB’s confidant presents new social contract for societal ills

  Former finance minister Dr Mubashar Hassan, a close confidant of late premier Zulfikar Ali Bhutto as well as his cabinet member, on Tuesday presented...

‘PTI fighting for national interest, not personal gain’

Former governor of Punjab Chaudhary Sarwar has said that corruption, injustice, and oppression have become near unsurmountable hindrances to Pakistan’s progress. “Pakistan and corruption can't...

Punjab AG gets ‘special’ protocol

The Punjab chief minister has directed the Services and General Administration Department (S&GAD) to give Punjab Advocate General Khawaja Haris protocol “equivalent to ministers”,...

Shia community stages sit-in at The Mall

--Protests against ‘biased’ behaviour of authorities --Community leaders say won’t leave until demands met LAHORE: Leaders of the All Parties Shia Federation on Tuesday said they were...