6 die as rain brings down roofs of houses in Gujranwala

GUJRANWALA: At least six people died in Gujranwala when the roof of the houses they were residing caved in Wednesday morning due to heavy...

Rs 49.8m fraud accused fined, imprisoned

LAHORE - An accountability court on Friday sentenced Astro Financial Information and Database Services (Pvt) Ltd CEO Muhammad Shahzad Anjum to 14 years in prison and fined him Rs 49.768 million in a fraud case. Anjum invited the investors to deposit money with him on the promise of returning their deposits with unprecedented profits after the expiry of a specified period. In this way, he embezzled Rs 49.768 million from 70 investors. EX-HAJ DIRECTOR'S REMAND EXTENDED: An

A heartless crime

2 new born baby girls found abandoned wrapped in plastic bag Two newly born baby girls were thrown away by their parents in two separate...

Punjab PTI to expose scams of Punjab govt: opposition leader

--Billions of corruption in Saaf Pani Company LAHORE: Leader of the opposition in Punjab Assembly Mian Mehmood ur Rasheed accused the Shahbaz Sharif-led Punjab government...

Celebrates Easter with Christian staff in different churches

On the sacred eve of Easter, Lahore Waste Management Company’s more than six thousand workers were given two holidays. The company carried out special...

Pirated O and A Level textbooks seized from major bookseller

Upon receiving information that Book City, a bookshop known for selling O and A Level textbooks located in Main Market, Gulberg, was selling pirated...

More MPAs than number of seats in Punjab Assembly

LAHORE: As the voting for the slot of Punjab chief minister was underway, many Punjab Assembly members had to stand in front of speaker's dice...

Policemen sent to jail because their father is not the CM

Asian Human Rights Commission calls for action against CM, daughter and son-in-law for torture of bakery employee The employee, who was thrown outside the bakery...

Canal Flyover to open on March 23

The Canal Flyover, which will ease traffic and will increase trade activities on the Ferozepur Road, will be inaugurated on March 23, Punjab Chief...

PFA raids illegal slaughterhouse, recovers unhygienic meat

Punjab Food Authority (PFA) Director Ayesha Mumtaz along with her team raided an illegal slaughter house here on Thursday. Reportedly, the PFA team, under the...

Enraged man drowns mother, brother in a pool of blood

A man killed his mother Majeedan and elder brother Maqbool Ahmad, residents of Kot Khaizan Singh, City Raiwind, over property dispute at their home...

FCC business students shine at LUMS HR Confluence

Two teams from Forman Christian College’s School of Management competed in this year’s LUMS HR Confluence 2016 held at LUMS. One team led by Khaizran...

Pillion riding banned across Punjab till Dec 3

Pillion riding has been banned across Punjab under the Section 144 to maintain law and order situation on the eve of Chehlum of Hazrat...

Punjab finance minister reviews recoveries of non-tax revenue

  Punjab Minister for Finance Dr Ayesha Ghaus Pasha presided a meeting at the Civil Secretariat on Tuesday in which the recoveries of non-tax revenue...

NA standing committee approves PSDP budgetary proposals

National Assembly’s standing committee on Railways has given approval to budgetary proposals related to Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) 2016-17. The committee Chairman Syed...

Main joru ka ghulam hoon!

Veteran jurist and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader Senator Aitzaz Ahsan admitted to being a Joru ka Ghulam (henpecked husband). Ahsan, while talking to media-persons,...

Death anniversary of famous Urdu poet Qateel Shifai observed

The 16th death anniversary of renowned Urdu poet and lyricist Qateel Shifai was observed on Tuesday. His real name was Muhammad Aurangzeb but he adopted...