Lahore

LAHORE: A two-year-old infant, Abdul Wasay of Angoori Bagh Scheme No.2, burnt alive on Sunday late night when boiling water fell on his body in the jurisdiction of the Baghbanpura police. Reportedly, the child, while playing in his home, went to the kitchen where he fell into a pot of boiling water. As a resultant, the infant sustained critical burn injuries. He was rushed to hospital where he died.
MINOR SODOMISED, KILLED: A 12-year-old boy was sodomised and killed in the

LAHORE: With the start of the fog season, National Highways & Motorway Police (NH&MP) has started adopting extraordinary preventive measures to avoid fog-related accidents. NH&MP Inspector General Dr Wasim Kauser, while presiding over a meeting about the safety arrangements on national highways & motorways held at IG camp office Thoker Niaz Baig, said that the motto of 'safety first' should be kept in mind before boarding a vehicle one should check car lights and wipers.
He said

LAHORE: Society for Protection of the Rights of Child (SPARC), a non-governmental organisation (NGO), launched a campaign against child marriage on Sunday by organising a press conference at the Lahore Press Club. SPARC Programme Coordinator Imran Javed Qureshi said that the NGO had launched a two-week campaign titled "Stop Child Marriage", as child marriages were illegal, basic root cause of many family disputes and injurious to the girl's health owing to early pregnancy and other

LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif has said that there are vast opportunities of investment in banking and other sectors in Pakistan, especially Punjab and that the government would provide all possible facilities to investors.
He said this during a meeting with the chief executive officer of Burj Khalifa, and representatives of companies such as Emaar, Habib Bank and Oman Insurance on Sunday. The meeting discussed matters regarding facilities for investment in

LAHORE: A conman disguised as a traffic warden, who swindled valuables from a truck driver a couple of days ago, looted a cellular phone from another driver in Gujjarpura on Sunday. City Traffic Police's careless attitude in capturing the swindler had enabled the fraudster in carrying out his sixth crime within some days.
Muhammad Rasheed Ahmed, a resident of Hujra Shah Muqeem Area, was the conman's fresh victim. Rasheed was a tractor-trolley driver and working with a

LAHORE: Vegetable prices decreased at the Sunday bazaars while chicken prices increased on this Sunday. The buyers complained about the quality of vegetables and fruits and the security too remained poor while the district management remained indifferent to the situation. Though the prices decreased, a number of vendors kept selling at higher rates. The administration of Sunday bazaars remained absent and did not bother about public complaints.
The consumers at Sunday bazaars in

LAHORE: The Pasban-e-Khatam-e-Nabuwat organised a protest against proposed amendments in blasphemous laws and publication of blasphemous caricatures in western newspapers in front of the Lahore Press Club on Sunday. The protesters chanted slogans against the government for remaining silent over such a vital issue.
They said that it was a joint venture of the Jews and Qadyanis to make the constitution ineffective on blasphemous issues. The protesters warned that they would not

LAHORE: Impatience, defects in the socio-political system and lack of literary habits are the main reasons for Pakistan's backwardness, Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leader and renowned lawyer Aitzaz Ahsan said on Sunday. He made these remarks while addressing the book launching ceremony of renowned journalist Qayyum Nizami's "Quaid-e-Azam as Governor General of Pakistan".
Aitzaz praised Nizami's efforts and said that the book presented correct facts. "We are not a society of

LAHORE: SNGPL users all over the city experienced low pressure and unscheduled gas cuts on Saturday. Many CNG stations remained closed for the second consecutive day. SNGPL had announced a closure of gas supply to CNG stations on Friday but on Saturday, the pressure was lowered which caused a lot of inconvenience for the motorists.
The CNG station owners said SNGPL officials had lowered the pressure without informing them and had demanded bribery to provide proper pressure.

LAHORE: The Pakistan People's Party (PPP) would not allow privatisation of educational institutions, Federal Law Minister Senator Dr Babar Awan said on Saturday. He made these remarks while talking to journalists after meeting members of teacher's Joint Action Committee (JAC).
Awan said that the board of governors (BoG) was a corrupt body and the law did not allow its establishment. He said that baton-charging had become the Punjab Police's custom and condemned police torture of

LAHORE: Former National Insurance Company Limited (NICL) chairman Ayaz Khan Niazi was shifted to Lahore from Karachi on Saturday. Niazi was under the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), Lahore's custody and would soon be presented in court.
According to details, FIA had already recovered Rs 1 billion from NICL scam accused Mohsin Habib Warraich and the Supreme Court had ordered shifting Niazi to Lahore.
A three-member SC bench was hearing the case against the former NICL

LAHORE: Protests organised by students of various colleges on Saturday created a massive traffic jam on roads adjacent to the New Muslim Town Morr.
Punjab College students were protesting against police torture of students and teachers at the Punjab Assembly a couple of days ago. Commuters expressed anger over the traffic jam and criticised students for protesting on roads. The protesters blocked the roads using buses, choking traffic on the Canal Bank roads irking motorists.