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LAHORE: An accountability court on Saturday extended the judicial remand of former Bank of Punjab (BOP) president Hamaish Khan, Haris Steel Mills Director Sheikh Muhammad Afzal and Seth Nisar till December 22.
Earlier, the court on an application filed by Hamaish, directed NAB authorities to make arrangement for medical checkup of the accused in Services and Dental Hospital. The accused are involved in BOP fraud case in which 12 billion rupees have been embezzled.
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LAHORE: On Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif's orders, 13 new ventilators have been purchased for Rs 27 million for the Lahore General Hospital (LGH), Punjab Health Secretary Fawad Hassan Fawad said on Saturday.
He made these remarks while chairing a meeting to review the progress of development work at the LGH. He said that the LGH was a specialised hospital for neurosurgery and patients of other provinces were also referred to the hospital while head injury patients were

LAHORE: In the world of synthetic materials, a regular potter of Chungi Amr Sadhu trots his way around the city with his clay creations. His earthen pots not only embed in them the plight of these proletarian potters but somehow also reflect on our long lost heritage.
From the experienced old to the dreamful young, the bread of the members of this small scaled industry swirls around the potters' wheel. Each pair of steady but unsatisfied muddy hands on each revolution tells the

LAHORE: The Pakistan People's Party (PPP) considered former president General (r) Pervez Musharraf as former prime minister Benazir Bhutto's killer and he would soon be brought to justice in accordance with the UN report on Benazir's assassination, PPP Secretary General Senator Jahangir Badar said on Saturday.
He made these remarks while talking to journalists at Benazir's pictorial exhibition at the Alhamra Art Gallery. Badar said that the PPP-led federal government would bring

LAHORE: There is no room for corrupt and dishonest judges and stern disciplinary action would be taken if any such allegation is proved, Lahore High Court (LHC) Chief Justice (CJ) Ijaz Ahmed Chaudhry said on Friday. He made remarks while meeting Lahore High Court Bar Association (LHCBA) and Punjab Bar Council (PbBC) delegations at his chamber who called on him to congratulate him on becoming the LHC CJ. He asked the LHCBA, PbBC and other lawyers to point out corruption in the

LAHORE: Lahore High Court (LHC) Chief Justice (CJ) Ijaz Ahmed Chaudhry on Friday directed the federal law secretary to submit a detailed report until December 14 on a petition filed by Hafizabad District Bar President Khalid Tehami challenging a bogus cheque worth Rs 30 million presented by Federal Law Minister Senator Dr Babar Awan to the bar.
Petitioner's counsel Mushtaq Ahmed Mohal argued that the federal law minister gave the cheque in May, which got bounced when the bar

LAHORE: Provision of basic rights to every citizen can help transform any society into a strong and economically vibrant nation, Punjab Minorities Minister Kamran Michael said on Friday. He expressed these views while addressing a seminar held in connection with the World Human Rights Day. Michael said that when any state falls prey to dictatorship, it leaves a negative impact on all its political and social institutions. It was regrettable that in Pakistan a sorry state of affairs

LAHORE: US Consulate security guards on Friday captured a suspect and handed him over to Civil Lines Police. According to police sources, security guards saw a six-foot-tall man doing suspicious activities and nabbed him and also recovered few maps from his possession.
The suspect was in CIA Police custody and according to sources, he told CIA officials that his name was Safdar, son of Jaan Muhammad, and a resident of Waziristan. According to police sources, US Consulate

LAHORE: Women Action Forum (WAF) strongly condemned the death threats issued by a radical cleric from Khyber-Pakhtunkhawah against Aasia Bibi. On the occasion of Human Rights Day, the WAF demanded action against the cleric concerned.
It also urged the government to take suitable measures for the protection of Aasiya Bibi from such malicious elements. The WAF said any public controversy over a law is justified in democracy, but no public debate should be aimed at risking any

LAHORE: Shafiqabad Investigation Police has taken bribe from a helpless family to draft the scene of murder of the family's only bread winner, who was allegedly shot dead in public by his brother in law on September 26, Pakistan Today has learnt.
The family, which includes three blind brothers who are all hafiz-e-Quran, has been left stranded and unable to pursue the murder case of Sharifullah, 26, resident of Khokhar Town on Bund Road. The deceased was running a PCO shop to earn

LAHORE: Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Rao Sardar Ali Khan visited processions and Majalis held in different areas of the provincial metropolis on Friday and checked the security arrangements. He visited a procession held in Islampura and Majalis held in Zaidi House Shah Jamal and Imambargah Qasre Abu Taalib, Shadman.
He directed the officials to remain alert during the month of Muharram to avert any untoward incident. He appealed to the participants of Majalis and processions

LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif gave a briefing to Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif about the low-cost Ashiyana Housing Scheme on Friday. The CM said that the project for providing houses to low-income people had started in Lahore and would be extended throughout Punjab.
He said that 26 sites have been identified for the scheme in various districts of the province. Shahbaz informed Nawaz that the housing project was a welfare scheme of the

LAHORE: The Pakistan People's Party (PPP) would never tolerate injustice with students or teachers and the Punjab government would have to review its policies in this regard, PPP Secretary General Senator Jahangir Badar said on Friday while protesting against police torture of students and teachers outside the Punjab Assembly.
He made these remarks in a press conference at the Lahore Press Club. Badar said that using force could never achieve positive results and baton-charging

LAHORE: A World Bank delegation, led by Country Director Rachid Benmessaoud, called on Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif here on Friday and discussed with him implementation of various ongoing WB programmes as well as cooperation in several sectors.
Provincial Minister for Education Mian Mujtaba Shuja-ur-Rehman, Chief Secretary Nasir Khosa, Planning & Development chairman and secretaries of housing, finance, agriculture, health, irrigation and communication and works

LAHORE: Mehboob Ahmed Khan, father of Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Punjab chief Dr Waseem Akhtar, died on Friday and was buried at the Islampura graveyard. He was 72. JI chief Syed Munawar Hassan, former JI chief Qazi Hussain Ahmed, Secretary General Liaqat Baloch and other party leaders expressed deep grief over Mehboob's death and offered condolences with the bereaved family.

LAHORE: A man killed his wife over some domestic issue on Friday in the jurisdiction of Ferozwallah Police Station. Reportedly, 43-year-old Sakeena, a resident of Ferozwallah, married Ramzan twelve years ago and owned four children. Police officials said that the couple used to quarrel over the matters related to money because Ramzan was unemployed for more than four months.
They added that Sakeena demanded money from his husband upon which he started beating her with the wooden

LAHORE: The statements issued by the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) against the opening of four new medical colleges by the Punjab government are based on 'mala fied intentions', office bearers of the Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) said in a statement on Friday.
The statement further read that the PMDC has raised objections to opening government medical colleges, which will provide cheap, quality education, however has 'turned a blind eye' to irregularities going