Lahore

LAHORE: A couple of months back a movie titled 'The Expendables' came out. Not only did the movie marked the return of the action oriented cinema but also it drove every muscle loving, shell splitting hardcore action fan at the edge of their seats, with the movie cramming with topnotch action heroes.
The recent exhibition at Zahoor-ul-Akhlaq Gallery, National College of Arts, was no small affair, and just like the movie, the list of artists contributing their work for this

LAHORE: The founder of 'Khudi', a social movement against extremism, Majid Nawaz said, "Extremism has been existing since partition, and it cannot be washed away within days. Pakistan is considered as a failed state because of lack of ideological consensus, which needs to be promoted to build a peaceful and democratic Pakistan."
Quilliam Director Majid Nawaz expressed these views in an interview with Pakistan Today. He said Khudi had a comprehensive programme to eliminate

LAHORE: The Punjab government is planning to conduct a large-scale investigation into charges of corruption, nepotism, abuse of power and financial mismanagement in the Lahore Development Authority (LDA), Pakistan Today has learnt.
The LDA has come under fire after surfacing of tendering scandals, faulty commercialisation policy, manipulation in 100 plots for LDA employees, silence over action against illegal housing schemes, missing files regarding high-rising buildings,

LAHORE: The Institute of Child Health is facing a severe faculty shortage, affecting the performance of the attached Children's Hospital and inconveniencing patients coming from far flung areas, Pakistan Today has learnt.
The Children's Hospital is a 700 bedded specialised hospital, which caters to a large number of patients coming from across the province. But due to shortage of senior faculty and specialist doctors patients have to leave the hospital disappointed. The shortage

LAHORE: Majority of the city's fuel stations stopped selling petrol and diesel around noon on Tuesday in anticipation of a possible increase in prices of petroleum products, Pakistan Today has learnt.
Citizens' problems magnified as CNG stations were also closed due to gas load shedding. Petrol pumps owners expected that Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) will increase the petrol price by Rs 2.5 per litre and diesel by Rs 3 per litre.
Thus, the fuel stations in Model

LAHORE: A large portion of lands belonging to schools across Punjab have been illegally occupied by the land mafia while the Punjab government's School Education Department is under pressure to vacate the occupied lands, Pakistan Today has learnt.
The lands have been occupied by influential people from decades in almost all districts of the province including Lahore, Sheikhupura, Gujranwala, Mianwali, Kasur, Rahim Yar Khan and Faisalabad and due to influential personalities and

LAHORE: We don't share our plates with Christians," says Aasma. She sits on a charpoy, next to her sister Aafia. Their old mother is with them. Together they are waiting for the local cleric who is to meet them in their small home in the village.
The two, in their twenties, are the women who accused Aasia Bibi of making blasphemous remarks against the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh), when a group of women was out in the fields picking purple falsa berries for the season. Visually the

LAHORE: Despite tall claims of Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif of selling sugar at Rs 72 per kilogrammes, either sugar is being sold at higher rates or there is no sugar at a large number of shops in the city, Pakistan Today has learnt. Shopkeepers have declined to sell the commodity owing to high price being charged by distributors. They said that in case of not selling sugar at Rs 72 per kilogramme, they were being fined by the district government.
The consumers were

LAHORE: Defence Police have not been able to trace the robbers involved in stealing valuables worth Rs 2.5 million from Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Member of the National Assembly (MNA) Khawaja Asif's house in Defence Housing Authority (B) Police Station precincts, Pakistan Today has learnt.
Police have registered a case on the complaint of Asif's son Khawaja Asad. According to the first information report (FIR) registered with the Defense B Police, Khawaja Asad, a

LAHORE: Flawed policies of the federal government are shattering the confidence of the masses and the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) has failed to show a commitment in resolving the problems of the nation, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Member of the National Assembly (MNA) Pervaiz Malik said on Monday in a press release.
He said that the federal government was playing havoc with the country and was busy in hurting the business community and the common man. Pervaiz said

LAHORE: An accountability court on Monday extended the judicial remand of former President Bank of Punjab (BOP) Hamaish Khan, and former honorary consulate in Qazikistan Seith Nisar, and Sheikh Muhammad Afzal till December 11. The Accused are alleged to be involved in the BOP fraud case in which Rs 12 billion has been embezzled.
American nationality holder Hamesh Khan is the key figure of BOP fraud case in which 12 billion rupees have allegedly been embezzled. Hamish is alleged

LAHORE: National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Monday filed a reference against former Assistant Advocate General Punjab Seema Munawar in an accountability court on the charge of receiving more than Rs. 3.859 million as family pension on fake documents.
The father of the accused, justice (R) Munawar Elahi Rana died on November 5, 1982, while her mother died on November 1, 1998 After the death of her mother, the accused applied for family pension showing herself to be single and

LAHORE: Shirakt Gah, South Asia Partnership Pakistan and Kashf Foundation along with other non-governmental organisations (NGO) organised a walk and solidarity rally at the Lahore Press Club to mark the International Women Rights Defenders Day.
The participants carried banners and placards demanding an end to all forms of violence against women and acts of harassment against human rights defenders. November 29 is a day of recognition for human rights activists when activism,

LAHORE: The Lahore Police deployed more than 1000 cops to avoid any untoward incident during the arrival of Sunni Ittehad's Council's (SIC) procession in Lahore on Sunday. SIC took out a procession against terrorism, sacrilege of mausoleums and price hike.
"Police will give a grand reception to the participants of Sunni Ittehad Council's rally," said Superintendent Police Dr Shahzad Asif. He said the police adopted all 'humanly possible' security measures for the participants'

LAHORE: Protests for and against blasphemy laws were held in the provincial capital of Punjab, on Sunday.
A protest against blasphemy laws and persecution of minorities was organised by the Institute for Peace and Secular Studies (IPSS) on Sunday at Mall Road opposite Punjab Assembly.
The protesters raised slogans for the repealing of section 295-C and other discriminatory laws from Pakistan Panel Code. The participants demanded that the state to stop the persecution of

LAHORE: Renowned sufi singer Abida Parveen underwent an angioplasty at the Doctor's Hospital on Sunday after suffering a heart attack on Saturday. After the operation, she was shifted to a private room. Parveen's condition was critical after the heart attack but the angioplasty was performed and a stent was inserted.
According to doctors, her condition is stable now and she will be discharged within four to five days. Parveen would be able to sing in 45 days, the doctors said.

LAHORE: Three labourers were electrocuted while installing a wedding tent in Kahna Police Station precincts on Sunday. The families of the deceased stopped police from taking any action and took the bodies to their hometowns for burial.
The victims were identified as Arshad Amanat, Asghar Abdul Haq and Waris Nazeer, residents of Khudian, Kasur, Burewala and Ludhar village respectively. According to details, the victims were working at Square Caterers and on Sunday, the deceased