LHC issues notice to IGP prisons on Kaira’s plea for meeting Zardari
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Monday issued notices to the Punjab Inspector General Prisons and others for Nov 13 on a petition filed...
Petition filed in LHC to bar Nawaz Sharif from going abroad
LAHORE: A petition was filed in the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Monday to bar former prime minister Nawaz Sharif from going abroad.
The plaintiff has...
Governor hosts lunch in honour of over 2,000 Sikh pilgrims
LAHORE: Punjab Governor Chaudhry Mohammad Sarwar on Monday hosted a luncheon in honour of more than 2,000 Sikh yatrees from across world, including India, who...
Dengue claims another life in Karachi
KARACHI: The total number of dengue-related deaths has touched 33 in Karachi. The total number of affected patients in Rawalpindi and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa are...
Govt asks farmers to hold their breaths as locust swarms descend upon Karachi
--Port city faces largest locust attack since 1961
--Farmers fear govt's apathy which caused losses of hundreds of thousands in interior Sindh
--Nothing to fear as...
Airlift, Swvl not being banned, says Sindh transport secy
KARACHI: After rumors started to make rounds on the social media that the Sindh government has decided to ban the application-based private transport services, Airlift...
Three dead, three injured in Abbottabad road accident
ABBOTTABAD: At least three people were killed and three others were wounded when a passenger van and a truck met an accident here on...
Medics end 6-week-long strike after talks with KP govt
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Doctors Council ended their strike after holding successful talks with the provincial government.
The doctors association held talks with KP Chief Minister Mahmood...
Gas explosion leaves two dead in Taxila
TAXILA: A powerful gas explosion destroyed a house in Taxila, killing two young girls on the spot and injuring four other people on Sunday.
According...
Two policemen among five gunned down in Rajanpur
ROJHAN: At least five persons, including two police officials, were killed when unidentified gunmen opened fire on them in Rojhan tehsil of Rajanpur district...
Alleged MQM-London target killer Qamar Teddy killed in South Africa
KARACHI: An alleged Muttahida Qaumi Movement-London (MQM-London) affiliated target killer, Qamarul Islam alias Qamar Teddy, was killed in an exchange of fire in South Africa on Sunday.
According...
PLGA 2019 shakes up local govt
LAHORE: The Punjab Local Government and Community Development (LG&CD) department has imposed the Punjab Local Government Act (PLGA) 2019 whereby new local administrators have...
227 new dengue fever cases in Karachi
KARACHI: As many as 227 more dengue fever cases were reported across Karachi megacity in last 24-hours, taking the reported cases’ toll to 10,516...
Meeting discusses new ‘security vision’
KARACHI: Under the directives of IGP Sindh Dr Syed Kaleem Imam, DIGP Operations Sindh Maqsood Ahmed and DIGP Admin Asim Ahmed Qaimkhani jointly presided...
148 out of 580 ambulances out of order in Sindh
KARACHI: As many as 148 ambulances are non-operational in Sindh province out of total 580, while majority of rescue vehicles are not equipped with...
Temperature plunges to 18°C as cold wave grips city
Temperature dropped to 18 degrees Celsius on Saturday after a cold spell hit Karachi, as well as other areas of Sindh.
The mercury drastically fell...
Five killed, six injured in clash over property dispute
LAHORE: At least five people were killed and six others injured in an armed clash between two rival groups over a property dispute on...
