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LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister Mian Shahbaz Sharif has commended the PT display presented by the children of City School. "The Punjab Games turned out to be a success at Lahore's Punjab Stadium. There is no doubt that children of the City School, Ravi Campus Junior Section, participated in the Opening Ceremony of the Punjab Games with the CM Shahbaz Sharif being chief guest. The children contributed a lot in the success of show with attractive display during opening ceremony," said

KARACHI - A large city like Karachi needs more public toilets and the city government should make bylaws for this purpose and implement them immediately, Karachi District Coordination Officer (DCO) Muhammad Hussain Syed said on Monday. He was speaking at a meeting held in the committee room of Civic Centre.
"Public toilets need to be built in different areas of city, especially at public gathering points," he said. The meeting was attended by EDO Revenue Roshan Ali Shaikh, Parks

LAHORE - Isolated rain was witnessed in various areas of Lahore including Badami Bagh, Shahdara, Karim Park and others on Monday. Scattered rain and thunderstorm hit Upper Punjab, including Islamabad and Rawalpindi, Upper Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Gilgit-Baltistan and AJK.
The Met Office informed that dry weather is expected in most parts of the country but isolated rain and thunderstorm is expected in Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Gujranwala, Lahore, Hazara divisions, Gilgit-Baltistan and

LAHORE - Pleasant weather prevailed in the provincial metropolis after a two-day rain spell on Sunday. According to the Meteorological office, the ongoing wet spell will continue for one more day, and the weather will remain cloudy until Tuesday. The Met office said that scattered rain and thunderstorms occurred across northern Punjab, Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa, Gilgit-Baltistan and Kashmir.
Farmers said rain was adversely affecting the wheat crop and if the bad weather persisted they

KARACHI - All religious parties have expressed their reservations about the house count in Karachi, demanding that process should be held in a transparent manner.
In a meeting with Sindh Census Commissioner Noor Mohammad Leghari, Jamaat-e-Islami Karachi Division Amir Mohammad Hassan Mehanti - while leading a delegation of religious parties - expressed dissatisfaction

MANCHESTER - Sir Alex Ferguson believes it's now only matter of time before mega-rich Manchester City realise their potential and are challenging on a regular basis for silverware. The Manchester United manager has seen his side dominate for over two decades during his trophy-laden spell in the Old Trafford hot-seat.
Since their Abu-Dhabi-based takeover three years ago, neighbours City have signalled their intent recruiting the likes of Carlos Tevez, Yaya Toure and Edin Dzeko

LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has announced that a state-of-the-art liver transplant facility and an institute of urology will be established on the land currently occupied by Zeenat Laboratories on Lawrence Road. Presiding over a meeting on Thursday, the chief minister said land worth billions of rupees had been retrieved in the campaign against encroachments.
He said that people faced great problems in the treatment of liver diseases and they also have to go

NICOSIA - A deal has been struck for Syria's army to enter Banias after deadly clashes in the coastal city, as several people freed after detention alleged they were tortured, a rights group said on Thursday.
The news comes after nearly a month of nationwide protests calling for greater freedom, political reform and the lifting of a draconian emergency law that have been harshly suppressed by security forces. "There was a deal on Wednesday between Syrian officials and city

LAHORE - Defence-A and Lower Mall Police postponed search operations in their respective jurisdictions on Wednesday due to lower cadre staff's lack of interest, sources told Pakistan Today. It was learnt that the top brass of the Lahore Police had ordered extended search operations as well as intensification of security checks in the provincial capital in order to nab suspected terrorists and to curb terrorism. Sources said following the directions, Defence-A and Lower Mall Police

LONDON - England striker Andy Carroll scored his first goals for Liverpool with a double in a 3-0 defeat of fourth-placed Manchester City on Monday to maintain their faint hopes of Champions League football next season. Carroll, the most expensive English player after his 35 million pound ($57.28 million) transfer from Newcastle in January, lashed in the opener from the edge of the box after 13 minutes and added his second shortly after Dirk Kuyt's strike.
City's first half went

KARACHI - Around 60 delegates from 17 countries will participate in the 4th General Assembly of the World Forum of Fisher Peoples (WFFP) to be organised in Karachi from April 27 to 30. The Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum (PFF) will host the event that is being held in Pakistan for the first time. PFF's Sami Memon said that Sindh Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah has agreed presiding over the inaugural ceremony on April 27.
"We have planned various colourful activities on the occasion

LAHORE - Following the instructions of Punjab Chief Minister, four brand new Corolla cars equipped with modern gadgets were handed over to the City Traffic Police on Monday for patrolling on Ring Road. MNA Hamza Shahbaz Sharif handed over the car keys to Chief Traffic Officer (CTO) SSP Ahmad Mobin in a ceremony and said that new patrolling cars would further improve City Traffic Police's performance.
He added that new patrolling cars would help in implementing traffic rules and

LAHORE - The citizens witnessed light rain in the metropolis again on Monday whereas the weather remained cloudy whole day. The metrological department reported scattered rain and thunder in North East Balouchistan, Khyber Pakhtoonkhawa and Punjab including Islamabad, Gilgit-Baltistan and Kashmir. The citizens said that the mid-April rain was nature's gift.
The Met office predicted clear weather in Lahore today.

LAHORE - Lahore, which is always hungry for political activity, came alive on Sunday, as the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) staged a rally at the Football Stadium, which was felt throughout the city.
It seemed like election season as the MQM managed to create some commotion on streets of the capital of Punjab, as a large number of participants showed up at Football Stadium to show their support for MQM chief Altaf Hussain. The MQM pulled off the convention in a decent manner, as

FAISALABAD - The city government has shelved the long-awaited Rs 50 million public parking plan conceived by its predecessors to address the parking chaos in different areas. During the tenure of former City District Nazam Rana Zahid Tauseef, Rs 50 million were earmarked for the construction of four multi-storey parking plazas at Kutchehary Bazaar, Aminpur Bazaar, former municipal corporation house and Mayor House.
The city government has termed the proposed venues of parking

FAISALABAD - A delegation of senior officers of the Faisalabad City Government left for Singapore to sign an agreement with Singaporean authorities for the installation of a solid waste treatment plant in the district.
The delegation comprises Executive District Officer (Revenue) Liaqat Ali Chattha, Executive District Officer (Solid Waste) Liaqat Ali, Road Transport Authority Secretary Mohsin Rasheed and District Officer (Planning) Mehar Ramzan.
The group members will

KARACHI - Seven people, including a policeman, lost their lives in separate incidents across the city on Friday.
Sub-inspector Abdul Karim Chohan, 50, was killed in the wee hours when unidentified culprits opened fire on him in Musharraf Colony.
His body was shifted to the Civil Hospital Karachi. He was in charge of the Hawkesbay Police Post.
Naveed Khan, 19, was killed in the Gulshan-e-Iqbal police precincts when unidentified culprits opened fire on him near Moti