Tag: Lahore

Students in quandary after land grabbers take over trust school

--Darul Hikmat Trust School land allegedly being sold off by former director, accomplices as Board appears helpless in salvaging institute serving students from less...

ATC grants one-day transit bail to Mansha ‘Bomb’

Mansha 'fears' that police will kill him Court directs authorities to present Mansha before Lahore court on Wednesday ISLAMABAD: A special Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC)...

Mansha ‘Bomb’ in police custody after surrendering at SC

--CJP refuses to meet suspected land grabber from Lahore as Mansha claims he’s being ‘victimised’ by political rivals ISLAMABAD: Suspected land grabber, Malik Mansha Ali Khokhar,...

Hamza, Suleman visit Shehbaz in NAB custody

Sons of Shehbaz Sharif paid him a visit at the Lahore office of National Accountability Bureau (NAB) ahead of the October 14 by-elections, media...

Buying sex online? Don’t worry, govt’s sleeping!

--Escort agencies targeting youngsters by promoting businesses on social media platforms --Some businesses exclusively for elite; offer models, television hosts, actors, foreigners --Clients get secretly recorded...

By-polls: Game on in NA-131 as PTI, PML-N face off

--Ruling PTI strives for an upset in NA-124 --Neck-and-neck contest anticipated between Saad Rafique, Humayun Akhtar in NA-131 --PP-64, PP-65 appear to be easy sailings for...

PML-N to win by-polls, says Hamza Shehbaz

LAHORE: Opposition Leader in the Punjab Assembly Hamza Shehbaz on Friday claimed that his party Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) will win the October 14...

As groundwater levels plunge, Lahore begins turning off taps

LAHORE: Five mornings a week, Saima Azeem helps her children wash and prepare for school. But this week has been different: She has had to...

Punjab prepares for smoggy winter

-- Environment Protection Department seals 216 furnaces, lodges 86 FIRs   LAHORE: Punjab Environment Protection Department sealed 216 smoke emitting furnaces and other units after getting registered...

Korean artists to perform in Islamabad, Lahore

Embassy to organise a traditional cultural performances ISLAMABAD: The Embassy of the Republic of Korea will organise a traditional cultural performance for the citizens of...

Pak Arab Housing Society owner arrested

LAHORE: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Thursday arrested Ammar Gulzar, the owner of Lahore’s Pak Arab Housing Society, over the construction of illegal...

WAPDA wins National Women Basketball Championship

ISLAMABAD: The Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) on Thursday won the National Women Basketball Championship. The defending Champion WAPDA beat Pakistan Army in the finals...

Thousands suffer owing to delay in passport issuance

--Shortage of lamination papers, out of order printing machines impede process --Students, business professionals complain of disruption in their schedules   LAHORE: Like the delay of issuance of...

‘Dastan Shehar-e-Lahore Ki’ being held at Fort

LAHORE: The Walled City of Lahore Authority (WCLA) is organising ‘Dastan Goi’ in the Royal Kitchen at Lahore Fort whereas the story of Lahore will...

Housing minister to resign ‘if allegations proven against son’

--Police say car registered under Mian Mehmoodur Rasheed’s son in constable abduction case   LAHORE: Punjab Housing Minister Mian Mehmoodur Rasheed said Thursday that he will resign...

Five MMA fighters from Pakistan to feature in Lahore-hosted Brave 17...

Brave Combat Federation has confirmed that the first-ever international mixed martial arts (MMA) event to be hosted in Pakistan on October 27 will feature...

PFA discards 7,000,000 rotten eggs

LAHORE: The Punjab Food Authority (PFA) on Sunday discarded as many as 700,000 putrid eggs at a solid waste dumping site, apart from unearthing...