Tag: Lahore

Dearth of daily use items reaches peak at utility stores

--Citizens suffer as stoppage of procurement by govt renders utility stores dysfunctional --Not a single wheat bag at any outlet LAHORE: Citizens, especially the poor and lower-middle...

Punjab Governor House opens for public

LAHORE: Punjab Governor House opened for public on Sunday as MPAs and provincial ministers welcomed the public on their first visit to the house. A large...

Technician of private TV channel poisoned to death in Lahore

LAHORE: Unknown culprits poisoned to death a technician of private TV channel in the provincial capital, police said. The City News Network (Pvt) Ltd technician...

Rising intolerance: Man refuses procedural stamp by Hindu in CMH

A man refused to get his procedure slip stamped by a Hindu worker in uniform during his visit to the Cardiac Emergency Unit of...

Bilawal to attend Kulsoom Nawaz’s funeral in Lahore

Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari will attend Begum Kulsoom Nawaz’s funeral in Lahore, a local news outlet reported. Bilawal will be accompanied...

Six injured in acid attack

LAHORE: As many as six people received burn injuries when unknown suspects threw acid on them in the Manawa area of Lahore on Wednesday. Five women and...

Heavy rainfall disrupts city life

--Electric supply suspended as 67 feeders trip LAHORE: Heavy rainfall in the provincial capital on Sunday became a source of trouble for the locals as rainwater...

One killed, two injured in MM Alam Road fire

--Sources say fire appears as deliberate attempt to destroy business agreement records of Shehbaz Sharif's son-in-law with Saaf Paani Company LAHORE: One person was killed while two...

Three advisers to former PCB chief sacked

LAHORE: According to a notification, Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Friday sacked three advisers to former chairman Najam Sethi. The dismissed advisers included Salahauddin Sallu,...

DIG Operations approves postings of 40 Lahore SHOs

LAHORE: Lahore DIG (Operations) Shahzad Akbar on Friday approved the transfers and postings of as many as 40 Station House Officers (SHOs) of the city’s...

12-year-old Imran Khan once picked up his father’s gun during 1965...

Prime Minister Imran Khan shared his childhood memories of the 1965 India-Pakistan war while addressing the Defence Day ceremony held in Islamabad on Thursday. While...

VIDEO: Shopkeepers brutally beat women over alleged theft in Lahore

--Two suspects arrested after CM takes notice over viral video LAHORE: Police on Thursday arrested two shopkeepers who had assaulted women for allegedly stealing from their...

LHC summons union leaders of Hall Road, Panorama over illegal parking

LAHORE: The trade union leaders of Hall Road and Panorama Shopping Centre were summoned by the Lahore High Court on Monday in a case...

No lustre for citizens at Sunday Bazaars of city

--Overcharging, substandard commodities a routine matter in markets, citywide survey finds --Veggie, fruit prices start climbing under new govt   LAHORE: Despite the tall claims of the...

Residential colony becoming a threat to Lahore Fort

--Monument experiencing security, maintenance concerns owing to nearby living quarters --Historians demand re-examination, renovation of heritage site   LAHORE: A residential colony, having 43 quarters for the Archaeology...

CM Usman Buzdar to launch operation against encroachments

LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar on Sunday announced to launch an operation against encroachments across the province in a bid to curb...

Pakistan’s average temperature to go up by 5°C by century’s end

Climate Impact Lab data shows Lahore, nearby areas likely to get hotter even if efforts to curb greenhouse emissions continue The annual average temperature...