Tag: Lahore
PTI ignores party’s old guards from Lahore in awarding tickets
---Workers express resentment over awarding tickets to turncoats
---Old guards including Yasir Gillani, Allama Iqbal’s grandson Waleed Iqbal ignored
LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) is once again...
Caretaker CM reviews matters related to budget, security
LAHORE: The caretaker Punjab Chief Minister Dr Hassan Askari Rizvi presided over separate meetings here on Saturday to review budget-related matters and security issues...
PTI’s former ticket holder Faisal Niazi joins PML-N
KHANEWAL: Faisal Khan Niazi, a former ticket-holder of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in PP-209 constituency, joined Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) here Saturday after his party did...
Al-Quds Day observed against Israeli state terrorism in Palestine
LAHORE: Al-Quds Day was observed throughout Punjab as in other provinces of the country on Friday.
Rallies, seminars, protest demonstrations and various other activities were arranged...
84 Sikh pilgrims reach Lahore
LAHORE: About 84 Indian Sikh yatrees arrived here on Friday through Wagha Railway Station to observe the day of Guru Arjun Dev Jee.
Evacuee Trust Property...
Lahore’s private school suspends 1,200 students over fee issue
LAHORE: A private school on Friday sent suspension notices to at least 1,200 students enrolled in different campuses all over the city because the parents...
Citizens vexed as 46 hours of power outage adds to scorching...
--Some areas without power for over two days
--Others facing 10 to 12 hours of load shedding
LAHORE: After the windstorm that struck Lahore on Tuesday evening,...
Four arrested in Lahore for taking liver donors to India
FIA team arrests gang members from a nearby village from Wagha border
LAHORE: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Monday arrested a four-member gang allegedly...
Kacha Jail Road residents suffer due to unattended sewage
LAHORE: The residents of Kacha Jail Road area in Kot Lakhpat of the provincial capital have been facing severe problems due to the stranded sewerage...
Shehbaz Sharif vows to ‘continue public service’ after July 25
LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif said on Sunday that he will further move the voyage of public service ahead even after July 25,...
Hot, dry weather to persist for a few days
LAHORE: Persistent dry weather in Punjab’s plains resulted in the mercury reaching 43 degrees centigrade in the provincial capital on Friday.
Experts of the meteorological department...
Heatstroke victims suffer as authorities bat no eye
--Patients complain of improper treatment at govt-run hospitals
--Health dept spokesman says ‘situation under control’
LAHORE: Amidst the heatwave that has taken over the entire province for...
Unannounced, prolonged power cuts persist despite rising mercury level
--Lahore's current demand surges to 4000MW, an all-time high
--Residents of metropolis being provided low voltage that damage electronic appliances
LAHORE: Residents of various areas of...
Illegal activities surge in jails under officials’ nose
LAHORE: A so-called rate list to accept bribes is fixed in different jails of the provincial capital by which prisoners are ‘allowed’ to do illegal...
Under-trial prisoner shot dead in Lahore district court
LAHORE: An under-trial prisoner was shot dead on Monday in a Lahore district court when unidentified men attacked him.
The police reported that the prisoner...
Govt urged to tackle issue of beggars
LAHORE: Lahorites on Sunday urged the city district government to chalk out a strategy to deal with the influx of professional beggars in the...
Saad Rafique unveils five-year progress of Pakistan Railways
--Minister for railways thanks opposition parties, premier for support
--Saad satisfied with increase in railway's revenue, freight trains, punctuality
LAHORE: The outgoing Railways Minister Khawaja Saad Rafique on Friday claimed that the...
