Tag: Okara

WCLA to conserve Mir Chakar’s tomb and Satghara Walled City

LAHORE: The Walled City of Lahore Authority (WCLA) would soon be starting the conservation of the Tomb of Mir Chakar Rind along with the...

Okara man sets minor son on fire

OKARA: A man set his seven-year-old son on fire and escaped the scene here on Thursday. According to the police, the accused, hailing from suburbs of...

Held, raped for four days, says Okara girl who escaped captors

OKARA: A girl, who was kidnapped from the city’s Hujra Shah Muqeem locality and allegedly subjected to sexual assault, has managed to escape her captors...

Okara girl manages to flee captors who sexually assaulted her for...

OKARA: A girl in Okara on Sunday successfully managed to escape three boys who had kidnapped and sexually assaulted her for four days. The police...

Four killed, 35 injured in Okara chain accident

--Fourteen die, 982 sustain injuries in road accidents within past 24 hours OKARA: At least four people were killed and 35 others injured in a chain...

Minor boys’ ‘rapist’ held in Okara

  Police on Friday arrested a person who allegedly subjected at least two minor boys to sexual abuse in the Renala Khurd area of Okara,...

Independents to give a tough time to PML-N, PTI in Okara’s...

Masood Rabera, Khalilur Rehman considered strong candidates compared to Samsam Bukhari, Nadeem Rabera ISLAMABAD: A tough competition is expected between two independent candidates in Okara’s...

Money to play decisive role in Okara election

Tough contest expected in NA-142 between PML-N’s wealthy Riazul Haq against PTI’s Rao Hassan ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek Insaf (PTI) candidate from NA-142...

Man drowns in canal after bet with wife

OKARA: A man drowned in a canal after trying to win a bet with the wife to swim across a canal in Okara, a...

Manzoor Wattoo to contest polls as ‘independent’

LAHORE: Aiming to secure a seat of the National Assembly, Manzoor Wattoo will not be contesting the forthcoming polls under the flag of Pakistan People’s...

In a historic step: Transgender to contest NA polls from Okara

OKARA: Taking a historic step, a transgender candidate decided to contest in 2018 general elections for National Assembly seat from Okara. Nayyab Ali, who is an...

CJP summons Okara officials over viral funeral procession picture

ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar on Monday summoned the municipal committee members of Hujra Shah Muqeem, a municipality in Okara...

Army soldier among three dead in Okara, Bhakkar accidents

OKARA/BHAKKAR: At least three people including a soldier of Pakistan Army and a vice chairman of union council (UC) died while another injured in separate...

Four including two brothers killed in Okara, Swabi

OKARA/SWABI: Four including two brothers on Wednesday were killed in different incidents. According to the details, two brothers were killed and two others were injured...

Man charged with sexual abuse of children to face court

OKARA: A man in Okara charged with sexually abusing and filming schoolchildren will be presented before a court on Friday. The suspect, Yousuf, who works...

Suspected robber killed in Okara police encounter

OKARA: A suspected robber was killed while his two accomplices managed to flee after exchange of fire with the police on Friday. The police approached a three-member...

PM directs for provision of facilities to passengers at Okara Railway...

Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif on Sunday directed the concerned authorities for the provision of facilities to the passengers at Okara Railway Station. The PM...