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No kites this Basant too!

Basant enthusiasts would have to spend another year without the festivities as City District Government Lahore (CDGL) sources on Wednesday revealed that ban on...

Organ-ising legal donations

The notoriety of illegal organ trade is affecting legal organ donation efforts, Pakistan Today has learnt. Previously, no law had existed on organ transplantation. The...

Hospitals turning city into a toxic dumping ground

In a gross violation of hospital waste management rules, public hospitals and scores of private clinics have been playing a major role in defiling...

CAD plans to change heads of key educational authorities

The Federal Ministry of Capital Administration and Development (CAD) decided to change the heads of three important education supervising institutions, Pakistan Today has learnt....

Sindh to shelve BB transport programme?

Considering the ongoing energy crisis and the apathy of authorities concerned, the Pakistan People’s Party-led Sindh government is likely to shelve the Shaheed Mohtarma...

In Pakistan, you can get away with anything!

The Federal Ministry of Regulation and Services has awarded a drug manufacturing licence to a company that caused a disaster last year by supplying...

Sham marriages face crackdown in Europe

The United Kingdom Border Agency (UK BA) officers made 17 arrests across the country in an operation against suspected sham marriages, UK BA officials...

Neither majority nor minorities secure in Balochistan: Das

JUI-F minority Senator from Balochistan Heman Das expressed his concern over the law and order in Balochistan, saying neither majority nor minorities felt secure...

Warsi to reach Pakistan today

Baroness Sayeeda Warsi, a minister of the British ruling party, will reach Pakistan today on a two-day official visit. During her visit, Baroness Warsi...

Banned outfit extorting money from businessmen

A banned organisation is involved in extorting money from several businessmen in the provincial capital, sources told Pakistan Today on Friday. The sources said...

Smuggled Iranian petrol on open sale

More than 90,000 liters of smuggled Iranian petrol is being sold daily in the city at over 800 illegal dumping stations situated in different...

Excise officials ‘spiriting away’ Rs 30m annually

The Excise and Taxation Department receives around Rs 30 million in the form of illegal collections from paint shops and spirit manufacturing factories in...

6,000 PU students still without laptops

Thousands of students of Punjab University who were registered in the first phase of laptop distribution are still without laptops, Pakistan Today has learnt....

Shadman Chowk rebaptism not going too well

Renaming the Shadman Chowk after Bhagat Singh is not going to be smooth, as the officials concerned have received more applications against the move...

Doctors launch a thousand signatures campaign

The provincial council meeting of Punjab General Cadre Doctor Association (GCDA) decided to start a campaign from Thursday to collect a thousand signatures, to...

Lack of diesel forces Railways to ground 9 trains on Eid

Pakistan State Oil (PSO) has refused to supply diesel to Pakistan Railways over the issue of non-payment of past dues and because of this...

Drink all the wine in the world, as far as the...

The Punjab Excise Department has shown deteriorating performance over the past few years due to a lack of personnel and non-existence of transfers within...