Yousuf chooses fasting over cricket
Mohammad Yousuf will not sign with Leicestershire after failing to agree to personal terms, cricket website ESPNcricinfo reported. Yousuf wanted Leicestershire to allow him time off for the month of Ramazan, for…
Muslims to observe Juma-tul-Wida with religious reverence
The Muslims across the country, and world over, will observe Jumatul Wida, last Friday of the holy month of Ramzan and Al-Quds Day, with religious reverence on Friday. A huge number of…
Millions of faithful to sit in Aitkaf from tomorrow
Millions of faithful would observe Aitkaf from Sunday night in tens of thousands of mosques while security of mosques has been beefed up in this connection. Aitkaf sitting is a Sunnah of…
Rs 2bn Ramazan Package not for the poor?
The people of the province, particularly Karachi and Hyderabad, are not benefiting at all from the Rs 2 billion ‘Ramazan Package’ as the flour mills are allegedly misusing the subsidy due to…
3rd Master Oil Ramazan Night Cricket Tournament kicks off
The third Master Oil Ramazan Night Cricket Tournament recently started at the UBL Sports Complex. A total of 32 teams from the corporate sector and local clubs are participating in this tournament,…
Ramazan Inter Club Badminton
The Punjab Badminton Association is organising the Jashan-e-Azadi the 2nd Ramzan-ul-Mubarak Inter Club Badminton Tournament from August 11-14 at New Khan Badminton Hall, 55-Lawrence Road Lahore. More then 20 teams from Lahore…
Ramazan or not, KESC doesn’t care a tad bit
Despite announcing at the most 4.5 hours of power load shedding in the city during Ramazan, the Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) failed to deliver on its promise and continued with eight…
Ramazan moon to precede price list for commodities?
With the holy month of Ramazan likely to begin in the first week of August, the new commissioner-led city district management is yet to issue the official price list for essential commodities.…
Tight security arrangements made for Ramazan
Capital police has made tight security arrangements to control and tackle any untoward incident during coming holy month of Ramazan. According to the plan, the heavy police contingent would be deployed at…
Prices of dates increased ahead of Ramazan
The prices of dates have reportedly been in the markets of twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad ahead of Ramazan. The quality dates are being sold at Rs. 200 per kilogram this…
Liquor shops in Sindh would remain closed in Ramazan
Provincial Minster of Excise and Taxation Mukaish Kumar Chawla said that all the liquor shops in Sindh would remain closed in Ramazan. This would be done under the Ramzan ordinance. The liquor…
Tight security plan chalked out for Ramazan
Tight security plan has been chalked out for Ramazan while security would be beefed up in mosques and Imam Bargahs in this connection. Reportedly, during Ramazan, the security of Imam Bargahs and…
Flour on subsidised rates… only in Ramazan!
To facilitate masses during the approaching holy month of Ramazan, the Sindh government is likely to announce a relief package worth over Rs 2 billion tomorrow (Saturday) to ensure the provision of…
Chhipa seeks applications for Ramazan aid
The Chhipa Welfare Association has sought applications from the poor and deserving for providing them with assistance during the holy month of Ramazan, social worker and the association’s chief Ramzan Chhipa said…
Nothing ‘special’ about prices this Ramazan
Although the Punjab government has announced to give a special package to the public during Ramadan and planned bazaars in certain areas, but the plan will not give any results, as profiteers…
ICT to buy tons of Sugar & Flour for Ramazan
The Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) administration has finalised arrangements to purchase 3,000 tons of sugar and more than five hundred thousand bags of flour as part of the Ramazan Package for the…
Police to launch ‘Secure Lahore’ scheme in Ramazan
A special security campaign namely “Secure Lahore” would be launched for Lahore from the first of Ramazan, said Chief City Police Officer Ahmed Raza Tahir on Sunday while presiding over a high-level…