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News for Tuesday, 26 Apr 2011

LDA regularises 123 secondary school teachers

The Lahore Development Authority (LDA) on Tuesday regularised services of 123 secondary school teachers working on a contract basis in BPS-16 in four schools being run by the LDA. The...

Police arrest 255 in crackdown on criminals

Mujahid Squad police have launched a massive crackdown on outlaws, drug pushers, gamblers and swindlers and arrested 255 alleged criminals in various areas of the provincial capital over the last...

Flatbed crushes 9th grader

Azeem, 15, a resident of Jandra village in Barki area, was knocked down by a speeding flatbed. The police said that the deceased, who was a 9th grader, was...

JI condemns blast in Navy bus

The Jamaat-e-Islami Chief Syed Munawar Hasan and JI Secretary General Liaquat Baloch, have condemned the bomb blast in the bus of the Pakistan Navy in Karachi resulting in the death...

PTCL profits set to slide

Due to reduced fixed line operations, the higher cost of service and marketing expenses, Pakistan Telecommunication Company (PTCL) is expected to experience a 26 percent drop in its profitability year...

Security concerns shrink foreign investment by $7.11b

The current temporary improvement in the country’s external accounts, whereas, appears to have brought enough comfort for economic managers for the time being, the ever-present security concerns and the resultant...

The plight of child housekeepers

On February 11, 2010, Yasmin, a 15-year-old girl was allegedly burnt by her employers in Okara and died five days later in a hospital in Lahore. Her father weeping at...

Federal govt’s reply sought on petition challenging drone attacks

The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Tuesday gave another opportunity to the federal government to file its reply on a petition challenging US drone attacks on Pakistani soil, which have...

Basit stresses identifying reasons for power shortage

The former Chairman of Pakistan Poultry Association (PPA) and former Senior Vice President of LCCI Abdul Basit has demanded formation of a high-powered commission to identify the actual reasons behind...

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