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News for Tuesday, 21 Jun 2011

WAPDA employees protest against withdrawal of free units

WAPDA employees held a protest on Tuesday against the government’s decision of withdrawing free units. WAPDA Employees Peegham Union led the protest. Employees left their work for sometime and joined the...

PU boys bag 4th position in int’l drumming competition

RedBull organized a freestyle drumming competition at the university level titled RedBull Tum Tum Pa earlier this year. From Pakistan, Chaar Paee band was selected for world finals held on...

Financial scam accused acquitted

An accountability court on Tuesday acquitted Rasool Khan, co-accused in the Oriental Industrial Cooperative Corporation scam. Earlier, the court had declared accused including Zia Rasheed, Rasool Khan, Saadat Ali, Nadeem Iqbal,...

Commission on doctors’ strike formed, LHC told

The Punjab government has set up a high-level commission, headed by Justice (r) Saeedur Rehman Farrukh, to fix responsibility for the loss of precious lives during the recent strikes held...

Rafi Peer Theatre Workshop celebrates World Music Day

Rafi Peer Theatre Workshop and Alliance Francaise de Lahore celebrated the World Music Day at the Rafi Peer Cultural Center on Tuesday. The celebration intended to provide a comprehensive representation of...

21-year-old girl ends life following domestic quarrel

A 21-year-old, namely Mehnaz Rafique, committed suicide by swallowing poisonous pills in the North Cantonment Police precincts on Tuesday. The deceased was a resident of the Joray Pull area. The...

Young couple killed in name of honour

A young couple, which eloped around eight months ago, was slaughtered by relatives of the girl in the name of honour in a rented house at Sarshar Town in the...

GRAP internal audit starts to unearth scam

Taking stern action on the UNICEF-funded GRAP corruption scam, the Punjab Social Welfare and Women’s Development Department and Baitul Maal have begun an internal audit of the office of Gender...

NCA defaults on electricity bills

The Lahore Electric Supply Company (LESCO) disconnected the National College of Arts (NCA)’s electricity supply for non-payment of dues, which have amounted to Rs 2.4 million, Pakistan Today has learnt. Students...

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