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News for Wednesday, 5 Sep 2012

Punjab govt to give 33,803 plots to homeless

Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has announced, distribution schedule of plots under Jinnah Abadi scheme in rural areas of 20 districts of the province. Under the scheme a total of 33803...

Four injured in constable’s firing

A police constable opened fire and injured 4, including two women at Bakhawall More, in jurisdiction of Model Town police station on Tuesday. A constable named Shahzad in reaction to...

Fuel price hike challenged in LHC

A petition has challenged the recent increase in petroleum prices in the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Tuesday. The Judicial Activism Panel submitted the petition in the court and argued...

Children: The missing agenda

SPARC’s flagship report ‘The State of Pakistan’s Children 2011’, released the other day, covers 15 years and encompasses all major sectors of child rights, including education, health, child labour and...

210 cars stolen last month

At least 210 cars and 314 motorbikes have been stolen from different areas of the city during the month of August, reported a private TV channel. According to the channel,...

LHC orders inquiry into atlas book error

The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Tuesday ordered Punjab chief secretary to hold an inquiry into the matter of showing Pakistani Kashmir and the Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) region as Indian territories...

Electricity shortage soars to 5,200MW

The country is producing 12,340 megawatt (MW) of electricity against the demand of 17,200 MW due to which the citizens have to endure long hours of load shedding. The electricity...

Walks against dengue, talks on dengue but what about research?

The genie of dengue fever will continue haunting the people for some time as the Punjab government has ignored the most important aspect of fighting the deadly epidemic—studying the dengue...

HIJAB: A WOMAN’S RIGHT, A WOMAN’S CHOICE

At least 200 veiled women attended a Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) rally under the leadership of JI Women and Family Commission President Samia Raheel Qazi and JI women wing Assistant Secretary General...

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