Woman allegedly gang-raped by colleagues at Lahore hotel
Lahore: A girl has been allegedly gang-raped in the vicinity of the Naulakha police station inside a hotel by her colleagues. According to details, the girl was lured to the hotel by…
India remains undecided about reopening Kartarpur corridor
New Delhi: India remained undecided on whether or not it would allow pilgrims to use the Kartarpur Corridor, even though Pakistan has already announced that it will welcome Sikh pilgrims looking visiting…
PM shouldn’t have allowed airing of Nawaz Sharif’s speeches: Sheikh Rashid
LAHORE: Federal Minister for Railways Sheikh Rashid has said that Prime Minister Imran Khan had made a mistake by allowing the speeches of former Prime Minister Mian Nawaz Sharif to be aired on…
Countrywide protests held to demand stern action against culprits of motorway gang rape
Large demonstrations and protests took place across all major cities of the country on Saturday after a group of men committed a brutal gang rape on the Lahore-Sialkot motorway a few days…
Chinese vaccine trial to start in Pakistan in 10 days: Asad
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives, Asad Umar, announced on Saturday that the phase-3 trial of a Chinese vaccine for the coronavirus will begin in Pakistan in 10 days. “Pakistan…
Punjab govt allocates Rs200m for ‘Nai Zindagi’ program for acid attack victims
LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar said on Saturday announced the allocation of Rs 200 million for the ‘Nai Zindagi’ program, meant for the rehabilitation of women that are acid attack…
NAB allowed to shelve graft inquiry against Ahad Cheema
LAHORE: An accountability court on Saturday allowed the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to shelve an inquiry against former director general of the Lahore Development Authority (LDA) Ahad Cheema, pertaining to financial wrongdoings in…
CM seeks help from international community on Sindh flooding
KARACHI: At least 136 people have died, over 2.3 million have lost their homes, and 45961 cattle have perished in the recent urban flooding in Sindh, Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah told foreign…
Govt relaxes restrictions on NGOs amid coronavirus outbreak
ISLAMABAD: The government on Thursday exempted local Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) from signing Memorandums of Understanding (MoU) with the Economic Affairs Division (EAD) to utilise foreign economic assistance for a period of six…
Coronavirus outbreak: Citizens demand concrete policy for religious congregations
LAHORE: Unlike other Islamic countries, the government has not announced any uniform policy pertaining to religious congregations such as Friday prayers in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, which has infected over…
Omni Group’s Ghani Majeed gets bail in last case
ISLAMABAD: An Islamabad High Court (IHC) bench on Monday granted post-arrest bail to Omni Group’s Abdul Ghani Majeed in another National Accountability Bureau (NAB) case. The bench directed the accused to furnish…
Planning ahead – PSL 2020 schedule for Lahore
The fifth edition of Pakistan Super League kicked off yesterday in Karachi. Considering the recent international series played in Lahore last month, traffic can become quite a nightmare, especially in the vicinity…
CP&WB chairperson writes letter to UNICEF for Kashmiri children
LAHORE: Child Protection and Welfare Bureau (CP&WB) chairperson Sarah Ahmed has written a letter to United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) here on Saturday in which she directed the attention of UNICEF…
Abid Minto writes to SJC regarding Qazi Faez Isa reference
Senior Advocate of the Supreme Court and president of the Awami Worker’s party Abid Hasan Minto has written to the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) inquiring as to why the cases against SC…
Nawaz Sharif to surrender himself at Kot Lakhpat jail after breaking fast
LAHORE: Ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif will be heading back to Kot Lakhpat Jail on Tuesday evening after the expiry of his six-week bail period. The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader will…
Govt seeks experts for implementing 100-day plan
ISLAMABAD: The federal government has issued an advertisement to hire experts from the private sector for proper implementation of the 100-day plan as it could not achieve the set targets in the given…
Saeed uz Zaman elected to Punjab Club top slot
LAHORE – Saeed uz Zaman had been unanimously elected as Punjab Club’s chairman by the management committee for 2018 on Monday. Punjab Club held elections for its new Chairman and Management Committee last week. Elections for…