5 killed, 25 injured in Sahiwal coach accident
ISLAMABAD: Five people were killed and 25 injured when a speeding bus turned turtle in Sahiwal on Monday morning. Police said the accident occurred due to negligence of the driver who lost…
CITY NOTES: Sacrificing dual nationals in office
Imran Khan is hampered at every turn by the malign influence of Nawaz Sharif and the mafias. Did anyone notice the sacrifice he made this Eid of two special assistants? Tania Aidrus…
Saba Qamar, Bilal Saeed’s video in Wazir Khan mosque draws people’s ire
LAHORE: A video of song and dances of actress Saba Qamar and singer Bilal Saeed in the historic mosque ‘Masjid Wazir Khan’ in the provincial capital under the administration of the Punjab…
Food businesses open but restaurants in for a long fight amid pandemic
LAHORE: The Punjab Primary and Secondary Healthcare Department (P&SHD) on Saturday issued Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) regarding the opening of restaurants and fast food businesses; however, restaurant owners are not too optimistic…
LHC bans plastic bags at pharmacies, fruit vendors
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Saturday banned the use of plastic bags at all pharmacies and fruit vendors in the provincial metropolis and gave them a 15-day deadline to comply with the…
Woman kills husband over argument
LAHORE: A woman in Lahore’s Johar Town allegedly killed her husband before shooting herself, police said on Saturday. According to details, Shahid Hafeez, a staffer at Water and Sanitisation Agency (WASA), got…
GCU’s academic council approves new admission policy
LAHORE: The academic council of Government College University (GCU), in its 24th meeting, approved the university’s new policy for admissions to the undergraduate programmes. According to the new policy, the chairperson concerned…
NAB summons Buzdar in illegal liquor license case
LAHORE: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has summoned Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar on Aug 12 in a case pertaining to illegal awarding of liquor license, it emerged on Thursday. According…
Student facilitation centres to be set up in all educational boards: minister
LAHORE: Punjab Minister for Higher Education Raja Yasir Humayun has announced to establish student facilitation centres in different educational boards of the province to provide necessary educational services under one roof. The…
BISE Lahore announces new office timings
LAHORE: The Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE) Lahore has announced new office timings in pursuance of directions issued by the Services and General Administration Department (S&GAD). According to the notification,…
SOPs devised for reopening of schools
LAHORE: The Punjab Education Department has devised standard operating procedures (SOPs) for the reopening to ensure the safety of students and teachers as the schools gear up to reopen after the closure…
Eid-ul-Azha celebrated with simplicity in provincial capital
LAHORE: Eid-ul-Azha celebrated in the provincial capital on Saturday with simplicity to commemorate the great sacrifice of Hazrat Ibrahim (AS) and Hazrat Ismael (AS). A number of Eid congregations were held in…
Aleem urges Sindh govt to release subsidised wheat to millers
–Senior minister says Punjab alone can’t bear burden of whole country LAHORE: Punjab Senior Minister Abdul Aleem Khan on Monday asked the Sindh government to immediately provide wheat to flour mills at subsidised…
Punjab University’s former professor killed in broad daylight
LAHORE: Former professor of Punjab University, Ahmed Ali Chatha has been killed in Lahore. Ahmed Ali Chatha, who had also been the university’s additional controller, had left his house in Mustafa Town…
Religious scholars, activists demand recovery of occupied land around Bibi Pak Daman shrine
LAHORE: Religious scholars and social activists have expressed concern over the ongoing renovation at the holy shrine of Bibi Pak Daman, and have demanded that the authorities should recover the illegally occupied…
Tailors, laundry shops exempted from lockdown restrictions
LAHORE: The Punjab government on Wednesday exempted tailors, dry cleaners and laundry shops from the smart lockdown imposed across the province on Monday. According to the notification, the businesses have been allowed to…
BISE Lahore to set up one-window facility for students: chairman
LAHORE: The Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE) Lahore has announced to set up a state-of-the-art students’ facilitation centre to provide a one-window facility for solving students’ problems. Presiding over a…