Stripped of dignity: PU freshmen forced to bear brunt of shameful ragging rituals
LAHORE: In the guise of open-mindedness, the newly-admitted students of the fine arts department at the University of Punjab have been exposed...
Wasif Ali Wasif’s urs
LAHORE: The 31st annual Urs of Wasif Ali Wasif, a scholar and Sufi thinker, will begin February 14 at Miani Sahib in...
Arresting ‘Nelson’ Chaudhry
Fawad ‘Nelson’ Chaudhry has changed his name after arrest. He has renamed himself after Nelson Mandela. Fawad, or rather Nelson, is also...
New Punjab chief secretary assumes office
LAHORE: In a latest development, Zahid Akhtar Zaman, a senior civil servant, has assumed the role of chief secretary of Punjab.
Mr. Zahid...
Financial struggles push Lahore man to attempt suicide with children in tow
LAHORE: A financially-stricken man in In Lahore's Raiwind neighbourhood attempted to take his own life along with that of his three children...
The real ‘35 punctures’
I suppose the difference between KP and Punjab, and maybe the difference between the Pashton and the Punjabi, was best illustrated by...
Trade, industry announce protest against anti-industry policies on Monday
LAHORE: The Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce & Industry’s former president Mian Anjum Nisar has said that the business community across...
Quran khawani for civil servant
LAHORE: Quran khawani for the departed soul of retired Capt. Sher Alam Mahsud, civil servant and former federal secretary, will be held...
Nine development schemes approved
LAHORE: The 40th meeting of the Provincial Development Working Party (PDWP) of the fiscal year 2022-23, presided over by Sohail Anwar, secretary...
A confident dissolution
If you were to ask me, the dissolution of the Punjab Assembly was inevitable after the vote of confidence. Ch Pervez Elahi,...
Minor found ‘tortured’ to death in toilet
LAHORE: The ‘tortured’ body of a six-year-old boy was found in a toilet in Nishtar Colony locality of the provincial metropolis, the...
Dealing with teachers
Something’s wrong with Americans. This school shooting thing is getting ugly. On Friday, it seems, in Newport News, Virginia, which is hardly...
Al man called Pele… and another called Ish
The world of sport has been shaken by an earthquake. Pele is dead. Yes, Edson Arantes do Nascimento, as was his real...
IGP takes notice of killing incidents in Sargodha, Attock
LAHORE: Punjab Inspector General of Police Aamir Zulfiqar Khan, taking notice of the killing of two people during gunfight between two groups...
No rapping for Ch Pervez
Apart from the usual suspects (Imran, Ch Pervez, Shehbaz, Hamza Shehbaz and so on), the two men uppermost in my mind when...