PA speaker, ministers review RUDA’s strategic initiatives, future plans
RUDA Chairman, CEO brief the delegation on RUDA’s mission to develop sustainable and modern urban infrastructure
LAHORE: Punjab Assembly Speaker Malik Ahmed Khan, accompanied...
WCO, PSW collaborate to align national trade data with international standards
KARACHI: The Pakistan Single Window (PSW), in collaboration with the World Customs Organization (WCO), successfully concluded a significant five-day training event in Karachi.
Held from...
PHA offers city underpasses, pedestrian bridges for commercial advertising
LAHORE: The Parks and Horticulture Authority (PHA) has offered underpasses and overhead pedestrian bridges under its jurisdiction for commercial advertisements to boost its revenue,...
 Variety in PoetryÂ
Titles of books: 1. KitabaiN Baat Karti HaiN, 2. Sana Nama
Zinda YadaiN: Authored by Riaz Ahmad Parwaz
Riaz Ahmad Parwaz is a veteran poet,...
Plantation of 25m trees on cards to raise Lahore’s tree cover to 7pc
LAHORE: The Parks and Horticulture Authority (PHA) is working to plant over 25 million trees during this year to boost Lahore’s low tree cover...
The Tarar Saga
1. ‘Sorrows of Sarasvati – The Lost River’ by Mustansar Hussain Tarar
Translators: Safeer Awan – Saleem Khan
2. ‘Tarar’s Fragile Times – The work of...
Lahore PHA on course for digitising revenue generation: DG
LAHORE: The Parks and Horticulture Authority (PHA) is in the process of digitising revenue generation and has marked the marketing and coordination wings for...
Lahore PHA reports record Rs2.35b revenue in FY-2023-24: DG
LAHORE: The Parks and Horticulture Authority (PHA) increased its own-source revenue to 2.35 billion in the outgoing financial year, a substantial rise from the...
PHA launches botanical garden project in Murree
LAHORE: The Parks and Horticulture Authority (PHA) of Lahore has begun work on establishing a cutting-edge botanical garden in the picturesque hill station of...
Poetry, philosophy, and translated fiction
‘Mukammal Namukammal’ --- Anwar Jamal’s consolidated verse collection
‘Nazaryat-e-Falsafa’ --- Anwar Jamal’s critique of theories of philosophy
‘Panah’ --- M. Athar Masood’s translation...
Patience and passes
One must give credit to the Chief Justice of Pakistan, Mr Justice Qazi Faez Isa, for his ability to maintain a judicial demeanour. When...
Lying on tables not allowed
It had been predicted in a lot of jokes, but I don’t think anyone ever expected it would happen. But it did the other...
Ch Ashiq elected as chairman of APNSF
ISLAMABAD: All-Pakistan Newspaper Sellers Federation (APNSF) on Saturday elected Chaudhry Ashiq Ali as the Chairman of the federation with unanimous opinion of all the...
Traffic comes to standstill in Lahore as car drives in opposite direction on flyover
Traffic in Lahore came to a standstill in the Cantonment and Cavalry areas today (Monday) after a vehicle somehow managed to drive against one...
Fathers and sons
I don’t think literary criticism should be limitless. But if you can raise slogans of ‘chor chor‘ in public, then I suppose poets, novelists,...