CITY NOTES: How not to teach
I’m not trying to work against a South Punjab province, merely point out that the murder of Professor Shahid Hamid should not be seen as evidence that the educational institutions there are…
Two die, four injured in explosion at gas station
KARACHI: Two persons were killed and four others injured in a cylinder explosion at a Combined Natural Gas (CNG) filling station in North Karachi area of the metropolis on Sunday. According to…
Minar-e-Pakistan: Re-living history
LAHORE: Minar-e-Pakistan, also translated as ‘Tower of Pakistan’ and ‘Minaret of Pakistan’ was built to commemorate Pakistan Resolution (Lahore Resolution), which was adopted during the All India Muslim League session of 22-24 March,…
Growers hold PPP responsible of farmers’ exploitation
HYDERABAD: The Sindh Abadgar Ittehad, a farmers’ lobbying group, has alleged that Pakistan Peoples Party’s (PPP) Sindh Government has been creating harsh economic conditions for the agriculturists since it came to the…
Dengue claims three lives in Kech
KECH: Dengue outbreak has widened in Kech district of Balochistan as more than 150 cases have been reported in the area from January. According to the District Health Officer (DHO) Turbat, at least…
Minister promises housing units for low-income families
LAHORE: Punjab Minister for Housing and Urban Development Mian Mehmoodur Rasheed on Sunday said that single and double storey independent housing units would also be available under Naya Pakistan Housing Scheme for low-income…
Police arrest PML-N workers for protesting outside Kot Lakhpat
LAHORE: Several Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) workers who had stopped the Rawalpindi-bound Tezgam train outside the Kot Lakhpat have been taken into custody by Lahore police on late Saturday night. A large number of PML-N…
18-year-old girl allegedly raped in Lahore
LAHORE: An 18 years old girl was allegedly raped here on Sunday. As per details, the girl was drugged and raped when she visited the house of Nasreen Bibi in Shalimar Madina Town…
Citizens urged to play role to enhance greenery
RAWALPINDI: The citizens have been urged to come forward and play their due role to enhance forests and greenery which would help control the problems of environmental pollution caused by rapidly rising…
Women more prone to pollen allergy: Dr Ishaq
ISLAMABAD: Women are more affected than men due to allergy caused by pollen buds of paper mulberry trees proliferated in the Federal Capital. Professor Dr Mohammad Ishaq Khan, in a study to…
ANF foils bid to smuggle 13kg heroin
The Anti Narcotic Force (ANF) on Sunday arrested a dual national woman after thwarting her attempt to smuggle narcotics and recovered 13 kilogrammes heroin worth Rs130 million. The arrest and recovery were…
All set for three-day polio drive in KP
PESHAWAR: A three-day anti-polio campaign will begin in twenty-five districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Monday (today). According to the Provincial Health Department, about five point six million children up to five years…
Govt allocates Rs749m for education sector
ISLAMABAD: The federal government has allocated an amount of Rs749 million for the establishment of seven new, as well as up-gradation of seven old public sector model, schools and colleges in Islamabad…
Two killed over old enmity in Swabi
SWABI: Armed men gunned down two people over old enmity here on Sunday and escaped the scene. Police said that armed men of a group opened indiscriminate fire at their opponents in the…
KP CM orders probe into delayed BRT project
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Mahmood Khan on Sunday ordered an inquiry for ascertaining causes that delayed Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Project Peshawar. The KP CM directed the directed Provincial Inspection Team to…
Kiln owners infuriated over EPD’s ‘discriminatory’ policies
–Lack of technical labour, financial resources add to woes of brick kiln owners –EDP DG vows to convert all kilns to zig-zag technology by 2021 LAHORE: Financial restraints and lack of technical labour…
Six children, woman die as school wall collapses in Gujranwala
GUJRANWALA: Six children and a woman were killed in Gujranwala on Saturday when a wall inside a school collapsed during the Pakistan Day celebrations and academic ceremony, rescue officials said. The incident took…