Polio case surfaces in city after seven years
A new polio case has surfaced after a gap of two years in Punjab and seven years in Lahore, a private media outlet reported Friday. According to reports, the case surfaced in…
LHC orders forming Punjab Water Commission
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Friday ordered constitution of Punjab Water Commission while hearing a petition that sought to secure groundwater. The lawyer of Punjab government argued before the court that…
Court extends Aleem Khan’s physical remand
— NAB prosecutor tells court PTI senior leader acquired assets worth billions between 2002-07, failed to provide money trail LAHORE: An accountability court on Friday extended the physical remand of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)…
LWMC MD inspects measures to deal with rainwater
LAHORE: Lahore Waste Management Company (LWMC) Managing Director (MD) Khalid Nazir on Thursday visited different areas in the provincial capital and reviewed cleanliness as well as water disposal arrangements made to deal with…
Highway Patrol registers 134 traffic violation cases
LAHORE: The Punjab Highway Patrol (PHP) on Thursday registered 134 cases of traffic violations. According to officials, PHP teams seized 85 motorcycles for using fake registration or green number plates. The teams also…
Aleem Khan to be produced before accountability court tomorrow
LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader and former Punjab senior minister Abdul Aleem Khan will be produced before an accountability court here on Friday in a case pertaining to assets beyond known sources…
Six booked for ‘molesting, filming’ minor boys
SARGODHA: Six people have been booked for allegedly molesting, filming and blackmailing minor boys in the Pattan Khot area of the city. As per the details, a resident of Sargodha, Muhammad Sharif, reported…
Four injured as lightning strikes in graveyard
FAISALABAD: Four men were injured when lightning struck upon them in a graveyard in Saddar Jaranwala area, police said on Thursday. According to police, the incident occurred when the men were digging…
LHC dismisses petition challenging 2019 Hajj policy
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Thursday dismissed a petition challenging the Hajj policy 2019. It is pertinent to note that the federal government had withdrawn a subsidy on the pilgrimage on…
Sargodha University HOD booked in sexual harassment case
SARGODHA: A sexual harassment case has been filed against a head of department (HOD) of the Bhakkar campus of the University of Sargodha. According to details, the case has been filed in Bhakkar…
No salaries for P&SHD engineers in ‘Naya Pakistan’
–Primary and Secondary Health Department engineers protest against non-payment of dues for past nine months –Protesters claim officials using delaying tactics while health minister is least bothered LAHORE: The engineers of Punjab Primary…
LHC moved against Hajj Policy 2019
LAHORE: A petition challenging the government’s Hajj Policy 2019 was filed in Lahore High Court (LHC) on Wednesday. The petition said that the government has increased the amount of the government Hajj…
Govt to drug test school students
Punjab Minister for School Education Murad Raas has announced that the provincial government will be drug testing students under its campaign against drug use in educational institutes, a private media outlet reported…
Maintenance work affects flight operations at Lahore airport
LAHORE: A repair work of the main runway affected flight operations at the Allama Iqbal International Airport on Wednesday. According to the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), the runway was immediately closed for repair…
South Punjab secretariat to be functional from July 1
LAHORE: Secretariat for the South Punjab province will be functional from July 1, reported have emerged. As many as 38 departments, headed by the additional chief secretary, are expected to work under…
Charing Cross blast: Two years on, things remain bleak
The Faisal Chowk — erstwhile Charing Cross — on Lahore’s Mall Road is an important site for resistance. Protests that result in traffic jams are the norm. Almost every week, human rights activists,…
Police trainee ‘commits suicide’ in Sargodha
SARGODHA: A sepoy enrolled at a police training school in Sargodha allegedly committed suicide on Wednesday. It has been reported that Mudassir hailed from Faisalabad and had come to the training institute…