LTC fails to launch 208 buses on 12 vacant routes
–PTI govt plans to run LTC under Punjab Transport Department LAHORE: The Lahore Transport Company (LTC) has failed to launch as many as 208 buses on the 12 vacant routes whereas this project…
Acid attack victim protests outside ATC, demands swift justice
An acid attack victim protested outside an anti-terrorism court in Lahore on Wednesday, demanding swift justice from the top judge and army chief, a local media outlet reported. While talking to media…
Students in quandary after land grabbers take over trust school
–Darul Hikmat Trust School land allegedly being sold off by former director, accomplices as Board appears helpless in salvaging institute serving students from less privileged homes –PTI MNA Shunila Ruth says illegal…
ATC grants one-day transit bail to Mansha ‘Bomb’
Mansha ‘fears’ that police will kill him Court directs authorities to present Mansha before Lahore court on Wednesday ISLAMABAD: A special Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on Tuesday granted one-day transit bail to suspected…
Mansha ‘Bomb’ in police custody after surrendering at SC
–CJP refuses to meet suspected land grabber from Lahore as Mansha claims he’s being ‘victimised’ by political rivals ISLAMABAD: Suspected land grabber, Malik Mansha Ali Khokhar, commonly known as Mansha ‘Bomb’ in Lahore…
Hamza, Suleman visit Shehbaz in NAB custody
Sons of Shehbaz Sharif paid him a visit at the Lahore office of National Accountability Bureau (NAB) ahead of the October 14 by-elections, media reports said Saturday. According to reports, Hamza Shehbaz…
Buying sex online? Don’t worry, govt’s sleeping!
–Escort agencies targeting youngsters by promoting businesses on social media platforms –Some businesses exclusively for elite; offer models, television hosts, actors, foreigners –Clients get secretly recorded at times, are blackmailed later –Universities,…
By-polls: Game on in NA-131 as PTI, PML-N face off
–Ruling PTI strives for an upset in NA-124 –Neck-and-neck contest anticipated between Saad Rafique, Humayun Akhtar in NA-131 –PP-64, PP-65 appear to be easy sailings for PML-N LAHORE: The by-election battle in Lahore…
PML-N to win by-polls, says Hamza Shehbaz
LAHORE: Opposition Leader in the Punjab Assembly Hamza Shehbaz on Friday claimed that his party Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) will win the October 14 by-elections and increase its seats in the national…
As groundwater levels plunge, Lahore begins turning off taps
LAHORE: Five mornings a week, Saima Azeem helps her children wash and prepare for school. But this week has been different: She has had to use her few bottles of drinking water to…
Punjab prepares for smoggy winter
— Environment Protection Department seals 216 furnaces, lodges 86 FIRs LAHORE: Punjab Environment Protection Department sealed 216 smoke emitting furnaces and other units after getting registered 86 FIRs at various police stations in…
Korean artists to perform in Islamabad, Lahore
Embassy to organise a traditional cultural performances ISLAMABAD: The Embassy of the Republic of Korea will organise a traditional cultural performance for the citizens of Rawalpindi and Lahore as part of its efforts…
Pak Arab Housing Society owner arrested
LAHORE: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Thursday arrested Ammar Gulzar, the owner of Lahore’s Pak Arab Housing Society, over the construction of illegal blocks as an extension of his project. According…
WAPDA wins National Women Basketball Championship
ISLAMABAD: The Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) on Thursday won the National Women Basketball Championship. The defending Champion WAPDA beat Pakistan Army in the finals by 54 – 45 points. Lahore secured…
Thousands suffer owing to delay in passport issuance
–Shortage of lamination papers, out of order printing machines impede process –Students, business professionals complain of disruption in their schedules LAHORE: Like the delay of issuance of Machine-Readable Passports (MRP) during the tenure…
‘Dastan Shehar-e-Lahore Ki’ being held at Fort
LAHORE: The Walled City of Lahore Authority (WCLA) is organising ‘Dastan Goi’ in the Royal Kitchen at Lahore Fort whereas the story of Lahore will be narrated by Badar Khan in Urdu while…
Housing minister to resign ‘if allegations proven against son’
–Police say car registered under Mian Mehmoodur Rasheed’s son in constable abduction case LAHORE: Punjab Housing Minister Mian Mehmoodur Rasheed said Thursday that he will resign if allegations against his son in the…