LAHORE - Former ISI chief Gen (r) Ziauddin, who was brought in by then Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to replace then COAS Gen Musharraf, on Wednesday proposed setting up a steering committee under the ...
LAHORE - Instead of providing relief to the citizens, the operation clean-up and excavation work for commencement of various development projects in the city are not only posing a threat to the ...
LAHORE - Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan on Wednesday said that facts of the Abbottabad incident would be made public after finalisation of commissions report ...
LAHORE Mayo Hospital Medical Superintendent Dr Zahid Pervez has constituted a medical board for the treatment of famous film and TV artist Jamil Fakhri.
Dr Pervez informed that five-member medical ...
LAHORE Poverty, unemployment, dearness, low-literacy rate and backwardness has increased considerably due to wrong policies of the rulers, said Jamaat-e-Islami Punjab ameer Dr Waseem Akhtar. ...
LAHORE - The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan has expressed grief and indignation at the brutal murder of journalist Saleem Shahzad, calling it a vile attempt to muzzle the media and demanding ...
LAHORE The Punjab Anti-Corruption Establishment Wednesday sent Deputy Director Gujranwala Development Authority Khadim Hussain on judicial remand.
Khadim was arrested red-handed while taking bribe ...
LAHORE - The Lahore Bar Association (LBA) on Wednesday continued boycott of lower courts in the City in connection with the strike call given by the Punjab Bar Council after the killing of two ...
LAHORE Pakistan Agricultural Storage and Services Corporation (Passco) Managing Director Major General Sohail Shafqat has assured the growers about continuation of wheat procurement drive till the ...
MULTAN - The All Pakistan Clerks Association (APCA) Multan Chapter established a hunger strike camp outside Multan Press Club against the denial of raise in salaries on Wednesday. The camp was led by ...
MIRPUR (AJK) - The incumbent ruling All Jammu Kashmir Muslim Conference announced its unflinching support for the PPPs candidate and the partys AJK President Ch Abdul Majeed in the scheduled June 26 ...
VEHARI - A man axed to death his daughter, her paramour and wife in the name of honour here at Kot Saadat in the remit of Luddon Police.
As per detail, Noor Muhammad found his daughter Basheeran ...
SAHIWAL - Three women were murdered in separate incidents on Wednesday.
The first incident took place in Moza Ahmad Baghaila where one Falak Sher forced a woman, mother of 9 children, to elope with ...
RAHIM YAR KHAN - The district police claimed to have arrested two members of a gang, involved in forgery of official documents, DPO Sohail Habib Tajik told reporters here at his office.
DPO Sohail ...
BUREWALA - A woman allegedly with the connivance of her paramour poisoned her husband to death and fled away here in Chak 158/EB the other night.
Reportedly, Shahzia Parveen, wife of Abdul Aziz ...
RAHIM YAR KHAN - The district police claimed to have arrested two members of a gang, involved in forgery of official documents, DPO Sohail Habib Tajik told reporters here at his office.
DPO Sohail ...
MIRPUR (AJK) - The use of loudspeakers on vehicles by the candidates for electioneering for the scheduled June 26 general elections in Azad Jammu & Kashmir has been strictly banned in the light of ...
AHMEDPUR EAST - Four people including three of a family travelling in a car died while two other seriously injured in a road accident on the National Highway on Wednesday.
A tire of the car (MNA ...
SIALKOT - Gujranwala Corps Commander Lt-Gen Raheel Sharif inspected the anti-terrorism army exercises in Sialkot region here.
Addressing the army officers and Jawans, the Corps Commander highlighted ...
OKARA - A Utility Store was looted in Aamir Colony here on Wednesday.
The robbers held the staffers hostage and looted a sum of Rs 50,000 and three mobiles as well. Earlier, two robbers on a bike ...
HAFIZABAD - Four highway robbers deprived two families of cash and gold ornaments worth Rs0.7 million near Karariwala in the jurisdiction of Kassoki Police Wednesday afternoon.
According to detail, ...
ARIFWALA - Firing between two rival groups claimed life on Wednesday at village 27/EB here.
Passer-by Mohammad Khan s/o Tahir Khan killed in indicrimnate firing by Dogar Brothers group and died on ...
FAISALABAD - The production of wheat has increased 24.3 million tons from 16.9 million tons, rices production increases to 7.0 million tons from 4.0 million tons and the cottons production increases ...
KHANEWAL - The Pakistan Railways administration is not interested in removing 10 contractual officers, who were re- employed on contractual basis, from service despite very clear direction by the ...
OKARA - A girl was killed in the name of honour in village Marook Kalan here on Wednesday.
Mohammad Hussain has been suspecting his his daughter Misbah of having illicit relations with someone. ...
MIRPUR (AJK) - In this era of power crises being faced by the country including AJK, the Azad Jammu Kashmir government will soon achieve a major breakthrough in the Solar Energy sector as a result of ...
GUJRAT - The University of Gujrat Vice Chancellor Dr Muhammad Nizamuddin has inaugurated the International Education Expo 2011 organised under the arrangements of Career Development and Placement ...
TOBA TEK SINGH - Former district nazim Abdul Sattar said on Wednesday that peace could only be ensured when the US and the United Nations leave double standards regarding human and liberty rights. ...
SAHIWAL - Sahiwal Chamber of Commerce and Industries President Sonia Waseem warned on Wednesday that Pakistan would face acute shortage of water in the days to come
Addressing a press conference at ...
SARGODHA - A swindler couple cheated on in a deal of European visas.
Ali Muhammad, a resident of Swabi, accused Sohail Anjam Gill of absconding with his money. He told that Gill met him in Islamabad ...
HAFIZABAD - All the teachers of District Public School took out a rally in protest against the arbitrary dismissal of two lady teachers, Aisha Iqbal and Samaira Anjum by the Principal here on ...
MULTAN - Speakers at a seminar disclosed on Wednesday that about eight million people lost their lives across the world because of smoking and this number would mount to 10 million a year till year ...
HAFIZABAD -As many as 10 dacoits stormed into the house of a villager in Kot Kheru, tortured the occupants and snatched away gold ornaments worth Rs 1.2 million here the other night.
The police have ...
ARIF WALA - Dead body of an 8-year-old child found outside a house in R/O Village Jewan Shah here on Wednesday.
Haroon s/o Mukhtar was killed after being throttled, according to the medical report. ...
SIALKOT - Some unknown thieves broke into the ancient locked house of local senior lawyer Syed Naeem Amjad Shah and dug up the floors of all the rooms and courtyard of the house in search of the ...
SIALKOT - Though the government was claiming to spend billions of rupees annually for the promotion of education and literacy rate, yet the government officials were seemed to be unaware of the ...
VEHARI - DPO Ali Nasir Rizvi conducted a monthly crime review meeting and warned the police officials against negligent behaviours while appreciating the well-doers here the other day.
While ...
ZAFARWAL - A woman, mother of 8 children was killed by her husband with the connivance of his family member.
As per detail, the daughter of Karam Elahi, a resident of Village Rajiyan Nabila was ...
AHMEDPUR EAST - Bahawalpur National Awami Party President Farooq Azam Malik said on Wednesday that the party's membership campaign would start next week as the Election Commission of Pakistan had ...
TOBA TEK SINGH - District Coordination Officer Javed Iqbal Bukhari said on Wednesday that operation against land grabbers had been launched. "The officials concerned have been directed to take stern ...
SIALKOT - The poultry dealers took out a peaceful rally against the proposed imposition of GST on poultry in the upcoming budget for the fiscal year 2011-2012 here.
The dealers started off with the ...
LAHORE The future of over 15 Senior Superintendents of Police (SSPs) hangs in the balance as they are not being given field postings, which could enable them to become DIGs in line with the ...
LAHORE The Punjab government has been unable to implement transfer-posting policy, which is causing huge problems to the civil servants and resentment also, which is serious hampering the ...
LAHORE The US is finding ways to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan but it can not do such without help of Pakistan. The peace in the country can not be established until the US withdrawal from ...
LAHORE An unidentified young girl was found dead from canal near Halley College of Commerce, New Campus of Punjab University in Muslim Town police precincts on Wednesday.
Police investigators said ...
LAHORE Parts of the country including the City received rainfall of varying intensities on Wednesday, providing respite to the heat stricken people by causing considerable decrease in the daytime ...
LAHORE - The Punjab government has decided to launch a special campaign throughout the province for eradication of sale of sub-standard and adulterated pesticides. Member Provincial Assembly Asif ...
LAHORE - The pictorial exhibition of renowned photographer Abrar Cheema was held at the Ejaz Art Gallery. The exhibition comprised pictures of horse-riding, traditional festivals of Punjab, buildings ...
LAHORE The Punjab cabinet meeting could not be held on Wednesday since CM Shahbaz Sharif was unable to reach the City. Sharifs plane could not take off from Islamabad because of bad weather. So, ...
LAHORE The photoset of the first Lollywood movie of 2011, 'Khamosh Raho, was organized at Metropole Cinema on Wednesday. The movie would be showcased from June 10.
The ceremony was largely ...
LAHORE - A delegation of Turkish educationists on Wednesday visited the Government College University Lahore and met with the Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Ikramul Haq. The delegation led by Pak-Turk ...
LAHORE - A batch of 250 Pakistani troops arrived on Wednesday at Allama Iqbal International Airport after performing peacekeeping duties under the aegis of United Nations Mission in Congo.
Brigadier ...
LAHORE Director General Punjab Emergency Service (Rescue 1122) Dr Rizwan Naseer carried out a performance review of Rescue1122 in 35 districts of Punjab to ensure uniform standard of the Service in ...
LAHORE - Jamaat-e-i-Islami Ameer Syed Munawar Hasan while condemning the NATO forces operation of lifting five Pakistani citizens from tribal areas to Afghanistan criticised the government, saying ...
LAHORE Police on Wednesday claimed to have arrested five members of two gangs of robbers and recovered looted cash and valuables.
According to a police spok-esman, investigation police of Factory ...
LAHORE (PR) A total of Rs 43,000 was donated to Nawa-i-Waqt Relief Fund on Wednesday. Begum Perveen Khalid from Lahore donated Rs 13,000. In Fund for Stranded Pakistanis in Bangladesh, Rana Asghar ...
LAHORE - An accountability court on Wednesday adjourned the hearing till June 13 of the petition filed by Humayoun Aslam Khan, father of Hamesh Khan, seeking courts direction about detachment of ...
LAHORE - The prestigious Cornell University, one of the eight Ivy League universities, has awarded PhD degree to Basit Riaz Sheikh in the field of Electrical and Computer Engineering. He is the only ...
LAHORE Inspector General of Police Punjab Javed Iqbal has issued notification of three police officers transfer and posting.
According to the notification, Waheed-ur-Rehman Khattak, SP ...
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