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Mourners targeted in Lahore

Mourners targeted in Lahore

LAHORE At least 35 people were martyred and 254 others injured on Wednesday evening as two suicide bombers exploded themselves minutes after a cracker blast at a mourning procession held in connection with death anniversary of Hazrat Ali (AS) near Karbala Gamay Shah and Bhati Gate. Soon after the ...


National News
'Deweaponisation through Army to bring normalcy in Karachi'

'Deweaponisation through Army to bring normalcy in Karachi'

ISLAMABAD Federal Minister for Railways and central leader of Awami National Party Ghulam Ahmad Bilour said that the only way to bring normalcy in Karachi was deweaponisation of the port city ...

ECP seeks reply from Punjab government

ECP seeks reply from Punjab government

Patient, police team rescued from skin clinic

Patient, police team rescued from skin clinic

International News
Send Pakistan aid, not jobs, say US textile groups

Send Pakistan aid, not jobs, say US textile groups

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - US textile groups and cotton farmers on Wednesday strongly objected to proposed new trade benefits for Pakistan, saying the US should send aid to the flood-ravaged country, not ...

WB boosts flood support to $1b

WB boosts flood support to $1b

Investigators may take three months to charge players

Investigators may take three months to charge players

Sports News
England, South Africa win in World Cup upsets

England, South Africa win in World Cup upsets

ROSARIO (Argentina) (AFP) England upset China 1-0 and South Africa pulled off a shock 2-1 victory over Spain in the womens field hockey World Cup on Tuesday while host Argentina edged South Korea ...

Organisers promise extra vigilance in Pakistan's UAE tour

Organisers promise extra vigilance in Pakistan's UAE tour

No Pakistani in Asian Tour's Singapore Open Golf

No Pakistani in Asian Tour's Singapore Open Golf

Business News
Cotton rates plunge by Rs500 on lower demand

Cotton rates plunge by Rs500 on lower demand

KARACHI (APP) - Cotton price has plunged by Rs 500 to Rs 6,200 per maund or 37.324 kgs in the last two days on low demand and large supply, brokers said Wednesday. A leading broker and Chairman ...

Wheat planting at risk: FAO

Wheat planting at risk: FAO

Industry capable of delivering foreign orders on time

Industry capable of delivering foreign orders on time

Regional News

Anti-state elements want to create anarchy in country: Leaders

LAHORE - Condemning the blasts at a Youm-e-Shahadat Hazrat Ali (AS) procession, leaders of various political and religious parties on Wednesday said that anti-State elements wanted to create anarchy ...

Youth murders father, 3 sisters for 'honour'

LAHORE - A youth allegedly murdered his father and three sisters in what apparently seemed honour killing near Janaz Ghah Chowk in Mozang police precincts in the wee hours of Wednesday, police ...

DG NAB summoned

LAHORE After the NAB authorities failed to produce details of the Sharif family assets earlier attached by it, a Division Bench of the Lahore High Court Wednesday called for the appearance of NAB ...

Dates of exams, admissions in colleges extended due to floods

LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has said members of Punjab Youth Council has been inducted for conducting survey of flood affectees, therefore, they should take active part in ...

Lesco faces loss of millions

LAHORE Out-of-merit appointments to important posts in electricity grid stations allegedly against bribes, is causing malfunction of the working of grids besides causing loss of millions of rupees ...

Errors in birth, death certificates irk masses

LAHORE - Health Department of City District Government Lahore (CDGL) while disobeying orders of District Coordination Officer (DCO) has appointed non-technical staff in birth and death certificates ...

LHC reserves judgment

LAHORE A Division Bench of the Lahore High Court on Wednesday reserved judgment on a petition filed earlier against closure of six passenger trains by Pakistan Railways. Vice President Railway ...

PML-N must stop pretending as 'Opposition': Pervaiz

LAHORE - PML-N rules only 60 per cent of the countrys population and it should stop pretending to be as the Opposition, said Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi, senior central leader of PML-Q. During a ...

Top officials directed to work on junior posts

LAHORE Instead of correcting the previous mistakes, the Punjab government has directed top town officials to perform additional duties against junior posts and that too on those lying out of their ...

Feudals will be hanged after revolution, says MQM

LAHORE - MQM Chief Altaf Hussain has said after a revolution the feudals, capitalists and landlords will be hanged at the grounds of Liberty Market Lahore. He expressed these views while addressing ...

Civil judge to head tribunal

LAHORE - Senior Civil Judge DG Khan Fayyaz Ahmad Zaheer has been appointed to preside over the tribunal to probe the extra-judicial killing allegedly by police officer in DG Khan. According to press ...

Scholarships for flood-hit students

LAHORE Secretary General Karwan-e-Ilm Foundation (KIF) Dr Ijaz Hassan Qureshi has said that the needy students of flood-affected areas will be provided scholarships to continue their studies. He ...

People urged to observe Solidarity Day tomorrow

LAHORE Ameer Jamaat-e-Islami Syed Munawar Hasan has appealed the nation to observe Friday (tomorrow) as Solidarity Day with the Kashmiris against Indias mounting state terrorism in held Kashmir. In ...

Students visit Aiwan

LAHORE The students of the Rah-e-Danish Lahore Cantt Public High School visited Aiwan-e-Karkunan Tehrik-e-Pakistan on a study tour on Wednesday. The students were informed about 550 unique pictures ...

DCO Mgarh transferred

LAHORE The Punjab government on Wednesday transferred and posted District Coordination Officer Muzaff-argarh besides transferring two others. DCO Muzaffargarh Farasat Iqbal has been transferred and ...

Labour dept to provide edu thru partner schools

LAHORE - The Labour and Human Resource Department is providing free educational facilities to 28 thousand children of workers through a network of 38 Workers Welfare Schools situated in 19 districts ...

LHC reinstates over 100 employees of electric supply companies

LAHORE- A Division Bench of the Lahore High Court Wednesday through an interim order restored over 100 employees of the Lahore, Faisalabad and Gujranwala Electric Supply Company to job and issued ...

Nawa-i-Waqt Relief Fund

LAHORE A sum of Rs 8,85,950 was donated to Nawa-i-Waqt Flood Relief Fund on Wednesday. The detail is as under:- In Lahore, Iftikhar Ahmed from Sargodha donated Rs 1,000, Shuja Ullah Virk Advocate ...

'Technical experts must for development'

LAHORE Vice Chairman Nazria Pakistan Trust Prof Dr Rafique Ahmad has said that technical and administrative experts are necessary for the development of the country. He said that these experts could ...

Seminar

LAHORE Hameed Nizami Press Institute of Pakistan will hold a seminar on 'Rights of Access to Information and Media Reporting at Hameed Nizami Press Institute Auditorium on Friday at 3:30pm. Former ...

SKMCH employees donate goods for affectees

LAHORE Employees of the Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital & Research Centre donated essential goods, water purifying materials and medicines worth Rs 3.2 million to the victims of flood ...

Civil servants' united front in the offing

LAHORE A united front comprising associations of the provincial civil servants is in the making, which will fight for the rights of the civil servants across the province. As per President PCS ...

Distinction

LAHORE (PR) Saima Qure-shi stood third with 1,162 marks in Punjab Universitys BSc Annual Examination 2010. She dedicated her success was the result of grace of Almighty Allah, prayers of parents, ...

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