SARGODHA - Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry has summoned Inspector General of Motorway Police, the Faisalabad Regional Transport Authority (FRTA) Secretary and other relevant authorities on Monday (today) in Kallar Kahar bus tragedy hearing in which at least 40 innocent students ...

OUR STAFF REPORTER LAHORE On the direction of Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif, 110- member delegation consisting of entomologist, experts, doctors, nurses and officers and officials of concerned departments is leaving for Thailand and Sri Lanka on Monday (today) for getting training ...

LAHORE - Former foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi will announce his future strategy at a rally in Ghotki today along Imran Khan. Predicting that he will join Imrans Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party, political pundits have described him as a potential game changer and his capture makes him the ...

OUR STAFF REPORTER LAHORE - Punjab Skills Development Fund (PSDF) will organise a contract signing ceremony at Punjab Institute of Langue, Art & Culture (PILAC) today (Thursday). The event would be organised to award contracts worth up to Rs 400 million to 31 training institutions. These ...

LAHORE - Pre-Quality Assurance Test of private Schools for their partnership with the Punjab Education Foundation under Foundation Assisted Schools programme will commence from today (Monday). In this QAT, more than 300,000 students of 4,400 schools will take part in different districts of the ...

OUR STAFF REPORTER LAHORE - Shakir Ali Museum and Pakistan National Council of the Arts is organising a ceremony today (Friday) to pay tribute to Sabiha Khanum for her devotion and contributions for the Pakistani cinema since 1950, at Ali Auditorium Ferozpur Road Lahore. On the occasion, a galaxy ...

LAHORE (PR) - Beaconhouse National University (MNU), Lahore and Institute of Regional Studies (IRS), Islamabad is organising a round-table talk on Prospects of Peace in South Asia led by Sardar Aseff Ahmad Ali, Ex-Foreign Minister of Pakistan. The talk will be held today (Friday) from 1100 hours to ...

LAHORE - Punjab will face Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) in the first semi-final while Sindh will take on Gilgit-Baltistan in the second semi-final of the first Fistball Championship here at the Punjab Stadium. On the opening day of the championship, Punjab, KP, Sindh, and Gilgit-Baltistan have qualified ...

ISLAMABAD Pakistan are all set to face host Australia in the opening match of Lanco International Super Hockey Series today (Thursday) at Perth Hockey Stadium. Hockey Australia introduced the annual International Marquee Tournament inviting the best Commonwealth nations including Pakistan, India, ...

OUR STAFF REPORTER LAHORE The Punjab government has granted approval to set up a 100-student PGMI Medical College, and Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif would make a formal announcement at a function at the institute on Sunday (today) in connection with the commencement of new academic session. PGMI ...

Our Staff Reporter KARACHI - As many as 11 matches will be played across the country in the opening round of Quaid-e Azam Trophy Division I from Thursday (today) with two matches slated in Karachi. At the National Stadium, Karachi Blues will face State Bank of Pakistan and Karachi Whites will meet ...

Our Staff Reporter LAHORE: Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf (PTI) in an effort to materialize its dream for grabbing maximum support of the youth and new voters will launch 'Jaag Utho Voters Registration Campaign today (Wednesday). PTI, which has launched its first on its website, while keeping in view the ...

OUR STAFF REPORTER LAHORE As many as 33,694 candidates (10,859 male and 22,835 female) will appear in the entrance test today (Tuesday) for admission to all public and private medical and dental institutions in the province. University of Health Sciences has established 21 centres in 12 major ...

ISLAMABAD (PR) - Marvi Memons book 'Parliamentary Diaries is being launched at Marriot Hotel in Islamabad at 5:00 pm today (Thursday). The book largely comprises of her reflections on the days she served as a PML-Q parliamentarian in the National Assembly. Following is the text of Introduction ...

LAHORE - The PTI will stage a sit-in in front of tParliament today to protest against governments policies and to mobilise the masses for ousting the rulers. The PTIs 'Azadi Dharna will be the second sit-in at the same venue while the first one was staged on August 6. PTI chief Imran Khan and ...

LAHORE - District and Sessions Judge Lahore will take up hearing of National Insurance Corporation Ltd (NICL) land scam case today against PML-Q leader Moonis Elahi, the son of former Chief Minister Punjab Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi. Judge Malik Abdul Rasheed on last July 5 had refused to continue ...

LAHORE The City District Government is all set to launch a vigorous campaign against adulteration, hoarding, over pricing, spurious drugs, unhygienic and illegally slaughtered meat and water theft across the district from today (Monday), TheNation has learnt. The CDG high-ups have constituted ...

LAHORE - With reference to the Punjab Universitys Board of Studies of Mathematics recommendations and approval of the Vice-Chancellor, there will be re-examination of MSc Mathematics, Part-I, Paper-IV (Mechanics), Annual Examination 2011. The re-examination of the said paper is being held on Monday ...

OUR STAFF REPORTER LAHORE Three-day celebrations of 19th annual Urs of spiritual figure and Sufi intellectual Hazrat Wasif Ali Wasif will start on Saturday (today). According to the programme, the Urs will start with the Chadar Poshi of the mazar at Miani Sahib graveyard after Asr prayers while ...

LAHORE The Country's top martial art players will be seen in action during the National Shotokan Karate Championship to be started on Friday (today) at Sahiwal. The two-day event is being organized by Pakistan Karate Federation in collaboration with World Shotokan Karate Federation, Pakistan. ...

LAHORE - 'Bilal Shaheed Ghazanosar Ka Hero, third drama of 'Faseel-e-Jaan Se Aaagay, a drama series produced by ISPR in collaboration with Communications Research Strategies (CRS) will be aired today (Friday) on PTV Home at 7:40pm. Third drama of Season-II, 'Bilal Shaheed Ghazanosar Ka Hero, is ...

LAHORE Punjab Bar Council Tuesday gave a call to the province-wide lawyers for observing full day strike on Wednesday (today) to remember and express solidarity with the Sahiwal lawyers who came under serious hardships and torturous treatment allegedly at the hand of security agencies in 2007 when ...

LAHORE The College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistans 45th convocation, to be attended by Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif as chief guest, will be held at Aiwan-e-Iqbal on Friday. Addressing a press conference, CPSP President Prof Zafarullah Chaudhry said the institution was unique in the ...

LAHORE - The first Chief of Naval Staff (CNS) Amateur Golf Championship will tee-off at the majestic par-72 Royal Palm Golf and Country Club Golf Course from Friday (today) to April 1. GM Royal Palm Omer Mir said that the leading amateur golfers of the country will vie for top honours in the ...

ISLAMABAD (APP) - The 73rd death anniversary of national poet Dr Allama Muhammad Iqbal will be observed today (Thursday) across the country to acknowledge his services for getting a separate homeland for the Muslims of sub-continent. Allama Iqbal is officially recognised as national poet of ...

LAHORE (PR) Top composer of Pakistan film industry Amjad Bobbys 6th death anniversary is being held today at his residence. Amjad Bobby was died six years ago due to cardiac arrest. Quran Khwani will be held for the departed soul. Bobby had composed the music of director Reemas film Koi Tujh Sa ...

LAHORE - Mela Charaghan (festival of lights) will start on Friday (today) with usual festivity and zeal in the provincial metropolis. The celebrations of festival would be inaugurated by Punjab Aukaf Minister Syed Ehsan-ud-Din Qureshi. The government has announced local holiday on Saturday (today). ...

LAHORE The 119th death anniversary of great saint and Sufi poet Hazrat Maulvi Ghulam Rasool would be observed on Monday (today). In this regard, Punjabi literary circles and Punjabi departments of universities and colleges are organising seminars to pay tribute to the late poet. Government College ...

LAHORE Moonis Elahi, accused of NICL, will appear today before the FIA to join investigation of the case without getting bail from a competent court, said counsel of Moonis on Monday. When contacted, FIA Additional Director and head of investigation team of NICL scam, Zafar Qureshi, said: We will ...

LAHORE Ajoka in collaboration with the Punjab Arts Council will stage its famous theatre play 'Bhullah at Alhamra Arts Council on Monday (today) at 7:30pm. Bullah written by Shahid Nadeem and directed by Madeeha Gauhar, has the story of great Sufi saint Baba Bulleh Shah. In the play, Bulleh Shah ...