Sheikh Rashid, a political ally of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, was granted post-arrest bail by the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on February 16th. Rashid was previously arrested by the Islamabad police on February 2nd, after he made claims on television that former President Asif Ali Zardari was involved in alleged assassination plot against PTI […]
Lahore
VC Inaugurates Textile Engineering Labs
Dr. Syed Mansoor Sarwar, VC UET, Lahore has inaugurated Textile Computer Lab. The lab is sponsored by the textile industry with major contribution coming from Interloop, the largest hosiery exporter in the country. The computers in the lab are equipped with state-of-the-art textile related software including Gerber (Garments, pattern making & 2D apparel designing), Chemdraw […]
FCCU hosts a 3 day Workshop on Peace Journalism
The Faculty of Humanities, Forman Christian College (FCCU) (A Chartered University), in collaboration with the department of Journalism and Media Studies (JMIC), Oslo Metropolitan University (OsloMet), Norway, hosted a three day workshop on “Peace Journalism” on the topic of “Surviving the social media onslaught: Mainstream journalism, peace, and democracy in the transitional societies.” The event […]
Fake Doctor Arrested In Mayo Hospital Lahore
Fake Doctor Arrested In Mayo Hospital Lahore. The Mayo Hospital security staff detained a fake doctor on Friday and handed him over him to the police. According to the hospital sources, the person who pretended to be a doctor is named Malik Kashan Karamat. He is son of M Siddique and is a resident of Shahdara. As he […]
Teenage girl gang-raped and filmed in Lahore
Teenage girl gang-raped and filmed in Lahore. A teenager was allegedly gang-raped in Lahore and then filmed in Lahore city. The teenager was an adolescent girl who was traveling with her siblings when the event occurred. According to the first information report (FIR) of the incident, was abducted at gunpoint and gang-raped inside a car […]
FCCU Peace Journalism Workshop Day 2
The Faculty of Humanities, Forman Christian College (A Chartered University), in collaboration with the department of Journalism and Media Studies, Oslo Metropolitan University (OsloMet), Norway, and Journalism and Media International Centre (JMIC) hosted a three day workshop on “Peace Journalism” on the topic of “Surviving the social media onslaught: Mainstream journalism, peace, and democracy in […]
38th Senate meeting of UET
Chancellor/Governor, Engr. Muhammad Balighur Rehman, chaired the 38th Senate meeting of UET, Lahore, in the Chemical Engineering Seminar Hall. The Vice Chancellor, Dr Syed Mansoor Sarwar presented university’s progress report for the past three years. He highlighted record number of meetings of statutory bodies, new appointments and promotions of faculty and staff, record number of […]
Beggerwoman kidnapped and raped in Lahore
A beggerwoman was allegedly kidnapped and then gang-raped by group of unknown men in Lahore. As per details, the woman was begging in Lahore’s Sundar area. She was abducted and later she was raped in Haveli Lakha. The abductors also kidnapped her 6-year-old son. The victim somehow managed to escape from their custody. She rushed […]
Street crimes in Lahore increases 200%
Lahore: Street crimes in Lahore increases 200%. Crimes like roberry, theft, snatching etc are now being reported 100 cases per day in the city. According to the police, most of the incidents occur in Iqbal Town, Lahore. Also, most of the reported cases were of motorbike theft. The police data also shows that gang robberies […]
Animal shelter attacked in Lahore
An animal shelter was attacked in Lahore. An organization ‘United Animal Rescue’ that rescues strays shared on their social media that animal shelter owned by Noor Saba was attacked by locals and 90% of the rescued dogs were murdered mercilessly. Many puppies, 5 weeks old and their mothers were killed by bricks. Furthermore, some […]