DC directs DHA to vaccinate students at examination centers By: APP on July 27, 2021MUZAFFARGARH: Deputy Commissioner, Amjad Suhaib ordered the District Health Authority (DHA) to vaccinate students at examination centers through mobile service. He asked students not only to get themselves inoculated but also create awareness among their parents and relatives about its importance. During a visit to Sardar Kaurey Khan School examinations center on Tuesday, the DC […]
Preparations for AJK elections finalised By: Web Desk on July 24, 2021Ahead of the Azad Jammu and Kashmir elections, preparations have been finalized in Lahore for two seats. Polling will start on July 25 (Sunday). District election commissioner Lahore Tauqeer Ahmed will release the election material for polling stations today. The polling material will be transferred to polling stations under the supervision of police and the […]
Ladi gang leader killed by police in DG Khan By: Web Desk on July 17, 2021In a search operation against bandits in the Dera Ghazi Khan region on Saturday, Punjab police killed renowned Ladi gang boss Khuda Bakhsh aka Khudi. According to RPO Faisal Rana, during a search operation conducted by law enforcement authorities within the confines of DG Khan’s Kot Mubarak police station, Khuda Bakhsh and his colleagues opened […]
Justice Chaudhry Masood Jehangir forgoes his seven-week sabbatical, asks CJ for work By: Web Desk on July 16, 2021Justice Chaudhry Masood Jehangir, a senior judge on the Multan Bench of the Lahore High Court, has stated that he will continue to serve on the bench throughout the court break. Speaking to attorneys at a bar function in Multan on Friday, Justice Masood Jehangir said he would not avail his seven-week holidays as the […]
LHC withdraws arrest warrants of assistant commissioner By: APP on July 15, 2021LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Thursday withdrew bailable arrest warrants of assistant commissioner Shalimar Town, issued earlier over non-appearance in a case. Justice Shahid Waheed passed the orders while hearing a petition filed by Muhammad Munir and others for transfer of their inherited land. As the proceedings started, Deputy Commissioner Muddassir Riaz Malik […]
Punjab Textbook board confiscates books over NOC By: webdesk on July 13, 2021LAHORE: The Punjab Curriculum and Textbook Board (PCTB) has issued a statement clarifying why the school textbooks were confiscated, following the social media backlash suggesting that it was done because the books included education activist Malala Yousafzai’s picture in a list of important people. غیر ملکی پبلشر کی جانب سے عزیز بھٹی شہد کے ساتھ […]
Adjournment motion in Punjab Assembly over rising number of women’s killing for honour By: webdesk on July 13, 2021LAHORE: Member of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and MPA Zehra Naqvi has moved an adjournment motion in the Punjab Assembly in response to the killings of 81 women in honour cases across the province this year, on Tuesday. According to the adjournment motion, 81 women have died in Punjab just this year in the name of […]
Punjab govt following zero tolerance policy against land-grabbers: Babar Hayat Tarar By: Amir Butt on July 12, 2021On the direction of Chief Minister Usman Bazdar, the Board of Revenue has so far relinquished 164030.2 acres of land worth Rs. 454.04 billion from all over Punjab as a result of action taken against the land-grabbing mafia. Elaborating on the action taken against the land grabbers, Senior Member Board of Revenue Babar Hayat Tarar […]
IHC orders FIR to be filed against Punjab CM’s aide for sending ‘sexually explicit’ videos to man By: Web Desk on July 9, 2021On Thursday, an Islamabad sessions court ordered the filing of a first information report (FIR) against Special Assistant to Punjab Chief Minister on Investment Sardar Tanveer Ilyas for harassing a man via WhatsApp and sending him “sexually explicit videos.” Additional Sessions Judge Muhammad Ata Rabbani issued the orders while hearing a petition filed by complainant […]
Government endeavoring to meet challenges to extend relief to masses: Muhammad Sarwar By: APP on July 8, 2021MULTAN: Punjab Governor, Chaudhary Muhammad Sarwar, said Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) govt had full understanding of challenges faced by masses and was making all out efforts to meet them. Speaking at a news conference at Violence Against Women Centre (VAWC) here on Thursday, he stated that inflation was a big issue which was prime focus of […]