ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) has sought a reply for the Sahiwal tragedy from the Punjab government. Four people in Sahiwal were gunned down by the CTD in 2019. The SC bench comprising of Justice Qazi Faez Isa and Justice Yayha Afridi while hearing a plea regarding the bail of a cop involved in the […]
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Don’t worry, your health is free now, PM tells citizens
LAYYAH: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday said that provision of health card to citizens would ensure complete and free of cost health coverage which was unimaginable in the country’s history. Addressing a launching ceremony of Sehat Sahulat Card for Sahiwal and Dera Ghazi Khan, he said that now, with extension of facility of health […]
Missing facilities: ruling MPAs burst against their own government in PA
Members of the Provincial Assembly (MPAs) of Punjab belonging to the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) came down hard on their own government during Friday’s session of the assembly, as they complained of missing facilities. PTI lawmaker from Muzaffargarh Niaz Hussain Khan Gishkori lamented over missing facilities in his constituency, saying that he had no answer […]
More police high handedness
Video footage of what seems to be police harassment has emerged on the internet, once again bringing the issue of high handedness by the police into the spotlight. The video shows a vehicle with a man and his wife (who is recording the footage), stopped in the middle of a main road in Karachi’s Defence […]
ATC admits plea against terrorism clause in FIR
An anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Sahiwal Thursday admitted for hearing a plea filed by the suspects in the Sahiwal encounter case pleading the court to remove Section 7 of the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) from the first information report (FIR) of the incident. The petition will be heard on April 8. Another case regarding the alleged […]
How not to clip the wings of innovation
The manner in which the police and the law of the land handled the innovation by Muhammad Fayyaz, a youth of Sahiwal, for his successful attempt to conquer the airspace with his improvised flying machine is a case to study. Earlier, schools used to be considered the main culprits killing the future scientists within children; […]
Four people killed in alleged police firing in Sahiwal
SAHIWAL: Four people including two women were killed by Counter-Terrorism Department on GT Road near Sahiwal. Counter-Terrorism Department allegedly opened fire at a car coming from Lahore and killed four people near Sahiwal toll palaza on GT Road on Saturday. Two children present in the car were also injured in the incident. Police claimed that […]