Christians celebrate Easter today on April 1, 2018LAHORE: Like elsewhere in the world Christians across Pakistan as well as in the provincial capital will celebrate Easter marking the resurrection of Jesus Christ after crucifixion, today (Sunday). Special services would be organised at almost all churches across the country. The main congregations will be held at the Lahore Cathedral on The Mall and […]
Under tight security, city set to celebrate Christmas today on December 25, 2017LAHORE: The Christian community in the city is all set to celebrate Christmas today with religious zeal and fervour. Special prayers ceremonies will be held at more than 435 churches in the city while two main ceremonies will be held at Lahore Cathedral and Sacred Heart Cathedral. In Cathedral, Bishop Irfan Jamil will lead the […]
Fire at Services Hospital store brings back memories on December 24, 2017LAHORE: A fire at Services Hospital’s storage facility adjacent to the Medical Unit-I late on Friday night brought back memories of three fire incidents at the hospital since 2010, says the staff at the facility. Eyewitnesses said that smoke from the fire soon spread to an adjacent ward. All patients were evacuated immediately with help […]
Security beefed up at churches, other worship places on December 18, 2017LAHORE: In the aftermath of Sunday’s terrorist attack at the Bethel Memorial Methodist Church located on Zarghoon Road in Quetta, city police have beefed up security arrangements for worship places of minority communities as well for important buildings. In a statement issued on Sunday, CCPO Amin Wains and Operations DIG Dr. Haider Ashraf condemned the […]
15,000 cops to secure processions on Eid Miladun Nabi (PBUH) on November 30, 2017LAHORE: City police have finalised a security plan on the upcoming eve of Eid Miladun Nabi (PBUH) to provide security to the procession of 11th and 12th Rabiul Awal and there would be deputed more than fifteen thousand police officers and officials to avoid any untoward incident across the provincial metropolis. Three-layer security would be […]
Smog continues to send people to hospitals on November 2, 2017LAHORE: The citizens have been suffering from eye irritation as well as nose, throat and respiratory problems due to dense smog for the last couple of days in the provincial metropolis. A number of people, including children, were admitted to different government and private hospitals of the city where everyone was found complaining about burning […]
582 charge nurses assume charge at LGH on August 10, 2017LAHORE: As many as 582 charge nurses have assumed their duties at the Lahore General Hospital (LGH) after their selection through the Punjab Public Service Commission. “The recruitment of the nurses has not only provided employment to hundreds of families but it would go a long way to enhance the standard of health care in […]
People perturbed over unavailability of PSL tickets on March 4, 2017LAHORE: As tickets for the Pakistan Super League (PSL) final have been sold out, Lahoris who were unable to get tickets have decided to watch the final match on big screens either at their homes at other places. A number of youth, elderly people, women and even children were left perturbed over not getting tickets […]
PTA allows PC tablets, Bluetooth devices sans SIMs on January 27, 2017LAHORE: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has started using Type Approval Regulations as per their free will as the officials concerned have exempted the PC tablet and Bluetooth devices without SIM cards from any approval. Sources said that PTA started type approval of mobile phones in December 2013 as cellular phone without or fake IMEI […]
Rescue 1122 gets 832 litres of foam for chemical firefighting on January 10, 2017LAHORE: The Total Parco Pakistan Limited (TPPL) has donated 832 litres of aqueous film forming foam (AFFF) to the Punjab Emergency Service (Rescue 1122) for chemical firefighting on modern lines. The TPPL CEO and safety head handed over the AFFF to Rescue 1122 Director General Dr Rizwan Naseer during a ceremony held on Tuesday here […]