MCCI urges govt to seek investment, not donations, for Diamer-Bhasha dam on September 18, 2018Business community of south Punjab on Monday urged the federal government to seek foreign investment in Pakistan to generate funds for the construction of Diamer-Bhasha dam. Multan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI) President Malik Asrar Ahmed Awan asserted that billions of dollars could be collected by launching shares of the dam in domestic and […]
Urs Baba Fareed: Jubilant devotees ready to pass through Bahishti Darwaza on September 17, 2018Pakpattan: In a fifteen day celebrations of 776th urs of greatest sufi saint of subcontinent Baba Fareed-ud-din Ganj Shakar, the famous Bahishti Darwaza (heavenly door) has been opened by Deewan Modood Masood Chishti Farooqi, the present custodian of the throne at Pakpattan, sub-district of District Sahiwal. The urs starts on 25th of Zilahaj of every […]
Maulana Fazl did nothing for Kashmir cause: Lord Nazir on September 16, 2018British House of Lords member, Lord Nazir Ahmad, on Saturday, said that the Jamiat Ulema Islam Fazal (JUI-F) president and the former chairman of Kashmir Committe Maulana Fazal-ur-Rahman, failed to do anything effective for the Kashmir cause. He was addressing the journalists at the residence of former Federal Minister for Religious Affairs Hamid Saeed Kazmi. […]
Theatres, cinemas to remain closed till Ashura: Multan DC on September 14, 2018All the theaters of the city will remain close till the 10th of Moharram (Ashura) on the directives of the Deputy Commissioner (DC) Multan Mudassir Riyaz. However, the cinemas are directed by the district government not to screen any movie after the 6th of Moharram (Monday) till the 10th of Moharram (Friday). The DC, while […]
Journalist brutally gunned down in Khanewal on September 12, 2018A senior Journalist of an Urdu daily newspaper and former president Press Club, Mohammad Saeed Butt, was gunned down by two suspects at a shop on Monday night in the city of Abdul Hakeem, a sub-district of district Khanewal. According to Abdul Hakeem police, Saeed Butt, 48, was present at a shop in main market […]
Inquiry report on BZU clashes sent to Punjab CM, governor on September 11, 2018An inquiry report compiled by the intelligence agencies about the regular clashes among the rival groups at the Bahahuddin Zakariya University (BZU) was sent, on Monday, to the Punjab Chief Minister Usman Ahmad Khan Buzdar, Punjab Governor Chauhdry Sarwar and other higher authorities. The clashes among the two student groups namely Peoples Students Federation and […]
Life on the margins on September 10, 2018Multan: Jindan Bibi, her children, and grandchildren go door-to-door to collect meat on Eidul Azha, gathering as much as 80 kilograms this year. Lacking facilities considered essential to life by settled populations, Jindan Bibi’s family and other residents of temporary settlements in the outskirts of Multan employ a traditional method to preserve sacrificial meat, ensuring […]
Tareen group gets most of the ministries in Punjab on September 9, 2018MULTAN: It has been reported that the people from Jahangir Tareen group got successful in getting most of the ministries in the Punjab cabinet. It is believed that there are two groups that operate in Pakistan Tehreek e Insaaf (PTI), one group is led by Jahangir Tareen and the other is led by Shah Mehmood […]
ECP adjourns hearing against PTI MPA on September 7, 2018The Election commission of Pakistan (ECP), on Thursday, adjourned the hearing of a petition against the Pakistan Tehreek e Insaaf (PTI) Member Provincial Assembly (MPA) Salman Naeem till September 12 and issued the notices to Passport Office Multan, concerned Union Council and Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education Multan to appear before the ECP with […]
DC appeals for action against PTI’s MNA for interfering in his administrative affairs on September 5, 2018RAJANPUR: Rajanpur Deputy Commissioner (DC) Allah Ditta Warraich on Tuesday accused Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Member of National Assembly (MNA) Sardar Nasrullah Khan Dreshak and his son Sardar Ali Raza Dreshak of political interference in his affairs by pressurising him to transfer revenue officials and officers of Border Military Police (BMP). In this regard, he wrote […]