LAHORE May 16: Police used batons to disperse the employees of population welfare department at Civil Secretariat on Wednesday who were demanding regularisation of their service. Two women employees were injured and their five male colleagues arrested on charges of ransacking the offices.Hundreds of employees from all parts of Punjab gathered at Nasser Bagh under [...]
RAWALPINDI: Rawalpindi Police on Tuesday claimed to have arrested 25 lawbreakers including two gamblers and recovered one kilogram heroin, 580 grams charras, 53 bottles of liquor, seven pistols 30 bore with 8025 rounds and three 7 mm rifles, two daggers and one stolen motorcycle. According to Police spokesman, Airport police recovered one kg heroin from [...]
LAHORE: The Punjab Environment Protection Department (EPD) on Monday constituted six squads to carry out a survey of industrial units across Lahore to check if and how much these industries were contributing to environmental pollution. A meeting was held in this regard at the EPD head office, under the chairmanship of Senior Adviser to Chief [...]
DASKA: The Punjab government is spending Rs 36 billion to upgrade the agriculture sector. Sources in the Agriculture Department told Media here Saturday that under the programme drip and sprinkle irrigation would be used in 120,000 acres of land. In addition, 9,000 watercourses will be improved across Punjab and 3,000 laser levelers provided on subsidy. [...]
LAHORE/VEHARI/FAISALABAD/MANDI BAHAUDDIN: Heat-stricken and load shedding-marred, the people of Punjab found it appropriate to take to streets, roads and highways on Thursday to vent their anger against colossal power cuts across the province, with many resorting to arson of several government installations and ransacking of political parties’ offices in desperate attempts to make the government [...]
LAHORE: The opposition in the Punjab Assembly, led by the Pakistan Peoples Party, has called for a session on Wednesday where a resolution pertaining to the creation of new provinces will be tabled. Usually, the opposition benches as opposed to the government benches call for a Punjab Assembly session due to a poor law and [...]
DG Khan: Zulfiqar Ali Khosa’s son Hasam-uddin Khosa won the by-polls in PP 243 while independent candidate Imtiaz Leghari stood second in run to the victory. According to unofficial results, Hasam-uddin Khosa obtained 25518 votes while Imtiaz Leghari earned 19205 votes.In the PP 245, Muhammad Khan Leghari of PML-Q won the by-elections exceeding Mirza Talpur [...]
LAHORE: Punjab Inspector General of Police Haji Habib-ur-Rehman has said that supervision levels are being reformed in Lahore police by dividing the metropolitan into north and south zones. In an interview with the APP here Sunday, he said, “The system is being overhauled to lessen the burden on police officers in dealing with crime in [...]
LAHORE: Punjab Zakat and Ushr Secretary Imran Nasir Khan said the Zakat and Ushr Department has received Rs 2.2754 billion from the Reserved Central Zakat Funds. He stated this while presiding over the 138th meeting of the Punjab Provincial Zakat Council as the council’s chairman at its office on Thursday.Punjab Zakat Administrator Rana Muhammad Sajjad [...]
LAHORE: Different Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) were signed between Punjab government and the world renowned IT companies for enhancing mutual cooperation in information technology sector. The function held at Arfa Software Technology Park was attended by Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif, Chairman Planning & Development, Provincial Secretaries, Chairman Punjab Information Technology Board (PITB), representatives [...]
