Lahore: Punjab University teachers burnt the effigy of unlawfully appointed interim Vice Chancellor Mujahid Kamran outside Punjab Assembly on the Mall on Wednesday. PU teachers have established their hunger camp on the Mall for last three days. Protesting teachers and employees of the university had carried the placards requesting Chief Minister ... Read More »
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Feed SubscriptionDirector National Security Britain Jonathan Allen meets Shahbaz Sharif
Lahore: Director National Security, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Britain, Jonathan Allen met Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif, here today. Matters regarding promotion of cooperation between Pakistan and Britain in anti-terrorism, reformation of police system and training of police were discussed in the meeting. Director Britain’s National Security Jonathan Allen ... Read More »
Punjab govt to launch “Chief Minister’s Talent Scholarship Programme” for talented students
Lahore: Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif presided over a meeting, here today, which decided to launch “Chief Minister’s Talent Scholarship Programme” for talented but deserving boy and girl students for higher education in local and international universities. Addressing the meeting, the Chief Minister said that scholarships will be given ... Read More »
District administrations is bound to start preparation of flood plan :Jawad Akram
Lahore: Director General Provincial Disaster Management Authority Jawad Akram has said that district administrations throughout the province have been bound to start preparation of flood plan before commencement of monsoon. He said that such a strategy should be evolved in future as could provide immediate relief to the affectees during ... Read More »
Tourism Department announces schedule of 11th Cholistan Jeep Rally
Lahore: Provincial Minister for Tourism Rana Mashhood Ahmad Khan has said that Provincial Tourism Department has announced schedule of 11th Cholistan Jeep Rally. The rally will be held from February 12 to 14, 2016 near Fort Darawar in Cholistan desert. He said that route of rally has been finalized. The ... Read More »
Smuggled kuwaiti pigeons captured at Allama Iqbal International Airport
Lahore: Anti-Smuggling Unit of Wildlife Department with the assistance of Custom authorities has recovered 40 pigeons at Allama Iqbal International Airport smuggled from Kuwait to Pakistan. According to details, a resident of district Sialkot Muhammad Imtiaz s/o Muhammad Iqbal Gondal was trying to smuggle 40 pigeons from Kuwait, upon which, ... Read More »
Host Bangladesh stuns defending champion South Africa by 43 runs
Lahore: Host Bangladesh gave the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup 2016 a momentous start with a 43-run victory over defending champion South Africa in Wednesday’s opening Group A match which was produced by the ICC TV and aired around the world by 15 broadcasters. In a Group C fixture at the MA ... Read More »
‘Hindu marital law soon to become a reality’:Bashir Mahmood Virk
Lahore: “The Federal government will no more wait for provinces on the Hindu marriage bill as it has already been too late,” announced Chaudhry Bashir Mahmood Virk, Chairman of the Standing Committee on Law, Justice and Human Rights here in Islamabad on Wednesday. Virk said this while addressing the National ... Read More »
ICC official Rory Steyn visits Sports Board Punjab
Lahore: Mr Rory Steyn, the Chief Executive of Africa Nicholls Steyn, visited Sports Board Punjab (SBP) CC TV Control Room at Nishtar Park Sports Complex on Tuesday. Mr Rory Steyn, deputed by International Cricket Council, inspected the security situation on the eve of a tour of Commonwealth/World XI tour to ... Read More »
PU teachers and students come on roads for Dr Mujahid Kamran
Lahore: Punjab University Academic Staff Association (ASA) addressed a press conference in support of Dr Mujahid Kamran’s appointment as acting vice chancellor by the Punjab chief minister and the governor recognizing his services for the promotion of research and merit besides making the varsity apolitical. The press conference held at ... Read More »