Day: June 22, 2021

LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar said on Monday that meetings of Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) were a futile exercise as politics of agitation was detrimental to the country. In a statement, the CM regretted that the opposition had no regard for the country. This cabal even politicised the corona issue and was trying […]

LAHORE: Punjab Safe Cities Authority (PSCA) Monday organised 5-day training session for the staff and police communication officers regarding gender-based violence (GBV), harassment, sexual assault, communication skills and anger management. The training session was organised in collaboration with two organisations, UNFPA and Rozan. During the training, different sessions were conducted on the topics including psychosocial […]

LAHORE: MPAs Gulraiz Afzal, Muhammad Tariq Tarar and PTI leader Nadeem Afzal Chan called on Chief Minister Punjab Sardar Usman Buzdar at his office on Monday to discuss matters of mutual interests. The chief minister said that realistic targets had been identified in the budget according to public needs. It was not a jugglery of […]

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Monday disposed of a petition challenging arrest of famous TikToker Kashif Zameer, after terming it ineffective in the light of police report. Justice Ali Zia Bajwa heard the petition filed by the wife of the TikToker. At the start of proceedings, the police produced Kashif Zameer before the […]

LAHORE: For the last over four decades, the conduct of fair, free and impartial parliamentary elections has been a big challenge in Pakistan. It has never happened since 1980 that the losing political parties and individuals did not level charges of election manipulation and rigging against the winning parties and individual contestants. In some elections, […]

LAHORE: The last date for registration of UET Entry test (ECAT-21), for admissions in BSc Engineering and BSc Engineering Technology programmes across Punjab, is June 27 while 23, 176 students have so far registered themselves. Tokens will be available from designated HBL branches until Saturday June 26 and facility to pay registration fee online and […]

LAHORE: President, POA, Lt Gen retd Syed Arif Hasan awarded prizes to the winners of POA national painting competition here on Monday. The simple but impressive ceremony took place during an interactive session with winners of the Painting Competition on Olympic Day 2020 at Pakistan Olympic House, said Secretary, POA, Muhammad Khalid Mahmood. “The winners […]

LAHORE: After seven years of imprisonment, a Lahore High Court (LHC) division bench on Monday acquitted two death row convicts over lack of evidence. The bench acquitted Naveed Anjum and Shehryar after setting aside the trial court sentence. The division bench headed by Justice Shehram Sarwar Chaudhry passed the orders while allowing appeals filed by […]