CTD rejects media reports about arrest of terrorist involved in Anarkali blast

LAHORE:The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) on Thursday refuting the media reports about arrest of a terrorist namely Saifur Rehman involved in Anarkali blast, clarified that no terrorist involved in Anarkali blast was arrested by the CTD. A spokesman for the CTD said that all the speculations pertaining to arrest of a terrorist of Anarkali blast […]

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PU Illegal appointments case: Court seeks final arguments on acquittal applications

LAHORE:An accountability court on Thursday sought final arguments from parties on acquittal applications filed by former Punjab University (PU) vice chancellor Dr Mujahid Kamran and others in illegal appointments case, on April 18. Accountability Court Judge Nasim Ahmad Virk conducted the proceedings of the case. During the brief hearing on Thursday, the court heard partial […]

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Bilal Yasin attack case: two shooters sent to jail on judicial remand

LAHORE:An anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Thursday sent two alleged shooters, involved in opening fire on PML-N MPA Bilal Yasin, to jail on 14-day judicial remand. Earlier, the CIA Lahore police produced the accused- Majid and Muhammad Akram – before the court on expiry of their 14-day physical remand. The investigation officer apprised the court about […]

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NAB Chairman reiterates firm resolve to eradicate corruption from country

ISLAMABAD:National accountability Bureau (NAB) Chairman Justice Javed Iqbal Thursday reiterated his firm resolve of eradicating corruption from the country with iron hands for corruption free Pakistan Chairing a meeting held to review overall performance of NAB especially the convictions by the Accountability Courts during 2022, he appreciated overall performance of NAB and said that NAB […]

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Governor Punjab asks CS to facilitate farmers during wheat procurement drive

LAHORE:Governor Punjab Omer Sarfraz Cheema has asked Chief Secretary Punjab Kamran Ali Afzal to ensure that farmers do not face any hassle in selling their wheat and special arrangements to be made to monitor the wheat procurement drive. “The farmers should hot face any problem in getting gunny bags (bardana) and timely payment of their […]

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Peshawar Clean Air Alliance to launch air quality report next week

PESHAWAR: Peshawar Clean Air Alliance, group of civil society activists formed to launch ways and measures to tackle toxic emission that pose direct threat to health and contribute to climate change, plans to launch a groundbreaking document, Status of Air Pollution in Peshawar (SAPP) in second week of current month. According to a press release […]

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Food authority recovers 50 kilogram china salt

PESHAWAR:Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Food Safety Authority Swat Thursday recovered fifty kilogram china salt from a shop situated in Teshil Babuzai. Team of food authority that was led by Deputy Director Food Authority, Muhammad Asif also arrested the shopkeeper and started action against him under Food Safety Act. In another raid, a team of food authority raided […]

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