Police recover weapons, ammunition from house of PTI leader

LAHORE:Lahore Police recovered a huge quantity of arms and ammunition from the house of PTI leader during a major operation. Addressing a press conference here on Wednesday, DIG Operations Sohail Chaudhry said that the weapons recovered included 13 SMG rifles, dozens of pistols and hundreds of bullets. He said that the police had received information […]

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Verdict against Yasin Malik abortive attempt to silence Kashmiris: Sherry

ISLAMABAD:Federal Minister for Climate Change Senator Sherry Rehman on Wednesday strongly condemned the Indian court’s decision against Hurriyet Leader and Chairman Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front Yasin Malik. In a statement, the Minister said the sentence of life imprisonment on concocted charges against Yasin Malik by Indian court was an abortive attempt to silence the […]

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Efforts expedited to control dengue spread: DC

FAISALABAD:Deputy Commissioner Lt. (R) Sohail Ashraf has said that efforts have been accelerated to control dengue spread in district Faisalabad.   Addressing an awareness seminar organized under the aegis of District Education Authority (DEA) at Iqbal Hall of Faisalabad Metropolitan Corporation (FMC) here on Wednesday, he said that although district administration and health authority were […]

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Khursheed Shah for convening conference on climate change, water issues

ISLAMABAD:Minister for Water Resources Syed Khursheed Ahmed Shah on Wednesday underlined the need for convening a conference on important national issues like climate change and water scarcity aimed at devising an effective strategy to tackle the confronted challenges. Responding to a Calling Attention Notice regarding the shortage of water in Cholistan, he said there was […]

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Court acquits Asif Hashmi in illegal plots allotment reference

LAHORE:An accountability court on Wednesday acquitted Asif Hashmi, former Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB) chairman in illegal plots allotment case.   Accountability Court Judge Asad Ali announced the verdict while allowing acquittal application of the accused. The court had reserved its verdict, after hearing detailed arguments of the parties, on April 20 and it was […]

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PBS holds workshop on next digital census

KARACHI:Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) on Wednesday conducted a workshop for Sindh Government functionaries to prepare them for the upcoming 7th population and housing census in pursuance of the decision of Council of Common Interests.   The workshop, titled, “The Digital Census-2022” was the 4th workshop of the series meant to keep the provincial functionaries […]

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