Voting starts at PP-224, PP-228 by-elections in Lodhran

LODHRAN:Polling has started at two Punjab Assembly constituencies of Lodhran PP-224 and PP-228 for by-elections. In PP-224 the total number of voters is 232,175 and the main contestants are Zawar Warraich from PML-N and Amir Iqbal Shah from PTI. In PP-228, the total number of voters is 226,088, and among the main candidates are Nazir […]

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Five held for using mobile phone, displaying weapon at polling stations

MULTAN:Multan police have arrested five persons for using mobile phones as the police imposed ban on bringing mobile phones in polling station premises during the ongoing by-elections at PP-217. According to police sources, Mohsin, Imran Sheikh, Jehangir, Hamza and Amjad have been arrested from different polling stations and recovered mobile phones from their possession. The […]

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Food Authority seals two factories; recovers over 3,000 kg fake spices

PESHAWAR:Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Food Safety Authority on Sunday launched a crackdown against adulteration mafia and sealed two spice manufacturing factories on Charsadda Road here. According to the official of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Food Safety Authority, preparation of fake spices was caught in the units with more than 3,000 kg of harmful spices seized. He disclosed that […]

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Sanaullah to ensure continuous security surveillance during Punjab by-polls

ISLAMABAD:Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah on Saturday said a monitoring cell was set up at the Ministry of Interior to ensure continuous surveillance of the security situation during the on-going Punjab by-polls. The Cell has been linked with the provincial governments of Sindh and Punjab as well as with the headquarters of the civil armed forces, […]

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PML-N hopefully pull country out of economic crisis: Murtaza Abbasi

HAVELIAN:Federal Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Murtaza Javed Abbasi hoped that the leadership of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) would do utmost to pull the country out of the economic crisis with public cooperation. Minister said that they will make accountable all those who had ignored the country, and the supreme court should take notice of […]

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