legal fraternity condemns media trial of judges

BAHAWALPUR: The High Court Bar Association Bahawalpur (HCBAB) on Tuesday strongly condemned the media trial of the judges of the superior courts on social media. In a statement issued here, President, HCBAB, A.R Aurangzeb and the General Secretary of the same bar association, Syed Faisal Abbas Bukhari have said that some elements were involved in […]

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Poster competition “Historical places of Pakistan” held at PAC

RAWALPINDI:Poster-making competitions titled “Historical places of Pakistan’ were held at the Punjab Arts Council(PAC) in connection with the Pakistan Diamond Jubilee celebrations here Tuesday. The competitions were held in two different age groups: one category was 6 to 15 years, and the other was 16 to 25 years. The chief guest of the competition was […]

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‘National Meet’ on post COVID-19 situation from Wednesday

ISLAMABAD:Parliamentary Task Force on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is organizing a ‘National Meet’ from July 27 to 28 here. The National Meet would deliberate in depth on challenges faced by Pakistan like environment degradation, rising poverty, food scarcity, energy crisis, poor management in tackling flooding with special context to post COVID-19 situation. In order to […]

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Maulana Azad urges Ulema, Zakireen to discourage objectionable speeches, promote harmony

MULTAN:Convener Ittehad-e-Bain-ul-Muslimeen Committee Punjab and Chairman Ruet-e-Hilal Committee Pakistan, Maulana Abdul Khabeer Azad Tuesday urged Ulema and Zakireen to discourage objectionable speeches and strengthen adherence of people to the spirit of Ittehad-e-Bain-ul-Muslimeen and Paigham-e-Pakistan for lasting peace. Maulana Azad, who is the Khateeb of Badshahi Masjid Lahore and dubbed as ambassador of peace, chaired a […]

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Achkera disposal station’s capacity to be enhanced: WASA

FAISALABAD:Managing Director (MD) Water and Sanitation Agency (WASA) said on Tuesday that capacity of Achkera disposal station would be enhanced to deal with rain-related emergencies effectively. During a briefing here, he said at present capacity of Achkera disposal station was 180 cusecs, whereas a comprehensive plan had been devised to enhance it to 315 cusecs. […]

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Karunaratne, De Silva take Sri Lanka’s lead past 300 in Pakistan Test

Galle, Sri Lanka: Skipper Dimuth Karunaratne battled through back pain to extend Sri Lanka’s second-innings lead to 323 after key strikes by Pakistan’s bowlers in the second Test on Tuesday. The hosts reached 176-5 when bad light stopped play early on day three, with stumps called in Galle after more than half an hour’s wait […]

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Uncertainty forces unprecedented number of Indians to abandon citizenship

ISLAMABAD:Increasing tension, division of society on minority lines, unemployment and uncertain future under the Modi regime has forced unprecedented number of Indians to give up their citizenship, taking the figure to historic level of 9,32,000 since 2017. Giving up the citizenship has specially paced up since Bharatiya Janata Party, led by Narendra Modi, took over […]

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Police arrest accused with stolen motorcycle

DERA ISMAIL KHAN:Chawdwan police on Tuesday arrested two accused and recovered a stolen motorcycle. According to the district police spokesperson, DSP Kulachi Fazal Subhan-led the team which included Station House Officer (SHO) Chawdwan Aurangzeb Khan and arrested two accused including Haq Nawaz and Asmatullah on the basis of solid evidence. The police recovered a motorcycle […]

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