14 killed, 1,164 injured in Punjab road accidents

LAHORE:At least 14 people were killed and 1,164 others injured in 1,110 road traffic accidents in Punjab during the last 24 hours. As many as 618 seriously injured people were shifted to different hospitals, while 546 with minor injuries were treated at the incident site by the rescue medical teams, said a spokesman for Rescue-1122 […]

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Governor KP attends Dastar Bandi ceremony in Darwish Masjid

PESHAWAR:Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Haji Ghulam Ali and Federal Minister Maulana Abdul Shakoor along with other prominent Ulamas here on Sunday attended the Durood-do-Salam, Khatam Bukhari Sharif and Dastar Bandi ceremony. The Governor KP distributed certificates among hundreds of students besides participating in the Dastar Bandi of the students who memorized Bukhari Sharif and Quran. “We […]

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40 teenage cricketers invited for trial matches

LAHORE:The junior selection committee has invited 40 cricketers for trial matches to select a squad for Pakistan U19 tour of Bangladesh in April. The trial matches and net practice sessions take place at the Hanif Mohammad High Performance Centre in Karachi from 3-8 March and the players will assemble at the facility on 2 March. […]

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IGP orders speeding up action against hardened criminals

LAHORE:Inspector General of Police (IGP) Punjab Dr Usman Anwar on Sunday said that in all districts of the province, countermeasures should be sped up to prevent robbery, dacoity, kidnapping for ransom, murder and other serious crimes. While presiding over a video-link conference at the Central Police Office here, he emphasised that hardened and professional criminals […]

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Minister condoles over death of Basant victim

RAWALPINDI:Punjab Caretaker Minister for Primary and Secondary Healthcare Dr Jamal Nasir on Sunday visited the house of a girl who was killed by areal firing on the occasion of Basant in the Mohanpura area. He expressed his condolence to the grieving family over the accidental death of the girl and offered fateha for the departed […]

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One killed, 10 injured in lightning incidents

ABBOTTABAD:At least one person died and 10 others sustained injuries when lightning struck in two different places of district Abbottabad on Sunday. According to the details, in the first lightning incident which took place in Phullanwali Chitpari village of Union Council Bandi Attai Khan, an area of Havelian police station, a group of local youths […]

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