Punjab

LAHORE: On the eve of Ashura (10th Muharram), Lahore police claimed to have foiled an attempt of terrorism Thursday, arresting five alleged terrorists with sophisticated arms. Following a tip off, police said, the law-enforcers raided a house in Shahdara area and arrested five terrorists who were planning to target Muharram...

Mobile Phone Services Blocked in 25 cities on moharram 9 and 10  Thursday and Friday to protect gatherings and processions being held in connection with Yaum-e-Ashur. The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has sent the list of cities to mobile phone companies. According to sources, mobile phone service will remain shut...

Sunday - Namaz-e-Janaza of renowned singer Reshman was offered in Lahore this evening . Her funeral was attended by her relatives‚ artists and well wishers. She passed away after protracted illness in Lahore on Sunday morning. She was sixty-six. She had been suffering from throat cancer and was in coma...

Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif visited Nandipur Power project near Gunjrawala today (Tuesday)‚ where he was given a detailed briefing. Later‚ talking to newsmen‚ he said almost 95 percent machinery of the project has reached the site from the Karachi port and the construction work will start soon. He...

Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif has said that the project of Quaid-e-Azam Solar Energy Park in Bahawalpur will bring an investment of more than Rs. 200 billion in the area which is the biggest investment in the history of the country. The Chief Minister said that 1000 megawatt electricity...

LAHORE: A blast in Lahore's busy Anarkali market area initial report one dead and injured 10 persons on Thursday. A time device exploded in Old Anarkali area of Lahore that killed one man and injured several others who were shifted to Mayo Hospital for treatment.   Three injured including a...

Pakistan Railways has announced to operate two special trains from Karachi before Eid-ul-Azha. The first train will leave Karachi for Peshawar via Lahore on the 13th while second train will leave Karachi for Lahore via Faisalabad on the 14th of this month. meanwhile, Pakistan Railways Minister Khawaja Saad Rafique has pledged...

Petroleum Minister says No Gas for CNG stations across Punjab during November, December January all 3 months . This news is trending on Social micro-blogging website ( Twitter ) as well.  Never ever in the history heard such statement before, hardly 3 to 4 days in a row but this...

LAHORE: The price of the basic essential item like flour has ballooned to the highest ever in the history much to the disappoint of the Lahorites who had pinned great hopes with the new government for some relief and respite from the grinding hyper-inflation. The citizens said that bread being...

Saturday Sept 14, 2013, Lahore: A five-year-old girl was brutally gang-raped in the capital of Pakistan’s Punjab province and dumped outside a hospital, officials said today. The girl was left outside Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in Lahore yesterday after being brutally raped by unidentified men. The girl, who had earlier...

LAHORE: A local banking court Friday issued bailable arrest warrants for Shahid Nazir, the One Pound Fish famed, on a criminal complaint filed by a leasing company. Banking Court-Lahore IV, Judge Khalid Nawaz issued the order on a criminal complaint filed by Orix Leasing Company in a recovery suit of...

LAHORE - Six more dengue patients were brought to various hospitals on Wednesday, taking the number of confirmed cases in the province to 71. Out of six new cases, five were reported from Lahore and one from neighboring Sheikhupura district. Ahmed Raza, 22, a resident of Wasanpura, Muhammad Junaid, 23,...