Project to Check tanneries pollution
KASUR, April 23: A project has been prepared to resolve the problem of poisonous effluent discharged from tanneries along the Lahore-Ferozepur Road in Kasur....
PPP terms referendum a ‘farce’
FAISALABAD, April 23: The Pakistan People’s Party has termed the referendum a “drama which will be staged to befool the international media” ....
No classrooms for 1,400 girl students
SIALKOT, April 23: There is no classroom for about 1,400 students of the Government Girls Higher Secondary School, Sialkot Cantt....
Rustam Fateh Ali alleges harassment
LAHORE, April 23: Rustam Fateh Ali Khan, a prominent Patiala Gharana vocalist, said on Tuesday he was being harassed and threats had been made to his life....
Musharraf due in Bahawalpur today
BAHAWALPUR, April 23: President Pervez Musharraf will distribute ownership deeds among over 3,000 landless Cholistanis during his visit here on Wednesday....
‘Press portal to social reforms’
SARGODHA, April 23: The press can play a significant role in the restoration of democracy and social reforms in the country....
Traders want to be heard
MULTAN, April 23: President Gen Pervez Musharraf should hold talks with traders to resolve their problems....
‘Criminal shot dead in encounter’
SHEIKHUPURA, April 23: A criminal was shot dead in an encounter with CIA in the Ferozewala police jurisdiction, Chukook Road Monday night....
Worry for growers
BAHAWALPUR, April 23: Money-starved wheat growers are finding it hard to deposit security to get gunny bags from the food department....
House looted
SAHIWAL, April 23: Dacoits on Monday night looted the house of a farmer, Manzoor Husain, in Chak 57/5-L and escaped with valuables worth Rs200,000....
Irsa may delay Thal Canal project
LAHORE, April 23: The Punjab has expressed fears that Sindh, Balochistan and the NWFP, may succeed in blocking water certification for the Greater Thal canal on, what it called, “flimsy grounds.”...