GUJRANWALA, Aug 28: Activists of a students organization and citizens took out a protest procession here on Saturday against the proposed construction of a building for a government department at a recreational park in Wazirabad.

Reports said the government wanted to construct the building at Nawaz Sharif park on the GT Road and accorded approval to that effect.

Meanwhile, scores of citizens, including Anjuman Talaba Islam activists, marched on Sialkot Road and GT Road against the plan. They were carrying banners and placards and chanting slogans against the government.

The protesters said that they would besiege the offices of the district administration if the plan was not dropped immediately.

SUICIDE: A woman committed suicide over a monetary row here on Saturday in Ladheywala Warriach village.

Reports said Rukhsana, the mother of five children, quarrelled with her husband over a financial issue and swallowed poison. Later, she died at the DHQ hospital

CABLE CHANNEL: Activists of various religious parties expressed their resentment over screening of porno movies by cable operators.

At a meeting held at Sheranwala Bagh Jamia Masjid, they demanded a ban on the cable operators who were spreading obscenity in society.

Opinion

Editorial

Centre vs provinces
Updated 10 Jun, 2026

Centre vs provinces

The reason the centre finds itself in this position is rooted in its failure to expand the tax net and boost revenues.
Party in crisis
10 Jun, 2026

Party in crisis

THE young KP chief minister must be starting to realise just how thorny a seat he occupies. There has been a flurry...
Varsity woes
10 Jun, 2026

Varsity woes

FINANCIAL crises affecting public sector universities across Pakistan are now having an impact on academic...
Doctor attacked
09 Jun, 2026

Doctor attacked

AN act of reprehensible violence has shaken the medical community. On Saturday, an employee of the Provincial Civil...
AJK flare-up
Updated 09 Jun, 2026

AJK flare-up

The situation started deteriorating after a trader affiliated with the JAAC was reportedly shot in an altercation with law-enforcers.
Fault lines
09 Jun, 2026

Fault lines

THE April 8 ceasefire that halted hostilities between Israel and Iran has encountered its most serious test yet....