Senators take notice of out-of-turn houses allotment
ISLAMABAD, March 22: The Senate Standing Committee on Saturday took serious notice of out-of-turn allotment of official accommodation to government employees and has sought the details from Housing and Works Ministry....
President confers military awards
ISLAMABAD, March 22: President Pervez Musharraf has conferred military awards upon the Pakistan armed forces personnel. The recipients include 14 people who have passed away....
PAT leader, sister die on road
GUJRAT, March 22: Pakistan Awami Tehrik (PAT) district president and known physician Dr Mahmoodul Hassan Kunjahi and his sister were killed while three others, including his two sons, sustained injuries in an accident on GT Road near Kamoki on Saturday....
Honorarium cut perturbs EC staff
ISLAMABAD, March 22: The employees of the Election Commission of Pakistan have expressed concerns over the decision of the chief election commissioner to slash their polls duty honorarium from three months’ basic pay to just one....
Three-year-old boy suffocates
VEHARI, March 22: Body of a three-year-old boy was recovered from a tin box here in the Tibba Sultanpur area on Saturday....
Accident claims two lives
VEHARI, March 22: Two passengers were killed in a road accident on Vehari–Mailsi Road....
Hearing in suicide attack cases put off
RAWALPINDI, March 22: An anti-terrorism court judge, Chaudhry Habibur Rehman, here on Saturday put off hearing in two suicide attack cases registered with the Islamabad police till April 7, as jail...
Over 28kgs of heroin seized in one month
RAWALPINDI, March 22: Anti Narcotics Force (ANF) have recovered some 28.108 kg fine quality heroin and 81.840 kg charas and arrested 28 smugglers including a Thai woman besides seizing three vehicles in as many as 14 operations in one month....
Two killed
ATTOCK, March 22: A woman was killed when a Peshawar-bound train hit her while she was crossing railway line at Attock railway station here on Saturday....
Car company ordered to replace vehicle
LAHORE, Mar 22: Consumer court presiding officer Syed Maruf Ahmed Ali has ordered a carmaker and its dealer to replace the petitioner''s vehicle and also pay a sum of Rs10,000 as cost....
86 PU teachers apply for TTS slots
LAHORE, March 22: The Punjab University has reportedly received 86 applications from faculty members for their appointment as associate professor and professor under the Tenure Track System (TTS)....
Servant beheads paymaster to ‘avenge insult’
LAHORE, March 22: A 55-year-old woman, a close relative of a senior police officer, was axed to death allegedly by her servant at her residence in Ghalib Market on Friday....
Police gun down ‘kidnapper’
LAHORE, March 22: An alleged kidnapper was killed in police ‘encounter’ while another escaped early on Saturday in Shahdara area....
New fares notified
LAHORE, March 22: The Punjab transport department notified on Saturday new fares for inter-city and intra-city routes....