News Pakistan

October 3, 2018

LDA in action against land grabbers

LAHORE: The Lahore Development Authority (LDA) launched a massive anti-encroachment drive in provincial capital on Tuesday and started the operation by demolishing a furniture market belonged […]
October 3, 2018

Targeted for ‘begging’, transgender community begs to be left alone

KARACHI: The recently-launched crackdown against ‘professional’ beggars by the police in Clifton has irked members of the transgender community, who term it a deliberate attempt to […]
October 3, 2018

Top court settles Ameer of Bahawalpur property case

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court’s five-judge bench, led by Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar, on Tuesday dismissed the Punjab government’s plea on the 52-year old […]
October 2, 2018

Since when has PTI started acting like thugs: CJP

LAHORE: Expressing displeasure over interference in police affairs by elected representatives, Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar on Sunday likened them to ‘thugs’. “You people […]
October 2, 2018

Delaying hearings: Civil courts not to entertain objection pleas

RAWALPINDI: In a bid to wrap up civil cases within a year and to manage the massive backlog of cases, the government has decided not to […]
October 2, 2018

Curriculum update: Govt to revamp education system

RAWALPINDI: With education among the priority sectors which the incumbent government is focusing on, the government has started revising the entire curriculum for primary and secondary […]
October 2, 2018

PEIRA admits helplessness in regulating private schools

ISLAMABAD: The apex regulator of private schools in the federal capital, including the fees they charge, has admitted its utter helplessness in doing its legally mandated […]
October 2, 2018

Bar groups clash over appointment of law officers

ISLAMABAD: The PTI-led government is reluctant to make fresh appointments of law officers as various groups clash for ascendancy in the share of appointments. The government […]