A Voice of the Unheard Friday, August 21, 2026
Eight-year-old Hakeemullah is the latest fatality in a pattern of open-manhole deaths that prompted arrests and a province-wide directive earlier this year LAHORE: An eight-year-old boy died this week after falling into an open manhole in the Hanjarwal area of Lahore, returning public attention to a hazard that has already produced arrests, suspensions and a...
Chief Traffic Officer writes to DIG Traffic Punjab and PITB seeking enforcement tools modelled on the existing e-challan system LAHORE: Chief Traffic Officer Lahore Syed Abdul Rahim Shirazi has proposed a comprehensive mechanism for recovering pending digital traffic challans, modelled on the enforcement architecture already operating under the e-challan system. According to a report published...
Committee reports corruption, bogus inspections and fake billing across more than a dozen accounts; anti-corruption referral and Establishment Division inquiry recommended LAHORE: A Punjab government inquiry has held the former commandant of the Police Training College (PTC), Lahore, and eight other officials responsible for financial irregularities exceeding Rs226 million, and the officer at the centre...