LAHORE: An anti-terrorism court on Wednesday awarded 34 years sentence to a man who had thrown acid at a woman in Lahore in September last year. The court in its verdict handed Hamayun Maseeh 34 years jail term along with Rs. 2.2 million fine. Hamayun had attacked Nazia Bibi with acid in Factory Area of...
ISLAMABAD: National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Wednesday gathered more evidence against Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) president Shahbaz Sharif in connection with money laundering case. According to details, the anti-graft watchdog has claimed that more than 300 ghost employees are working in Shahbaz Group of Industries. No one knows from where these ghost employees have received...
LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar has said on Wednesday that his government was taking steps to stabilise sugar prices in the province. “Handmade increase in sugar prices would not be tolerated at any cost”, Usman Buzdar said in his statement issued here from Lahore, today. He said his government is pursuing policy to provide...
ISLAMABAD: Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) will continue to provide free education to four-categories of people, prisoners, handicapped, transgender community and drop-out girls, this was stated here on Wednesday. It is the part of University’s standing policy of taking care of marginalized sections of society and to ensure that nobody should be deprived of education...
BEIJING: Faced with the fast-changing situation of the novel coronavirus outbreak, China is at a crucial stage to prevent and control the spread of the virus, according to Chinese experts. “The current outbreak is concentrated in the city of Wuhan in central China, and is sporadic in other places, meaning it is still a regional outbreak,” said Zhong Nanshan, a...
LAHORE: The federal government has constituted a special team of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to investigate into the prevailing wheat crisis across the country. The FIA’s deputy director will head the team to determine the responsible persons who have caused the crisis, and the role played by the government officials in the matter. Importantly,...
ISLAMABAD: Former president Asif Ali Zardari’s problems Wednesday increased as Hussain Faisal Jamot became approver in the mega money laundering case. The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has submitted a report pertaining to the matter in the accountability court (AC). Asif Zardari’s sister and Member Provincial Assembly (MPA) from Sindh Faryal Talpur, Omni Group’s director Abdul...
BEIJING: The Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF) Working Group has expressed satisfaction while reviewing Pakistan’s performance report from October 2019 till January 2020 in compliance with the global illicit financing watchdog’s action plan carrying 27 recommendations about the country’s anti-money laundering and combating financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) mechanism. The Pakistani delegation led by the Minister...
LAHORE: Punjab Minister for Human Rights & Minority Affairs (HR&MA), Ijaz Alam Augustine has said that the constitution of Pakistan guarantees equal rights and status of all citizens, irrespective of race, caste or creed. He said that the government of Punjab has constituted provincial and district interfaith harmony committees to promote inclusivity, access and harmony. The government of Punjab believes in...
LAHORE: Lahore Arts Council is going to organize a folk music competition titled “Folk Music Festival” to promote folk music. For the participation in this singing competition, people between the ages of 15 to 30 can register themselves for participating in the competition till 27th January at Alhamra Art Centre the Mall. The Music event...