A Voice of the Unheard Monday, September 7, 2026
LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leader and former federal minister Hammad Azhar has been taken into custody by police from near the RA Bazaar area of Lahore. According to police sources, Hammad Azhar was detained from the house of a close friend, after which he was handed over to the investigation wing. Police sources said Hammad Azhar...
LAHORE: The Jamaat-e-Islami protest sit-in at Charing Cross on The Mall entered its 21st consecutive day on Sunday, with the party’s chief, Hafiz Naeem ur Rehman, expected to join the demonstration later in the day. According to sources, Hafiz Naeem ur Rehman will address participants and unveil the party’s future course of action from the...
LAHORE: Pakistan observed Defence and Martyrs’ Day on Saturday with national fervour, as ceremonies across the country marked the sixty-first anniversary of the 1965 war and paid homage to the soldiers who fell defending the country’s frontiers. The centrepiece of the day’s observances was a change-of-guard ceremony at Mazar-e-Quaid in Karachi, where cadets of the...
LAHORE: Separate negotiating committees have been constituted by Jamaat-e-Islami and the government, with the party’s committee due to meet on 7 September — though JI has announced that its sit-ins will continue alongside the talks. According to JI leader Liaqat Baloch, the party’s negotiating team comprises Inayatullah Khan, Farasat Ali Shah, Ziauddin Ansari, Nasrullah Randhawa...
LAHORE: The Punjab government will maintain a zero-tolerance policy on the burning of rice and other crop residues through the coming harvest, Provincial Minister for Agriculture Syed Ashiq Hussain Kirmani said on Friday, chairing a review meeting at the Civil Secretariat in Lahore. According to an official statement issued after the meeting, the minister said...
LAHORE: Punjab Minister for Information and Culture Uzma Bukhari has demanded that the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government release the passenger manifest, payment records and tracking data for a charter flight she says was used by the province’s chief minister, according to a statement issued on Friday. Bokhari said the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chief minister was running what...
LAHORE: Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif has announced seven additional electric buses for Sargodha, according to an official statement issued from the Chief Minister’s Office on Friday following a meeting with members of the Punjab Assembly from the district. The delegation that called on the chief minister included Provincial Minister Sohaib Ahmad Malik, Mansoor Azam,...
LAHORE/RAWALPINDI: Security forces killed 15 militants while foiling an infiltration attempt across the Pakistan-Afghanistan border opposite North Waziristan district, the Inter-Services Public Relations said on Thursday. According to the ISPR statement, the movement of a group attempting to cross the border was detected on the night of August 31-September 1, and troops engaged them in...
LAHORE: A Lahore judicial magistrate has fixed September 12, 2026 for cross-examination in the cybercrime case brought by Punjab Information Minister Azma Bokhari over the circulation of a fake video, after the minister’s statement was recorded this week. Ms Bokhari said in a statement that she had personally asked the court to have the accused,...
LAHORE: The Punjab Cabinet Committee on Disaster Management on Wednesday approved river-protection works costing Rs 898.7 million on the right bank of the Chenab and declared two tehsils of Sheikhupura disaster-affected, clearing the way for compensation payments to flood-hit residents. According to an official statement, the meeting was held at the PDMA head office on...