A Voice of the Unheard Tuesday, October 6, 2026
LAHORE: Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz paid tribute to teachers on World Teachers’ Day on Monday, calling them the most respected part of society. The message was warm. It also came less than three weeks after she ordered action over poor results in government schools. In her message, the chief minister offered salutations to the Holy...
LAHORE: Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz received the UN-Habitat Scroll of Honour in Muscat on Monday for Punjab’s Apni Chhat, Apna Ghar Housing Scheme. It is a real honour and the government has every right to be pleased. But the award and the scheme both deserve a closer look than the official statement gives them. The...
ISLAMABAD/LAHORE: The government and the opposition reported a major breakthrough in their talks on Saturday, raising the prospect that the PTI’s long march on Islamabad, due to begin on Sunday, could be called off. Both delegations agreed in principle on the points under discussion and began preparing a written draft, correspondents reported from Parliament House....
LAHORE: The Pakistan Markazi Muslim League (PMML) has condemned the Houthi drone attack on the power station that supplies electricity to the Prophet’s Mosque, Al Masjid-E-Nabawi, in Madinah. It is the party’s latest statement in a month-long campaign over the security of Muslim’s holiest sites. In a joint statement, party leaders called the attack on...
LAHORE: The Pakistan Markazi Muslim League (PMML) has named Qazi Muhammad Ibrahim Gujjar as its candidate for the NA-77 Gujranwala-I by-election. He will face PML-N’s Rashid Bashir Virk in a contest for a seat the ruling party has held for decades. PMML Secretary General Saifullah Kasuri announced the nomination after a party meeting attended by...
CHINIOT: Leaders of the Pakistan Markazi Muslim League (PMML) on Saturday declared the finality of Prophethood a “red line” for Muslims. At a Khatm-i-Nabuwwat conference in Chiniot, they demanded that the belief be made part of the curricula of schools, colleges and universities across the country. The party used the same phrase to rally support...
LAHORE: Punjab has shifted into a heightened security footing, banning public gatherings across the province until October 5, asking the federal government for Rangers in four northern districts, and seeking the jamming of mobile and internet signals in parts of Rawalpindi and Attock from September 27. The three decisions were set out in separate official...
A September 23 compliance deadline and a Home Department helpline turn the IHC’s September 14 order into an enforcement regime — on a day the Centre floated Governor’s Rule for KP, jailed all three of Imran Khan’s sisters, and emptied 24 capital schools to house police. LAHORE/ISLAMABAD: The Punjab government has banned the use of...
Aleema Khan held for 30 days under 3-MPO and moved to Kot Lakhpat Jail as MNAs are picked up in the capital; Punjab’s information minister says a ‘third rebellion’ is being planned. LAHORE: A crackdown on Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s leadership widened on Sunday, a week before the party’s announced Islamabad long march, with Aleema Khan detained...
Maryam Nawaz says systematic waste collection has reached 25,000 villages for the first time, with Safe City cameras now watching streets and neighbourhoods. LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif marked World Cleanup Day on Sunday by declaring a clean and green province and a healthy population the government’s top priority, and by describing the...