A Voice of the Unheard Saturday, October 10, 2026
LAHORE: The Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Lahore, released its official 9th Class Result Gazette on Wednesday, recording an overall pass percentage of 46.51 percent — a figure that leaves more than half of the city’s SSC Part-I cohort short of promotion. According to the official result gazette, 280,676 candidates appeared in the SSC...
LAHORE: The Lahore’s public school system has fallen well short of its admissions target for the new session, with 187 government high schools across the district failing to fill the seats assigned to them. The District Education Authority has sought written explanations from the heads of all 187 institutions, according to details released on Tuesday....
LAHORE: The Lahore’s traffic police has been told to stop issuing warnings and start issuing tickets. Chief Traffic Officer Lahore Syed Abdul Raheem Sherazi directed officers on Tuesday to adopt a zero-tolerance policy on traffic violations, telling a meeting of the city’s traffic hierarchy that better management of the roads and the safety of people...
LAHORE: Twenty-five Pakistani citizens imprisoned in India have returned home through the Wagah-Attari border. According to the Pakistan High Commission, the 25 Pakistani citizens were brought into Pakistan today via the Wagah-Attari border. High Commission officials were also present at the border and assisted in facilitating the process of the citizens’ return home. The Pakistan...
LAHORE: The Punjab government has disbursed more than Rs243 billion in interest-free loans under the Apni Chhat Apna Ghar programme in a short period, and has doubled the targets for loan provision in the current financial year following a record number of applications. An important meeting on the provision of interest-free loans was chaired by...
LAHORE: A total of 241 road accidents were reported from different parts of Lahore during the past 24 hours. Two people, including a woman, were killed in the accidents, while 293 people were injured. Of the injured, 103 who were seriously hurt were shifted to local hospitals, while 190 with minor injuries were provided medical...
LAHORE: The shortage of Sui gas and persistently low pressure have sharply increased hardship for residents of Lahore, forcing domestic consumers to buy expensive liquefied petroleum gas. Recent reports have also identified LPG being sold in Lahore well above the official rate. Demand for LPG has risen because of the unavailability of gas in various...
LAHORE: Chief Minister Punjab Maryam Nawaz has ordered the introduction of dedicated bike lanes on major roads across Lahore, alongside a strict enforcement drive against traffic violations — particularly by vehicles operating under the provincial Suthra Punjab programme. The directives were issued on Monday at a special meeting on traffic management chaired by the chief...
LAHORE: The Deputy Inspector General of Police (Operations) Lahore has held the force’s first Facebook khuli kutchehry, an open court conducted entirely on a digital platform, with more than 10,000 citizens participating online from Pakistan and from various countries around the world. The 45-minute online session saw citizens submit their problems and complaints through Facebook....
LAHORE: The Government of Punjab has approved the recruitment of military personnel to monitor educational institutions and has begun the hiring process, in a decision that places serving and retired armed forces staff inside the province’s school inspection system. Military personnel will be recruited as Monitoring and Evaluation Officers, or MEOs, in 22 districts of...