A Voice of the Unheard Saturday, October 10, 2026
LAHORE: The only school for transgender students in Lahore has been without stipend funding for 11 months, caught between two government departments that have not settled the terms of its handover, leaving students without support and teaching activity disrupted for close to a year. Students at the school have not received their stipends for 11...
LAHORE: University students have been inducted as members of the Sports Board Punjab Advisory Board for the first time in Pakistan’s history, Punjab Minister for Sports Malik Faisal Ayub Khokhar announced on Friday, as he chaired the board’s first introductory meeting at the National Hockey Stadium. The minister said the session “is not merely an...
LAHORE: Around 62,000 educational institutions are expected to take part in the upcoming CM Punjab Youth Games, with more than five million athletes projected to compete and a registration target of 15 million people, Director General Sports Punjab Muhammad Tariq Qureshi said on Friday. Speaking at a review meeting at the National Hockey Stadium, the...
LAHORE: Punjab has rescued 50,000 birds and 1,020 wild animals over the past two years and registered 1,050 FIRs under wildlife protection laws, Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif said in an official message issued on the occasion of Wildlife Day, describing the province as an emerging model “not only for Pakistan but for the entire...
LAHORE: The registration portal for kite manufacturers, traders and sellers ahead of Basant 2027 will go live on Friday, 5 September, Deputy Commissioner Lahore Captain (R) Ali Ejaz has said, opening the licensing window roughly six months before the March festival. The Deputy Commissioner set out the arrangements in an interview with vlogger Zohaib Butt,...
LAHORE: Two internship programmes concluded in Lahore this week — one at the Home Department, one at the Central Police Office — but the more consequential disclosures came in the briefings around them. Special Secretary Home Zainab Khan told the closing session of the Punjab Probation and Parole Service summer internship that, under the Naya...
LAHORE: Construction of 96 drains and 94 underground water tanks has been completed in 51 cities across Punjab under the Punjab Development Programme, Local Government Minister Zeeshan Rafique said on Wednesday. The minister was speaking at a review meeting of the programme at the Civil Secretariat. Local Government Secretary Zaid Bin Maqsood and Special Secretary...
LAHORE: Work on turning Lahore yellow again has formally begun. A high-level planning meeting on Basant arrangements was held on Tuesday under the chairmanship of Additional Managing Director Rao Tasleem Akhtar, where officials reviewed the decoration of major city roads and other festival-related preparations in detail. According to an official statement issued after the meeting,...
LAHORE: Chairman Parks and Horticulture Authority (PHA) Ghazali Saleem Butt, accompanied by Managing Director PHA Lahore Ahmed Usman Javed, visited the site of the Ship Restaurant Project on Tuesday and conducted a detailed review of ongoing construction work. Director Engineering Ms Samavia briefed the Chairman and Managing Director on the physical and financial progress of...
LAHORE: Punjab Minister for Information and Culture Azma Bokhari appeared before the District Courts on Tuesday to record her statement as a witness in the fake video case, telling the court that the matter concerned the honour and dignity of a woman rather than an ordinary civil dispute. Azma Bokhari told the court she was...