Browsing Category: Pakistan News

  • Dolphin Force launched in Faisalabad 

    FAISALABAD: Police culture is being transformed gradually to provide safe and secure environment to people, said Provincial Minister for Law Rana Sanaullah Khan. He was addressing a launching ceremony of Dolphin Force in the city on Monday. The minister said the Punjab government under the leadership of Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif had taken a number of …

    October 24, 2017 | by Raheel
  • Diabetes on the rise in Gujranwala Division

    SIALKOT: Recently, a sharp increase in diabetes has been witnessed in urban as well as rural areas of Punjab. The number of diabetic patients has reached 3.8 million in Gujranwala Division, including Sialkot, Narowal, Gujrat, Mandi Bahauddin, Hafizabad and Gujranwala City. This was revealed by health experts while addressing participants of a seminar which was held …

    October 24, 2017 | by Raheel
  • Two held for illegal sale of tortoise meat in Khanewal

    MULTAN: The officials of wildlife department nabbed two people on charges of illegal sale of tortoise meat to Chinese nationals in South Punjab. While speaking to journalists in Khanewal on Monday, Wildlife Department Director Muhammad Hussain Gashgori said that the officials conducted a raid in the area of Saraye Sidhoo and arrested two people who were …

    October 24, 2017 | by Raheel
  • First gender-based violence court inaugurated

    LAHORE: In our society, women are the weakest segment of society because they are not only economically dependent, but also tortured physically and mentally, said Lahore High Court Chief Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah. He was addressing judges and lawyers while inaugurating the first gender-based violence court set up in the district and sessions court. The …

    October 24, 2017 | by Raheel
  • Govt focuses on adding to Fort Munro’s allure

    LAHORE: To provide world-class tourism and recreational facilities, authorities have started the process of installing chairlifts and cable cars at the only hill station in the southern part of the province; Fort Munro in Dera Ghazi Khan. Fort Munro Development Authority (FMDA) Deputy Director Anam Hafeez tells The Express Tribune the proposed cable car line will …

    October 24, 2017 | by Raheel
  • K-P’s overworked teachers distracted from providing education

    PESHAWAR: The government in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa has spent billions on providing educational facilities in the province, hiring thousands of teachers and even training them. But some say the teachers have been overburdened with additional tasks which are distracting them from classrooms. The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)-led provincial government has spent Rs22.5 billion to provide free textbooks to students, …

    October 24, 2017 | by Raheel
  • Salman Khan’s bodyguard Shera speaks up on threatening a woman of gang rape

    A woman has recently made a claim that Salman Khan’s personal bodyguard Shera threatened her of getting her brutally gang raped. The Bollywood superstar’s bodyguard Shera has, since then, fallen into legal trouble. A woman named Shabnam Shaikh has filed an FIR against him, accusing him of threatening her on the phone and intimidating her of the heinous …

    October 23, 2017 | by Raheel
  • 38 women accuse US director James Toback of sexual harassment

    LOS ANGELES: The Hollywood sexual abuse scandal widened Monday after 38 women were reported to have accused US film director James Toback of unwanted sexual encounters over a period of decades. Toback reeled them in with boasts about his movie career and connections and with claims he could make them a star, according to their accounts …

    October 23, 2017 | by Raheel
  • Egypt hits suspected militants smuggling arms from Libya

    CAIRO: Egyptian warplanes killed suspected militants and destroyed eight vehicles they were using to smuggle weapons into the country from neighbouring Libya, the military said Monday. Army spokesman Tamer el-Rifai said in a statement that the air strikes on the western border were part of operations to track down “terrorists” who killed 16 policemen in a …

    October 23, 2017 | by Raheel
  • Nations pledge $340 million to Rohingya response

    GENEVA: Nations have pledged $340 million (290 million euros) to care for Myanmar’s Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, an “encouraging” step in the response to the intensifying crisis, the UN said Monday. Many of the funds for the minority Muslim group, who have fled from violence in the northern part of Myanmar’s Rakhine state, were promised at …

    October 23, 2017 | by Raheel