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Imran demands CM Punjab to resign over PAT workers' killings

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan on Tuesday demanded Chief Minister Punjab Shahbaz Sharif to resign over killings of Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) workers in Lahore, saying that people had to face merciless violence. He…

June 17, 2014
Published in Punjab

Lahore: Report presented to PM claims police fired 'in self-defense'

The preliminary report presented to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday by intelligence agencies claims that Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) chief’s television statements provoked his followers who distributed arms and sticks amongst members prior to…

June 17, 2014
Published in Punjab

Shahbaz Sharif is Narendra Modi of Punjab: Pervez Elahi

Pakistan Muslim League Quaid (PMLQ) central leader Pervez Elahi on Tuesday held Shahbaz Sharif responsible for the Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) workers’ killings in Lahore and announced to stage protest on June 23. He termed…

June 17, 2014
Published in Punjab

Will resign if found responsible for PAT-police clash: Shahbaz Sharif

In a press conference after the violent clash between supporters of the Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) and police on Tuesday, Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif said he will resign if found responsible for the incident.

June 17, 2014
Published in Punjab

Youth, woman among 8 killed in PAT supporters' clash with police

LAHORE: Members of the Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) and a policeman were among the 8 people killed during a clash between PAT protesters and policemen in Lahore on Tuesday.

June 17, 2014
Published in Punjab

Multan: FIA raids Yousaf Raza Gilani's residence

Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Friday raided the residence of former Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani but had to leave because Gilani was not home. Gilani said that FIA violated the court order by raiding…

June 14, 2014
Published in Punjab

Punjab govt presents Rs1.2 trillion budget amid uproar

Punjab Finance Minister Mujtaba Shujaur Rehman is presenting Punjab’s financial budget for the fiscal year 2014-2015 on Friday while the opposition parties are shouting in protests with budget copies in their hands.

June 13, 2014
Published in Punjab

Bhakkar cannibals face twelve years in prison

The Bhakkar cannibals who were arrested in April for eating human flesh were each sentenced to twelve years in prison by an Anti-Terrorism Court.

June 11, 2014
Published in Punjab

Electoral fraud: NADRA finds rigging in records of NA-118

The National Database Registration Authority (NADRA) has found rigged votes in the record of ballot papers from NA-118, Lahore.

June 10, 2014
Published in Punjab

LHC honour killing: ATC grants 14 days remand to victim's father

LAHORE: An anti-terrorist court (ATC) on Saturday granted 14-day-long judicial remand to the father of Farzana Perveen, who was killed outside the Lahore High Cout (LHC)

June 7, 2014
Published in Punjab

Five more arrested in Lahore honour killing

LAHORE: Police on Monday arrested five more suspects in the case relating to the killing of Farzana Parveen outside Lahore High Court (LHC).

June 2, 2014
Published in Punjab

PML-N MPA kidnapped

Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) MPA Rana Jamil Hasan was abducted on Saturday from an area in the country's central Punjab province.

May 31, 2014
Published in Punjab

PM inaugurates Nandipur power project

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has inaugurated the first phase of the Nandipur Power Project.

May 31, 2014
Published in Punjab

Woman murdered in 'honour killing' outside LHC

A 25-year-old woman was stoned to death by her family outside the Lahore High Court on Tuesday in a so-called “honour” killing for marrying the man she loved, police said.