Punjab Archive

0December 25, 2011
US, India and Israel were involved in terror strikes in Pakistan; Jamat-e-Islami

LAHORE: Amir Jamaat-i-Islami Syed Munawar Hasan said the ‘memogate’ memo was a conspiracy against Pakistan and the Army and demanded that the Supreme Court give its ruling on the matter…
0December 25, 2011
“Zardaris and Madariz” have looted Pakistan of Quaid-e-Azam and are sucking its blood.Shahbaz Sharif

LAHORE – Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has said that Pakistan was achieved 64 years ago by rendering enormous sacrifices under the leadership of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah and today “Zardaris…
5December 18, 2011
Tens of thousands rally against US in Lahore

LAHORE: Tens of thousands gathered in one of the biggest-ever protests in the Pakistani city of Lahore Sunday to condemn Nato and United States over the killing of 24 soldiers…
0December 10, 2011
Maryam Nawaz, daughter of PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif made her political debut while addressing a women’s convention.

LAHORE: Children of the country’s leading political figures have decided to step out of their parents’ shadows and make a name for themselves. On Thursday, Maryam Nawaz, daughter of…
243November 24, 2011
PML-N filed a petition in the Supreme Court on Memogate

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) filed a constitutional petition in the Supreme Court with regard to the ‘memo controversy’ on Wednesday. PML-N President Nawaz Sharif filed the petition requesting to summon…
211November 1, 2011
Alliance possible if PML-N leadership declare assets

Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has said he could consider forging an alliance with PML-N if the top leadership of the party declares their assets. Talking to media persons…
221October 30, 2011
‘Declare assets or face disobedience Movement’ Imran Khan

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf Chairman Imran Khan Sunday asked the rulers to declare their assets within few months, failing which his party would launch civil disobedience movement to oust them. “Peoples’ tsunami…
194October 29, 2011
‘Resign or face public wrath’ A message to President Zardari from Shahbaz Sharif

LAHORE, Oct 28: The Pakistan Muslim League-N threw down the gauntlet to President Asif Zardari on Friday: tender resignation or face the lynch mob. Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif took…
223July 27, 2011
PIFD held a fashion show on Sunday, July 24

Top students from the graduating batch of PIFD are set to mark their debut at Pakistan Fashion Week. PHOTOS: FAISAL FAROOQUI LAHORE: The Pakistan Institute of Fashion and Design (PIFD)…
268June 9, 2011
TV artiste Jamil Fakhri passes away

Veteran television and theatre artiste Jamil Fakhri, who will forever be remembered for his role as SHO Jaffar Husain in the TV series “Andhera Ujala”, passed away in Lahore on…
160May 27, 2011
Lahore restoration project aims to revive old city’s lustre

Plans are afoot to restore one-mile route through medieval walled city as part of £7m conservation scheme. Like a precious old treasure, lost and almost forgotten, Lahore’s medieval walled city,…
238May 20, 2011
Pakistan must reject foreign aid: Nawaz

SIALKOT: Pakistan Muslim League-N Chief Nawaz Sharif Thursday stressed that Pakistan no longer needs to depend on foreign aid and alms, adding ‘we will produce our own resources’, Geo News…
162April 18, 2011
Suicide attackers are enemies of Islam and Pakistan: SIC

LAHORE: The suicide attacks are forbidden and totally against the teachings of Islam, and suicide bombers are the great enemies of Islam and Pakistan. This was the crux of the…
173April 7, 2011
25 die in Multan in 24 hours, because of doctors’ strike

MULTAN – The casualties of citizens because of doctors’ strike is rising after every passing day as at least 25 more citizens lost their lives in Nishtar Hospital and Cardiology…
176April 7, 2011
People being made slaves in independent country: Imran Khan

LAHORE: Tehreek-e-Insaf Chief Imran Khan Wednesday said that present generation had been made slave in an independent country, adding, fate of the nation was being decided somewhere else. He said…
0April 4, 2011
22 patients have died due to the strike in Punjab, Pakistan

LAHORE: Doctors across Punjab continued their strike Sunday, while unattended patients continued to suffer at hospitals across the province. A total of 22 patients have died across Punjab due to…
154April 4, 2011
Death toll in shrine blast rises to 49

The Sufi shrine which was attacked by suicide bomb attacks in Dera Ghazi Khan district, April 3, 2011. — Photo by Reuters DERA GHAZI KHAN: The death toll in the…
236April 3, 2011
Two men eating dead humans and dogs, arrested in Pakistan

LAHORE: Police on Sunday have arrested two corpse-eaters from the Darya Khan area of Bhakkar, Punjab. The arrested men claimed that they have been feeding on dead bodies of humans…
185March 17, 2011
Pakistan court releases CIA contractor Raymond Davis.

ISLAMABAD: An Additional Sessions judge Wednesday set free CIA contractor Raymond Davis, who killed two Pakistanis on a busy road in Lahore, after payment of blood money (Diyat) in accordance…
214February 25, 2011
PML(N) remove PPP, from the Punjab government

Pakistan’s opposition leader Nawaz Sharif Friday expelled the nationally ruling Pakistan People’s Party from the Punjab provincial government, where it has been in coalition with his own party. Punjab is…
231January 31, 2011
Thousands rally in Lahore over blasphemy law and two Pakistani men shot dead by a US national

Supporters of the religious and political party Jamaat-e-Islami hold a banner that reads “Pakistani Demand to Hang Raymond Davis Immediately” while praying during a protest rally in Karachi January 30,…