Hamza elected as CM Punjab; ruling alliance boycotts

LAHORE:Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Hamza Shehbaz was elected as 21st Chief Minister of the Punjab with 197 votes after the members Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) boycotted and attacking deputy speaker Dost Muhammad Mazari while PML-Q leader Chaudhry Parvez Elahi also injured amid

HRCP slams security forces for treatment of drivers in Chagai

Lahore:The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) said Saturday that it is alarmed to learn that a driver was killed allegedly by security forces in Chagai near the Pakistan-Afghan border while attempting to speed away his vehicle when told to stop. “Extrajudicial

CM slot polls: Rangers called in Lahore for security

LAHORE:Punjab Home Department on Friday called Rangers for high security in Lahore to make extraordinary security arrangements for the elections for Chief Ministership in Punjab Assembly tomorrow. The report said, along with the police, Punjab Rangers personnel will also be present on

HRCP wants Sindh government to pursue Jokhio case

LAHORE:The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) Thursday expressed grave concern over the decision to exclude two sitting PPP lawmakers from the list of accused in the murder case of Nazim Jokhio on grounds of lack of evidence. In a statement, HRCP

PML-Q files appeal against PA Deputy Speaker’s restoration

LAHORE:Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) leader and Punjab Assembly (PA) Speaker Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi and PML-Q Secretary General Kamil Ali Agha on Thursday filed two intra-court appeals in the Lahore High Court (LHC) against the court’s yesterday’s verdict in which it had restored

Call to release funds of Balochistan Baitulmal

LAHORE:Kalsoom Panezai, Member, Pakistan Bait-ul-Mal, has called on the authorities to get the funds of Balochistan Baitulmal released immediately so that the released funds could be utilized for treatment of poor patients and for shouldering the educational expenditures of deserving students of

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