Lahore
-
PIA flight diverted to drop off officer's daughter
World | Jan 30, 2013, 12:04 PM ISTIslamabad, Jan 30: A flight, which took-off from Karachi for Islamabad, took a detour and landed at Lahore to drop off the daughter of an officer with the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), the flag carrier
-
Pak panel divided on renaming roundabout after Bhagat Singh
World | Dec 14, 2012, 06:50 PM ISTLahore,Dec 14: Differences have cropped up in a Pakistani committee tasked with renaming historic sites here, with some of its members backing a move not to rename a roundabout after legendary freedom fighter Bhagat Singh.Lahore's
-
Pak authorities drop plan to rename Lahore Chowk after Bhagat Singh
World | Dec 14, 2012, 09:15 AM ISTLahore Dec 14: The plan to rename Shadman Chowk in Lahore after Indian freedom fighter Bhagat Singh has apparently been dropped.A press issue released on Wednesday, 12th Dec 2012 by the Dilkash Lahore Committee said
-
Swedish female social worker shot in Lahore
World | Dec 03, 2012, 09:54 PM ISTLahore, Dec 3 : A 70-year-old Swedish national was shot in the neck in the Model Town area of Lahore on Monday.The lady, identified as Sister Bargeeta, has reportedly been living in Pakistan for the
-
Over 120 Ahmadi graves desecrated in Lahore
World | Dec 03, 2012, 09:46 PM ISTLahore, Dec 3 : A group of armed men belonging to a hardline sect vandalised 120 graves at an Ahmadi cemetery and assaulted a security guard and a gravedigger in this eastern Pakistani city, members
-
Cricket frenzy grips Pakistan, large LCDs, LED TVs to screen India-Pak T20 match
Cricket | Sep 30, 2012, 10:42 AM ISTLahore, Sep 30: Cricket frenzy has gripped Pakistanis in Lahore, Karachi and Peshawar, with people eagerly looking forward to watch the India-Pakistan T20 World Cup Super Eights match live this evening. According to The News
-
British woman of Pak origin kidnapped in Lahore
World | Sep 10, 2012, 09:59 AM ISTIslamabad, Sep 10 : A British woman of Pakistani origin has been kidnapped in Lahore city, police said Sunday night.The 20-year-old Aisha Ali came to Lahore to attend a wedding ceremony and was kidnapped at
-
3 killed as blast rocks Lahore Railway station
World | Apr 24, 2012, 09:32 PM ISTLahore, Apr 24: A powerful bomb struck a crowded platform at a railway station in this Pakistani city today, killing three persons and leaving over 40 others injured.The bomb that was planted in a bag
-
In Stinging Attack, Zardari Calls Sharifs 'Mohajirs' In Lahore
World | Apr 08, 2012, 01:07 PM ISTLahore, Apr 5: President Asif Ali Zardari today launched a scathing attack on opposition PML-N leaders Nawaz and Shahbaz Sharif, saying they were ‘mohajirs' in Punjab's capital Lahore and were enjoying power because of his
-
Pak Civil Society Demands Renaming Of Chowk After Bhagat Singh
World | Mar 24, 2012, 12:26 PM ISTLahore, Mar 24: Pakistani civil society activists have demanded that the square in Lahore where Bhagat Singh was hanged over eight decades ago should be renamed after the freedom fighter to honour his struggle to
-
Three Killed In Stampede At Atif Aslam's Concert In Lahore
Bollywood | Jan 10, 2012, 12:59 PM ISTLahore, Jan 10: At least three young girls were killed and dozens more injured in a stampede after a concert by singer Atif Aslam at an arts complex in this eastern Pakistani city today, officials
-
Shashi Tharoor, Sunanda In Lahore
World | Jan 04, 2012, 10:09 AM ISTLahore, Jan 4: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor arrived in Lahore on Tuesday alongwith his wife Sunanda Pushkar. Speaking to mediapersons, Tharoor said there should be no war between India and Pakistan and people of both
-
ITF Shifts Davis Cup Tie From Lahore
Tennis | Nov 27, 2011, 10:40 PM ISTKarachi, Nov 27: Pakistan has appealed to the International Tennis Federation following its decision to shift the Davis Cup Asia/Oceania group two tie against Lebanon away from Lahore due to security reasons.Pakistan were due to
-
Lahore Girl's Lie Nailed, She Told Police She's From India
World | Nov 16, 2011, 06:38 PM ISTLahore, Nov 16: A 13-year-old girl was found crying and in a dishevelled state near Minar-e-Pakistan here on Tuesday by a visiting couple, who took her to the police. The girl told Lahore Police her
-
Pak Geo News Telecasts Policeman Manhandling Woman In Lahore
World | Nov 13, 2011, 04:02 PM ISTLahore, Nov 13: Pakistan's Geo News TV channel this morning telecasted visuals of a policeman who manhandled a woman at the Lahore airport, after which the woman slapped him twice.According to the victim, the policeman
-
Violence In POK During Assembly Polls
World | Jun 26, 2011, 07:17 PM ISTIslamabad/Lahore, Jun 26 : Elections to the assembly in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir today were marred by several violent incidents, prompting the postponing of voting by Kashmiri refugees in the eastern city of Lahore. The polling in
-
Musharraf Says, He Will Return To Pakistan On March 23
World | Jun 19, 2011, 05:44 PM ISTLahore, June 19: Pakistan's former military ruler Pervez Musharraf, who has been living in self-exile since 2008, has said he would return home on March 23 next year to lead his party in the 2013
-
Army Control On Foreign Policy Should End, Demands Nawaz
World | Jun 10, 2011, 11:04 PM ISTLahore, June 10: PML-N Chief Nawaz Sharif said on Friday that the Army's control over the country's foreign policy should end.Sharif was speaking at a reference held in the memory of Saleem Shehzad under the
-
Pak Bowler Mohd Asif Weds Sana Hilal In Lahore
Cricket | Oct 01, 2010, 05:28 PM ISTPakistan's tainted bowler Mohammed Asif wed Sana Hilal at a ceremony in Defence Colony, Lahore on Thursday night. The bride's family members flew in from Karachi to attend the wedding. Pakistani cricketers Salman Butt, Kamran
-
Terrorists Plunge Lahore Into Grief, Kill 45 At A Sufi Shrine
World | Jul 02, 2010, 08:07 PM ISTTwo suicide bombers tore into the heart of Lahore, bombing a famous Islamic Sufi shrine packed with thousands of worshippers, killing at least 45 people, including women and children, and injuring 180 others in the