Teaching skills: Revisions to veterinary education suggested
LAHORE: Participants at a workshop titled Future Challenges in Veterinary Teaching on Friday proposed revisions to the curriculum of veterinary education. They stressed the importance of addressing...
View ArticleFamily feud: Two men killed by their fathers-in-law
BAHAWALPUR: Two men were arrested on Friday for killing their son-in-law in separate incidents in Bahawalpur. A police spokesman said Ghulam Abbas, a resident of Noorpur Jadeed village near Uch Sharif...
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Promises, promises — again
The Balochistan issue has risen, probably briefly, to the top of the political pile once again. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif paid a visit on August 6 and came bearing a basket of what are being termed...
View ArticleDejected: Three commit suicide in Faisalabad
FAISALABAD: A woman committed suicide by swallowing poison on Friday. Her daughters were hospitalised after she served them poisoned tea. Police said Tahir, a resident of Thatha Musa, had reprimanded...
View ArticleForever flooded
With heavy rains forecast across much of the country lasting possibly until August 12, the likelihood is that the current already catastrophic floods are going to get even worse. In Sindh, the...
View ArticleTruly special
Many a time in Pakistan, parents consider alternative options when they give birth to a child who is born differently-abled. The same is the case when a child becomes differently-abled at a young age....
View ArticleEnforced Disappearance: Police constable goes missing
PESHAWAR: A constable of Hayatabad police, Salamat Khan, returned a few hours after he was picked up and taken away allegedly by an intelligence agency in Hayatabad on Saturday afternoon. An official...
View ArticleProlonged Absence: Teachers arrested in Kurram Agency
PARACHINAR: Kurram Agency political administration arrested five teachers of a high school, including the principal, for prolonged absence from work on Saturday. According to a political administration...
View ArticleNabbed: CTD arrests extortionist in Kohat
PESHAWAR: The counter-terrorism department (CTD) Kohat has arrested an extortionist in Kohat. According to a handout issued by the department on Saturday, Imran Khan, a resident of Osmania Neher, was...
View ArticleBusiness Incubation: Peshawar 2.0 unveils Revolt
PESHAWAR: Social enterprise Peshawar 2.0 launched its start-up incubation and acceleration programme, Revolt, on Saturday. The initiative is aimed at fostering an organic environment for start-ups. The...
View ArticleChitral River: FWO kickstarts efforts to restore water flow
CHITRAL: The Frontier Works Organisation (FWO) has initiated efforts to remove blockages in Chitral River caused by the accumulation of boulders which had rolled down from mountains nearby. An...
View ArticleTaking to task: 63 arrested over grid station attack in Mardan
MARDAN: Sheikh Maltoon police arrested as many as 63 people and produced them before an anti-terrorism court over the Mardan grid station attack. The court granted a two-day remand of the detainees....
View ArticleTowards normalcy: Hospital in Khyber Agency opens doors after 7 years
PESHAWAR: After a seven-year hiatus, Tehsil Headquarter Hospital Bara has opened its doors to the public. The health facility, situated in Dogra, was bombed numerous times by militants and has remained...
View ArticleTransitions: Former PHC judge passes away
PESHAWAR: Former Peshawar High Court judge and Qaumi Watan Party leader Shah Jehan Khan Yousafzai passed away on Saturday morning. He was laid to rest in his ancestral graveyard in Mardan. Hailing from...
View ArticlePadlocked: Girls primary school sans teachers for five years
PESHAWAR: Government Girls Primary School Sara Sang in Panam Dheri union council has not had a single class being conducted by teachers for the last five years. The school has remained vacant since...
View ArticleDynastic politics? JUI-F chief training son to take charge
PESHAWAR: Exactly the way leaders of other parties are preparing their offspring to take charge of affairs after them, Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman is preparing ground to make...
View ArticleBehind bars: Doctors summoned in alleged blasphemy case
LAHORE: A sessions court summoned members of a medical board on Sunday in a case of alleged blasphemy. The court issued the order after the defence counsel submitted a medical certificate signed by the...
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Health hazards: Govt to rein in eateries
PESHAWAR: The district administration is likely to introduce standard operating procedures (SOPs) for running eateries and selling food in the city, insiders told The Express Tribune. The decision has...
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NA-19 by-poll: Reham Khan seizes the steering wheel
HARIPUR: Reham Khan has officially grabbed the driving seat for Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf in NA-19, Haripur and will be actively campaigning for the party during the by-polls. Earlier, PTI Chairman...
View ArticleExtra-judicial killing: MQM calls for strike in Sindh Today
KARACHI: After the body of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) worker Muhammad Hashim was found near Jamshoro, the Rabitta Committee of the party on Sunday called for observing a peaceful strike in the...
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