Pakistan PM inaugurates Chinese-assisted nuclear power plant
Power-starved Pakistan today received a major boost as a China-backed 340 MW nuclear power plant in its Punjab province was inaugurated by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif who termed it as a milestone in the government's efforts to end the menace of load shedding.
Dec 28, 2016, 16:07 PM IST
16 killed in road accident in Pakistan's Punjab province
At least 16 persons were killed and over 30 other injured on Monday when two buses collided in Pakistan's Punjab province, police said.
Oct 17, 2016, 09:36 AM IST
Couple, son killed in Pakistan for 'honour'
Bodies of a couple and their four-year-old son - brutally tortured before being murdered - have been found in Pakistan`s Punjab province in suspected "honour killings".
Jun 21, 2016, 13:32 PM IST
Woman paraded with blackened face, shaved head for eloping with lover
A 23-year-old woman was paraded in her village streets with blackened face and shaved off head by her family members for allegedly eloping with a man, the latest in a series of 'honour' related crimes in Pakistan's Punjab province.
Jun 19, 2016, 17:14 PM IST
US, Afghan forces rescue kidnapped son of ex-Pak PM Gilani
Ali Haider Gilani, the son of Pakistan's ex-prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, has been recovered today in a joint operation carried out by the Afghan and US forces in Ghazni, Afghanistan.
May 10, 2016, 17:00 PM IST
Pakistani shopkeeper killed dozens with 'revenge' sweets
The poisoned batch of sweets were bought by a local man who gave them to family and friends celebrating the birth of his grandson.
May 06, 2016, 16:27 PM IST
Six policemen killed, 15 taken hostage by gangsters in Pakistan
The operation codenamed 'Zarb-e-Aahan' have been launched to flush out the gangsters from the province.
Apr 14, 2016, 19:58 PM IST
Probe launched after JuD sets up 'Sharia Court' in Lahore
The JuD said it is not parallel court and does not issue any kind of summons or seek money for arbitration.
Apr 08, 2016, 17:53 PM IST
Lahore blast victim's family harassed, to move court
The family of one of the victims of Gulshan-e-Iqbal park attack in Lahore, capital of Punjab province of Pakistan, said it will move the court against police.
Apr 01, 2016, 14:18 PM IST
Pakistan detained more than 5,000 after Easter bombing killed 72
Pakistan has rounded up more than 5,000 militant suspects, then released most of them, in the two days since a suicide bomber killed at least 72 people in a park in Lahore at Easter, a provincial minister said on Tuesday.
Mar 29, 2016, 20:38 PM IST
Pakistan detained more than 5,000 after Easter bombing killed 70: Provincial Minister
Pakistani authorities detained more than 5,000 suspected militants in two days since a suicide bomber attacked crowds in a busy park in the eastern city of Lahore on Easter Day, killing at least 70 people, a provincial minister said on Tuesday.
Mar 29, 2016, 17:16 PM IST
Alert Pakistani villager averts bomb blast on railway tracks
The incident occurred in Jhelum district when a villager alerted police about a terrorist digging a railway track.
Jan 28, 2016, 18:33 PM IST
Pakistan's Punjab province issues ISIS alert
Pakistan's most populous Punjab province has issued a security alert over possible attacks by the Islamic State militants on sensitive civil and military installations, a media report said on Saturday.
Nov 28, 2015, 13:44 PM IST
Pakistan provinces vote in local government polls
Voters lined up outside polling stations on Saturday as voting for the first phase of the much-delayed local body polls in Pakistan's Punjab and Sindh provinces.
Oct 31, 2015, 10:19 AM IST
Seven killed in suicide attack at Pak lawmaker's outhouse
At least seven people were killed and several others injured on Wednesday in Pakistan's Punjab province when a suicide bomber blew himself up.
Oct 14, 2015, 14:05 PM IST
Three Pakistan People's Party members killed in Pakistan
Three office-bearers of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) were shot and killed a day before a by-election in Punjab province.
Oct 10, 2015, 16:30 PM IST
Bomb blast in Pakistan's Punjab province, at least 10 dead
At least 10 people were killed and more than 50 injured on Sunday in Pakistan's Punjab province when explosives carried by an apparent suicide bomber went off after the auto-rickshaw he was traveling in collided with a motorcycle.
Sep 14, 2015, 00:07 AM IST
