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Increase in Swine flu incidents, including 23 deaths, in South Punjab calls for awareness among the masses
The mysterious absence of female traffic wardens from the city roads begs the question
Two siblings make the country proud by winning home four golds each in international powerlifting championship. They excelled without government...
The visually impaired persons have once again raised their voice on the longstanding issues of unemployment and meagre facilities offered to them
Peace activist Raza Mahmood Khan was abducted from his house in Lahore on December 2. What was his crime?
The recent expulsion of eight students from GCU’s New Hostel has sparked off a controversy
The private sector can do a lot in bringing down the levels of pollution
Drive carefully or you’ll get e-challans at home for 24 different types of traffic violations. Security cameras shall capture photos as proof
Over-extraction of ground water by cement factories in Chakwal district has brought more woes than prosperity for local people and needs to be...
Protests outside the Lahore Press Club on Shimla Pahari Chowk routinely cause traffic gridlocks. The government plans to redesign it but offers no...
The chowk labourers are a deprived and vulnerable lot, as is confirmed by a recent study by an NGO
What happens at the Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappearance
While the PIC emergency has been upgraded and expanded, cardiac patients routinely complain of not being attended properly. The administration says...
Only 900 of the 8,000 Safe City Project cameras are functional while the rest just hang from poles. So much for the Safe City Project in Lahore
As crime rate in the city goes up, it leaves many questions about the huge investment in specialised police forces like Dolphin Squad and Police...
A cancer drug bank, set up recently by a group of oncologists, seeks to ensure availability of free medicines to the patients after they have taken...
The mentally ill in rural and backward setups are often abandoned by their families at shrines, where they suffer at the hands of ruthless faith...
Some reflections on the legendary freedom fighter whose recognition is still widely contested
The recent sacking and, later, reinstatement of 40-odd senior professors of the Punjab University has left many a question in its wake
Parking inside the public hospitals is not free, which adds to the woes of the visitors
