Lahore tops world pollution list again as smog moves a Test match
IQAir put Lahore's air at 425 on Wednesday, the worst among big cities, as the PCB moved the second Test against Sri Lanka from Lahore to Rawalpindi.
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JI plans Quetta rally on Nov 22 and a Lahore gathering on Nov 29
Jamaat-i-Islami will rally in Quetta on Nov 22 and at Minar-e-Pakistan on Nov 29, widening its petroleum levy campaign to farmers and local government polls.
FIA traces Rs690m in suspect transfers in Rs120bn online gambling case
The FIA says it has traced about Rs690m in suspect transactions in an alleged Rs120bn online gambling case and named bank officials; more arrests are expected.
Shah Mahmood Qureshi taken to Lahore cardiology institute after a fall in jail
PTI leader Shah Mahmood Qureshi was taken to the Punjab Institute of Cardiology after a fall in jail and will be observed for 24 hours, his lawyer said.
UN report: heatwaves have cut fruit yields in parts of Punjab by up to half
A UN report says heatwaves have cut fruit yields in parts of Punjab by up to 50%, reduced milk output and raised health risks for women and pregnancies.
Lahore tops the world pollution ranking again, with AQI at 590
Lahore was the world's most polluted major city on Monday with an AQI of 590 as Diwali smoke and stubble fires hit Punjab; relief is not due before Nov 11.
Fire hotspots near Lahore up 15% on last year as smog builds
A satellite analysis found 3,712 fire hotspots within 300 km of Lahore in a week, 2,753 of them in Pakistan, 15 per cent more than last year, as PM2.5 rose.
Lahore police report clears five suspects of rape in foreign women case
An incomplete Lahore police report charges three suspects with sexually assaulting two foreign women and five others only with detention and extortion.
PTI lawyer meets Imran Khan and Bushra Bibi in Adiala for 40 minutes
PTI lawyer Barrister Salman Safdar met Imran Khan after seven months and Bushra Bibi after 11 months at Adiala jail, saying 40 minutes was not enough.
Punjab tells LHC a convicted civilian cannot claim fundamental rights
Punjab told the LHC that Hassaan Khan Niazi, convicted in a May 9 case, has no fundamental rights claim and his petition against his army trial should go.
Lahore's AQI passes 530 and Gujranwala hits 606
Lahore's AQI reached 535 and Gujranwala's 606 on Monday morning as crop fires surged across Punjab, and a new analysis questions October's improvement.
Two dead in stampede at TikToker's Sialkot event, six held
Sialkot police arrested six organisers after a stampede at TikToker Ansar Jatt's mehndi event killed two and injured 18; Jatt fled and is being sought.
DG ISPR says Pakistan is ahead of Taliban and India in readiness
DG ISPR Lt Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry told Reuters Pakistan is 'much ahead' of the Afghan Taliban and India in readiness and opposes isolating Afghanistan.