Lahore to celebrate Basant for 10 days next year
Punjab CM Maryam Nawaz approved a 10-day Basant festival in Lahore from January 29 to February 7, 2027, with a break on Kashmir Day and tighter safety rules.
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11 children injured as school van catches fire in Murree
A Suzuki Bolan school van veered off Bara Hotar Link Road in Murree and caught fire, injuring 11 children aged 4 to 14, three of them with severe burns.
41 government schools in Attock closed for eight days to house police ahead of PTI march
Schools in Hazro, Hassanabdal, Fatehjang, Attock and Jand are hosting police deployed for a PTI march, which has been postponed to October 4.
Lahore High Court seeks replies on petition to regulate camera-equipped smart glasses
The Lahore High Court issued notices to the federal government and PTA on a petition saying glasses like Ray-Ban Meta can secretly film people and threaten privacy.
61 arrested as NCCIA raids fake loan-recovery call centre in Rawalpindi
Suspects posing as recovery agents threatened foreign nationals over fake loans. Investigators seized 155 laptops and 71 phones in Satellite Town, Rawalpindi.
PML-N's Munir Channar wins Bahawalpur's NA-168 by-election by nearly two to one
PML-N's Malik Munir Iqbal Channar won 62,713 votes to independent Wali Dad Cheema's 31,293, holding the seat his late father represented, unofficial results show.
Polling ends peacefully in Bahawalpur's NA-168 by-election as PML-N's Channar faces independent Cheema
Voting closed largely peacefully in NA-168 Bahawalpur, where PML-N's Malik Munir Iqbal Channar faced independent Wali Dad Cheema for a seat left vacant in August.
Punjab rolls out uniform sanitation fee as Suthra Punjab teams up with excise department
Punjab will charge a uniform monthly sanitation fee in urban areas, billed with property tax by the excise department under a Suthra Punjab deal.
Punjab launches Rs16bn plan to take Safe City surveillance to 98 tehsils with 10,000 new cameras
Punjab will extend AI-assisted Safe City surveillance to 98 tehsils with 10,000 new cameras, after officials credited it with a 70pc fall in serious crime.