Pakistan: LHC asks why Houbara Bustard removed from protected birds list
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], Feb. 11 (ANI): Lahore High Court Chief Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah has asked the government of Pakistan's Punjab province why the Houbara Bustard has been removed from the protected birds list.
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Authorities order shutdown of rights groups over `anti-state activities` i
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Jan. 21 (ANI): Authorities in the Punjab province of Pakistan have ordered several women and human rights groups to shut down, accusing them of unspecified "anti-state activities".
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U.S. urges Pakistan to protect religious freedom
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [United States], Dec. 10 (ANI): The United States has expressed its concern following reports of raids carried out by Pakistan's Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) on the publications and audit offices of the Ahmadiyya community in Punjab province and urged the Governmen
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USCIRF condemns brutal treatment of Ahmadis in Pakistan
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [United States], Dec. 10(ANI): The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has condemned the raid by Pakistan's Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) on the publications and audit offices of the Ahmadiyya community in Punjab province.
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Nawaz Sharif's younger brother gets a new title
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], Oct. 10: Shehbaz Sharif , Chief Minister of Pakistan's Punjab Province and younger brother of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, seems to have acquired a new title - 'Punjab Speed'
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Mother of three killed for honour in Pak Punjab
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Sept. 16 (ANI): Police in Pakistan's Punjab province have arrested the father, husband and brother of a woman who was tortured and hanged alongside her alleged boyfriend in a family courtyard.
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4 dead, 100 injured in Pak's Punjab train crash
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Multan [Pakistan], Sept. 15 (ANI): At least four people were killed and over 100 injured when Awami Express, which was on its way to Peshawar from Karachi, crashed into another train in Multan city of Pakistan's Punjab province this morning.
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Rangers operation in Pak Punjab not needed: Law Minister
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Lahore, Aug. 23 (ANI): Highlighting that more than 1,000 combing operations have been conducted in Pakistan's Punjab province during the last six months, Law Minister Rana Sanaullah has said there was no further need for such operations in the region.
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Pakistani man murders two sisters for choosing their own husbands
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Lahore, Aug.17 (ANI): Nasir Hussain, 35, a resident of Pakistan's Punjab Province, has been arrested for the "honour killing" of his two sisters, Kosar (22) and Gulzar Bibi (28), because they married men of their choice - for love.
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Pak Punjab province cancels all outdoor activities on August 14 over secur
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Lahore, Aug. 10 (ANI): Pakistan's Punjab province has cancelled all outdoor activities planned for celebrating Independence Day in view of terror threats, officials said.
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Pak's Punjab province CM orders polygraph tests of children recovered
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Lahore, Aug. 9 (ANI): Pakistan's Punjab province Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Tuesday ordered polygraph tests of children recovered in kidnapping cases to verify the claims that they had in fact been kidnapped.
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Pak helicopter crash-lands in Afghanistan, crew taken hostage by Taliban
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad, Aug.5 (ANI): A helicopter of Pakistan's Punjab province government crash-landed in eastern Afghanistan on Thursday, following which the Taliban insurgents took the crew hostage before setting the helicopter on fire.
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