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By Farzana ChaudhryLahore, PakistanLAHORE: The Punjab Public Service Commission (PPSC) has announced the final results for various posts in the Specialized Healthcare & Medical Education Department, Child Protection & Welfare Bureau (Home Department), and other provincial departments.The results were approved by the Chairman of the Punjab Public Service Commission, General (Retd.) Muhammad Abdul Aziz, according…

By Farzana ChaudhryLahore, PakistanLAHORE: Ms. Samina Kausar, a senior nursing officer with extensive experience in nursing administration and education, has been promoted to Grade-19 and appointed as Principal, College of Nursing, Ameer-ud-Din Medical College / Lahore General Hospital (LGH). She has formally assumed charge and commenced her official duties.Ms. Samina Kausar is a former nursing…

By Muhammad ShahzadLahore, PakistanLAHORE: At least 12 people were killed and 1,388 others injured in 1,222 road traffic crashes (RTCs) reported across Punjab during the last 24 hours, according to the Emergency Services Department (ESD).Rescue teams responded to accidents in all 37 districts of the province. Of the injured, 553 victims with serious injuries were…

IG Punjab Chairs Video-Link Orderly Room; Key Decisions on Promotion AppealsBy Muhammad ShahzadLahore, PakistanLAHORE: Inspector General of Police Punjab, Dr. Usman Anwar, chaired a video-link Orderly Room at the Central Police Office, during which important decisions were taken regarding appeals filed by Sub-Inspectors who were previously deprived of promotion.DIG Establishment-I Suleman Sultan Rana and Additional…

By Dr. Ansab AliLAHORE: Education has long been recognised as the most powerful catalyst for national transformation. Across cultures and continents, societies that invest in knowledge build resilience, expand opportunity, and secure sustainable prosperity for future generations. Few leaders grasped this truth as profoundly as the late His Highness Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan,…

By Muhammad ShahzadLahore, PakistanLAHORE: An important training session for focal persons of Sahiwal Division was held at the Overseas Pakistanis Commission (OPC) Punjab under the chairpersonship of Commissioner OPC Punjab, Ms. Saman Rai.The session was attended by Director Police Imtiaz Ahmed Khan, Director Revenue Shoaib Naswana, and other relevant officers.Participants were provided detailed guidance on…

ISLAMABAD (Staff Reporter) Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif met with Chairman National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Lieutenant General (Retd) Nazir Ahmad at the Prime Minister House, where the NAB annual report for 2025 was presented. Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar also attended the meeting.Chairman NAB briefed the Prime Minister that NAB achieved a…

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — A shocking revelation has emerged in Pakistan’s Senate Standing Committee on Interior that 33,000 firearm licenses were issued to tax non-filers, while only 3,000 licenses were granted to taxpaying citizens.The disparity was highlighted by Senator Talha Mahmood during a committee meeting on Monday, sparking sharp criticism from lawmakers over the lax enforcement…

PESHAWAR, Pakistan – The northwestern Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa held a unique auction of personalized vehicle license plates, with numbers bearing names of political and prominent figures selling for hundreds of thousands to millions of rupees.Organized by the Excise, Taxation and Narcotics Control Department at Nishtar Hall Peshawar, the auction saw the ‘Wazir 1’…

Brussels/Berlin/Auschwitz — International Holocaust Remembrance Day is being observed across the world to honor the victims of the Holocaust and to reaffirm the global commitment to combating hatred, racism, and genocide.On this occasion, Tatiana Bucci, a survivor of the notorious Auschwitz death camp in Nazi-occupied Poland, addressed the European Parliament. In her speech, she recalled…