LAHORE – South Africa on Saturday leveled three-match T20 series 1-1 after beating Pakistan by six wickets in the second fixture at the Gaddafi Stadium. Fast bowler Dwaine Pretorius took 5-17 as Pakistan; sent in to bat; made 144-7 with wicketkeeper-batsman Mohammad Rizwan scoring 51. In fact, Pretorius’ from South Africa performance gave a much-needed […]
The Supreme Court abolished death penalties for prisoners with mental illnesses on Wednesday. If a prisoner on death row is unable to understand the rationale behind their punishment due to a mental illness, then carrying out the death sentence does not “meet the ends of justice”, the court’s order read. A five-judge bench headed by […]
Two officials of the Parks and Horticulture Authority (PHA) have suspended over the Allama Iqbal sculpture controversy. According to a notification released by the PHA, the two officers have suspended for “negligence of duty and inefficiency”. Shah Nawaz Wattoo, the park’s Deputy Director Horticulture, and Assistant Director Horticulture Ghulam Sibtain have suspended with “immediate effect”. […]
The sculpture of Allama Iqbal caused hue and cry on social media. The Parks and Horticulture Authority (PHA) announced the removal and reinstallation of the sculpture after it caused a storm on social media. Nadia Tufail, the spokesperson of the park confirms the removal and reinstallation of the sculpture after improvements. A picture shared on […]
LAHORE: School Education Department (SED) Punjab once again issued notification vis-a-vis reopening; All public and private schools for primary and middle classes from February 1, 2021. District education authorities will ensure strict implementation of corona SOPs in all public and private schools; as directed. According to the notification, students from all the educational institutes will […]
The National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), after a detailed discussion with all stakeholders, decided that educational institutions shall resume all remaining classes — at the primary, middle and university level — on February 1. The forum decided that students in Karachi, Hyderabad, Lahore and Peshawar would attend classes with 50% strength on alternate days. […]
Punjab University (PU) has granted permission to students to appear in online examinations; instead of on-campus examinations amid the Coronavirus pandemic. The decision has taken in light of the recommendations of the Dean’s Committee meeting held on 20 January and the HODs meeting held on 5 January. According to the Registrar PU, final examinations of […]
A man allegedly committed suicide after killing his two mentally and physically challenged daughters in Sanda area here on Wednesday. Zia Butt, 70, first allegedly slit the throats of his daughters Sadia (34) and Aqsa (31) and then injured his neck with the same weapon. Police investigators claimed that Butt killed his daughters out of […]
Years of condemnation on social media and chanting against the nonsensical two-finger test (TFT) at the Aurat March has finally given the women of Pakistan something to celebrate. The Lahore High Court’s (LHC’s) Justice Ayesha A Malik on January 4, 2021 passed a 30-page detailed judgment against the TFT. Declaring it an old practice of […]
The Lahore High Court ruled on Monday that the two-finger and hymen tests of rape survivors were “illegal and unconstitutional”. The verdict announced by LHC judge Justice Ayesha A Malik in a petition challenging the virginity tests of rape survivors. The 30-page verdict stated that the testing methods were “unscientific having no medical basis; therefore […]
