Everything you need to know about New Multan Nagar: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about New Multan Nagar: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Lahore, May 17 (ANI): The Lahore High Court has initiated judicial inquiry into the killing of Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh by his fellow prisoners in Kot Lakhpat jail and has appointed Justice Syed Mazahar Ali Akbar Naqvi as the inquiry judge.
Islamabad, May 11 (IANS) Millions Saturday defied Taliban threats to vote in elections which will mark Pakistan's first ever democratic transition from one elected government to another.
Islamabad, May 11 (IANS) Unfazed by Taliban threats and bombings, millions of Pakistanis Saturday voted in parliamentary elections that will mark a democratic transition from one elected government to another.
Islamabad, May 11 (IANS) Pakistanis braved Taliban threats to turn up at polling stations Saturday to decide the fate of 23,000 candidates, marking a democratic transition from one elected civilian government to another.
Islamabad, May 10 (IANS) Pakistan was on the edge Friday, a day before it goes to the polls to decide the fate of 23,000 candidates who stayed on despite a volatile run-up that saw at least 100 people being killed in a series of terror attacks and former prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani's son being abducted.
Islamabad, May 10 (IANS) Police are still clueless about the whereabouts of former prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani's son Ali Haider Gilani who was abducted Thursday, said a media report Friday.
Islamabad, May 9 (IANS) Former prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani's son Ali Haider Gilani was abducted Thursday in a town in Pakistan's Punjab province by armed men who attacked his street corner meeting with guns blazing, killing one person and injuring four others.
Islamabad, May 9 (IANS) Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari Thursday condemned the kidnapping of the son of former prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani after an attack on a political gathering, a presidential spokesman said.
Islamabad, May 9 (IANS) Former prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani's son Ali Haider Gilani was kidnapped Thursday in a town in Pakistan's Punjab province by armed men who stormed his street corner meeting with their guns blazing, killing one and injuring five.
Islamabad, May 9 (ANI): Former Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani's son has been kidnapped by unidentified armed men from Pakistan People's Party (PPP) corner meeting in Multan.
Islamabad, May 9 (IANS) Former prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani's son Ali Haider Gilani was abducted Thursday from a street corner meeting in a town in Pakistan's Punjab province by armed men, a media report said.
Bhikhiwind (Punjab), May 3 (IANS) Sarabjit Singh in India, Manjit Singh in Pakistan. For the man, who was given a state funeral here Thursday after having been brutally attacked in a Lahore jail where he was on death row, it was really all about a name.
New Delhi, May 3 (IANS) An India-Pakistan judicial panel that visited Lahore's Jinnah Hospital where Sarabjit Singh was under treatment, has recommended that jail authorities
Chandigarh, May 3 (IANS) A special session of the Punjab assembly Friday paid homage to Sarabjit Singh, the Indian prisoner who died after a murderous attack in a prison in Pakistan.
Lahore, May 3 (IANS) In strong criticism of the April 26 brutal attack on Sarabjit Singh in Kot Lakhpat jail here, Pakistan's Human Rights Commission said Thursday that "not even the most naive person can believe" that the assault on Sarabjit by prisoners can be executed "without the knowledge and support of prison guards and the authorities".
Amritsar/Lahore, May 2 (IANS) Sarabjit Singh finally returned home Thursday - for a final adieu. Six days after a murderous attack by fellow prisoners, the Indian death row prisoner died in a Lahore hospital in the early hours of the morning, leaving thousands in India mourning his death and pushing the India-Pakistan equation to a new low.
New Delhi, May 2 (IANS) Dalbir Kaur, sister of Indian death row prisoner Sarabjit Singh who died in Lahore Thursday following a brutal assault in a jail, accused Pakistan of backstabbing India and called for all political parties to come together and strengthen the government's hands.
Bhikhiwind (Punjab), May 2 (IANS) Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh, who died in Pakistan early Thursday, will be cremated in his hometown Bhikhiwind in Punjab's border district of Tarn Taran, amid great anger in the town.
Chandigarh, May 2 (IANS) Expressing deep anguish over the death of Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh in Pakistan, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal Thursday termed him as a "national martyr who suffered unspeakable repression and torture with dignity".
New Delhi, May 2 (IANS) A special aircraft has left for Pakistan to bring back the body of India prisoner Sarabjit Singh who died in a Lahore hospital Thursday, an official said.
New Delhi, May 2 (IANS) India did whatever it could to help Sarabjit Singh, but Pakistan "failed to ensure" his safety, Minister for Communications and Information Technology Kapil Sibal said Thursday.
Mumbai, May 2 (IANS) "Petty-minded" politics took away the life of Sarabjit Singh, Bollywood filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar and veteran writer Javed Akhtar said, as Hindi film celebrities reacted strongly to the death of the Indian death row prisoner in Pakistan.
New Delhi, May 2 (IANS) The government has made "arrangements" with Pakistan to bring back the body of Indian death row prisoner Sarabjit Singh who died in a Lahore hospital following a brutal assault in prison, External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid said Thursday.
New Delhi, May 2 (IANS) Dalbir Kaur, sister of Indian death row prisoner Sarabjit Singh who died Thursday following a brutal assault in a Lahore jail, has asked all political parties to come together and strengthen the government's hands.
Amritsar, May 2 (IANS) Sarabjit Singh - the impoverished family man from a Punjab village, the death row prisoner who languished for 23 years in Pakistan, the man who in death became the latest bone of contention in India-Pakistan ties - who died Thursday after being brutally assaulted by fellow prisoners in Pakistan, was of all these.
New Delhi, May 2 (IANS) The government would share with parliament the details of the death of Sarabjit Singh in a Pakistani hospital early Thursday days after a brutal assault in a Lahore jail, a minister said.
Bhikhiwind (Punjab), May 2 (IANS) Sarabjit Singh's hometown Bhikhiwind Thursday mourned his death in a hospital in Lahore.
New Delhi/Amritsar, May 2 (ANI): Family members of Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh, who died at the government-run Jinnah Hospital in Lahore early on Thursday morning, have accused the Pakistan Government of a cover-up, and demanded a state funeral for him in India.
New Delhi, May 2 (IANS) Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde Thursday told the family of Sarabjit Singh who died in a Lahore hospital that his body would be flown back to India in a special aircraft.
Chandigarh, May 2 (IANS) The Punjab government Thursday announced that Sarabjit Singh, an Indian prisoner who died in a Lahore hospital after a brutal attack on him, would be given a state-level funeral after his body is handed over and brought back to India.
New Delhi, May 2 (IANS) Sarabjit Singh, the Indian death row prisoner who died in a Lahore hospital early Thursday, should be given the stature of a "shahid" or, martyr, his family has said.
Lahore, May 2 (IANS) A medical team is being constituted to conduct the postmortem examination of Indian death row prisoner Sarabjit Singh who died in a Lahore hospital Thursday, a media report said.
Attari (Punjab), May 1 (IANS) The family of Indian death row prisoner Sarabjit Singh, battling for life in Pakistan, returned to India Wednesday saying that they were dissatisfied with the way he was being treated and had been kept in the dark about his condition.
Lahore/Amritsar, April 30 (IANS) The distraught family of Indian death row prisoner Sarabjit Singh, who was brutally assaulted in a Lahore jail last week, is likely to return home Wednesday after doctors have reportedly indicated that he was "clinically dead".
Lahore/Amritsar, April 30 (IANS) The distraught family of Indian death row prisoner Sarabjit Singh, who was brutally assaulted in a Lahore jail last week, is likely to return home Wednesday after doctors reportedly indicated that he was "clinically dead".
The distressed family of Sarabjit Singh, Indian death row prisoner at Pakistan is likely to return India on Wednesday after the declaration of doctors about Sarabjit as "clinically dead". Sarabjit was assaulted brutally in a Lahore jail last week and since then his condition was critical.
Amritsar/Lahore, April 30 (IANS) The distraught family of Indian death row prisoner Sarabjit Singh, who was brutally assaulted in a Lahore jail last week, is likely to return home Wednesday after doctors have reportedly indicated that he was "clinically dead".
Amritsar/Lahore, April 30 (IANS) The distraught family of Sarabjit Singh, the Indian prisoner on death row in Pakistan who was brutally assaulted last week, is likely to return home after doctors have reportedly indicated that he was "clinically dead".
Lahore/Amritsar, April 28 (IANS) With doctors in a Lahore hospital describing as "slim" the chances of survival of badly beaten up Indian death row prisoner Sarabjit Singh, his hapless family Sunday pleaded for help from the Indian government, which said it would do everything it could to bring him home.
Lahore/Amritsar, April 28 (IANS) With doctors in a Lahore hospital saying that chances of survival of Indian death row prisoner Sarabjit Singh, who was brutally assaulted by fellow inmates, were "slim", his family Sunday pleaded for help from the Indian government and prayed for his life.
Mumbai, April 28 (IANS) The Pakistan-India Peoples' Forum for Peace and Democracy (PIPFPD) Sunday sought a high-level independent probe into the recent brutal attack on Sarabjit Singh, an Indian death row prisoner in a Lahore Jail.
Islamabad, April 28 (IANS) The "latest chapter" in the story of Sarabjit Singh, an Indian national on death row in Pakistan, who was brutally beaten by other prison inmates, "is a sad one", a leading Pakistani daily said Sunday.
Attari (Punjab), April 28 (IANS) Family members of Indian death row prisoner Sarabjit Singh, who is in coma after a murderous attack on him by fellow prisoners in a Lahore jail, crossed over to Pakistan Sunday afternoon to visit him in a hospital in Lahore.
Amritsar, April 28 (IANS) The family members of Indian death row prisoner Sarabjit Singh, who is in coma after a murderous attack on him by fellow prisoners in a Lahore jail, will cross over to Pakistan Sunday afternoon to visit him in hospital.
Amritsar, April 27 (IANS) Indian death row prisoner Sarabjit Singh's daughter Saturday pleaded that he be shifted to a better facility from Lahore's Jinnah Hospital for treatment.
Islamabad, April 27 (IANS) The Indian High Commission has been granted consular access to death row prisoner Sarabjit Singh who was admitted to a Lahore hospital Friday after a murderous attack on him by fellow prisoners in Kot Lakhpat jail, a media report said.
Srinagar, April 26 (IANS) Four policemen were killed Friday in north Kashmir's Baramulla district after being lured into a village on false information.
Islamabad, April 19 (IANS) At least 10 people were killed and 46 others injured Friday when their bus overturned in Pakistan's eastern province of Punjab, a media report said.
Islamabad, Apr 13 (ANI): Two sons and a brother of former prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani have got tickets for Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP).
Islamabad, April 1 (IANS) Two former Pakistani parliamentarians -- Jamshed Dasti and Amir Yar Waran -- have been indicted on charges of having fake educational degrees, a media report said.
Srinagar, March 19 (IANS) The March 13 suicide attack here, in which five CRPF troopers were killed, was carried out by two Pakistani LeT militants with support from terror commanders from across the border, a top police official said Tuesday.
Islamabad, Feb 10 (IANS) At least three people were killed and 24 others injured Sunday in two road accidents in Pakistan's Punjab province, Geo News reported.
New Delhi, Feb 7 (IANS) The union cabinet Thursday approved the formation of a special purpose vehicle (SPV) for the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) pipeline project and allowed the Gas Authority of India Ltd (GAIL) to join the SPV.
Islamabad, Jan 25 (IANS) Pakistan suspended mobile phone services for a day Friday in 58 cities, including Lahore and Karachi, as a security measure for Eid Miladun Nabi gatherings and processions, a media report said.
Islamabad, Jan. 17 (ANI): The Supreme Court of Pakistan has admitted a petition filed against Sherry Rehman over allegedly committing blasphemy.
Islamabad, Jan. 8 (ANI): Hate speeches must be prevented, by subjecting it to stricter evaluation and must result in harsh consequences for those convicted of the treacherous crime, according to an editorial in a Pakistani daily.
Islamabad, Dec 30 (IANS) As many as 19 people, including four women, were killed and 25 injured Sunday when a militant rammed his explosives-laden vehicle into a convoy of three buses carrying Shia pilgrims in Pakistan's Balochistan province, Geo News reported.
Islamabad, Dec 27 (IANS) A peasant was tortured and his eyes gouged out by a group of men in Pakistan's Punjab province, a media report said Thursday.
Islamabad, Dec 12 (IANS) A group of landlords in Pakistan have been arrested for letting loose their dogs on their tenant farmer in a barbaric attack in Multan city of Punjab province.
Islamabad, Nov 26 (IANS) At least seven people were killed and four injured Monday when a gas cylinder exploded in the van in which they were travelling near Pakistan's Lahore metropolis, media reports said.
Islamabad, Nov 24 (IANS) At least six people, including two children, were killed and 20 others injured when a blast hit a Muharram procession in Pakistan's northwest district of Dera Ismail Khan Saturday morning, police said.
New Delhi, Nov 22 (IANS) Swashbuckling opening batsman Virender Sehwag will become India's ninth cricketer to play 100 Tests when he walks onto the field at Mumbai's Wankhede Stadium Friday in the second cricket Test against England.
Lahore, Oct. 15 (ANI): Convicts and under-trial prisoners, confined in 32 jails across Pakistan's Punjab province, can now call their loved ones free of cost over landlines.
Lahore, Oct. 12 (ANI): Taliban and Al-Qaeda affiliated terrorists have finalised plans to carry out attacks on 12 jails across Pakistan in an attempt to free their accomplices, intelligence agencies have told jail authorities, police and other law enforcement agencies.
Lahore, Oct. 9 (ANI): The Lahore High Court has directed Inspector General of Prisons Punjab to allow Indian prisoner on death row Sarabjit Singh to meet his counsel at Kot Lakhpat Jail.
Islamabad, Oct 6 (IANS) Former Pakistani prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, who has been living in the presidency since his ouster in July, has gone back to his hometown Multan, a media report said.
Islamabad, Sep 21 (IANS) Mobile phone services have been suspended in 15 Pakistani cities to prevent any adverse incident Friday when millions are expected to hit the streets to condemn an anti-Islam film, Geo News reported.
Islamabad, Sept. 21 (ANI): The Pakistan government blocked cellular services in Karachi early on Friday, ahead of a national holiday, called 'Ishq-e-Rasool day'.
Islamabad, Sep 14 (IANS) Former prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani's son Ali Musa Gilani was arrested Friday from the gate of the Supreme Court while he was on his way to appear for a hearing in a case related to quotas for the drug ephedrine, a media report said.
Islamabad, Sep 2 (IANS) Interior Minister Rehman Malik has told the Afghan government to stop terrorists from entering Pakistan, a media report said Sunday.
Karachi, Sept. 2 (ANI): Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik has urged Afghan President Hamid Karzai to take effective steps to stop terrorists crossing into Pakistan.
Lahore, Aug. 23 (ANI): A confidential report has claimed that the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) is planning more terrorist activities in Pakistan's five major cities - Islamabad, Lahore, Multan, Peshawar and Bannu- to generate funds for the purchase of transport, arms and ammunition.
Islamabad, Aug 20 (IANS) Mobile phone services, which were suspended in Pakistan ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr to thwart possible terror attacks on markets and congregations, were restored Monday after a 14-hour blackout.
Islamabad, Aug 20 (ANI): Mobile phone services, which were suspended over security concerns in at least four major Pakistani cities on the eve of Eidul Fitr, have been restored in Karachi, Lahore and Quetta.
Lahore, Aug 20 (ANI): The mastermind of the Pakistan Air Force Kamra airbase attack, who is believed to have provided financial and logistical support for the attack, has been arrested.
Islamabad, Aug 20 (IANS) Pakistan will temporarily shut the mobile phone services in some cities during the Eid celebrations Monday to thwart possible terror attacks.
New Delhi, Aug 18 (IANS) Gas from the ambitious Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline is expected to start flowing into energy-starved India in another five years, official sources said.
Islamabad, Aug. 5 (ANI): Police in Multan, Pakistan, have arrested five Taliban militants who were planning "terror attacks" in Multan and other nearby towns.
Islamabad, Aug 5 (IANS) A promise by former Pakistani prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani to set up over 15 universities across the country during his tenure turned out to be "mere political promises and announcements", a leading daily said Sunday.
Islamabad, Aug 4 (IANS) At least six people were killed and 10 injured Saturday when a building collapsed following an explosion at a fireworks workshop in Pakistan's Multan city, media reports said.
Islamabad, Aug. 4 (Xinhua-ANI): At least two people were killed and 15 others injured when three buildings collapsed following an explosion in a fireworks workshop in Pakistan's central city of Multan on Saturday, with several people being buried under the debris, local media reported.
Islamabad, Aug 4 (IANS) At least two people were killed and 15 injured when three buildings collapsed following an explosion in a fireworks workshop in Pakistan's Multan city Saturday, media reports said.
Lahore, Aug 2 (ANI): Punjab Police have reportedly killed the head of the Punjabi Taliban, an offshoot of the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), during an operation in a suburb of Multan.
Karachi, July 20 (ANI): Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has hailed the electoral victory of Abdul Qadir Gilani in Multan, saying it is a stark reminder that people alone pronounce the final verdict.
Islamabad, June 26 (IANS) Abdul Qadir Gilani, son of former Pakistani prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, Tuesday submitted his nomination papers to contest a by-poll for the National Assembly seat vacated by his father.
Islamabad, June 26 (IANS) Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari Tuesday commuted to life the death sentence of Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh, who was convicted more than two decades ago for terrirism, a media report said.
Islamabad, June 22 (IANS) By-elections for the seat in Pakistan's National Assembly that fell vacant after the Supreme Court disqualified former prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani will be held July 19, it was announced Friday.
Islamabad, June 21 (Xinhua-ANI): An anti-narcotics judge in Pakistan on Thursday issued arrest warrants for Makhdoom Shahabuddin, the majority party candidate for the slot of prime minister, for his alleged involvement in providing illegal quota of banned chemicals, local media reported.
Islamabad, June 21 (IANS) An anti-narcotics court here Thursday issued non-bailable arrest warrant against Pakistan's prime ministerial hopeful Makhdoom Shahabuddin and disqualified premier Yousuf raza Gilani's son Ali Musa in an illegal drugs quota case.
Islamabad, June 21 (ANI): Yousuf Raza Gilani's daughter might contest the by-elections for her father's NA-151 Multan seat after his disqualification as National Assembly member.
Karachi, June 21 (ANI): The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has approved a deficit budget of Rs 700 million for the fiscal year 2012-13 in its recent Governing Board (GB) meeting chaired by PCB chief Zaka Ashraf.
Islamabad, June 13 (IANS) At least five people were killed and 10 injured in Pakistan's Punjab province when a bus overturned while avoiding to hit a child in Muzaffargarh district, Geo News reported.
New Delhi, May 23 (ANI): The multi-billion dream of the Turkmenistan - Afghanistan - Pakistan - India (TAPI) gas pipeline moved a step closer to realisation on Wednesday.
Islamabad, May 20 (ANI): Pakistan Punjab's Crime Investigation Department (CID) has issued a new edition of the 'Red Book' that contains the profiles of the 70 most wanted suspects, who were involved in terrorist attacks and sectarian killings.
New Delhi, May 19 (IANS) Three persons, including a home guard, were killed and another home guard was injured in two accidents reported in the city in the past 24 hours, police said Saturday.
Lahore, May 15 (ANI): A fatwa issued by a former Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal MNA, Maulvi Abdul Haleem , threatening women workers of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in Kohistan, has been condemned by a national youth-led organisation.
Islamabad, May 8 (ANI): The annual declaration of assets and liabilities to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has shown that Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif have no cars of their own.
Jammu, May 6 (IANS) He was driving a taxi in Jammu when a passenger offered him a chance to 'spy for the nation' and earn big bucks. As a 24-year-old, he grabbed the opportunity. But now, after more than three decades and a 10-year jail stint in Pakistan, a frail and hapless Vinod Sawhney struggles for his livelihood.
Islamabad, Apr 30(ANI): Pakistan intelligence agencies have warned that the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) may be planning another attack on the Adiala prison.
Islamabad, Apr 21(ANI): Pakistan Petroleum Minister Dr Asim Hussain has said that India, Afghanistan and his country have decided to set 49.5cents as the transit fee for the 7.6 billion dollar Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline project.
