In the initial phase of the CGPI, 19 cities, including Lahore, Gujranwala, Rawalpindi, Faisalabad, Multan and Bahawalpur have been selected to compete on certain issues of public interest.
The Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE), Lahore region, has taken notice of the encroachment and asked for a report from the local revenue officials, English daily The News reported.
An anti-terrorism court in Lahore has granted pre-arrest bail to Jamat ud Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed and three others in a case pertaining to the outfit's alleged illegal use of land for its seminary.
For the first time in years, Mumbai attack mastermind and Jammat-ud-Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed was not allowed by the government on Wednesday to lead Eid-ul-Fitr prayers at his favourite venue Qaddafi Stadium here, an official said.
City police chief Ghazanfar Ali said police officers were the apparent target of bombing outside the shrine which is known as Data Darbar, and where a famous Sufi saint Ali Hajveri is buried. Hundreds of pilgrims were inside and outside the shrine when the blast took place, he said.
18 people have sustained injuries in Lahore blast.
The 108-carat Kohinoor gem, which fell into British hands during the colonial era, is the subject of a historic ownership dispute and claimed by at least four countries including India.
Nawaz Sharif and other Sharif family members excluding 68-year-old Kulsoom's two sons Hassan and Hussain Nawaz attended the prayers.
The 26-year-old was found hanging from a ceiling fan of her bedroom in her Defence house where she lived along with husband and two minor children.
Separately, Saeed last week challenged the presidential ordinance under which his group has been banned for being on the watch-list of the United Nations in the Islamabad High Court.
Bhagat Singh was hanged along with his two comrades Rajguru and Sukhdev by British rulers on March 23, 1931 in the erstwhile Lahore Jail, which stood at the spot where the roundabout was built later.
Saeed has confirmed that his organisation Jammat-ud-Dawah (JuD) would contest the 2018 general elections under the banner of the MML.
On its part, Pakistan issued visas to over 2,600 Sikh pilgrims to attend the birth anniversary celebrations of Guru Nanak Dev from today till November 11
The match will be the first between the two teams on Pakistan soil since gunmen opened fire on the visiting Sri Lankan team bus near the stadium eight years ago.
Several thousand security officials will be on duty on Sunday with armed military personnel around the stadium and on the route of team buses to the stadium.
Several top Lankan players have expressed their reservations on travelling to the country, where the national team was attacked by terrorists in 2009.
Earlier, the PIA was operating only one flight a week from Lahore.
The government in Pakistan’s Punjab province demolished offices of Hafiz Saeed's Falah-e-Insaniat in Lahore
Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will leave for Lahore via the historic Grand Trunk Road on Wednesday morning, despite security concerns following a bombing here, the media reported
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