LAHORE: The Lahore Stock Exchange (LSE) ended on a bearish note on Monday. The LSE 25-shares index finished at 2,386.96, losing 31.47 points as on last Thursday market was closed at the level of 2,418.43 points. The volume of market remained at 10.99 million shares, 3.34 million less than Thursday’s turnover of 14.34 million shares.[…]

LAHORE: Pakistan Sugar Mills Association, Punjab Zone, has expressed concern over crackdown on sugar dealers in the province, and warned if the operation is not stopped, the mills will not to go in to crushing during the next season. “If the operation is not stopped, we will not supply the commodity on lower rates to[…]

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) has sent a summary to the Ministry of Law and Justice for the appointment of 15 new LHC judges, a private TV channel reported on Monday. According to the channel, the names of Syed Mansoor Ali Shah, Hafiz Tariq, Syed Ehtisham Qadir, Syed Najamul Hassan, Mansoor Malik, Asad Munir,[…]

LAHORE: The city faced lesser load shedding as the Lahore Electric Supply Company’s (LESCO) shortfall decreased due to pleasant weather after rain on Monday. Fewer power outages were reported on Saturday and Sunday while there has been no power suspension for the past three nights.

LAHORE: The district government will set up 29 Ramzan Bazaars in the city to ensure the availability of cheap food items, a private TV channel quoted District Coordination Officer (DCO) Sajjad Ahmad Bhutta as saying on Monday. According to the channel, the DCO told a meeting at his office that the administration would provide Iftar[…]

LAHORE: A general house meeting of the Lahore High Court Bar Association (LHCBA) on Monday unanimously passed a resolution against proposed reappointment of judges allegedly appointed by former chief justice of Pakistan Abdul Hameed Dogar.

THE Punjab government is trying to alleviate poverty in the province without realising that the poor cannot get out of poverty traps without state help. Poverty becomes a trap when a vicious cycle undermines the effort of the poor to improve their lots. The Punjab government would have to take remedial steps to help the[…]

LAHORITES had respite from load shedding on Saturday and Sunday thanks to rain and pleasant weather.People welcomed the change and praised the PEPCO and the LESCO for giving relief to citizens facing the power crisis. They said the PEPCO should be credited for a hiatus in power outages even though it was the pleasant weather[…]

A general house of Lahore High Court Bar Association Monday passed a unanimous resolution against proposed reappointment of judges who belonged to what it called ‘Dogar Court’.

The Lahore High Court on Monday adjourned till August 27 the hearing of a habeas corpus petition seeking the recovery of Dr. Aafia Siddiqui from American detention. The court adjourned hearing after a deputy attorney general filed a written request on behalf of the Foreign Affairs and Interior ministries.