LAHORE:The Air Quality Index (AQI) remained unhealthy in Lahore as the smog threat continued to loom in the capital of Punjab province. The AQI is calculated based on five categories of pollution: ground-level ozone, particulate matter, carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, and nitrogen dioxide. The Air quality index (AQI) rate was recorded between 178 to 200 in the early morning. It means, the air in Lahore is very unhealthy. AQI as high as 151-200 is considered unhealthy, while an AQI rating between 201 to 300 is more harmful and AQI over 300 is dubbed extremely hazardous. The lowest temperature in Lahore

ISLAMABAD:In the federal capital, the Anti-Extremism Unit of Islamabad Police has completed contacts with all seminaries vis-a-vis not allowing strangers to stay or spend the night in mosques and madrasas.
Islamabad Police has already issued instructio…

LAHORE:The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Friday claimed to have arrested four more alleged beggars in Lahore, who were travelling to Saudi Arabia in the disguise of Umrah pilgrims. According to the FIA spokesperson, the anti-human trafficking cell, arrested four alleged beggars including two women and two men from Lahore. The spokesperson further said the arrested had visited Saudi Arabia, Iran and Iraq numerous times to beg. The beggars agreed that they would have to give half of their earnings to the travel agents involved in their arrangements, the spokesperson further said. A case has been registered against the arrested

OKARA:A polio team was attacked in Madinah Town in the jurisdiction of Okara Saddar police, according to a report on Friday.
One Ahmed alias Ladi tortured the polio team for knocking at the door. Okara District Police Officer (DPO) Mansoor Aman took no…

ISLAMABAD:Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has established facilitation desk at its Islamabad Secretariat to receive objections on delimitations by October 27.
The facilitation desk will also receive objections on Saturday and Sunday. Meanwhile, r…

ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Foreign Minister Jalil Abbas Jilani has said China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) has helped to transform Pakistan’s economic landscape and brought tangible benefits to the country.He was talking to the Director of the Office of…

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Law and Justice, Ahmad Irfan Aslam, met with Vice-Chairman of Pakistan Bar Council (PBC), Haroon-ur-Rashid here on Friday to discuss the issues faced by the PBC that hinder the smooth functioning of the body.The Law Minister sta…

ISLAMABAD: The former premier and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Shehbaz Sharif said that if PML-N voted to power, the party chief Nawaz Sharif would become the Prime Minister of Pakistan.In a recent series of statements, the former premie…