Pakistan Gujrat Karianwala News

Pemra seeks ARY News response to IB complaint against 'fake news'

The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) on Saturday directed ARY News to respond to a complaint filed by the Intelligence Bureau (IB) against its report on a list of lawmakers suspected of links with banned militant groups allegedly compiled by the IB...

The list first came to light when ARY News programme 'Power Play' aired a report on Sept 25 claiming that former prime minister Nawaz Sharif had directed the IB on...

Local news channel claims to have hired first transgender news anchor

Local news channel Kohenoor News on Friday claimed to be the first in the country to have hired a transgender woman as a news anchor...

Maavia Malik, who launched her career in the entertainment industry as a model, was first seen on Kohenoor News during a Pakistan Day news transmission on March 23...

Pemra serves notices to ARY, Bol News over 'fake' news regarding cabinet reshuffle

The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) has issued show-cause notices to ARY News and Bol News for airing news items regarding a reshuffle in the federal cabinet and change in the portfolios of some federal ministers, it emerged on Tuesday...

The two media outlets had aired the news on Monday morning about a possible reshuffle in the posts for Minister for Finance and Minister of State for Interior held by Asad Umar...

FIA arrests eight suspected human traffickers from Gujrat, Gujranwala

The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Tuesday arrested eight suspected human traffickers from Gujranwala and Gujrat as part of a crackdown against trafficking that began following the recovery of the bullet-riddled bodies in Balochistan's Turbat last week...

Qaiser Munir, a 'travel agent' allegedly involved in trafficking, was arrested from Gujrat, the source said...

Doctor booked on blasphemy charges in Gujrat

GUJRAT: Police booked a senior doctor under Section 295-A after some activists of Tehreek Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) accused him of blasphemy...

Cattle for widows in Gujrat’s rural areas

GUJRAT: As many as 1,000 widows will get free-of-cost cattle such as buffaloes, cows and sheep under a special scheme of the Punjab government...

Dr Ghulam Muhammad Gill, the director livestock, said the scheme was meant to alleviate poverty and the chief minister had approved the distribution of at least 500 big and 1,000 small animals in Gujrat to widows from rural areas who have less than an acre of agricultural land and whose...

Gujrat DPO post still vacant

GUJRAT: The Punjab government is yet to appoint the Gujrat DPO, a post fell vacant on April 16 after the transfer of Rai Ijaz Ahmed reportedly on political grounds...

Sources said the Punjab government had asked the provincial police chief a few days back to again appoint Rai Ijaz as DPO, Gujrat, but he (Rai Ijaz) reportedly refused the offer...

Carpeted road in Gujrat complete

GUJRAT: Villagers celebrated construction of the first carpeted road in the most remote rural area near Dinga in the district, as the 7km Chiman-to-Dhakaranwali road along the water channel was inaugurated by PML-N MPA Tariq Mehmood...

Chairman of the Asian desk and executive member of the CWPA, MPA Tariq Mehmood, who attended the last meeting in Cameroon, told Dawn though some member countries were opposed to holding of the next...

Industrial exhibition kicks off in Gujrat

GUJRAT: The 5th annual industrial exhibition organised by the Gujrat Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GTCCI) kicked off on Thursday at the Zahoor Elahi Cricket Stadium with around half of the stalls found empty...

Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) President Mian Idrees and Sudan Ambassador Abdul Rehman inaugurated the exhibition...

Three more spurs of Chenab found damaged in Gujrat

GUJRAT: Three more spurs along the bank of the River Chenab in Gujrat tehsil have been found damaged, raising the number of damaged spurs to seven...

Delimitation: some of Gujrat’s rural areas included in MC

GUJRAT: Parts of some rural areas surrounding the city have been included in the Gujrat municipal corporation (MC) while the areas surrounding the six municipal committees of the district -- Jalalpur Jattan, Kunjah, Lalamusa, Dinga, Kharian and Sara-i-Alamgir -- will also be included in the delimitation plan being devised by the district election commission...

The total number of rural union councils is said to be 117 with 58 in...

Gujrat faces petrol shortage

GUJRAT: The people of Gujrat have been facing an acute shortage of petrol for three days causing a great deal of inconvenience to motorists...

The petrol stations in Gujrat and Jalalpur Jattan city areas and other branch roads have been closed for the last few days...

PML-Q and Jamaat reject delimitations in Gujrat

GUJRAT: Local chapters of various opposition parties have rejected delimitations for upcoming local government elections...

A meeting of the local chapter of the PML-Q was held at Zahoor Elahi House to review delimitation lists of the district in general and Gujrat tehsil in particular...

Land record computerisation: Inadequate facilities at Gujrat, Kharian centres

GUJRAT: The computerised land record centres in Gujrat, Kharian and Sara-i-Alamgir are unable to cater to the requirements of the growing number of litigants...

In Gujrat tehsil, 414 of the 540 villages have been made operational, while 335 of the 433 villages of Kharian and 78 of the 111 villages of Sara-i-Alamgir have been uploaded...

Poor health of a hospital in Gujrat

GUJRAT: Patients at the Government Maternity Hospital of Fawara Chowk have been facing numerous problems due to a lack of medical equipment, out-of-order machinery, shabby operating theatre and labour room...

He said earlier the anesthesia machine of the rural health centre of Kunjah had been provided to the Gujrat maternity hospital but it too went out of order...