Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Lodhran, Bahawalpur among hardest-hit districts in Punjab floods

Lodhran

LODHRAN: Floodwaters breached two protective embankments in Punjab’s Lodhran district, inundating residential areas and prompting drone-assisted rescue operations to save stranded residents. In Bahawalpur, rural areas have also been severely affected, with more than 100 villages across four tehsils submerged under floodwaters. Relief operations are underway as authorities strive to reach isolated communities. According to … Read more

Two doctors among five killed in flash flood on Babusar

Two doctors

LODHRAN / GILGIT: As many as five people, including two doctors, were killed after flash floods swept through the Babusar-Thak Road in Diamer district of Gilgit-Baltistan. A well-known medical family from Lodhran has gone missing after being swept away by a flash flood near Babusar Top while en route to Gilgit-Skardu. According to reports, Islam, … Read more

IPP chief promises hard work to overcome challenges

IPP chief hard work

Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party (IPP) Chairman Jahangir Tareen said that I was wronged by being disqualified to be equal to Nawaz Sharif. Addressing the corner meeting in Lodhran, IPP chief said: „Thanks to Allah, I have returned to serve Lodhran after being disqualified.“ God willing, we will overcome the economic challenges by working hard day and night. … Read more

7 members of family die as trailer crushes rickshaw in Lodhran

Lodhran
  • The accident took place near Chak No. 100M in Lodhran.
  • Two people have also been injured in road accident.
  • The dead bodies and injured shifted to nearby hospital.

LODHRAN: At least seven members of the same family including husband and wife and children died when a motorcycle rickshaw collided with a high-speed trailer in Lodhran.

According to the police, this accident took place near Chak No. 100 M in Lodhran, two people have also been injured in the accident.

The dead bodies and the injured have been shifted to a nearby hospital, the deceased belong to the same family.

Police said that the trailer had been impounded and the driver had been arrested.

According to the preliminary police investigation, a speeding trailer hit the rickshaw while overtaking.

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Prominent PMLN leaders from Lodhran Joins PTI

leaders of the Muslim League (N) joined Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf

Two prominent leaders of the Muslim League (N) joined Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf Former MNA Iqbal Shah and former MPA Pir Aamir Iqbal Shah joined PTI The two former MNA and MPA of Lodhran expressed complete confidence in Imran Khan   LODHRAN: Two prominent leaders of the Pakistan Muslim League (N) on Monday … Read more