Imran Gabol

2 days ago | images.dawn.com | Imran Gabol

Former model and actor Iffat Omar has declined the Punjab government’s offer to appoint her as the cultural adviser to Information Minister Azma Bokhari. “I’ve humbly declined the offer,” Omar told Images. Her statement comes after several publications and Instagram pages reported that Omar was appointed as the cultural adviser and would work with the information ministry to design programmes aimed at promoting and preserving Punjab’s cultural heritage.

3 days ago | dawn.com | Imran Gabol

DAWN.COM E-Paper | April 21, 2025 Subscribe to notifications Get the latest news and updates from Dawn Not Now Allow Notifications An overseas Pakistani woman was attacked by assailants on Monday in the factory area of Lahore, police said. According to a statement issued by the police, Lahore Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) Operations Faisal Kamran issued notices and sought a report from the Lahore superintendent of police (SP).

3 days ago | dawn.com | Imran Gabol

LAHORE: The Punjab Housing and Town Planning Agency (PHATA) has published a residential and commercial plots auction advertisement in a daily on April 17, 2025, explicitly excluding members of the Ahmadiyya community from participating in an upcoming plot auction even in Chenabnagar, the headquarters of the Jamaat-i-Ahmadiyya, besides the neighbouring towns of Chiniot, Jhang and Shorkot.

3 days ago | dawn.com | Imran Gabol

THE wind howls through the abandoned mud huts of Kotanay Wala, a once-thriving village just 12km from the historic Derawar Fort. Just a month ago, around 100 families lived here. But today, the only signs of life are the cattle footprints in the dust, as the worst water crisis in years has forced a mass exodus from the desert. Communities across the 26,000-sq-km expanse of south Punjab’s Cholistan Desert are facing acute water shortages following a season of below-average rainfall.

5 days ago | dawn.com | Jamal Shahid |Imran Gabol

• Rs550m allocated for protection against floods, river erosion and dam strengthening• Four filtration plants to address Cholistan water shortage ISLAMABAD/LAHORE: As the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) issued another warning about severe weather conditions that are expected in parts of Punjab and Islamabad today, the Punjab cabinet committee on disaster management approved several schemes aimed at making Cholistan more climate-resilient.