Customs Collector inaugurates newly Customs Check posts at Ziarat Crossing

QUETTA: Customs Collector Irfan Javed Tuesday said the establishment of new customs check posts was essential which would significantly reduce smuggling activities in the province. Addressing the inauguration ceremony of a newly established check post at Ziarat Cross, Irfan Javed said with the establishment of this check post, the Pak-Afghan border will continue to work […]

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CM sets example of austerity in CMO expenditures

LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar has set an example of austerity by curtailing expenditures of the Chief Minister Office. The Chief Minister’s Office has released a comparative statement of the tenures of Chief Minister Punjab Sardar Usman Buzdar for the financial year 2020-21 and Shehbaz Sharif (financial year 2017-18) when resources were mercilessly […]

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Ashifa terms provincial budget pro-development

LAHORE: Provincial Minister for Women Development Department Ashifa Riaz has termed the Punjab budget 2021-22 as balanced and pro-development budget. In her statement here on Tuesday, she said the provincial budget would ensure development in all sectors. She added the PTI government allocated Rs 500 million for women development in the budget 2021-22. The minister […]

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Court hands down death sentence to two accused in murder-cum-dacoity case

LAHORE: A sessions court on Tuesday handed down death sentence to two accused involved in a murder-cum-dacoity case. The court also imposed a fine of Rs 50, 000 each on the convicts, Ali Raza and Yasar Shaban, besides ordering them to pay Rs 700, 000 each as compensation to the heirs of the victim. Additional […]

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RPOs directed to complete inspection of police stations

LAHORE: Inspector General of Police (IGP) Punjab Inam Ghani on Tuesday directed all RPOs of the province to complete the inspection of police stations under their jurisdiction within two months and send detailed reports to the CPO. In the light of these reports modern resources and facilities would be provided in police stations, he said […]

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NAB chief distributes Rs 900m among 660 affectees of Toyota Motors scandal

LAHORE: National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Chairman Javed Iqbal Tuesday said that the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) and corruption could not go together as the anti-corruption department had been set up to serve the poor and not the rich. Addressing a ceremony held to distribute cheques worth Rs 900 million among 660 affectees of Toyota Gujranwala […]

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High Performance Centre to prove revolutionary measure for revival of hockey: DG SBP

LAHORE: Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) Secretary Asif Bajwa and Head Coach of National Hockey Team Olympian Kh Junaid called on Director General Sports Board Punjab Adnan Arshad Aulakh here at National Hockey Stadium on Tuesday. They also presented a bouquet to Director General Sports Punjab Adnan Arshad Aulakh on this occasion. Pakistan’s former Davis Cupper […]

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