Day: June 25, 2021

LAHORE: The anti-coronavirus vaccination campaign was ongoing successfully across Punjab as 178, 354 citizens got vaccinated in the last 24 hours at 669 vaccination centres in the province. According to Primary and Secondary Healthcare department spokesperson on Thursday, the total number of vaccinated citizens has reached 7, 487, 958. So far, 855, 553 healthcare workers […]

LAHORE: The Punjab Emergency Service (Rescue 1122) has been notified as an Administrative Department of the Government of Punjab and it will now be called the Punjab Emergency Service Department. According to a press release issued here on Thursday, this notification to amend the Rules of Business was accordingly published in the Punjab Gazette on […]

LAHORE: Governor Punjab Chaudhry Mohammad Sarwar on Thursday signed the Punjab Sugar Factories (Control) (Amendment) Act 2021 into law under which the sugar mill owners have been bound to make payments to the sugarcane farmers within 45 days through bank transactions. With the addition of a new clause in the Punjab Sugar Factories (Control) (Amendment) […]

LAHORE: No new confirmed case of dengue virus was reported in the province on Thursday. According to the Primary & Secondary Healthcare Department the surveillance teams conducted activities at 25, 070 places in the province during last 24 hours while dengue larvae was confirmed at 15 places among these areas. In the provincial capital, dengue […]

LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar has served 250 million rupees defamation notice to spokesperson PML-N Punjab Azma Zahid Bokhari for a defamatory video statement alleging corruption and dishonesty. The notice, issued through his legal advisor Barrister Obaid Ullah here on Thursday, said that Mrs. Azma Zahid Bokhari levelled false and frivolous allegations against […]

LAHORE: The novel coronavirus claimed 16 lives, while 198 new cases of the pandemic were reported in Punjab during the last 24 hours on Thursday. According to the data shared by the spokesperson of Punjab Primary and Secondary Healthcare Department (P&SHD), the total number of cases reached 345, 449, the total death toll turned 10, […]

LAHORE: Punjab Minister for Finance Makhdoom Hashim Jawan Bakht Thursday said that the federal and Punjab governments presented growth-oriented budgets. He said that Rs 560 billion had been allocated for development programme in Punjab budget, which was 66 per cent higher than the previous budget. He said that the government believed in consultation and facilitating […]

LAHORE: Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Additional IG Ghulam Mahmood Dogar paid a visit to Police Station Sarwar Road Cantonment here on Thursday and inspected the Front Desk, reporting and record room, lockup and other related sections of the police station. He checked the status of applications of citizens received at Front Desk, and the […]