Month: June 2021

PESHAWAR: Misal Khan, a septuagenarian who got retirement from Education Department of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, is contributing majority of his pension on free distribution of plants among people for making air of Peshawar clean and pollution free. For the last five years, Misal Khan is utilizing his energies on combating air pollution in Peshawar, ranked among […]

MUZAFFARGARH: The Fisheries department has started crackdown against fish hunters despite the ban imposed by the department on fish hunting from June 1 to August 1. The Assistant Director Fisheries Muhammad Ali Johor told journalists that the department was striving hard to protect fishes. He said that July to August was the peek time of […]

BAHAWALPUR: A meeting of the District Vigilance Committee for Forced Labor was held under the chairmanship of Deputy Commissioner, Irfan Ali Kathia at the committee room here on Monday. Addressing the meeting, the deputy commissioner said that free health camps should be started with the help of the Social Security Department to provide medical treatment […]

MUZAFFARGARH: Sanawan police have registered a case against a traffic police constable for torturing his father over domestic issues here on Monday. According to police sources, a traffic police constable of Chowk Sarwar Shaheed police station namely Pervez Akhtar tortured his father Muhammad Saeed time and again over some misunderstandings. Muhammad Saeed reported to police […]

SUKKUR: The recent outbreak of measles took two lives in Muhalla Usmanabad near Setharja in district Khairpur, while 10 others got hospitalised at the basic health centre. According to rescue, two children, including four-year-old Kaveeta and three-year-old Jiya, were killed due to the measles attack and 10 other children were shifted to hospital after suffering […]

RAWALPINDI: For the first time in Rawalpindi a plan has been made to grow plants on the banks of River Sawan and Nullah Leh by throwing seed balls for which 50, 000 seed balls are being prepared under the supervision of Parks and Horticulture Authority Rawalpindi and one lakh seed balls will be thrown till […]

BAHAWALPUR: Deputy Commissioner Bahawalpur Irfan Ali Kathia on Monday informed that special arrangements for cleanliness has been started on main highways of the district under the “Khidmat Apki Dehleez Par” programme, which would continue till August 1. Under the drive sanitation, drainage and cleaning of roads have been initiated to ensure pollution free environment in […]

FAISALABAD: The police Monday arrested 37 alleged criminals and recovered drugs and illegal weapons from them. According to the police, raiding teams nabbed 17 drug-pushers and recovered 1.3-kg hashish, 0.2-kg heroin and 193 litres of liquor from them. In a crackdown on illegal weapons, police arrested 20 persons and recovered 14 pistols, six repeaters, two […]