Day: July 3, 2021

LAHORE:Special Assistant to Chief Minister (SACM) on Information Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan said on Friday that CM Usman Buzdar had put the province on road to progress and prosperity. Talking to the media here, she said that the Punjab government had presented people-friendly budget for fiscal year 2021-22 and added that unfortunately the opposition could […]

By Sohail Ali LAHORE:The promotion of sports among the young generation is our top priority and we are encouraging and honouring top performers of all games and the Sports Board Punjab (SBP) has started its full-fledged sports activities after a visible decrease in coronavirus pandemic. This was stated by Punjab Minister for Sports and Youth […]

LAHORE:The Lahore Waste Management Company (LWMC) distributed 400 containers and 200 handcarts among the field teams in Gulberg Town on Friday. Provincial Minister for School Education Dr Murad Rass was the chief guest at the ceremony, which was conducted at Makkah Colony. LWMC Chief Executive Officer Rafia Haider briefed Dr Murad Raas on the making […]

LAHORE:Novel coronavirus claimed six more lives while 153 new cases were reported and 254 citizens recovered in Punjab during the last 24 hours on Friday. According to the data shared by a spokesperson for the Punjab Primary and Secondary Healthcare Department (P&SHD), the death toll reached 10,761 and total infections 346,454 in the province. Also, […]

LAHORE:The United States (US) government has donated 2.5 million doses of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine to Pakistan to help the country control the spread of novel coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. According to a press release by the US Consulate General, Lahore on Friday, the 2.5 million vaccines arrived Pakistani by a special flight and will be […]

LAHORE:Rain-thunderstorm with gusty winds are expected in most parts of the province including provincial capital during the next 24 hours. According to synoptic situation, monsoon currents are penetrating upper and central parts of the country and likely to continue during next 2 to 3 days. A weak shallow westerly wave is affecting northern parts of […]

LAHORE:The Punjab government is taking practical measures to uplift socio-economic status of farmers and so far issued 215,000 Kisan cards to them in the province. The Punjab Agriculture department sources told reporter here, that under Kisan card initiative farmers would get direct cash subsidy. More than 1 million registered farmers would get subsidy of billion […]

LAHORE:The Punjab Emergency Service (PES), commonly known as Rescue-1122, provided emergency services to 95,324 victims while responding to 98,113 emergencies across the province last month. PES Director-General (DG) Dr Rizwan Naseer expressed his concern over increasing number of fire emergencies and cylinder blasts incidents in the month of June 2021. Addressing a meeting at the […]