Day: August 9, 2021

LAHORE: Coronavirus claimed 22 more lives while 1087 new cases were reported in the province during the last 24 hours. According to the data shared by the spokesperson for the Punjab Primary and Secondary Healthcare Department (P&SHD) here on Sunday, death toll due to coronavirus reached 11, 192 while total cases were recorded 363, 644 […]

LAHORE: The Lahore police conducted a flag march in the city on Sunday in connection with preparations for the forthcoming Muharram religious activities and creating a sense of security among citizens. Capital City Police Officer Lahore Additional IG Ghulam Mahmood Dogar, along with Commissioner Lahore Capt (retd) Muhammad Usman, led the flag march whereas DIG […]

LAHORE: Three alleged terrorists, belonged to banned TTP/JuA organizations, were killed in a shootout with Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) Punjab in Ferozwala near here on Sunday. According to CTD spokesman, a team of CTD conducted an intelligence based operation in a rented house of Gulshan Babar Abadi, Ferozwala where an exchange of fire between terrorists […]

LAHORE: Parks and Horticulture Authority (PHA) has kicked off ‘Plant at Doorstep’ campaign, under which, various teams will provide saplings to people at their residences in the city. A spokesperson for the PHA Nadia Tufail said on Sunday that the ‘Plant at Doorstep’ campaign would continue till August 14 as current month of independence would […]

LAHORE: The Parks and Horticulture Authority (PHA) has developed Asia’s largest urban forest, a popular plantation technique of a Japanese botanist Akira Miyawaki, here at China Park near Saggian. Sharing details of the urban forest with reporter here on Sunday, PHA Chairman Yasir Gillani said that PHA had developed the Asia’s largest urban forest by […]

LAHORE: The 64th meeting of the Syndicate of Government College University (GCU) Lahore was held here at the University’s Postgraduate Block, which approved new degree programmes including LLB (Hons), BFA (Painting), BS (Management Studies), MPhil (Disaster Management) and PhD (Geography). Vice-Chancellor Prof. Dr Asghar Zaidi chaired the meeting which was attended by around 15 members. […]

LAHORE: The Punjab Healthcare Commission has shut down 168 quacks’ treatment centres across the province during the last two weeks. This was informed by the PHC spokesperson on Sunday while sharing that in its anti-quackery drive in 22 cities of the province, the PHC enforcement teams carried out raids on 1, 438 treatment centres. The […]

LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar here Sunday chaired a meeting of Ittehad Bain-ul-Muslimeen Committee Punjab. Provincial Ministers Raja Basharat and Pir Syed Saeed-ul-Hassan Shah, Special Assistant to Prime Minister for Religious Harmony Maulana Tahir Ashrafi, and Ulema, scholars, famous literary and religious personalities from all schools of thought attended the meeting. The meeting […]