Four land grabbers arrested, house retrieved

PESHAWAR: Capital City Police on Thursday while making an attempt of illegally grabbing a house have arrested four land grabbers from Sheikhan, Muslimabad area on the outskirts of the district. Police said the arrested accused belonged to a land grabbing gang involved in illegal occupation of residential units and land. The Police besides, retrieving the […]

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159 Bajour police personnel promoted

PESHAWAR: Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police Malakand Abdul Ghafoor Khan Afridi Thursday visited Bajaur District and said the police force was committed to protecting lives and property of citizens. Provincial Minister for Zakat and Usher Anwar Zeb Khan, Deputy Commissioner Bajaur Iftikhar Alam, members of assembly, elders were present on the occasion and received […]

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Tarbela dam power generation increases to 4827 MW

TARBELA: The water level of Tarbela Dam reservoir Tuesday increased to 1544.58 feet and remained 5.5 feet below the maximum capacity. The power generation of the dam has been increased to 4827 megawatts where 16 power generation units out of 17 were working with full capacity to produce electricity. According to the Tarbela Dam officials, […]

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Hot, humid weather with chances of DRW forecast for city

MULTAN: The local Met office has forecast hot and humid weather with chances of dust, raising, winds (DRW) for the city and its suburbs during the next 24 hours. On Thursday, maximum and minimum temperatures were recorded as 37.1 degree centigrade and 28.0 degree centigrade respectively. The humidity was recorded 74 percent at 8 am […]

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Online portal for new electricity metres activated: Fesco

FAISALABAD: An online portal for new electricity metres is fully activated and consumers of eight districts are applying online connection through it. According to the Fesco spokesperson, the company had started a modern online system in five circles and the latest computers had been provided in sub-divisional, divisional and circle offices so that applications for […]

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Muhammad Ali appointed as DC Rawalpindi

RAWALPINDI: The provincial government has appointed Muhammad Ali as the new Deputy Commissioner of Rawalpindi. According to a notification issued by the Services and General Administration Department (S&GAD) Punjab, Muhammad Ali (BS-19), Deputy Commissioner, Faisalabad was hereby transferred with immediate effect and posted as Deputy Commissioner, Rawalpindi, in his own pay and scale relieving Amir […]

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Three drug peddlers arrested, marijuana, liquor bottles recovered

RAWALPINDI: Police in their ongoing drive against drug peddlers and bootleggers conducted raids in different areas and arrested three accused besides recovering 3250 grams marijuana and 80 bottles of liquor from their possession. According to a police spokesman, Gujar Khan police held Qasid Hussain, a drug peddler and recovered 2050 grams marijuana from his possession. […]

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Five adult education centres set up in central jail Sahiwal

SAHIWAL: Five adult education centres have been set up in central jail Sahiwal under the auspices of Literacy and Informal Education Department Punjab. Deputy Commissioner Babar Bashir inaugurated the centres here on Thursday. Addressing on the occasion, the DC said the aim of setting up adult education centres was to literate the inmates through specific […]

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