Day: September 9, 2021

PESHAWAR: Water and Sanitation Services Peshawar (WSSP) on Wednesday formed teams of 122 personnel to remove obstructions from flowing channels during rain. Emergency staff was on duty to deal with any possible situation while senior management staff including Chief Executive Officer and GM Operations was also present in the field to oversee the operation, said […]

SUKKUR: Walks, Seminars and other events were held in different towns of Sukkur division on Wednesday in connection with International Literacy Day. In Sukkur, a number of students and teachers of Y2K School took part in a walk from the Y2K School to reporter office Sukkur. The participants were carrying placards inscribed with slogans about […]

MULTAN: At least 80 adult education centres were set up for illiterate inmates of central jail in the district, DEO Literacy Mohammad Amir Razzaq said on Wednesday. Addressing a ceremony organised by Literacy and Non-Formal Education department here on occasion of Literacy Day, he said the department was working hard to educate deprived segments of […]

MULTAN: First Lady Samina Arif Alvi Wednesday said the government was committed to empowerment of women to put Pakistan on a development trajectory and promised all out support to differently abled persons to improve their vocational proficiency bringing them to the mainstream of national development process. She expressed these views at a ceremony titled “Women […]

PESHAWAR: The District Administration in collaboration with Pakistan Railways Wednesday took action against encroachment on Railways’ land and demolished 118 illegally installed cabins and other constructions in Board Bazar here while seven saboteurs were held over resistance. According to spokesman of Deputy Commissioner Officer, the encroachers were issued several notices to vacate the land and […]

PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minister for Public Health Engineering Shakil Ahmed Khan Wednesday directed his department to expedite development work on all the ongoing projects in districts Mardan and Chakdara and asked officials concerned to inspect the progress on a daily basis. He issued these directives during a meeting with MPAs Hamayun Khan and Zahid Shah […]

BUREWALA: Boys and girls from different educational institutions participated in archery competition in Vehari on Wednesday as part of sports calendar week being organized by district sports department. Assistant commissioner Vehari Chaudhry Jafar Gujjar, district sports officer Malik Ghulam Murtaza, tehsil sports officer Musarrat Shaheen besides civil society activists witnessed the contest. Members of Punjab […]

PESHAWAR: Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) and law enforces during an operation on Wednesday arrested nine militants from Rehmat Shah Banda Refugee Camp. According to CTD, a raid was conducted on tip off that miscreants have assembled in the refugee to carry out subversive activities. During the raid, nine militants were arrested and arms including two […]