Call for more taxes on sugar sweetened beverages

LAHORE:The Pakistan National Heart Association (PANAH) and the Association for Gender Awareness & Human Empowerment (AGAHE) jointly held a media sensitization session on the ‘Health harms’ and stressed the need for increasing taxes on sugar sweetened beverages (SSBs) to reduce their consumption. Addressing the participants here at a local hotel on Friday, PANAH General Secretary […]

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State land worth Rs 78m retrieved

LAHORE:The district administration retrieved three-kanal and six-marla state land worth Rs 78 million during an operation, here on Friday. A special team, under the supervision of Assistant Commissioner Shalimar Tehniyat Bukhari, launched an operation in Harbanspura and retrieved the state land by using heavy machinery. The team retrieved one-kanal land in Journalists Colony, one-kanal and […]

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Public, private schools closed again till Sept 15

LAHORE:School Education Department (SED) Punjab has announced to close all schools across the province for another period from September 12th to 15th in the wake of Covid-19 breakout. According to the notification issued here on Friday, the decision was taken following the recommendations by the National Command and Operation Center. It may be mentioned here […]

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Provocative speech: Hearing against Capt Safdar adjourned till Oct 15

LAHORE:A judicial court Friday adjourned the hearing against Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) leader and son-in-law of Nawaz Sharif, Capt (retd) Muhammad Safdar, and other accused till Oct 15, in a case related to delivering of a provocative speech and interference in the government affairs. Judicial Magistrate Bilal Munir conducted the case proceedings at the district […]

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Police officers directed to conduct surprise visits of police stations

LAHORE:Capital City Police Officer Ghulam Mahmood Dogar Friday directed senior officers including DIG Operations, DIG Investigation, and SSPs Operations and Investigation wings to hold surprise visits of police stations to improve their performance and redress grievances of the complainants. He directed divisional SPs to check performance of their relevant police stations and timely disposal of […]

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