QUETTA: Balochistan Secretary Health Aziz Ahmed Monday chaired a meeting held to review measures for Hepatitis Control Program. It was decided in the meeting to take steps under public-private partnership companies to curb the spread of hepatitis in Naseerabad and Jaffarabad districts of Balochistan. In the first phase, a pilot program will be launched in […]
Read MoreQUETTA: Chief Secretary (CS) Balochistan, Mathar Niaz Rana on Monday paid a surprise visit to Sandman Provincial Hospital and expressed his resentment over poor sanitation of the hospital. Secretary Building, Ghulam Ali Baloch and Secretary S&GAD Hashim Ghalzai were also present at the time of inspection. The Chief Secretary inspected various departments of the hospital […]
Read MoreLAHORE: Provincial Finance Minister Makhdoom Hashim Jawan Bakhat said on Monday that the facilities required in the districts would be provided on priority basis under regular planning while the Urban Unit’s Special Strategy Report would also be used for this purpose. Chairing a meeting here at Planning and Development Board, he added that the public […]
Read MoreLAHORE: The Lahore High Court Monday issued notice to Pakistan Medical Commission (PMC) for Thursday to submit a reply to a petition, filed for stopping the Medical and Dental Colleges Admission Test (MDCAT) process and holding the exams on the same day, across the province. LHC judge Justice Muzamil Akhtar Shabir heard the case. A […]
Read MoreLAHORE: Punjab Agriculture Minister Syed Hussain Jahania Gardezi said on Monday for the first time varieties of DNA fingerprints report had been approved to achieve agricultural production targets. He said this while talking to the media after presiding over the meeting of Punjab Seed Council here at Agriculture House. He said the step would help […]
Read MoreLAHORE: Crackdown on regular basis against habitual, professional and criminal record holder beggars is ongoing to free the provincial capital from this nuisance. The Lahore police arrested 2148 professional beggars under ‘Anti Beggary Act’ and registered 2001 cases against them during last nine days at different police stations of the city. Accordingly city division police […]
Read MoreLAHORE: The Punjab health department launched a five-day anti-polio campaign in all the 36 districts of the province on Monday during which 16.88 million children under five years of age would be administered polio vaccine. The authorities have also formed more than 65, 000 mobile teams for this purpose. The drive will concluded on September […]
Read MoreLAHORE: The Government College University (GCU) Lahore has become a partner with the city district government in the ‘Lahore – the City of Literature’ project to promote literary activities in the provincial metropolis. Vice Chancellor Prof Asghar Zaidi and Commissioner Lahore Capt (retd) Muhammad Usman Monday signed an accord while the eminent poet Amjad Islam […]
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