Day: October 5, 2021

LAHORE: Punjab Health Minister Dr Yasmin Rashid, in a meeting held at Specialized Health and Medical Education Department here on Monday vowed to develop Punjab Institute of Blood Transfusion Services (PIBTS). Present on the occasion were Special Secretary SH&ME Department Ajmal Bhatti, Prof Javed Chaudhry and officials of the Punjab Institute of Blood Transfusion Services. […]

LAHORE: Lahore Development Authority (LDA) Town Planning Wing Zone–III staff here on Monday sealed 17 buildings for illegal commercial use and non-payment of dues at Faisal Town and Link Road Model Town. According to LDA spokesperson, the sealed properties were defaulter of commercialization fee amounting to Rs 7.3 million. The authority has sealed plot number […]

LAHORE: University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (UVAS) Lahore Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Nasim Ahmad visited boys and girls hostels and reviewed available facilities, cleanliness and repairable works at the city campus on Monday. He said that purpose of his visit was to ensure cleanliness and reviewed the condition of student hostels rooms. He added that […]

LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar on Monday directed to accelerate work on development projects and said that completion of more than 15, 500 projects in three years was commendable. He said this while chairing a meeting at P&D Board to review progress on ADP 2021-22. Chairman P&D briefed that Rs 241 billion had […]

LAHORE: Pakistan Chemical Manufacturers Association (PCMA) Monday elected Jahangir Piracha, Chief Executive Officer for Engro Polymer & Chemicals Limited, as its President. While, Haroon Ali Khan of CHT and Abdul Hai Usman Ghani of Ittehad Chemical have been elected as Senior Vice President and Vice President, respectively. On assuming charge as PCMA President, Piracha expressed […]

LAHORE: Punjab Minister for Health Dr Yasmin Rashid on Monday said that all 29.3 million families in the province would be provided universal health coverage by December 2021. She stated this during video link session to review sustainability and institutionalization of Sehat sahulat programme at the Specialized Healthcare and Medical Education Department (SH&MED) here, said […]

LAHORE: Punjab Primary and Secondary Healthcare Department (PP&SHD) Secretary Imran Sikandar Baloch Monday said that 234 new dengue patients were reported across Punjab during the last 24 hours. Talking to media here, he said that 153 dengue patients were reported from Lahore, 52 from Rawalpindi, five each from Attock and Multan, three each from Gujranwala […]

LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar on Monday gave approval to construct an elevated expressway from Gulberg to Motorway M-2. The approval was accorded in a meeting held here to review the elevated expressway project. The CM said the project would ease the daily movement of citizens as traffic load would be reduced to […]