President asks world to stop wars creating havoc for children; urges society to respect their rights

ISLAMABAD:President Dr Arif Alvi Saturday while urging society to be compassionate to children and respect their rights, also called on the world to live in peace and stop wars that were creating havoc for children. “We must stop these wars. They are creating havoc as far as children are concerned. The entire Middle East – […]

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CM condemns opposition’s political point scoring on dengue

LAHORE:Chief Minister Punjab Sardar Usman Buzdar here Saturday condemned the attempt of the opposition to make political point scoring on dengue crisis after the coronavirus pandemic issue and termed it a height of ruthlessness and numbness of these people. The chief minister said, the opposition has adopted the policy of criticism for the sake of […]

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Eight gamblers arrested during raid

RAWALPINDI:Police arrested eight gamblers and recovered bet money Rs Rs. 28,300, 5 mobile phones and valuables from their possession on Saturday. According to police spokesman, Rawat police conducted a raid at gambling den and arrested gamblers identified as Hashim Khan, Tazeem Ali, Mohammad Razzaq, Fayyaz Hussain, Munir Hussain, Mohammad Asif, Babar Ali and Ghulam Murtaza. […]

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PM directs action against govt officers for faking complaints, resolution at Citizen Portal

ISLAMABAD:Prime Minister Imran Khan Saturday directed the authorities concerned to take action against the government officers who had been detected faking complaints registration and resolution at Pakistan Citizen Portal to show increased satisfaction of the citizens at their respective dashboards. “I personally monitor public complaints at Citizen Portal. No laxity to be tolerated in resolution […]

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PTI govt closes doors of rigging forever by introducing EVM: Governor

HYDERABAD:Sindh Governor Imran Ismail on Saturday said after passage of the Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) bill in the joint session of the parliament, doors of rigging in elections had been closed forever and future elections will be held in a transparent manner. He said this while addressing a programme organized at Insaf house in Latifabad […]

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DC checks implementation of measles catch-up drive

FAISALABAD:Deputy Commissioner (DC) Ali Shehzad paid a surprise visit to a government dispensary and government high school in Islam Nagar on Saturday to check implementation of the measles and rubella catch-up campaign. He also checked vaccine record and marks on the fingers of vaccinated children. He said that vaccination of 9-month to 15-year old children […]

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Lt Gen Shah Rafi Alam Memorial Polo Cup : Newage/Rizvi’s face Remounts in final

LAHORE:Newage/Rizvi’s will face Remounts in the main final of the Lt Gen Shah Rafi Alam Memorial Polo Cup to be played here at the Lahore Polo Club ground on Sunday at 3:00 pm. According to Lahore Polo Club (LPC) Secretary General Agha Murtaza Ali Khan, top eight teams competed well throughout the week and after […]

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Teams formed for training of sunflower growers

FAISALABAD: The agriculture department constituted a number of teams for the training and guidance of sunflower growers in the district. A spokesman for the Agriculture (Extension) Department said on Saturday the objective of growers training and guidance was to increase oil seed crop so that import bill of oil could be reduced. He said, “Sunflower […]

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