Day: November 27, 2021

LAHORE:The Punjab Food Authority (PFA) uprooted thousands of kilograms of spinach, cultivated on 180-marla area in Sabzazar locality here with sewerage and untreated waste-water, during a crackdown here on Friday. A special team conducted a raid on the directions of PFA Director General Rafaqat Ali Naswana. The PFA officials also inspected other 350-marla land in […]

LAHORE:Sports and Youth Affairs Department Punjab on Friday decided to appoint former star all-rounder Shahid Afridi as Ambassador of Punjab government in Dubai Expo, which is underway in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Veteran retired all-rounder Shahid Afridi has accepted Sports and Youth Affairs Department Punjab’s offer to represent Punjab government in Dubai Expo. Shahid Afridi […]

LAHORE:On the directions of Punjab Ombudsman Major (retd) Azam Suleman Khan, Water and Sanitation Agency (Wasa) has been directed to prepare a feasibility report for changing the sewerage line of Jamia Masjid Allah Tawwakal of China Scheme in Lahore and submit it to the Office of the Ombudsman Punjab by Nov 29. A resident of […]

LAHORE:A hardly known young one, Salman Shahid, sprung a surprise by playing exceptionally well and bewildering even his opponents with a prodigious round of net 66, six under par to take lead on the opening day of the 38th Millat Tractors Governor’s Cup Golf Tournament here at Lahore Gymkhana Golf Course on Friday. And in […]

LAHORE: Punjab Chief Secretary Kamran Ali Afzal Friday directed all deputy commissioners (DCs) to intensify the ongoing crackdown on dealers involved in hoarding of fertilizers for profiteering. He issued the directions while presiding over a video-link meeting of commissioners and deputy commissioners. The chief secretary said the crackdown continue on the pattern of administrative measures, […]

LAHORE:Primary and Secondary Healthcare Department (P&SHD) Secretary Imran Sikandar Baloch Friday said that during the last 24 hours, 90 new cases of corona were reported across the province. In a statement issued here, he said that 52 positive cases were reported in Lahore, 14 in Rawalpindi, six in Faisalabad, five in Sargodha, Sialkot, as many […]

LAHORE: On the directions of Inspector General National Highways & Motorway Police (NHMP) Inam Ghani, Motorway Police Training College Sheikhupura on Friday organized various activities to commemorate NH&MP 25th Raising Day. Addressing the occasion, Commandant Training College DIG Mehboob Aslam said, on November 26, 1997, the NH&MP started its journey on Pakistan’s first Motorway M2 […]

LAHORE:The Pakistan Rescue Team has successfully completed Asia pacific regional International Earthquake Response Exercise (IERE) 2021, hosted by China from Nov 24 to 26, 2021. The IERE 2021 was virtual table top earthquake response simulation exercise in which United Nations INSARAG certified urban search and rescue teams and noncertified teams from Asia pacific region including […]