Day: December 15, 2021

LAHORE: Primary and Secondary Healthcare Department (P&SHD) Secretary Imran Sikandar Baloch Tuesday said that during the last 24 hours, 22 confirmed cases of dengue have been reported across the province out of which, 14 confirmed cases reported from Lahore. In a press statement issued here, he said that two dengue patients were reported from Faisalabad […]

LAHORE: Punjab Tourism Secretary Asadullah Faiz called on Special Assistant to Chief Minister (SACM) Punjab for Information, Parks & Horticulture Authorities and Tourism Hasaan Khawar at his office, here on Tuesday. Issues of departmental performance and promotion of tourism in Punjab were discussed during the meeting. The Tourism secretary briefed Hasaan Khawar about the ongoing […]

LAHORE: Samina Alvi, wife of President Dr Arif Alvi, said on Tuesday that public-private partnership aimed at welfare of the persons with disabilities could yield positive results. She was addressing a function, held in connection with the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, organised by Punjab Social Welfare and Bait-ul-Maal Department in collaboration with the […]

LAHORE: Inspector General of Police (IGP) Punjab Rao Sardar Ali Khan Tuesday said that maintaining conducive atmosphere of law and order in the society and providing compatible environment for business activities was among top priorities of the Punjab police. He said that doors of his office were always open for the business community, adding that […]

LAHORE: A five-member delegation of Pakistan Kisan Ittehad, led by Central President Khalid Mehmood Khokhar, called on Punjab Chief Secretary Kamran Ali Afzal at the Civil Secretariat on Tuesday and briefed him about the problems facing farmers in the province. The delegation discussed with the chief secretary the wheat support price, electricity tariff for tube-wells […]

LAHORE: Punjab Primary and Secondary Healthcare (P&SH) Secretary Imran Sikandar Baloch Tuesday said that during the last 24 hours, 51 new cases of coronavirus were reported from across the province. In a press statement, he said that 37 positive cases were reported in Lahore, eight in Rawalpindi, two each in Faisalabad and Sargodha, and one […]

LAHORE: The Provincial Development Working Party (PDWP) Punjab Tuesday approved four development schemes of various sectors with an estimated cost of Rs 12, 274.562 million. These schemes were approved in the 45th meeting of the PDWP of the current fiscal year [2021-22], with Chairman Planning & Development Board Abdullah Khan Sumbal in the chair. The […]

LAHORE: Punjab Health Minister Dr Yasmin Rashid said on Tuesday the Punjab government was setting up an institute to conduct research on genetic diseases. Addressing at a seminar on Thalassemia awareness, she stressed the need for pre-marriage thalassemia test, adding that law in this regard would soon be introduced to prevent the disease. The minister […]