Private Schools buildings to be used for rescue, relief of snow-affected victims

RAWALPINDI:The All Pakistan Private Schools and Colleges Association Saturday issued instructions to take immediate steps to help the stranded tourists and directed the heads of private educational institutions to provide school buildings to the local administration for rescue of tourists stranded in the snowstorm. In an emergency meeting of the All Pakistan Private Schools and […]

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Campaign to enroll children under Ehsaas ESP in full swing: Dr. Sania

Khanewal:Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Poverty Alleviation and Social Protection, Dr. Sania Nishtar on Saturday said the campaign to enroll children of Ehsaas Kafalat families under the Education Stipend Program (ESP) was in full swing in the country. During her visit to the Government Girls Primary School, Kot Ala Singh, Khanewal, Dr. Sania […]

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IUB organizes international conference on cardiovascular radiology in veterinary

BAHAWALPUR:The Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery (CMS) in collaboration with Faculty of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, the Islamia University of Bahawalpur (IUB) here on Saturday organized an international webinar on “Thoracic and Cardiovascular Radiology, how does it help for diagnosis in the field of veterinary medicine. More than one hundred participants joined from various […]

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Over 5.96m people vaccinated in Faisalabad

FAISALABAD: Over 5.96 million (5,960,002) people have so far been vaccinated against COVID-19 in the district. District Health Officer Dr Ataul Mun’im said on Saturday 3,730,146 citizens were injected first dose while 2,160,304 were administered the second dose of vaccine. He further said that 38,488 health workers were also given first dose while 31,064 received […]

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PM expresses grief over death toll in Murree; orders inquiry

ISLAMABAD:Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday expressing his shock and grief over the tragic deaths of tourists in Murree, ordered an inquiry and regulations to avert such tragedies in future. The prime minister observed that heavy snowfall and a huge rush of tourists caught the district administration unprepared, he tweeted. “Shocked & upset at tragic […]

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AJK PM for immediate restoration of communications networks in rains-hit, snow-clad areas

MIRPUR (AJK): Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Prime Minister Sardar Abdul Qayyum Niazi on Saturday ordered for immediate restoration of communications networks in the snow-clad upper reaches and rains-hit areas of the state. In a statement, he directed the authorities concerned to submit a report regarding snow and rains hit areas of the state. The […]

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Safe return of tourists’ top priority: CPO Rawalpindi

RAWALPINDI: City Police Officer (CPO) Rawalpindi Sajid Kayani and Deputy Commissioner Rawalpindi Muhammad Ali were continuously monitoring the situation at Murree to facilitate the tourists stranded there due to heavy snowfall. This was being done on the direction of the Chief Minister Punjab Sardar Usman Buzdar. Kayani was supervising the arrangements made for the flow […]

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