LAHORE:The Punjab Healthcare Commission (PHC) has sealed 154 quackery centres in 25 cities in a crackdown on quacks across the province during the last 2 weeks. According to a PHC spokesperson on Sunday, action was taken on all types of quackery centres, which included quacks posing as general physicians, non-compliant laboratories, maternity homes run by […]
Read MoreLAHORE:1992 World Cup winner and former Pakistan cricket captain Wasim Akram, who took a total of 916 wickets and scored 6,615 runs in an international career from 1984 to 2003, was formally inducted into the Pakistan Cricket Board Hall of Fame here on Sunday. Sir Vivian Richards, one of the all-time greats and an ICC […]
Read MoreRAWALPINDI:The Rawalpindi Police, in its crackdowns on professional beggars, arrested 41 beggars to discourage the menace of begging and avoid risk of road accidents due to jaywalking of tramps. On the directives of the in-charge Beggars Squad, along with their respective teams, took action against the professional beggars, and detained them in different police stations […]
Read MoreLAHORE:Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar expressed his indignation over the kite-flying incidents and issued directions from Dubai to the IG Police to ensure strict implementation of the ‘Prohibition of Kite Flying Act’. The chief minister ordered for taking indiscriminate action against those found involved in such incidents. The CM warned that occurrence of kite […]
Read MoreLAHORE:Federal Ministers Chaudhry Moonis Elahi, Brigadier (retd) Ejaz Shah and Ghulam Sarwar Khan met Punjab Governor Chaudhry Mohammad Sarwar here on Sunday and discussed political and other issues of mutual interest here. According to Governor’s House officials, the governor told the ministers the government, under the leadership of Prime Minister Imran Khan, was closely working […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:As many as 58 students were suspended for refusing to remove their head scarf/hijab and staged a demonstration against the college administration at Shiralakoppa in southern Indian state Karnatka. Tension also prevailed in Belagavi, Yadgir, Bellary, Chitradurgam and Shiamogga districts of the state when students, wearing hijab, demanded entry in the classrooms, Kashmir Media Service […]
Read MoreLAHORE:At least nine people were killed and 1,053 others sustained injuries in 995 road traffic crashes (RTCs) in all over the Punjab during the last 24 hours, according to the Punjab Emergency Service Rescue-1122. As many as 594 people were seriously injured who were shifted to different hospitals. Whereas, 459 minor injured victims were treated […]
Read MoreLAHORE:Inspector General of Police (IGP) Punjab Rao Sardar Ali Khan Sunday took notice of the alleged rape of a girl by three persons in Sheikhupura and sought a report from regional police officer (RPO) Sheikhupura. As per details, the police took immediate action and arrested the accused within 24 hours. DPO Sheikhupura Faisal Mukhtar said […]
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