Police drive underway against professional beggars, 27 booked

RAWALPINDI:The Rawalpindi Police, in its crackdowns on professional beggars, arrested 27 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 […]

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Army Chief Gen Bajwa visits ASC Centre Nowshera

RAWALPINDI:Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa Thursday visited Army Service Corps( ASC) Centre, Nowshera and appreciated contributions and logistic support of ASC both during peacetime and operation. Upon arrival, COAS laid floral wreath at Yadgar-e-Shuhada and offered Fathea for Martyrs, said an Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) media release. The COAS pinned […]

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DG Excise directs RDs, ETOs to improve revenue recovery

PESHAWAR:Director General (DG) Excise Taxation and Narcotics Control Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mahmood Aslam Wazir has given 15 days deadline to all concerned Regional Directors and Excise Taxation Officers of Excise Department for further improvement in revenue recovery. He issued strict instructions to the Excise Department’s officers to ensure given revenue target and said that all the […]

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DC directs to ensure cleanliness for avoiding dengue spread

RAWALPINDI:Deputy Commissioner Tahir Farooq Thursday directed the officials concerned to ensure the cleanliness of drains and Nullahs of the city to avoid dengue virus spread. Chairing a meeting to review anti-dengue arrangements, he directed the officials to expedite surveillance activities to trace larva and its eradication as prevailing weather was suitable for dengue larvae breeding. […]

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6 illegal arm holders netted during crackdown

RAWALPINDI:Police have arrested six arm holders and recovered illegal weapons and ammunition from their possession here Thursday, informed police spokesman. During course of action, Naseerabad police held Muhammad Yasir and recovered 01 pistol 30 bore from his possession. Similarly, Gujjar Khan police arrested Arslanam Abbas and recovered 01 pistol 30 bore from his custody. While, […]

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Secretary housing issued show cause notices to contractors

MULTAN:Secretary Housing South Punjab Javed Akhtar Mahmood has issued show-cause notices to two contractors over negligence and slow pace of work here on Thursday. Taking action on the slow pace of work on different ongoing development projects, the Secretary Housing reprimanded the contractors and directed them to speed up in order to complete development projects […]

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Jhagra inaugurates Rast Islamic Branch in MTI Hayatabad

PESHAWAR:KP Minister for Health & Finance, Taimur Saleem Khan Jhagra inaugurated the Rast Islamic Banking branch of the Bank of Khyber (BoK) in Hayatabad Postgraduate Medical Teaching Institute on Thursday. Speaking on the occasion, the provincial minister said that the government is disbursing soft loans in small and medium enterprises (SMEs) of the province through […]

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Operation against profiteers; Admin seals seven shops, arrests seven violators

RAWALPINDI:Rawalpindi District Administration on Thursday conducted 1555 inspections in seven tehsils of the district to check profiteering and imposed Rs 78,500 fines on 158 shopkeepers while seven shops were sealed besides netting seven violators. According to a district administration spokesman, Commissioner Rawalpindi Division Noor ul Amin Mengal while chairing daily review meeting of price control […]

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