CS expresses displeasure over sugar sale at higher price

LAHORE: Chief Secretary Punjab Kamran Ali Afzal on Wednesday expressed displeasure over the sale of sugar at more than Rs 70 per kg in Ramadan bazaars of some districts and sought a detailed report from the divisional commissioners. Presiding over a video-link meeting of divisional commissioners and deputy commissioners at the Civil Secretariat, the chief […]

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Meeting held to review situation of diesel

BAHAWALPUR: A meeting was held in the committee room of the Deputy Commissioner’s office today under the chairmanship of Deputy Commissioner Irfan Ali Kathia to review the steps taken for the shortage of diesel and measures taken to provide relief to the people. Additional Deputy Commissioner General Amir Nazir Kachchi, DO Industries Zubair Abbasi, Civil […]

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PCJCCI strongly condemns Karachi attack

LAHORE: Pakistan-China Joint Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCJCCI) office-bearers Wednesday strongly condemned an attack that killed three Chinese citizens in Karachi. PCJCCI President Wang Zihai said that incident posed a challenge to the government. He said that the culprits should be punished for this heart rending act. Ehsan Choudhry, Senior Vice President PCJCCI, extended […]

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GCU achieves its highest international ranking to date

LAHORE: The Government College University (GCU) Lahore has achieved its highest-ever position in the international ranking to date and is named among the world’s top 401-600 universities group in the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Impact Rankings 2022. Vice-Chancellor Prof. Dr Asghar Zaidi said in a statement on Wednesday that GCU’s overall score has […]

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MAP urges govt to revoke National Single Curriculum

ISLAMABAD: Minorities Alliance Pakistan (MAP) Chairman Advocate Akmal Bhatti on Wednesday urged the government to revoke the ‘National Single Curriculum’ as it was causing religious disharmony in the country. Addressing a press conference here at the National Press Club, he said the previous government had implemented the ‘Single National Curriculum’ without building consensus. The MAP […]

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DC reviews city beautification, anti-encroachment measures

LAHORE: Deputy Commissioner Lahore Umar Sher Chattha Wednesday reviewed anti-encroachments, cleanliness and beautification measures for the provincial capital. He was chairing a meeting at his office here under ‘Beautification of Lahore’ programme, which was attended by Metropolitan Corporation Lahore (MCL) CEO Ali Bukhari, Metropolitan Officers (MO) Regularisation and Infrastructure and others. The deputy commissioner directed […]

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ANF recovers over 81 kgs narcotics; arrests two

RAWALPINDI: Anti Narcotics Force (ANF) Rawalpindi and ANF Intelligence have foiled a bid to smuggle narcotics and recovered over 81 kgs drugs from Honda Civic Reborn car. According to an ANF headquarters spokesman, ANF Rawalpindi and ANF Intelligence conducted a raid on Srinagar Highway near ‘Tablighi markaz’ and recovered 81.800 kg narcotics including 62.400 kgs […]

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