Seven injured as bus overturns

SIALKOT: Seven people including two women were injured when a bus overturned at Pasrur-Sialkot Road here Saturday. According to Rescue-1122, the accident took place at Pasrur-Sialkot Road near Sohawa where a bus turned turtle due to over-speeding. As a result, Nasreen,38, Rafique,32, Naseer,38, Sajjad,30, Qaiser,35, Faryad,40 and Naseem,40, sustained serious injuries. The victims have been […]

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Capital’s air quality healthy as vehicular traffic declines

ISLAMABAD: The air quality of the federal capital on Saturday was recorded healthy as hazardous air pollutants were below the permissible limits in the atmosphere due to reduced vehicular traffic. The air quality data has been collected by the Pakistan Environmental Protection Agency (Pak-EPA) that monitors air pollutants ratio for 24 hours based on three […]

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RTA, traffic police take action against overcharging of fares

PESHAWAR:The Regional Transport Authority (RTA) and the city traffic police on Saturday launched a joint operation against transport owners charging extra from people travelling to their native towns during Eid holidays. The RTA officials and Traffic Police inspected more than 3000 vehicles on various external routes and sealed three terminals involved in overcharging. Deputy Commissioner […]

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Employee gets pension increase after 7 years due to Federal Ombudsman’s intervention

ISLAMABAD:Due to intervention of the Federal Ombudsman, an employee of the Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) has gotten increase in pension after seven years, said a press release on Saturday. Muhammad Nawaz, a retired employee of APP, filed a complaint against APP before the Federal Ombudsman for failure to make 10% increase in his pension. […]

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