Park maintenance, cleanliness to continue during Eid holidays

LAHORE:Parks and Horticulture Authority (PHA) has finalised arrangements for maintaining green areas of the provincial capital during the Eid holidays. PHA Director General Zeeshan Javeed chaired the meeting at Jilani Park on Saturday, which was attended by directors, Horticulture, Planning, Finance and others. Addressing the meeting, he said that maintenance of green-belts and parks would […]

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Huge fire erupted at Taru oil depot in Nowshera, 20 tankers engulfed in blaze

PESHAWAR:Huge fire erupted at Taru oil depot in Nowshera district on Saturday evening, reports Rescue 1122 authorities who are struggling to douse the blaze emitting sever black smoke darkening sky in vast area. On realizing severity of the fire, Rescue Nowshera center also sought help from Mardan and Charsadda districts which sent their teams for […]

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Moon sighting body to meet on Sunday

ISLAMABAD:The Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee will meet on Sunday for sighting the crescent of Shawal 1443 AH in the Ministry of Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony. The zonal and district Ruet-e-Hilal Committees’ meetings would be held at their respective headquarters in the meantime, said a ministry press release on Saturday. Ruet-e-Hilal Committee Chairman Maulana Syed Abdul […]

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Railways minister expresses concern over neglecting ML-1 project

LAHORE: Minister for Railways and Aviation Khawaja Saad Rafique expressed concern over stoppage of ML-1 project by the previous regime. Presiding over the meeting on development plans, Rabita Application and the latest situation of ML-1 here on Saturday, the Federal Minister said that no progress had been made for the last four years and even […]

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CS, IGP called on CM

LAHORE:Chief Secretary (CS) and Inspector General Police (IGP) called on Punjab Chief Minister Hamza Shehbaz Sharif at CM office on Saturday. The CM was briefed about the administrative affairs and law and order situation of the province. Chief Minister Hamza Shahbaz Sharif directed to take every possible measure for safeguarding the life and property of […]

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Hamza Shehbaz Sharif sworn in as CM Punjab

LAHORE: National Assembly Speaker Raja Pervaiz Ashraf on Saturday administered oath to the Punjab Chief Minister-elect Hamza Shehbaz at a ceremony held at Governor’s House here on Saturday. The ceremony started with recitation from the Holy Quran followed by the Naat-e-Rasool-e-Maqbool (Peace Be Upon Him). Hamza Shehbaz, befittingly clad in a sherwani, took oath of […]

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LHC bench refers appeal against Hamza Shehbaz oath-taking to CJ for larger bench

LAHORE:A Lahore High Court (LHC) division bench on Saturday referred an intra-court appeal, challenging single bench orders for Hamza Shehbaz oath taking, to the LHC chief Justice with a request to form a larger bench for its hearing. The bench noted that many important law points had been raised through the appeal, therefore, it was […]

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COAS visits front line troops in Padhar Sector: ISPR

RAWALPINDI:Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa Saturday visited front line troops in Padhar Sector. The COAS was briefed on the latest situation along the Line of Control (LOC) and operational readiness of the formation, said an Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) news release. The Army Chief interacted with officers and men, and […]

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