Clean Punjab drive starts at Khairpur Tamewali

BAHAWALPUR:On the direction of Punjab Chief Minister Hamza Shahbaz, the Clean Punjab campaign has been started across the district.   In this regard, a function was organized in Khairpur Tamewali in which Deputy Commissioner Bahawalpur Irfan Ali Kathia, MPA Mian Kazim Pirzada, Additional Deputy Commissioner Revenue Shahid Imran Marth participated.   Speaking at the event, […]

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Unit inaugurated in KTH to prevent newborns from permanent blindness

PESHAWAR:Provincial Minister for Health, Taimur Khan Jhagra here on Wednesday inaugurated the newly established Retinopathy of Prematurity Unit (ROP) at Khyber Teaching Hospital (KTH).   Speaking at the inaugural ceremony, the minister said that the project of ROP was completed within an estimated cost of Rs 9.3 million funded by USAID. He said the facility […]

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Commissioner asks effective measures for cultural, historical places preservation

HYDERABAD:Commissioner Hyderabad Nadeem ur Rehman Memon has asked the Secretary Endowment Fund Trust and Deputy Commissioner Jamshoro to make effective measures for preservation, repair and renovation of cultural and historical places of the district.   The legal complications which creating obstacles in repair and renovation recreational places, establishment of museum as well as restoration of […]

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Anti-polio drive to start from May 23 in Bahawalpur

BAHAWALPUR:The five-day anti-polio campaign will start on May 23 in the Bahawalpur district. During this campaign, as many as 799948 children up to the age of five years will be vaccinated against polio.   This was told in a meeting which was chaired by Deputy Commissioner Bahawalpur Irfan Ali Kathia at his office here Wednesday […]

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Speedo Bus Service resumes operation between Bahawalpur, Lodhran

BAHAWALPUR:On the direction of Punjab Chief Minister Hamza Shahbaz, the service of Bahawalpur to Lodhran air-conditioned Speedo bus has been restored on Wednesday.   In this regard, an inauguration ceremony was held in the Farid Gate parking area. Former Federal Minister Engineer Baligh-ur-Rehman, former MPAs Khalid Mehmood Warren, Hasina Begum, Begum Parveen Masood Bhatti, Fauzia […]

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Surveillance teams check dengue larvae at 198,131 sites

RAWALPINDI:As many as 1,931 teams under ongoing surveillance have inspected 198,131 sites in all tehsils of the district, including Rawalpindi, Chakala and Taxila Cantonment board areas, for tracing the dengue larvae breeding from May 12 to 16.   Chief Executive Officer(CEO)Dr Faiza Kanwal informed that 1,334 teams checked 135,306 houses during indoor surveillance out of […]

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Farmers told to select low water consuming cotton varieties, level land

MULTAN:Agriculture experts asked farmers to lavel land by laser land leveller before cotton sowing and select such high yielding varieties that consume lesser water, issuing a warning that Punjab too was facing water shortage like other provinces.   In a statement issued here, the spokesman, quoting a report of Indus River System Authority (IRSA), said […]

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