Executive VP Telenor Group visits PTA

ISLAMABAD: Chairman Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA), Maj Gen Amir Azeem Bajwa (r) met with Executive Vice President and Head of Asia, Telenor Group, Jørgen C. Arentz Rostrup and CEO Telenor Pakistan, Irfan Wahab Khan.   During the meeting, the two sides discussed the future plans of Telenor Pakistan for enhancing connectivity, introducing new technologies and […]

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Operation continues to control forest fire in Balochistan

QUETTA: Under the supervision of the chief secretary Balochistan, fire extinguishing measures continued to effectively control the forest fire that erupted in the Dhana Sar area, a sub Tehsil of Balochistan’s Musakhail district.   “Teams of the forest department, NDMA, PDMA and district administration are engaged in fire extinguishing operations to control the fire that […]

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11 poultry profiteers arrested as admin launches crackdown

MULTAN: An official team deputed by deputy commissioner Rana Akhlaq Ahmad arrested eleven poultry profiteers here Thursday, opening a crackdown targeting chicken seller engaged in selling chicken meat at exorbitant price.   Assistant commissioner city Khawaja Umair Mahmood led the operation and got eleven chicken sellers arrested from different parts of the city on charge […]

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113 power pilferers nabbed in a day in South Punjab

MULTAN: Multan Electric Power Company (MEPCO) have caught 113 power pilferers during separate operations launched across the South Punjab in a day, MEPCO official said on Thursday.   The MEPCO teams accompanying task forces raided different places in Multan, Vehari, Sahiwal, Rahimyar Khan, Muzaffargarh, Bahawalnagar, Khanewal, and Dera Ghazi Khan and detected theft of 243, […]

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LDA demolishes various illegal buildings in city

LAHORE: Lahore Development Authority (LDA) Town Planning Wing Zone-IV staff Thursday demolished and sealed various illegal buildings, here at Johar Town.   According to an LDA spokesperson here, the Authority demolished a building on plot number 100, Block A-1, demolished workshop on plot number 39, Block H-1 at Johar Town.   The LDA also sealed […]

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110 Pakistani pilgrims visit shrine of Hazrat Amir Khusro

ISLAMABAD: A group of 110 Pakistani pilgrims on Thursday visited the shrine of Hazrat Amir Khusro (Rahmatullah Alaih) in New Delhi.   Accompanied by Pakistan’s chargé d’affaires in New Delhi Aftab Hasan Khan, the Pakistani pilgrims also placed the traditional ‘chaadar’ at the shrine, on behalf of the government and people of Pakistan. The group […]

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KP ethnosport tournaments begin amidst great fun, enthusiasm

PESHAWAR: The ‘Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Traditional Games’, organised by the Directorate of Sports Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, has officially started from Lakki Marwat amidst great fun and enthusiasm with the local game “Karaka”.   A former player of the “Karaka” game Haq Dad Khan was the chief guest, who formally inaugurated the event. Deputy Director Sports Jamshed Baloch, […]

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DC inaugurates Clean Punjab Campaign in Sialkot

SIALKOT: Deputy Commissioner Sialkot Imran Qureshi formally inaugurated the Clean Punjab Campaign in Sialkot city, under the supervision of Sialkot Waste Management Company (SWMC).   In this regard, an awareness walk, led by the deputy commissioner, was taken out from the headquarters of SWMC at Kuluwal Road.   SWMC Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Khalid Goraya […]

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