Commissioner reviews price control, wheat procurement, supply of fertilizers

BAHAWALPUR:Commissioner Bahawalpur Division Raja Jahangir Anwar Friday chaired a weekly meeting of the Divisional Review Committee and discussed the price control situation including food items, wheat procurement campaign, abundant supply of agricultural fertilizers in the division.   In the video link meeting, Deputy Commissioner Bahawalpur Irfan Ali Kathia, Deputy Commissioner Rahim Yar Khan Syed Musa […]

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Commissioner for ensuring govt announced rates in markets

LAHORE:Commissioner Lahore Division Muhammad Usman Younis on Friday directed district administrations to take strict measures to ensure notified rates in markets.   He was chairing a meeting at his office on Friday to review the price control measures and revenue targets.   The commissioner said that every month the DCs of the districts reviewed the […]

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SBP expands scope of data collection to curtail digital banking frauds

KARACHI:State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Friday directed all scheduled banks as well as micro finance banks to submit data of all digital frauds and scams on monthly basis while purview of reporting is also expanded from fake calls by Fraudsters to other digital channels including mobile app, E-Commerce Transactions, ATMs and POS.   According to […]

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Govt working on low cost power generation: Sindh energy minister

KARACHI:Sindh Energy Minister Imtiaz Ahmed Sheikh said that government was working expeditiously on low cost power generation from Thar Coal and renewable energy projects of solar and wind power generation.   He said this  while chairing a meeting of Sindh Engro Coal Mining Company (SECMC) held here on Friday. He said that Thar Coal Reserves […]

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‘No case of monkey-pox reported in region, Pakistan’

LAHORE:No case of monkey pox has been reported in the country, however, precautionary measures have been taken by the government departments.   These views were expressed by members Punjab Assembly Khawaja Salman Rafique and Khawaja Imran Nazeer while talking to the media at a seminar held here on Friday.   They informed that the diagnostic […]

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Monkeypox may persist in body for 10 weeks, even after rash fades: Study

ISLAMABAD:Monkeypox virus may persist in the body for 10 weeks, even after the tell-tale rash has disappeared, according to a retrospective study published in the journal Lancet Infectious Diseases.   The finding, led by a team of researchers from Liverpool University Hospitals, is based on an analysis of the UK’s seven previous cases, who were […]

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CM visits hospital, overhead bridge project in Sialkot

LAHORE:Punjab Chief Minister Hamza Shahbaz paid a surprise visit to Government Sardar Begum Hospital in Sialkot and inspected various wards and inquired about medical facilities available there.   While instructing to provide the best medical facilities to the children, he said that the best medical treatment should be provided to every patient on time.   […]

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