District Admin sets up sales points to ensure availability of subsidized flour

RAWALPINDI:Rawalpindi district administration has set up sales points to ensure the availability of flour on subsidized rates.   According to a district administration spokesman, the administration on the directives of the Punjab government was ensuring the availability of 20 kg flour bags at Rs 980, while 10 kg flour bags at Rs 490 in the […]

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LCCI for efforts to lift Pak-Malaysia mutual trade

LAHORE: Pakistan’s share in Malaysian imports can be enhanced through little efforts and Pakistani embassy in Malaysia can play an instrumental role in this regard.   These views were expressed by Senior Vice President of Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI)Mian Rehman Aziz Chan while talking to a delegation of Malaysian entrepreneurs led by […]

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WASA launches pilot project for 24-hour potable water

FAISALABAD:The Water and Sanitation Agency (WASA), in collaboration with JICA (Japan International Cooperation Agency), has launched a pilot project to provide potable drinking water round-the-clock to 10 localities of the city.   During a meeting on Saturday, Managing Director (MD) WASA Jabbar Anwar Chaudhry said that new pipelines had been laid down in 10 localities […]

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Search operation launched in Lalkurti area

RAWALPINDI:The police on special directives of City Police Officer (CPO) Syed Shehzad Nadeem Bukhari launched a search operation in Lalkurti  and its adjoining areas, said a police spokesman on Saturday.   He informed that heavy police contingent, elite force, Special Branch personnel and ladies police along with officials of Civil Line police conducted search operations […]

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‘Mobile Journalism’ training workshop concludes

LAHORE:A two-day training workshop on ‘Mobile Journalism’, organised by the Pakistan Information Centre (PIC), an independent body of the Press Information Department (PID) of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, concluded here at the Lahore Press Club on Saturday.   On the second and last day of the workshop, journalists from various newspapers, TV channels […]

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Admin imposes Rs. 0.2 million fines on profiteers

RAWALPINDI:Rawalpindi District Administration on Saturday conducted raids in different areas of Gujar Khan and imposed fines on the rules violators.   According to a district administration spokesman, Assistant Commissioner Gujar Khan carried out inspections of different stores and checked rates of essential commodities.   He imposed fines amounting to Rs. 0.2 million on the shopkeepers […]

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Pakistan, speaking for G77/China, urges global solidarity to support crises-hit developing countries

Pakistan, speaking on behalf of the “Group of 77” (developing countries) and China, has called for global solidarity to address the interlinked challenges of conflict, climate change and environmental degradation, as well as the socio-economic downturns resulting from the coronavirus  pandemic, aggravated further by an increase in inflation.   “To confront these challenges, we need […]

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