Millers demand increase in wheat quota, opening of closed flour mills

MUZAFFARGARH:Flour Mills Association (FMA) of district Muzaffargarh on Saturday urged the district administration to increase their wheat quota and allow reopening of recently closed five flour mills to ensure that food requirements of five million population of the district are met without any trouble.   The demand was raised at a meeting chaired by Pakistan […]

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Edhi foundation provides free treatment to 10,395 people

LAHORE:Edhi Foundation (EF), Lahore, provided medical treatments and medicines to 10,395 patients from Edhi Free dispensary during the month of May.   A spokesperson for EF said on Saturday that the foundation shifted 879 injured as well as 418 dead to different hospitals free-of-cost. The volunteers shifted 7,125 patients to hospitals from homes and 2,173 […]

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52 professional beggars arrested during crackdown

RAWALPINDI:The Rawalpindi Police, in its crackdowns on professional beggars, arrested 52 beggars to discourage the menace of begging and avoid the risk of road accidents.   On the directives of the In-charge Anti-Beggars Squad, the city police along with their respective teams, took action against the professional beggars and detained them in different police stations […]

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Rescue 1122 provided timely emergency services to 3242 victims

RAWALPINDI:The District Emergency Service Rescue 1122 provided timely emergency services to 3242 emergency victims during 3709 rescue operations in Rawalpindi last month (May).   According to the spokesperson, the emergency service provided timely response to incidents, one building collapse incident occurred, 340 special rescue operations were conducted, 1820 medical emergencies, one drowning incident and 113 […]

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110 plots, 10 illegal housing colonies sealed: DG FDA

FAISALABAD:Director General (DG) Faisalabad Development Authority (FDA) Dr Faisal Azeem Saturday said that the Authority had launched a vigorous campaign against illegal development of housing colonies across the district.   Chairing a meeting, he said that the FDA enforcement teams checked status of various housing schemes and found 10 of those illegal as their developers […]

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Intending pilgrims start arriving at Multan Hajj Complex

MULTAN:All the preparations have been completed for Hajj operation from Multan and intending pilgrims have started arriving at Multan Hajj Complex, at Qila Kuhna Qasim Bagh, from different districts of south Punjab.   Multan Waste Management Company (MWMC) has been assigned the task to keep the Hajj Complex clean on a daily basis the staff […]

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Court orders to mark attendance through video link

ISLAMABAD:District and Sessions Court Islamabad on Saturday ordered to mark the attendance of prisoners through video link as austerity step after the increase in price of petroleum products.   District and Session Judge East Atta Rabani issued the circular for the lower court regarding the mater. It stated that the accused whose challan were not […]

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