President highlights significance of tapping youth bulge’s potential thru latest education

ISLAMABAD:President Dr Arif Alvi Sunday stressed upon focusing more on the education and skill sets improvement of the country’s youth bulge, besides creation of more space to the womenfolk in the mainstream of economy.   During a conversation premiered live on YouTube, a popular social media platform, the president said that the world had been […]

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PAC, ANF mark ‘International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking’

RAWALPINDI:Punjab Arts Council, in collaboration with Anti Narcotics Force(ANF), organized a special programme to mark the ‘International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking’ here on Sunday.   Director General ANF Major General Ghulam Shabir Nareejo ( Hilal-e-Imtiaz Military ) was the chief guest of the ceremony.   Shabbir said, “I assure my nation and […]

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Dilapidated buildings pose serious threat

RAWALPINDI:The authorities of Rawal Town administration, Cantt Board and City District Government have failed to get more than 300 dilapidated buildings vacated.   Scores of old buildings in Rawalpindi city and cantonment are in very poor condition and are posing life threat to the residents. These buildings exist in Sarafa Bazaar, Bhabra Bazaar, Banni Chowk, […]

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DC Larkana and SSP Larkana visit highly sensitive polling stations

LARKANA:Deputy Commissioner Larkana Tarique Manzoor Chandio along with SSP Larkana Sarfaraz Nawaz Shaikh, on Sunday visited the most sensitive polling stations and reviewed the security measures  there.   During the visit, SSP Larkana met with the police officials stationed at the polling stations.   After visiting the polling stations, they visited different areas of the […]

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Polio Refusal cases need to be administered on priority: Commissioner

RAWALPINDI: Commissioner Rawalpindi Noor-ul-Amin Mengal underlined the need for giving special attention to unattended and Polio refusal cases and those coming from outside districts and still deprived of regular polio immunization vaccines.   According to Commissioner’s office spokesman, administering the anti-polio drops to a child under five years of age on Saturday by inaugurating the […]

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Adiala residents urge WASA to address acute water shortage

RAWALPINDI:The residents of Adyala Road urged the Water and Sanitation Agency to resolve the acute water shortage prevalent in the area which was pending for the past six months.   The water shortage issue was aggravating in several areas including UC Daman Syedan, Mumtaz Market, Ali Town, and Khayaban-e-Jinnah.   The area residents said that […]

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MPA, Deputy Commissioner inspect Shahabpura flyover

SIALKOT:Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz MPA Muhammad Manshaullah Butt and Deputy Commissioner   Maisam Abbas on Sunday visited Shahabpura Flyover and inspected the quality of carpeting  and installation of LED lights on the flyover.  Former Mayor Municipal Corporation Sialkot Tauheed Akhtar, XEN Highway Noman Ashraf,  Deputy Director (DD) Development Mohsin, Chief Officer (CO) Municipal Corporation Sialkot (MCS)  Zubair […]

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