Livestock secretary reviews measures for flood-hit areas

LAHORE:Punjab Livestock Secretary Muhammad Malik Bhulla has said that flood relief camps of the department are working in 435 flood sectors and 314 sub-sectors, established across the province. He said this while presiding over a meeting which was held to review the measures of the Livestock Department in the wake of flood situation. He said […]

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PM leaves for Balochistan to visit flood-hit areas

LAHORE:Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif left here for a day-long visit to Balochistan’s flood-affected areas. Federal Ministers Sardar Israr Tareen, Marriyum Aurangzeb, Maulana Abdul Wasay, Nawabzada Shahzain Bugti, Minister of State Muhammad Hashim Notezai, Member of National Assembly Salahuddin Ayubi and Chairman National Disaster Management Authority Lieutenant General Akhtar Nawaz accompanied the prime minister. On his […]

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Kashmiris to highlight Indian brutalities on ‘Exploitation Day’: Lone

ISLAMABAD:Hurriyat leader Abdul Hameed Lone said on Monday that 5th August would be observed “Exploitation Day” by highlighting Kashmir cause at international fora as Modi led Indian government stripped the special status of Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOK) on that day. Highlighting the dark Indian step of revocation of the special status of […]

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Health sector planning in Merged Distts to align with KP Strategic Plan

PESHAWAR:In collaboration with the Khyber Medical University (KMU), Peshawar, GIZ FATA Development Program funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and the European Union (EU) assisted the Health Department of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in the process of aligning the health sector planning in the merged districts with the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Health […]

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“Sab Say Pehlay Pakistan” flag rally held

RAWALPINDI:Punjab Arts Council Rawalpindi on Monday organized the “Pakistan First” artist flag rally in connection with the Diamond Jubilee celebrations of Pakistan. The rally started from Benazir Bhutto Road and culminated at PAC, led by Director Arts Council Waqar Ahmed. Dozens of artists, including Anjum Khabibi, Yar Muhammad Khan, Raja Abdul Sattar, Arshad Khan, and […]

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613 ICTP policemen to perform duties for religious gatherings in Muharram

ISLAMABAD:Islamabad Capital Police (ICTP) has devised a special traffic plan for Muharram ul Harram to deploy more than 613 policemen including officers and jawans on the various routes of processions to avoid any inconvenience to the road users. Senior Superintendent of Police (Traffic) Dr Syed Mustafa Tanweer in a meeting finalised special traffic plan in […]

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Rains: Field staff ordered to intensify cotton surveillance

MULTAN:Secretary agriculture south Punjab Saqib Ali Ateel on Monday visited different parts of Multan to assess impact of rain on cotton crop and ordered field staff to intensify cotton surveillance to take timely steps and extend advice to farmers to plug chances of damage to the crop. During visit to Jhok Vanse Warli and other […]

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SMBR reviews relief measures in DG Khan flood-hit areas

LAHORE:Senior Member Board of Revenue (SMBR) and Punjab Relief Commissioner Zahid Akhtar Zaman reviewed the relief activities and flood situation in Dera Ghazi Khan during a meeting in the Commissioner’s office on Monday. According to a handout issued here, the Relief Commissioner directed the authorities concerned to speed up the relief operations in the flood […]

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