Govt bans fountains, outdoor swimming pools to control dengue

LAHORE:In the wake of an increase in dengue cases in the province, the Punjab government has decided to take strict measures to protect the health and lives of people and issued instructions to relevant authorities to take stern action, including registration of cases and arrests, over violation of dengue standard operating procedures (SOPs). Punjab Chief […]

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NH&MP DIG reviews officers’ performance

LAHORE:National Highways and Motorway Police (NH&MP) Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Mahboob Aslam visited the M-3 Sector Office Motorway on Saturday and reviewed performance of the officers. During a meeting with the NH&MP officers, the DIG directed them to improve their capabilities according to the challenges, faced by the department and ordered for effective patrolling to […]

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Indonesia announces first case of monkeypox

ISLAMABAD:Indonesia has announced its first case of monkeypox, an international traveler returning home from a country with confirmed cases, the Health Ministry said on Saturday. Health Ministry spokesperson Mohammad Syahril said the patient, a 27-year-old male, returned home in Jakarta on Aug. 8, and started to feel feverish six days later with smallpox rashes on […]

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Heavy rains cause massive losses to human lives, livestock, houses, crops : Sharjeel

HYDERABAD:The Sindh Minister for Information,Transport and Mass Transit Sharjeel Inam Memon has said the heavy rains have caused massive losses to human lives, livestock, houses and crops in the province. Talking to the mediamen here on Saturday Memon, who is also the focal person for the rain emergency in Hyderabad, told that the city received […]

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Rescue 1122 shifts stranded persons to safer places in flood hit areas

DERA GHAZI KHAN:Emergency Service Rescue 1122 shifted 11,435 flood stranded people to safer places during a special operation, participated by over 905 Rescuers in Dera Ghazi Khan, Rajanpur and Taunsa Sharif. According to official sources, nearly 2850 animals were also shifted to different camps. Following direction from high ups, Rescue 1122 introduced 53 sectors for […]

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342 villages, 80 UCs affect with flood water in DG Khan dist

RAJANPUR:The district administration DG Khan has issued initial report of the destruction and damages caused by rains and hill torrents during the period of July 25 to August 20. Exactly 342 mouzas and villages and communities, 80 union councils were affected by flood water, nearly seven lac people were directly affected by the hill torrent […]

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NADRA embraces massive digital transformation, gender parity: Chairman

ISLAMABAD:National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) Chairman Muhammad Tariq Malik said the authority embraced massive digital transformation through procedural and structural reforms during the last one year. Talking to PTV, he said that some 43 initiatives were planned during the period to digitalise NADRA and to improve its service delivery. Out of those initiatives, 27 […]

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ITP initiates action against those involved in wrong parking

ISLAMABAD:Islamabad Traffic Police (ITP) has launched a campaign against those involved in parking their vehicles wrongly, creating problems in smooth flow of traffic by occupying footpath areas. Following the directions of IGP Islamabad Dr. Akbar Nasir Khan, ITP has launched this campaign and Senior Superintendent of Police (Traffic) Dr. Syed Mustafa Tanveer is monitoring it. […]

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