ISLAMABAD:The Supreme Court Monday summoned the Director General (DG) Anti-Corruption Punjab case of transfer of vehicle without verification by the Excise Department. A two-member SC bench comprising Justice Ijaz Ul Ahsan and Justice Sayyed Mazahar Ali Akbar Naqvi heard the case. The court summoned the DG Anti-Corruption as the investigating officer failed to answer the […]
Read MoreMULTAN:The expert sub-committee of Punjab Seed Council (PSC) has recommended two new Bt cotton varieties developed by scientists of Central Cotton Research Institute (CCRI) Multan, for PSC approval, CCRI Multan spokesman said on Monday. Recommendations were finalized in PSC’s expert sub-committee’s 83rd meeting held at Ayub Agriculture Research Institute (AARI) Faisalabad with chief scientist AARI […]
Read MoreRAWALPINDI:A week-long anti-polio campaign kicked off in the district on Monday to cover more than 948,000 children below five. Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Health Authority Dr Ansar Ishaq informed that around 4,465 polio teams, including 856 area inmates and 242 medical officers, were administering the vaccine while visiting door to door. In addition, the […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday reserved its judgment on a petition challenging the decision of a lower court for granting further two-day physical remand of PTI leader Shahbaz Gill to police. Acting Chief Justice Aamer Farooq heard the case against the accused’s remand in a sedition case registered by the Kohsar Police Station. […]
Read MoreTORGHAR: Deputy Commissioner (DC) Torghar Anwarzeb Khan Monday visited various fixed sites in the field and checked the activities of the anti-polio campaign on the first day of the polio vaccination drive. During the inspection, he also checked the tele sheets and fingerprints of the children. He also talked with parents/area elders protesting against the […]
Read MoreRAWALPINDI:As many as 1100 police personnel are providing security to 860 polio vaccinators during five-day vaccination campaign which began here on Monday. As part of the tightened security for polio workers, the police mobile vans deployed in the areas, where the polio workers are busy vaccinating the children. In addition, the police have been deployed […]
Read MoreLAHORE:Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Ghulam Mehmood Dogar promised on Monday that the anti-polio campaign supervisors, health workers and teams would be provided complete security. The campaign would continue from August 22 to 28 in the provincial capital, during which around two million children would be administered anti-polio vaccine. More than 1,200 police officers and […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) on Monday directed the federal and provincial ministries and departments to ensure preparedness measures after exceptionally high level flooding forecast in the hill torrents of Dera Ghazi (DG) Khan division, and in rivers, nullahs of eastern Balochistan. The NDMA issued an advisory to all the federal and provincial ministries […]
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