WHO endorses KAKHTAH appraisal about waterborne diseases

LAHORE:World Health Organisation (WHO) has re-endorsed the alarm raised by the Disaster Epidemiological Susceptibilities and Pandemic Outbreak (DESPO) appraisals under the UN KAKHTAH, in their health risk alerts during the last two weeks. In a statement issued by a spokesperson for KAKHTAH repository Dr Alex Jayawardene, shared with reporter here on Sunday, Aurangzeb Hafi’s DESPO […]

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FGRF plans to construct 10,000 houses for flood victims across country

ISLAMABAD:Faizan Global Relief Foundation (FGRF), a non-profitable organization, is entering in rehabilitation phase besides rescue and relief activities and planning to construct 10,000 single-storey houses for the flood victims across the country at the initial stage. As per plan, it would construct 100 houses in clusters at 100 various points to be designated by the […]

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Distt Admin taking concrete measures to ensure best facilities at educational institutions

D.I.KHAN:The district administration was taking concrete measures to ensure best facilities in educational institutions. In this regard, Assistant Commissioner Paharpur Aneeq Anwar has visited different schools of the Tehsil where he checked the educational activities and attendance of students as well as teachers. The assistant commissioner also checked the availability of clean drinking water and […]

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Capital Police establishes Overseas Pakistanis Complaints Cell

ISLAMABAD:Islamabad Capital Territory Police (ICTP) has established an Overseas Pakistanis Complaints Cell here at the Central Police Office for early redressal of their grievances. The cell, headed by Superintendent of Police (SP) Faryal Farid, would be functional 24/7 to facilitate the Pakistani expats, its spokesman told reporter. He said the complaints may be lodged via […]

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Haqqani accuses KP govt of using anti-dengue funds on by-election campaign

PESHAWAR:Former provincial minister Maulana Amanullah Haqqani has accused Khyber Pakhtankhwa government of using funds and provincial resources allocated for containing the spread of dengue on Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) by-election campaign. Haqqani, who is also the provincial deputy general secretary of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam, made these remarks in a statement issued here on Sunday. He alleged that […]

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674 accused arrested by police in last week

KARACHI:Karachi Police in its drive against criminals arrested as many as 674 accused during last week from different parts of the megalopolis. According to spokesperson for Karachi Police on Sunday, about 27 accused were arrested in 17 encounters during which two accused were killed while 25 were arrested in injured condition. Police recovered 25 pistols […]

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Khanpur dam spillways opened sixth time during last one month; XEN

KHANPUR:The Khanpur dam administration on Sunday opened the spillways sixth time during last one month as the water level in Khanpur Dam was increased up to the maximum conservation limit of 1982 feet. The inflow of water in the dam was 670 cusecs and the outflow from the canal was 136 cusecs. Talking to reporter […]

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