LAHORE:Furniture and related items worth hundreds of thousands of rupees were reduced to ashes when a fire erupted in furniture market, in front of Shalimar Gardens, Baghbanpura area, on Wednesday. Police said that on receiving information, 15 vehicles of Rescue-1122 and 50 rescuers reached the spot and started fire extinguishing operation. Nearly 52 temporary shops […]
Read MoreSUKKUR:Divisional Commissioner Sukkur, Ghulam Mustafa Phul has directed all deputy commissioners of the Sukkur division to ensure the availability of essential commodities at fixed rates and not to leave people at the mercy of profiteers and hoarders under any circumstance. Presiding over a meeting here on Wednesday, he said that the lives and properties of […]
Read MoreFAISALABAD:The price control magistrates imposed Rs 134,500 fine on 39 shopkeepers on the charge of profiteering, and arrested five others over violation of the Price Control Act in different parts of Faisalabad during the past 12 hours. A spokesman for the administration said here on Wednesday that magistrates, after receiving 22 complaints regarding overcharging, checked […]
Read MoreSUKKUR:An anti-mosquito spray drive would be conducted across the Sukkur district from January 28-30, Municipal Commissioner, Sukkur Municipal Corporation (SMC), Muhammad Ali Shaikh said on Wednesday. He was presiding over a meeting of municipal officials at his office. The municipal commissioner said that the campaign was being conducted by SMC on the directives of Administrator […]
Read MorePESHAWAR:The speakers at a day-long conference here at Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Women University on Wednesday called for harnessing and preparing youth for peace and prosperity in the country. They said the youth, especially females, have great potential to excel in different fields and it was imperative to train and guide them in a proper direction […]
Read MoreSIALKOT:The district police, during a crackdown on drug-peddlers and criminal elements, have arrested nine persons, and recovered narcotics, liquor and illicit weapons from them. According to a spokesperson, the district police carried out raids in different areas of Sialkot district and detained Hamza, Faisal Iqbal, Shafique, Babar Rasheed, Abdullah Shah, Muhammed Ikram, Naqash, Irfan Gull […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:United States Embassy Deputy Chief of Mission Andrew Schofer on Wednesday highlighted the valuable contributions of the US-Pakistani diaspora, which was a key partner in the humanitarian, social, and commercial sectors in Pakistan. Andrew Schofer, at a US-Pakistani diaspora conference here in the Federal Capital, also shed light on the longstanding US-Pakistan partnership to advance […]
Read MoreLAHORE:The Railways Police Lahore division have recovered a stolen iPhone set of Professor Khalid Mahmood, a British citizen of Pakistani origin. Prof Khalid’s iPhone set was stolen three years ago when he was traveling from Hyderabad to Faisalabad in Millat Express train. He had gone to the UK without filing a report with the Railways […]
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