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Lahore: Punjab Government Decides to Crack Down on Polluting Vehicles
LAHORE: The Punjab government has decided to take action against smoke-emitting and pollution-causing vehicles operated by government departments as part of a broader campaign to control air pollution. A meeting chaired by Punjab Senior Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb reviewed measures to tackle pollution and discussed preparations for the rice harvesting season. The meeting was also briefed…
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Bilawal Butto Zardari Arrives in London from Austria
Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has arrived in London from Austria, according to sources. Sources said that members of Bilawal Bhutto Zardari’s staff also accompanied him to London. His arrival comes around 48 hours after President Asif Ali Zardari reached the British capital from Austria. According to sources, President Asif Ali Zardari…
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Peshawar: Free Electric Scooters Approved for Female Students and Working Women
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has approved a plan to provide free electric scooters to female students and working women in Peshawar. The decision was made during a meeting chaired by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi. During the meeting, the chief minister directed relevant authorities to take immediate steps to ensure the provision of…
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Pakistan Says Islamabad Memorandum Cannot Be Declared Dead or Ineffective
Pakistan has rejected any suggestion that the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding could be considered dead, ineffective, or irrelevant, saying that a framework for peace remains in place and that Islamabad continues to hope that the parties involved in the US-Iran conflict will eventually return to negotiations. Foreign Office spokesperson Tahir Hussain Andrabi made the remarks…
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Punjab CM approves Rs1bln road schemes for Sargodha
Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif has given the go-ahead to eight development schemes aimed at constructing, rehabilitating and upgrading roads across Sargodha district under the Own Source Revenue initiative. The projects carry a combined estimated cost of approximately Rs1 billion. According to a press release issued by the Deputy Commissioner’s Office, a number of…
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WASA installs fire hydrants at government hospitals
FAISALABAD: The Water and Sanitation Agency (WASA) has launched a comprehensive initiative to strengthen fire safety at government hospitals across Faisalabad, installing four fire hydrants at different locations of Allied Hospital-I. The initiative comes in the wake of a devastating fire at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS), which claimed the lives of 14…
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Punjab approves Rs 500m interest-free loan scheme for women entrepreneurs, artisans
Punjab Small Industries Corporation (PSIC) Board, in its 137th meeting here on Tuesday, approved an interest-free loan scheme worth Rs 500 million for women entrepreneurs and artisans. Provincial Minister for Industries and Commerce Chaudhry Shafay Hussain chaired the meeting that considered a 14-point agenda. The meeting reviewed progress on establishing new Small Industrial Estates in…
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Mir Raza Ali case: Judicial commission summons seven key witnesses
KARACHI: The judicial commission probing the Mir Raza Ali murder case has summoned seven key witnesses to appear before the panel on September 3, ARY News reported on Wednesday. The commission has issued summons to the SDPO Shahrah-e-Faisal and the SHO Ferozabad, directing both police officials to appear and record their statements.An online taxi driver,…
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GLOF threat: KP PDMA alerts upper districts amid heat and rain
PESHAWAR: The Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has issued an alert for the province’s upper districts over the potential risk of Glacial Lake Outburst Floods (GLOFs), warning that rising temperatures and intermittent rainfall could accelerate glacier melting and increase water levels in glacial lakes. According to the advisory, hot weather conditions combined with…
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Digital parking system in Karachi nears completion: Murtaza Wahab
Karachi Mayor Murtaza Wahab has said that the pilot project for the introduction of a digital parking system in designated parking lots of the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) is nearing completion and is expected to become operational within the next few days. In a statement on social media, Murtaza Wahab clarified that the KMC has…
