Category: Pakistan
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UNDP Calls for Review of Pakistan’s Provincial Resource Distribution System
Islamabad, Pakistan: The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has urged Pakistan to review its current system for distributing resources among the provinces, warning that the country faces a significant gap between development policies and their effective implementation at the grassroots level. The remarks were made during a strategic dialogue titled “A Nation at a Turning…
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Sindh Government Hands Over Rs8.5 Billion Karachi Infrastructure Projects to FWO
Karachi, Pakistan: The Sindh government has entrusted the Frontier Works Organization (FWO) with the execution of four major infrastructure projects in Karachi worth approximately Rs8.5 billion, aiming to improve the city’s road network and ease traffic congestion. According to officials, work on three of the four mega projects will officially begin on the ground during…
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SP Cantt Removed After Police Raid at Attorney General’s House in Lahore
Lahore, Pakistan: The Superintendent of Police (SP) Cantt has been removed from his position following the controversial police raid on the residence of Attorney General of Pakistan Mansoor Awan in Lahore. According to police officials, the Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Lahore has appointed two senior officers to conduct an inquiry into the incident. The…
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Roof Collapse in Lahore Kills 10, Several Injured as Rescue Operation Continues
Lahore, Pakistan: At least 10 people lost their lives after the roof of a residential house collapsed in Lahore’s Baghbanpura area during heavy rainfall, rescue officials confirmed. Three other people sustained injuries and were shifted to a nearby hospital for medical treatment, while rescue teams continued clearing the debris in search of any remaining victims.…
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Showers in parts of Punjab, Islamabad mark onset of fresh monsoon spell
Parts of Punjab and Islamabad received rain on Wednesday morning, marking the onset of a fresh monsoon spell in the country just as a previous one that caused flooding in several areas of Punjab and over 100 deaths ended. As of 11am, one injury in a rain-related incident in Punjab’s provincial capital, Lahore, was reported during the…
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Green Railway Corridor project launched in Punjab to turn railway land into parks
LAHORE: The Punjab government has launched the Green Railway Corridor project to transform neglected railway land into parks and recreational spaces along the tracks as a part of a plan for a greener and smog-free Punjab. According to a handout, the project, comprising four phases, envisages the development of 32 parks on abandoned railway land…
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Sindh’s rabies toll rises to 19 after boy dies at Badin hospital
KARACHI: An eight-year-old boy has recently died of rabies at the Badin campus of Indus Hospital, officially known as Dr Sikandar Ali Mandhro Civil Hospital, raising the total recorded deaths from the deadly infectious disease to 19, it emerged on Tuesday. An informed source said it’s the first rabies case at the facility. A total…
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444 heritage buildings in Karachi are in dilapidated condition, PAC told
KARACHI: The Sindh Building Control Authority (SBCA) on Tuesday informed the Public Accounts Committee that 588 dangerous and dilapidated buildings existed in Karachi, including 444 heritage structures, out of 741 such buildings identified across Sindh. The disclosure was made during a meeting chaired by PAC Chairman Nisar Khuhro, which reviewed audit paras related to the…
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Karachi Water and Sewerage Corporation intensifies chlorination of water to combat Naegleria threat
• Utility, health dept to jointly collect, analyse water samples• Official says chlorination of water in nine filtration plants at six pumping sites continues• WB to fund establishment of 29 chlorination centres across Karachi, meeting told KARACHI: The Karachi Water and Sewerage Corporation (KWSC) has claimed to have reinforced water chlorination, continuous quality monitoring, surveillance,…
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AJK police accuse JAAC of targeting LEAs, say 26 personnel martyred this year
Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Police on Wednesday said that 26 personnel were martyred this year during incidents of unrest as they accused the proscribed Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC) of deliberately targeting law enforcement agencies (LEAs). Addressing a press conference, AJK police spokesperson and Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Riaz Mughal said that members of the…
