Author Archives: Staff Reporter
Feed SubscriptionCanadian NGO World Vision’s National Director Fred Witteveen meets Khalil Tahir Sandhu
Lahore: Canadian NGO World Vision’s National Director Fred Witteveen met Punjab Minister for Minorities Affairs and Human Rights Khalil Tahir Sandhu and discussed matters pertaining to minorities’ affairs and human rights. The Minister gave a detailed briefing to National Director of the Canadian NGO on Minorities Affairs and Human Rights ... Read More »
PU Academic group announced support to the candidates of Teachers’ Front
Lahore: Punjab University Academic group has announced unconditional support to the candidates of Teachers’ Front in the upcoming Academic Staff Association’s annual elections. This was announced by Academic Group’s presidential candidate Dr Zulfiqar Ahmed in an important meeting of PU teachers held at Al Raazi Hall here on Tuesday. The ... Read More »
Lahore police arrested 16 persons in search operation
Lahore: On the direction of CCPO Lahore Capt (r) Ameen Vance and DIG operations Doctor Haider Ashraf search operation was conducted by Lahore Police in the whole city under supervision of divisional SPs. Police has checked 6059 persons and taken 16 persons into custody for not having complete documents. Action of 55/109 has been taken ... Read More »
Next elections would be a day of reckoning for the political pundits:Sirajul Haq
Lahore: Ameer, Jamaat e Islami, Pakistan Sirajul Haq stressed that all political parties should sink their differences and join hands on a one point agenda of the solution of the problems facing the country and the nation. He said that people were committing suicides due to poverty but the ruling elite that ... Read More »
Air Chief Marshal Tahir Rafique Butt calls on King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa
Lahore: Air Chief Marshal Tahir Rafique Butt, Chief of the Air Staff, Pakistan Air Force called on His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa at Safriya Palace, Manama (Bahrain) today. HM the King welcomed the Air Chief and conveyed his greetings to the Pakistani President and Prime Minister as ... Read More »
Chief Secretary Punjab presides over a meeting of Walled City Authority
Lahore: Chief Secretary Punjab Khizar Hayat Gondal has said that all stakeholders should be consulted for preserving historical buildings inside the city and a strategy should be evolved in the light of their proposals. Presiding over a meeting of Walled City Authority, the Chief Secretary said that cultural heritage is ... Read More »
K-Electric Signs Accord with China’s CMEC for 700 MW Power Projects
Karachi: In order to overcome the growing demand of electricity in the metropolis, KE has signed an accord with one of the biggest Engineering and construction companies in China, called China Machinery Engineering Corporation (CMEC), which specializes in construction of power projects in Generation, Transmission and Distribution. On-board this Joint ... Read More »
Canada will continue to dedicate itself to supporting Holocaust remembrance:Prime Minister Stephen Harper
Toronto: Prime Minister Stephen Harper today issued the following statement marking the International Day of Commemoration to Honour the Victims of the Holocaust: “Today marks the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest of Nazi Germany’s concentration and death camps. On this sombre day, the world has an ... Read More »
UIG lauds Shahbaz Sharif for focusing on alternative energy
Lahore: Decision of the Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif to convert government schools to solar energy under the off-grid solar solution programme will go a long way in resolving energy crisis, a business leader said Tuesday. The decision of the chief minister to convert more than 4,000 primary schools of ... Read More »