Lahore: Member British Parliament and Chief Executive Officer of International Rescue Committee David Miliband along with a 5-member delegation visited Punjab Information Technology Board at Arfa Kareem Tower, here today. Chairman PITB Dr. Omer Saif while giving briefing to the delegation informed that government departments with the help of smart ... Read More »
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Feed SubscriptionProfiteers get arrested but did not down the prices in the city
Lahore: District Administration has continue its operation against the profiteers and hoardings but failed to down the prices of daily edibles .FIRs were registered against 33 shopkeepers on overcharging in Lahore the other day while 41 were arrested and a fine of over Rs. 5.17 lakh was imposed. DCO Lahore ... Read More »
Khalil Tahir distributes scholarships among the students of minority community
Lahore: The educational scholarships amounting to Rs.30 million are being provided to the talented students of minority community in the Punjab for specially merit basis. This was informed by Punjab Minister for Minority Affairs and Human Rights Khalil Tahir Sandhu here on Tuesday at Circuit House while distributing cheques of educational scholarships among ... Read More »
CLF and TLF will take place in Lahore on November 27-29 at the Children’s Library Complex
Lahore: The 15th Children’s Literature Festival (CLF) and the third Teachers’ Literature Festival (TLF) will take place in Lahore on November 27-29, 2014 at the Children’s Library Complex. CLF and TLF will be organized by Idara-e-Taleem-O-Aagahi (ITA), Oxford University Press (OUP) in collaboration with Open Society Foundations (OSF), Children’s Library ... Read More »
Dr Mujahid kicks off “Innovations in Teaching and Learning” in Punjab University
Lahore: Punjab University Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Mujahid Kamran has said that in the global arena, the only way to live with dignity is creation of new knowledge and the Muslims must invest in education sector for development. He was addressing the inaugural session of Pakistan’s largest International Conference of ... Read More »
Punjab Government approves special compensation grant to the dependents of deceased workers quartz stone grinding factories
Lahore: Chief Minister Punjab Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif on a summary initiated by Punjab Labour and Human Resource Department has approved an amount of Rs.5.4 million as special compensation grant to the dependents of 18 deceased workers quartz stone grinding factories of Gujranwala and Sialkot as Rs.0.300 million each. Chief Minister ... Read More »
Ambassador of Russia in Pakistan Elexey Yurievich Dedov called on Punjab Chief Minister
Lahore: Ambassador of Russia in Pakistan Elexey Yurievich Dedov called on Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif here today. Matters of mutual interest, bilateral relations and cooperation in different sectors were discussed on the occasion. Talking to the Russian Ambassador, the Chief Minister said that Pakistan and Russia have longstanding ... Read More »
Punjab Deaf Cricket Team departed for India
Lahore: Punjab Deaf Cricket Team departed for India on Tuesday for taking part in the 6-Nation Deaf Asia Cricket Cup being staged in Indian city of Dharmashala, Himachal Pradesh. Director General Sports Punjab Usman Anwar saw off the team at National Hockey Stadium. DG SBP expressed his hope that Punjab Deaf cricket ... Read More »
Kabaddi teams to prepare properly for the upcoming Kabaddi World Cup :Usman Anwar
Lahore: Director General Sports Board Punjab Usman Anwar has asked Pakistan’s male and female Kabaddi teams to prepare themselves properly for the upcoming Kabaddi World Cup being held in India next month. He expressed these views in a meeting with Lahore Lion Kabaddi team which returned from India after participating ... Read More »
Government has fixed sugarcane prices 180 rupees per 40KG:Dr. Farrukh Javed
Lahore: The Punjab Government has increased agricultural research allocations upto 200% to develop new crop varieties and agricultural technology to increase agricultural production in the country. This was stated by Dr. Farrukh Javed, Minister for Agriculture Punjab while addressing at “Wheat Sowing Inauguration event” at Ayub Agricultural Research Institute Faisalabad. ... Read More »