LAHORE: A total of 5 development schemes spanning various sectors were approved by the government on Wednesday for an estimated cost of Rs24.959 billion. DrWasifKhurshid, Chairman of Planning & Development Board, presided over the 37th meeting of the Provincial Development Working Party (PDWP) of fiscal year 2022-23 that approved these schemes. A number of development schemes were approved,...
LAHORE: Several healthcare projects have been assigned a total of Rs26 billion by Chief Minister Chaudhry PervaizElahi for providing quality healthcare facilities to the people. Accordingly, on Tuesday, the chief minister launched projects worth more than Rs15 billion. There was a ceremony at the office of the Chief Minister to launch the initiative. A record Rs26 billion was provided to improve health...
LAHORE: The Water and Sanitation Agency (Wasa) and Bank of Punjab (BoP) have signed an MOU to facilitate online water bill payments. Ghafran Ahmed, Managing Director of Wasa, and Farid Ahmed Khan, Chief Executive Officer of Bank of Punjab, signed the agreement on Tuesday. In addition to Faridullah Khan, Sharjeel Raza Khan, Aamir Dar, Hameed Khan, and Mian M Munir, with the Director of Finance Athar...
LAHORE: Approximately Rs18.767 billion will be spent on nine development schemes approved by the Punjab government on Monday. The Planning & Development Board Chairman Abdullah Khan Sumbal presided over the 35th Provincial Development Working Party (PDWP) meeting of fiscal year 2022-23, which approved the schemes. Development schemes approved by the council included the following: A total of...
LAHORE: As part of its effort to protect the Ravi River from pollution, the Water and Sanitation Authority Wasa has signed an agreement with the European Agency for the establishment of a project management unit (PMU) for Babu Sabu Wastewater Treatment Plant. Currently, the municipal and industrial wastewater from the provincial capital goes untreated into the Ravi, which has drastically reduced the...
LAHORE: In order to procure transformers, circuit breakers and other equipment for the transmission system of NTDC, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) will give NTDC a loan of $189 million. A Pakistani autonomous power transmission company under the Ministry of Energy, the National Transmission & Despatch Company carries out transmission of power across the country. For the purpose of upgrading...
LAHORE: Punjab governor Balighur Rehman acknowledged the importance of retail in the country's economy, saying logistics, banking, real estate, education, printing, packaging, and many other businesses relied on it. It is admirable that the retail sector employs about 14% of the nation's workforce, he said at the "Second Pakistan Future of Retail Business Summit and Expo 2022" on Wednesday. Due to...
LAHORE: The Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Lahore Ghulam Mahmood Dogar has said that a pleasant atmosphere and improved working conditions play a significant role in ensuring high-quality services for citizens; In his inauguration address to the participants of the newly constructed building of the Sub Divisional Police Office (SDPO) Naulakha, he made this statement. He inaugurated the event....
LAHORE: As a result of the positive response to the Waste-to-Energy project by Lahore Waste Management Company, a Chinese firm, China National Electric Engineering Company, has also expressed its interest in the project. LWMC CEO Ali Anan Qamar and Fan Xingrui, led by Fan Xingrui, discussed important details of the project on Monday with a Chinese delegation. In Thailand, the National Engineering...