According to Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar, the Air Rescue Service Project has been included in the annual development program (ADP) 2021-22. According to official sources, the cabinet standing committee on Finance and Development endorsed the incorporation of the air rescue service plan in the ADP on Sunday. According to Usman Buzdar, the project will modernize rescue services and it is...
According to Punjab Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) Director-General GoharNafees, 70% of Lahore is illegally developed. He said his department is drafting recommendations on how to deal with such a plethora of "illegality" legally or procedurally, speaking at a ceremony commemorating International Anti-Corruption Day. During an unofficial discussion, the ACE director stated that the number of...
On Wednesday, the Lahore High Court hinted that schools and private offices in the provincial metropolis would be closed weekly due to poor air quality index (AQI). After hearing several petitions in the public interest on environmental issues, Judge Shahid Karim observed that the air quality index had deteriorated to dangerous levels, making the entire city one of the most polluted cities in the world....
According to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), the government's pressure and intimidation have sped up the process of placing tenders to purchase electronic voting machines (EVMs). The commission asserted that it holds constitutional authority to accomplish the task. Sources who are privy to the matter told The Express Tribune that the ECP alleged pressure on the electoral body to expedite the...
After four school children died in a traffic accident on a highway in Bahawalpur, the decision was made at a meeting of the local commissioners, regional police officers (RPOs), and relevant departments. At the Civil Secretariat, the meeting was chaired by Chief Secretary Kamran Ali Afzal. Rao Sardar Ali Khan, Additional Inspector General of Police (IG) Motorway Police, administrative secretaries of...
Punjab is quickly becoming the top destination for investors, with a total potential investment of Rs45 billion in the pipeline from various sectors around the world. The Punjab Board of Investment and Trade (PBIT) organized the conference as part of their PunjabEaseGoing Global program and endorsement of Punjab at the Pakistan Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai. Mian Aslam Iqbal, on behalf of Chief Minister...
Pakistan Petrol Pump Dealers Association (PPDA) has announced a countrywide strike on November 25, as they are "not interested in selling petrol "on low-profit margins". The Secretary of Pakistan Petroleum Dealers Association (PPDA) Noman Ali Butt said that the petrol pumps in Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan will also be closed. According to the spokesperson of PPDA, the government is giving...
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Pakistan have agreed on a $600 million new comprehensive social protection development program that will aid the government's attempts to implement the Ehsaas program in a planned, consistent, and calculated manner. Institutional capacity for social protection and climate adaptation will be improved as part of the program. On Thursday, ADB Country Director Yong Ye...
The United States government, along with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), will give $7 million to the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) proceeding project to address the secondary effects of Coronavirus disease in Pakistan. In this view, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Mission Director Julie Koenen, and ADB Country Director Yong Ye take part...