PM announces launch of national initiative to promote organ donation By: APP on September 16, 2024Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has announced the launch of a national initiative aimed at promoting organ donation, which features a special logo for voluntary organ donors on National Identity Cards. ‘Individuals who voluntarily register themselves as organ donors will have a special, exclusive logo printed on their National Identity Cards, symbolizing their commitment to giving […]
President grants Rs15.2m relief to nine insurance policyholders By: APP on September 14, 2024President Asif Ali Zardari on Friday upheld nine decisions of the Federal Insurance Ombudsman (FIO), directing two insurance companies to pay a collective sum of over Rs 15.2 million to insurance policyholders or their family members. The president gave these directions while rejecting six representations of EFU Life Assurance Ltd and three representations of Pak-Qatar […]
Police stations to run on solar power in Punjab By: inp on September 5, 2024In a major shift towards renewable energy, all 737 police stations in Punjab, including those in Lahore, will be equipped with solar power systems. IG Punjab Dr Usman said the solarisation project will be completed in two phases. In the first phase, solar systems are being installed at 350 police stations, including 40 in Lahore. […]
Malnutrition Crisis By: Daily Times on September 3, 2024Malnutrition, a silent killer, has been wreaking havoc on millions of women and children worldwide, but the situation appears to be headed towards a point of no return in Pakistan, where report after report asks the authorities to urgently address the plight of nearly 44 per cent of its undernourished children. With at least 14 […]
Karsaz Incident By: Abdul Rasool Syed on August 28, 2024Intoxicated by power and pelf, Natasha Iqbal CEO of two companies and managing director of seven other business entities ran her luxurious SUV over five poor people ruthlessly including father and daughter who succumbed to death on the spot near Karzar Karachi. This horrific incident went viral on social media with the debate that the […]
1.92m olive saplings distributed among farmers By: APP on August 26, 2024Punjab Agriculture Secretary Iftikhar Ali Sahu has said that 1.92 million olive saplings were provided to farmers to transform Pothohar region into an “olive valley.” According to official sources, 1.32 million saplings were distributed free of cost by the Punjab Agriculture Department, while an additional 600,000 saplings were supplied under a national project at a […]
Contrasting claims on internet slowdown create more fuss By: Agencies on August 22, 2024Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) Chairman Major General (retd) Hafeezur Rehman has claimed that a fault in a submarine cable is disrupting internet services across Pakistan. He expressed these remarks during a meeting of the National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Information Technology chaired by Syed Aminul Haque. The statement comes days after State Minister for Information […]
Poor road infrastructure in Balochistan draws Senate panel’s ire By: inp on August 21, 2024The meeting of Senate Standing Committee on Communications held with Senator Pervaiz Rashid in chair on Tuesday criticized the National Highway Authority (NHA) over poor road conditions and mismanagement in Balochistan. The Senate Body on Communications in its session focused on a notice by Senator Samina Mumtaz Zehri, addressing alarming statistics from the Balochistan Medical […]
Sustainable Measures? By: Daily Times on August 9, 2024Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb took great pride in announcing how Pakistan has managed to get another year rollover in its debt commitments to China, Saudi Arabia and the UAE. Expectedly so, because these countries have, in one form or another, stood in Pakistan’s corner on every such occasion. However, the fact that we have averted […]
Critical Backlog By: Daily Times on August 6, 2024In stark contrast to what daily mentions of our honourable judiciary in the national media may suggest, the bench has yet to address the backlog of cases gathering dust before it – even reaching a critical point – and does not have the time or space to dabble in judicial adventurism. Despite a steadfast resolve […]