Rural areas witness surge in number of women entrepreneurs on July 30, 2016LAHORE: Female entrepreneurs belonging to small-scale industries in rural areas were six times more in number as compared to such entrepreneurs in urban areas of Punjab, whereas proportion of male proprietors in both areas was approximately same, Daily Times has surge learnt. It is pertinent to mention that male proprietors were dominant as compared to […]
NH∓ to facilitate disabled children of employees on July 26, 2016LAHORE: National Highways and Motorway Police (NH&MP) Inspector General Shaukat Hayat announced that special educational and welfare package would be introduced for the disabled children of employees as well as children of martyred officials. He was addressing the families of martyred police officials at NH&MP Zonal Office on Monday. DIG Mirza Faran Baig and SSP […]
Passing out ceremony of 217 rescuers held on July 25, 2016LAHORE: The passing out ceremony of 217 rescuers from Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Gilgit-Baltistan and Punjab was held at the Emergency Services Academy (ESA) on Monday. As many as 53 rescuers from Punjab, 130 from Gilgit-Baltistan and 34 from Azad Jammu and Kashmir have successfully completed their professional training organised at the ESA. Special Advisor […]
WASA fails to ensure regular supply of drinking water on July 24, 2016LAHORE: Uninterrupted supply of water to citizens in the largest city of Punjab was becoming a major challenge for the Water and Sanitation Agency (WASA). WASA has failed to provide nonstop supply of clean drinking water to Lahoris, which was not only causing annoyance among people but was also increasing the number of protests against […]
Mandatory training of Lⅅ officers concludes on July 23, 2016LAHORE: Punjab Livestock and Dairy Development Department (L&DD), in collaboration with University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (UVAS), conducted the concluding ceremony of the two-month mandatory training course of L&DD officers for their promotion from BPS-18 to BPS-19 on Saturday. According to details, 70 officers of grade BPS-18 participated from different districts of Punjab and […]
Victims accuse administration of Rs one billion fraud on July 22, 2016LAHORE: Homeland Real Estate and Builders (HREB) and Paragon City have been accused for jointly looting more than Rs one billion in the name of selling and purchasing property from numerous families during the last 6-7 months. Muhammad Qurban, a victim of the scam, was also kidnapped recently, as he raised voice against the abovementioned […]
Ajoka Theatre will participate in the 2nd Hamsaya Theatre Festival in India on July 21, 2016LAHORE: A 45-member team of Ajoka Theatre comprising of actors and technicians have left Pakistan for India to cross the Wagha Border on Thursday to participating in the 2nd Hamsaya Theatre Festival. The Hamsaya Theatre Festival will open on Saturday in Tagore Theatre, Chandigarh and will feature Ajoka’s five plays. The plays include “Dara”, “Kaun […]
A post-Eid Music Gala held in Lahore on July 15, 2016LAHORE: Classical singer Ustad Shabbir Hussain Jhari Khan captured the attention of the audience and gave a tremendous performance on the occasion of Eid Music Gala festival which was held in Lahore on Thursday. A fusion of violin, keyboard, tabla, clarinet, dhol and harmonium became a part of the Eid Music Gala that was held […]
LDA approves Rs 93.48bn budget for 2016-17 on July 15, 2016LAHORE: The governing body of Lahore Development Authority (LDA) has approved annual budget for LDA and its subordinate agencies, including Water and Sanitation Agency (WASA) and Traffic Engineering and Transport Planning Agency (TEPA), for the fiscal year 2016-17 on Thursday. Total resources of LDA, WASA and TEPA have been estimated at Rs 93.48 billion out […]
UET names its new boys hostel after Edhi on July 12, 2016LAHORE: University of Engineering and Technology (UET) Lahore has named its newly built boys hostel as ‘Abdul Sattar Edhi Hall’ while paying tribute to late Edhi, the iconic social worker. This was announced in a resolution, which was passed unanimously by the house during a meeting of all deans and heads of teaching and non-teaching […]