By Haider Ali

LAHORE: Sindh Assembly has received the highest score of 68%, closely followed by the Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa at 66%, while Balochistan Assembly got the lowest score of 35%, according to an assessment report on the ‘Comparative performance of the four Provincial Assemblies of Pakistan in the third Parliamentary year (2015-2016)’ by Pakistan Institute of […]

LAHORE: The Lahore Waste Management Company (LWMC) has launched a cleanup operation at The Mall after peaceful dispersion of Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) workers from their sit-in venue and removed as many as 15 tonnes of waste on Saturday. Manual sweeping, waste container lifting, and mechanical washing were carried out early in the morning to […]

LAHORE: Scattered rain turned the city’s weather pleasant on Tuesday evening, giving relief to citizens during the holy month of Ramazan. During the next 24 hours, thunderstorms with gusty winds are expected to hit various places of Lahore and other parts of country. Rising temperature during the daytime, especially in Ramazan, has resulted in several […]

LAHORE: The Punjab government has allocated Rs 7.848 billion for the communication sector in the non-development budget estimates for the fiscal year 2016-2017 on Monday. Out of the total budget of communication sector, Rs 334.5 million would be spent for administration, Rs 7.339 billion for highways, roads and bridges and Rs 174.2 million has been […]

LAHORE: Shopkeepers at Ramazan bazaars are facing shortage of vegetables and fruits due to the three-day continuous closure of Ravi Road vegetable market. Shopkeepers criticised the City District Government Lahore (CDGL) on its failure to provide them selling items on time, as per the consumer demand. This scribe visited various Ramazan bazaars that were established […]

LAHORE: Azauj, a revolutionary matrimonial matchmaking service, has launched an exclusive service to facilitate the disabled people and in this regard, held a ceremony at the Arfa Software Technology Park on Sunday. The Azauj team, which is committed to provide efficient matchmaking service to Pakistanis living all over the world, has started this service on […]

LAHORE: The World Environment Day (WED) was observed across the provincial capital with an aim to preserve the, which is a source of income for every country. World Wildlife Fund (WWF)-Pakistan, Lahore Waste Management Company (LWMC) and Lahore Zoo separately celebrated WED and arranged walks and informative session for public where speakers highlighted the importance […]

LAHORE: Despite rigorous efforts made to highlight the value of human rights, especially women’s rights, in the last decade, there is still a grave need of gender parity in Punjab. Considerable inequality was observed across the justice sector institutions in the first Punjab Gender Parity Report (PGPR) and Gender Management Information System (MIS), Daily Times […]

LAHORE: The Lahore Waste Management Company (LWMC) has prepared an Emergency Response Plan for the monsoon season from 10 June to 15 September, aiming to ensure clean, waste-free drains across the city during the monsoon season. The plan has been prepared after consultation with the field staff of LWMC and WASA. The major objective of […]