Washington to host ‘Invest in Karachi Summit’ in September on March 2, 2020Washington is going to host “Invest in Karachi Summit” scheduled to be held in first week of September this year. This was decided in a convention named “The Karachiites” held in Washington DC on Sunday. Over 500 people including businessmen, doctors, engineers, civil society activists and entrepreneurs attended the event. Mrs. Ishrat Memon, born in […]
Court awards death, life imprisonment, to blasphemy accused Junaid Hafeez on December 22, 2019An additional sessions judge on Saturday awarded death penalty to blasphemy accused Junaid Hafeez, son of Hafeez Naseer, in Multan. Judge Kashif Qayyum, in the verdict, awarded death penalty and fine of Rs 500,000 under Section 295-C; life imprisonment under Section 295-B and fine of Rs 100,000 under section 295-A of the Pakistan Penal Code. […]
Kabaddi Tolerance League being launched for peace building on December 17, 2019The Kabaddi Tolerance League is planned to be launched in Multan for promotion of peace, brotherhood and harmony. The league is being launched by Soft Heart Foundation, a non-government organisation. This was told by Soft Heart Foundation President Zia Rizwan. Zia Rizwan said that the district government was fully supporting this initiative of Soft Heart […]
Colourful tribute paid to farmers of Pakistan on December 3, 2019Pakistan’s leading fertiliser brand Sarsabz, as part of its Salam Kissan initiative, invited young painters from across Pakistan to pay tribute to Pakistan’s marginalised farmers through a two-day wall paint activity titled “Canvas Wall”, held at Fatima Group’s Pak Arab Plant in Multan. Hundreds of young painters across Pakistan participated in the pre-event online registration […]
Multan beats all cities of Punjab in garbage collection on November 13, 2019On the occasion of Eid Miladun Nabi (PBUH), Multan Solid Waste Management Company (MSWMC) has topped in all over Punjab by lifting 147 percent of waste in a single day. This was told by Managing Director Multan Solid Waste Management Company Nasir Shehzad Dogar while talking to the journalists here at Multan on Tuesday. In […]
Resistance to polio vaccine goes down to zero in Multan on November 12, 2019District Multan has bagged historical achievement in the recent anti-polio campaign as the resistance against polio goes down to zero. A five day anti-polio vaccination had culminated on November 8, but a three-day catch-up phase for the left out children ended on Monday. Out of 896828 children, 857676 were immunized and the success rate remained […]
Empowering rural women through skilled businesses on October 31, 2019One of the leading economic constraints in southern Punjab is the lack of market linkages and management skills, especially for women. Women are 50 percent of the workforce and most of them stay at home thus unable to contribute to the national gross productivity. The Punjab Youth Workforce Development (PYWD) project is striving to achieve […]
Multanites will get healthy clean evenings on October 29, 2019Multanites will get a clean and healthy environment in the evenings as Multan Solid Waste Management Company (MSWMC) has launched second shift to ensure cleanliness of the city. Managing Director Waste Management Company Nasir Shehzad Dogar has inaugurated the second shift of cleanliness drive at Jalal Mosque Chowk Multan on Monday On this occasion MD […]
Vaccination only way to save children from polio: speakers on October 25, 2019Participants of a seminar held in Punjab University Department of Public Health, Institute of Social and Cultural Studies, unanimously urged parents to reject negative propaganda during the upcoming polio campaigns starting from November 4 and their children vaccinated. The seminar was held to mark World Polio Day on October 24 (Thursday) and attended by pro-Vice […]
Mehdi Hassan’s namesake aims to encourage music and arts in Multan on October 23, 2019Among many music lovers, Mehdi Hassan is one whose soulful voice has won the hearts of the people of Multan. Mehdi Hassan belongs to a village in the suburbs of District Multan. To fulfil his strongest urge for Music, he got admission in Department of Mass Communication in Bahauddin Zakariya University Multan around 7 years […]