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PUNJAB/ PAKISTAN: The Punjab government has launched Pakistan’s largest school nutrition programme, aimed at combating child malnutrition. The pilot project, inaugurated by Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz in Dera Ghazi Khan, will provide nutrition-rich milk packs to primary school children in the region. The programme targets more than 400,000 students in three districts – Dera Ghazi…
Gunshots were fired into the Vancouver Island home of popular singer and music producer AP Dhillon early Monday morning. A video posted by media outlets in India showed a person firing 14 shots into the front of a house and a garage, while a black truck and another smaller vehicle were on fire in the…
A man killed his younger brother in Gujranwala, following a heated dispute over an inflated electricity bill. According to media reports, the incident occurred in a house on Prince Road in Gujranwala. The brothers, identified as Murtaza and Umar Farooq, engaged in a violent confrontation over the exorbitant bill. During the altercation, according to local police,…
Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz on Tuesday claimed that former prime minister Imran Khan’s residence in Lahore, Zaman Park, had become a “training hub for terrorists”, where petrol bombs were made, and attacks on the state were planned. In a statement, Maryam condemned the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) as a group focused on creating chaos and damaging the…
In a shocking incident, a landlord in Punjab has brutally killed a female donkey by ripping open its stomach with a sickle as punishment for scavenging in his field, local media reported on Thursday. The cruel act was committed by Saqib, a landlord in 210 Jb Tarrar, Chiniot district, within the jurisdiction of Langrana police…
In a tragic incident in Tehsil Noorpur administrative subdivision of Khushab District in Punjab, seven children drowned and one was rescued after the boat overturned in a canal. PDMA Director General Irfan Ali Kathia communicated with the Khushab Deputy Commissioner, urging the district administration to expedite the rescue operations. Rescue teams promptly arrived at the…
The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) and the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) have issued alerts for potential flash floods, landslides, and heavy rainfall in various regions of Pakistan over the next few days. The NDMA’s National Emergencies Operation Center anticipates that cloudy weather will prevail in Gilgit Baltistan (GB) during the next 24 hours, with…
ISLAMABAD/ LAHORE: Different parts of the country are expected to receive monsoon rains from the first week of July, showers that may cause flooding of rivers and nullah. According to the monsoon weather projection, issued by the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) on June 22, different parts of Balochistan are expected to receive approximately 15-35…
Brigadier (retd) Amir Hamza, former director general of the Emergency Services Academy, was shot and killed in a gun attack near Lillah interchange in Jhelum district of Punjab. His wife and daughgter were also wounded in the attack on Tuesday. A case was registered against four unknown assailants in the jurisdiction of police station…
LAHORE: Qatar has expressed interest in increasing recruitment of skilled labour force from Punjab. The Ambassador of Qatar, Ali bin Mubarak Al Khater, praised the skilled manpower of Pakistan during a meeting with Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif and Pakistan Muslim League-N President Muhammad Nawaz Sharif. The leaders stressed the need to strengthen bilateral…
