Lahore
Govt asked to release Rs100bn for uplift of former tribal areas
LAHORE:The central Shoora of the Jamaat e Islami has called upon the government to release the current year’s amount of Rs100 billion out of the Rs1000billion special grant for the erstwhile tribal areas and stressed that it should be spent in consultation with the peoples’ elected representatives. Through a resolution, …
CM chairs meeting; decision taken to eradicating polio disease
LAHORE:A high-level meeting was held under the chair of Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar at his office here on Thursday in which Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Health Dr. Zafar Mirza, provincial ministers Dr. Yasmin Rashid, Yasir Humayun, Murad Raas, Chief Secretary, Federal Secretary for Health, secretaries of …
Unity urged to fight terror networks
Lahore:Deputy chief of the Jamaat e Islami, Liaqat Baloch, has said that a complete national unity, internal stability and mutual trust was inevitable to meet the challenges facing the country within the country and from outside.
He was talking to the families of the martyrs of the Data Darbar tragedy last …
CM Buzdar visits Data Darbar blast injured, consoles them
LAHORE:Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar inquired about the people injured in the Data Darbar blast and admitted in the emergency wards of Mayo Hospital’s Surgical Tower here on Thursday. He visited the patients individually and prayed for their early recovery. He also presented financial assistance cheques to them. The …
Punjab CM checks Ramazan bazaars, suspends two officials
LAHORE:Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar Tuesday made visits to far-flung areas of the province on the first day of the holy month of Ramzan and inspected Ramzan bazaars, hospital, and wheat procurement centers. He suspended Chief Officer Corporation Rahim Yar Khan Qasim Manzoor and District Civil Defense Officer Latif …
National economy under IMF control: JI
LAHORE:Ameer, Jamaat e Islami, Pakistan, Senator Sirajul Haq, has expressed strong reservations over the appointment of IMF’s former employee Baqir Reza as Governor of State Bank.
Talking to the media outside parliament, he said that the country’s economy had been placed directly under IMF’s control and added that the Hafeez Sheikh, …