Punjab

The court took suo moto action following media reports last month about deteriorating water quality in Rawal Lake.

Hospital waste is any waste which is generated in the diagnosis, treatment or immunization of human beings or animals.

An amount of Rs6 million was allocated in the last fiscal year for the programme to save the environment.

NAB) team arrested Ghulam Qasim from outside his office in Blue Area.

Almost 400 people have taken shelter on the extreme outskirts of Rohailanwali with no access to a steady food supply.

The results of the BA/BSc exams show that as in previous years, women have claimed the top place in all categories.

A growing number of children in the flood-hit areas of Punjab are falling victim to snakebites.

CJP has slammed DPO Sialkot over torture and killings of the victims and demanded arrests in the case.

Wasa has signed an agreement with a French consultancy firm to finalise the plan within 10 months.

Several neighbourhoods are experiencing low gas pressure during Iftar and Sehar time.

The chief justice said if a reply was not filed by September 3, the defence secretary would be summoned in person.

Six people have died across the Multan region due to gastroenteritis while several others remain untreated.

LHC issued notice to the interior secretary in a petition seeking early constitution of a ‘credible’ commission.

LHC directed the counsel for former MNA Amir Yar Waran to appear before the court.

The DIG directed all field-patrolling officers to check the over speeding vehicles at the time of Iftar and Sehar.

A UAE government spokesman said the workers had received thrice the amount they were due.

A hangar at the Aviation Airbase in Multan is full of relief goods, which have been donated by the UNDP.

Two people got killed and one injured in Kot Addu in separate incidents during relief goods distribution on Wednesday.

Punjab authorities continue to use for its flood relief operation a helicopter that has completed its flying life.

Bhutta said that landlords came to the tent cities to inform marooned tenants of the one-month deadline.

Demonstration over electricity blocked the main road between Islamabad and Peshawar.

Pakistan’s worst-ever floods are reviving hundreds of drying ponds and lakes and boosting flagging fish stocks.

The PST has asked for a Rs4.7m supplementary grant for 2010-11 to cover the expenses incurred by the new office.

DPO DG Khan told that these cases had been registered in Kalaa, Sadar and Wahwa police stations.

CDGL has launched a special Ramazan drive to check hygiene, flood quality and prices at eateries.

The top positions were all taken by girls who were either private candidates or from private colleges.

Lesco officials say electricity during these peak hours is disconnected on the instructions of higher authorities.

Justice Chaudhry was hearing a National Accountability Bureau appeal against Mr Khokhar’s acquittal.

Wasa told LHC that it was providing potable water to citizens through more than 460 tube wells.

General Zia’s sidetracking of the democratic process created space for religious extremists, said historians.

The members of the chief minister monitoring team present at the site had to rush to save their lives.

The demonstration was staged by residents to protest the accumulation of contaminated water from the nearby factories.

Sonia told the media that she was kidnapped in childhood by a woman named Cheeno and her husband, Akram.

These items including cars, motorbikes, jewellery and cash were handed out to about 100 rightful owners.

Pain, resignation and worry line the faces of the people who are living at a relief camp near Multan’s Madni Chowk.

Housing schemes have transformed into land mafias and are holding upon land in various sectors of the capital.

Inspector Raja Zahoor received a volley of bullets when he was fired upon by three of his close relatives.

Construction of the new building was supposed to start in 2008, but to date, nothing has materialised.

Shopkeepers were fined for overcharging customers and for not displaying price lists of food items.

People living in the bed and along the banks of River Ravi have started stockpiling food.

The tax will be introduced to raise money for relief and rehabilitation work in flood-hit areas.

The IT Wing set up a server room, installed software and carried out a successful demonstration in April.

Last week a group of young Pakistanis congregated in Gulberg and Defence to collect funds.

The Parks and Horticulture Authority’s annual plantation campaign has failed to materialise this year.

The sale is in jeopardy owing to marked discrepancies in the reserve calculated by government and private evaluators.

Steel mills operating in residential sectors of Islamabad not equipped with dust indicators are to be closed down.

There is only one bridge in Bara Kahu that connects Nullah Korang with Murree road.

Fresh flood warnings were issued in Rajanpur as officials ordered the emergency evacuation of the area.

Flood affected people at five relief camps in Sadiqbad protested in front of the local administration.

Safia was brought to the local hospital where doctors said her brain had stopped functioning due to suffocation.