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B-class products at A-class rates

By: Khalid Malik | June 10, 2013

LAHORE- Stallholders and vendors of Sunday bazaars are cashing up by displaying fake price lists, in connivance with market committees, it is learnt. Deceiving consumers by displaying fake rate lists ...

Sunday Bazaar shopkeepers fleecing buyers

By: Khalid Malik | June 03, 2013

LAHORE - Fair price shops of Sunday bazaars are using unfair means in order to fleece the consumers by hiding price lists issued by the Sunday bazaars’ market committees under the direction of ...

DCO wants barriers around US Consulate removed

By: Khalid Malik | June 01, 2013

LAHORE - Lahore District Coordination Officer (DCO) Rizwan Mehboob has written a letter to US Consulate for removal of, what the letter says, illegally-installed barriers on the road leading to the ...

LDA inquiry committees fail

By: Khalid Malik | May 30, 2013

LAHORE - Despite a lapse of four years, inquiry committees of Lahore Development Authority to estimate financial loss as a result of the demolition operation have failed to complete and submit their ...

Focus on rainwater harvesting stressed

By: Khalid Malik | May 30, 2013

RAWALPINDI - Prof. Dr. Rai Niaz Ahmad, Vice Chancellor (VC) Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi (PMAS-AAUR), has said that it was high time that we should collaborate for change ...

Plan to launch operation against industrial units in residential areas

By: Khalid Malik | May 23, 2013

LAHORE  - The City District Government has planned to launch a crackdown against factories and industrial units functioning in residential areas of the provincial capital, it has been ...

Burnt floor of LDA plaza to be bulldozed

By: Khalid Malik | May 21, 2013

LAHORECivic Body of the Lahore Development Authority has given approval for the demolition of the 9th floor of the LDA Plaza from Tuesday (today) on the recommendations of building engineers. This is ...

Shalimar Town

By: Khalid Malik | April 25, 2013

LAHORE - Mismanagement, poor planning, alleged misuse of funds and embezzlements by the Shalimar Town officials under the shelter of former elected representatives of National and Provincial ...

Poll candidates begin booking transporters, caterers

By: Khalid Malik | April 16, 2013

LAHORE – Advance booking of caterers, decorators, cooks, transporters, painters and electricians has been done by the candidates of all parties even before the formal beginning of election ...

Measles keeps killing as govt gasps

By: Khalid Malik | April 15, 2013

LAHORE – Measles deaths are increasing sharply while more and more patients are reaching at Punjab hospitals as the epidemic has gone out of authorities control because of their poor and ...

It’s TMOs’ turn to reshuffle

By: Khalid Malik | April 13, 2013

LAHORE – The Punjab government has reshuffled all the town municipal officers (TMOs) across the province and issued a notification in this regard. According to notification issued on Friday all ...

Ferozpur Road’s time up?

By: Khalid Malik | April 10, 2013

LAHORE – Different parts of newly constructed Ferozpur Road are cracking and deforming just after a couple of weeks perhaps because of substandard material used in the project by the ...

Sethi’s order washed away

By: Khalid Malik | April 09, 2013

LAHORE - The water crisis has been looming large because, according to the Water and Sanitation Agency, power loadshedding has collapsed the agency system. Caretaker Chief Minister Najam Sethi took ...

Metro mess needs attention

By: Khalid Malik | March 16, 2013

LAHORE – Special protocol for metro bus on undedicated track on Ravi Road has been causing a public nuisance.Moreover, the incomplete portion of the service-dedicated road from Niazi Chowk to ...

Clerics, clergy brainstorm to avert arson

By: Khalid Malik | March 12, 2013

LAHORE – Pakistan Ulema Council Chairman Allama Tahirul Ashrafi has said a plan will be chalked out to promote interfaith harmony.He expressed these views addressing a press conference at the ...

Tearful eyes, heaps of ashes

By: Khalid Malik | March 11, 2013

LAHORE – Traumatised by mobsters, the Josef Colony residents have expressed dissatisfaction over security and rehabilitation initiatives announced by the provincial government. “We are ...

Manoeuvring metro to success

By: Khalid Malik | March 08, 2013

LAHORE – Turkish experts have proposed rescheduling the routes of Metro Bus Service to cope with traffic troubles confronting the passengers standing at the stations in the central parts of the ...

Wasa watering woes

By: Khalid Malik | March 05, 2013

LAHORE – Irregular water supply has made life miserable in the provincial capital for a couple of weeks.Out-of-order tubewells and lack of fuel have been rubbing salt into public wounds while ...

PPP fails to deliver: PML-N

By: Khalid Malik | March 05, 2013

LAHORE – Provincial Law Minister Rana Sanaullah Khan has said that the PPP government and Rehman Malik are actually responsible for the worst situation of law and order. “People are well ...

Another fleet of Metro buses next week

By: Khalid Malik | February 26, 2013

LAHORE – Another fleet of Metro buses is likely to arrive next week since the provincial government has decided to import more coaches to meet travel needs, Lahore Transport Company Chairman ...

Metro authority asked to finish unfinished work

By: Khalid Malik | February 22, 2013

LAHORE – The provincial government has directed the Metro Bus Authority to finish work on the stations and junctions without further delay, sources said. They added that the higher authorities ...

Gridlocked City

By: Khalid Malik | February 19, 2013

LAHORE – Wardens have failed to ward off traffic problems on roads adjacent to the Governor’s House where protesters staged a sit-in to show solidarity with the victims of targeted ...

CDGL faking it behind doors

By: Khalid Malik | February 18, 2013

LAHORE – Practice of overcharging and hoarding of daily use commodities by vendors, traders and shopkeepers continues unchecked in the City whereas price control magistrates have failed to ...

Govt considers charging passengers

By: Khalid Malik | February 12, 2013

LAHORE – Irresponsible administration and uncontrolled crowd are overburdening the Rs30 billion Metro Bus Service, forcing the Punjab government to consider charging passengers.Up to 200 ...

Fate of 40 slums hangs in balance

By: Khalid Malik | January 07, 2013

LAHORE – The fate of 40 slums has been hanging in the balance though the chief minister promised the betterment of these dwellers last year.These shocks have been established in various areas ...

Shahbaz for racing up late bus service

By: Khalid Malik | January 04, 2013

LAHORE – Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has given another three-week extension to authorities to finish work on the Metro Bus Service – also known as Bus Rapid Transit System ...

RAPID DELAY?

By: Khalid Malik | December 19, 2012

LAHORE – The 32-km long Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) is likely to get another inauguration date as the current deadline (December 25) seems to be a far cry of the Punjab government’s ...

Ready to bear 100pc price hike

By: Khalid Malik | December 13, 2012

LAHORE – Prices of secondhand clothes have increased to 100 percent. Recent rainfall in the twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad brought chills to the provincial capital. And, people started ...

MBS to be inaugurated on Quaid’s birthday

By: Khalid Malik | December 10, 2012

LAHORE – The ongoing development work on the Metro Bus Service (MBS) has been accelerated on the directions of the provincial government and the project is likely to be inaugurated on December ...

Buildings re-marked as ‘bribe talks’ collapse

By: Khalid Malik | November 14, 2012

LAHORE – Tepa is going to demolish more buildings and additional parts of some of the already partially razed buildings for the Metro Bus System, TheNation has learnt on Monday.The officials ...

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