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Posting of graduates as food inspectors yet to be withdrawn

By: Yasir Habib Khan | February 25, 2010

LAHORE It will take years to see when the government implements and translates its words into action rather than uttering mere rhetoric to ensure transparency and maintain rules and regulations, ...

'N' speeds up uplift work to woo NA-123 voters

By: Yasir Habib Khan | February 24, 2010

LAHORE - As election campaign picks momentum in NA-123, PML-N government intensifies infrastructure rehabilitation plan in the constituency by completing 9 inside roads costing Rs62 million and ...

CDG gives in before public pressure

By: Yasir Habib Khan | February 22, 2010

LAHORE - The Punjab government has eventually scrapped the well-trumpeted plan to build multi-storey flats for the shelterless people on the unregistered Katchi Abadis in Aziz Bhatti Town limits. And ...

Electioneering starts in NA-123

By: Yasir Habib Khan | February 20, 2010

LAHORE -Twenty days ahead of by-polls, NA-123 has started wearing elections look full of enthusiasm, festivity and traditional colours. The massive display of banners by different candidates ...

Democracy still under threat: Nawaz

By: Yasir Habib Khan | February 20, 2010

LAHORE PML-N chief Mian Nawaz Sharif has dubbed the present government as a true picture of failure due to its indifference, inactivity and double standards. Losing credibility in the eyes of ...

Spring festivity sans kite-flying starts from March

By: Yasir Habib Khan | February 19, 2010

LAHORE - The Parks and Horticulture Authority (PHA) has announced to celebrate Jashn-e-Baharan from March 1-14, excluding the event of kite flying, in the City. The festival was to be celebrated from ...

Now doctors to check food adulteration also

By: Yasir Habib Khan | February 18, 2010

LAHORE - First time in the country more than 30 senior doctors including MSs and DMSs of government hospitals will work as food inspectors to check spiralling food adulteration besides ensuring the ...

PML-N aggressive wall-chalking continues

By: Yasir Habib Khan | February 16, 2010

LAHORE - The PML-N government in Punjab headed by CM Punjab Shahbaz which claims itself to be torch-bearer of good governance, is flouting the Punjab Prohibition of Expressing Matters on Walls Act ...

LDA razes buildings on 125-kanal land

By: Yasir Habib Khan | February 15, 2010

LAHORE - The Lahore Development Authority (LDA) has proved itself mightier than courts as it bulldozed a number of buildings on 125 kanal land costing Rs8 billion against stay orders at LDA avenue I ...

Food dept likely to generate Rs30 million revenue

By: Yasir Habib Khan | February 13, 2010

LAHORE - A big jump of Rs 30 million annually in revenue generation is expected with increase in the fees of computerised licences for manufacturing, storage and sale of food commodities in food ...

Govt mulls middle way to 'legalise' illegal plazas

By: Yasir Habib Khan | February 12, 2010

LAHORE - Flouting Supreme Courts strict orders against illegal high rising buildings, the Punjab government braces itself to find a middle way to rescue maximum number of plazas from demolition ...

PFA likely to get new lease of life

By: Yasir Habib Khan | February 10, 2010

LAHORE - With a view to check rampant food adulterations and regulate food trade, the Punjab Food Authority (PFA), suspected to have been dumped, is going to get a new lease of life as a fresh ...

Ist phase of Madr-e-Millat Road inaugurated

By: Yasir Habib Khan | February 08, 2010

LAHORE - The first package of Madr-e-Millat Road, an important part of the Lahore Road Rehabilitation Project Phase-II, was inaugurated at Quaid-e-Azam Town, an LDA-controlled area on Sunday. ...

PML-N all set to grab NA-123 seat

By: Yasir Habib Khan | February 06, 2010

LAHORE - PML-N is ready to go two steps ahead of PPP in the game of winning from the constituency of NA-123. PPP won from the constituency three times in 1970, 1977 and 1988 while PML-N has conquered ...

Mafia increases extortion rates

By: Yasir Habib Khan | February 03, 2010

LAHORE-Believe it or not, rate of illegal gratification soars with the surge in different commodities prices. The mafia in CDGL, LDA and traffic police has increased its rate of extortion (Bhatha) ...

Nawaz not to contest by-poll

By: Yasir Habib Khan | February 02, 2010

LAHORE PML-N chief Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif is learnt to have decided not to contest NA-123 election on March 10. Whether the move is a prelude to retreat after defeat in Mansehra or there are ...

Security fear likely to eclipse spring festival

By: Yasir Habib Khan | January 29, 2010

LAHORE - While the terror fear grips the City, the Parks and Horticulture Authority (PHA) without giving much attention to such apprehension, has planned to organise Jashn-e-Baharan (spring festival) ...

CDGL zero revenue in last 11 months

By: Yasir Habib Khan | January 28, 2010

LAHORE - In a critical situation when Punjab government is struggling hard to get out of its financial tailspin, the City District Government Lahore (CDGL) has made zero revenue collections in ...

800pc raise in LDA commercialisation fee

By: Yasir Habib Khan | January 26, 2010

LAHORE - With 800 per cent surge in LDAs annual commercialisation fee, the low-income class has reached at the brink of total financial collapse. Inflated demand notices for the payments of fee have ...

Land mafia grabbing state land at will

By: Yasir Habib Khan | January 25, 2010

LAHORE - Illegal occupation is at full throttle on more than 4000 kanals of central government land worth billion of rupees in Cantt circle, Moza Harbanspura within Aziz Bhatti Town, despite ...

Govt plans imposition of fine not demolition

By: Yasir Habib Khan | January 22, 2010

LAHORE - The Punjab government has planned to regularise 160 illegal high-rise plazas by slapping fines compromising its stiffest policy against demolition drive. This is the major shift in the ...

Imambargah made parking garage

By: Yasir Habib Khan | January 21, 2010

LAHORE - The 300-year-old Imambargah in Haveli Mian Khan located at Rang Mehal in walled city has been converted into a parking garage in sheer violation of the rules (that) - the building is the ...

Operation to start despite protests

By: Yasir Habib Khan | January 19, 2010

LAHORE - All is set to launch a stern operation against illegal housing schemes to check the mafia involved in the business over the last many decades. Around 103 illegal housing schemes will come ...

PHA fears revolt against new ADG

By: Yasir Habib Khan | January 18, 2010

LAHORE - The Parks and Horticulture Authority (PHA) fears revolt against recently posted additional director general in sheer violation of rules by Punjab government. The high-ranked officials ...

Sheer violation of rules; officials perturbed

By: Yasir Habib Khan | January 15, 2010

LAHORE - As the Punjab government is under deep slumber, the PHA dives into deep administrative irregularity with the appointment of additional director general in sheer violation of rules and ...

Simple graduates appointed as food inspectors

By: Yasir Habib Khan | January 14, 2010

LAHORE - The Punjab government has violated new Punjab Pure Food Rules (PPFRs) 2007 by appointing simple graduates as food inspector in the office of District Office (Food) in the City District ...

WASA dues recovery drive in limbo

By: Yasir Habib Khan | January 13, 2010

LAHORE - Strong nexus between WASAs revenue officials and sitting MPAs is big hurdle in the recovery of Rs2 billion outstanding amount from residential as well as commercial defaulters. Owing to the ...

LDA salvages 260 high-rise buildings by flouting SC orders

By: Yasir Habib Khan | January 12, 2010

LAHORE - The Lahore Development Authority (LDA) has tactfully salvaged the 260 high-rise plazas from ongoing massive demolition drive justifying its strong connivance with builder mafia amid arrests ...

PHA DG transferred over rules violation

By: Yasir Habib Khan | January 09, 2010

LAHORE - Instead of beautification, corruption is the trademark of Parks and Horticulture Authority as mafia is on the loose to mint millions by executing various works bypassing the set rules and ...

Demolition at the cost of uplift projects

By: Yasir Habib Khan | January 06, 2010

LAHORE - Excess is bad in all shapes. The dictum enshrined in the preceding line applies to the Lahore Development Authority (LDA) and Traffic Engineering and Planning Agency (TEPA) in the case of ...

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