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DCO orders crackdown against profiteers

Karachi District Coordination Officer (DCO) Mohammad Hussain Syed directed the deputy district officers (DDOs) of the city government’s Revenue Department on Friday to launch...

Kohat DCO bans sale and purchase of property

In a bid to prevent miscreants from entering tribal regions in Kohat, District Coordination Officer (DCO) Shahid Ullah Khan on Saturday banned sale, purchase...

LHC asks DCO to decide on banning film Bol

The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Friday while hearing on a petition seeking ban on movie Bol directed the District Coordination Officer (DCO) Lahore...

LG system improves routine life of masses, says Karachi DCO

The local government (LG) system makes public participation certain in municipal affairs and their contribution at grassroots level helps in solving their problems and...

DCO Lahore wants 5 new graveyards

DCO Lahore Ahad Cheema has ordered the construction of five new graveyards and clear old graveyards of encroachments in a meeting attended by EDOs,...

DCO a week late in signing off price list

The City District Government Karachi (CDGK) signed off on the price list of food items for June 1 – June 14 on Tuesday, exactly...

For taking down banners – SIC plans to sue DCO for...

LAHORE - The Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) will sue Lahore DCO Ahad Cheema for blasphemy, Pakistan Today learnt on Wednesday. The decision was taken in a meeting of the SIC hierarchy in Lahore. A complaint in this regard will be submitted at a proper forum within two to three days. Blasphemy laws will be invoked for the purported desecration of the Holy Prophet's (PBUH) name inscribed on hoardings, billboards and banners of the organisation which were removed on the orders of the DCO

City must have more public toilets, says DCO

KARACHI - A large city like Karachi needs more public toilets and the city government should make bylaws for this purpose and implement them immediately, Karachi District Coordination Officer (DCO) Muhammad Hussain Syed said on Monday. He was speaking at a meeting held in the committee room of Civic Centre.
"Public toilets need to be built in different areas of city, especially at public gathering points," he said. The meeting was attended by EDO Revenue Roshan Ali Shaikh, Parks

DCO wants implementation of new theatre policy

LAHORE - Lahore District Coordination Officer (DCO) Ahad Cheema on Saturday ordered implementation of the new theatre policy, which was prepared after consensus of the Alhamra Arts Council, Punjab Home Department, Punjab Excise and Taxation Department, theatre owners and representatives, and the environment district officer's (DO) Staff Officer Tariq Zaman. He was chairing a meeting to review the theatre policy.
Participants of the meeting agreed on the following points: All

Sportsman spirit vital for healthy society: DCO

GUJRANWALA - Sportsman spirit is required in all walks of life to nourish not only educational activities but also to make the society healthy and competitive.
It was stated by DCO Nabil Ahmad Awan while addressing first sports day of Gujranwala Medical College the other day. Principal Dr Atiya Mubarak, EDO Health Dr Nisar Ahmad Cheema and others also participated in the inaugural ceremony.
The DCO said, "Medical education is the most hectic and the students should come

DCO reviews consumer goods’ prices

KASUR - Kasur District Coordination Officer (DCO) Malik Jahanzaib Awan held a meeting to review the prices of consumer goods in the district. The DCO said that hoarding and price hike were serious problems faced by the masses. He directed the authorities concerned to chalk out a comprehensive plan for providing maximum relief to the masses. He warned shopkeepers to sell their products at the fixed price otherwise a strict action would be taken against them. He appealed to the people

TMA will retrieve state land: DCO

MURIDKE - Sheikhupura District Coordination Officer (DCO) Ibrar Ahmed Mirza has said the encroachers in the city will find it difficult to run their illegal activities in the coming days as the tehsil municipal administration (TMA) has launched a campaign to retrieve the government's land and clear the city of encroachments.
During his visit to Muridke, the DCO also expressed his unhappiness over the performance of the TMA's sanitary staff and the local administration after

DCO begins penny pinching in CDGK

KARACHI - Fifty percent of the security expenditures incurred by the DCO Secretariat have been curtailed, with the move set to start the process of cutting back non-development expenditures in the City District Government Karachi (CDGK).
A decision to this effect was taken by Karachi District Coordination Officer (DCO) Muhammad Hussain Syed at a meeting on Thursday with EDOs and departmental chiefs that was held at the DCO Secretariat.
The meeting was summoned to review

DCO determined to have encroachment-free city

LAHORE - Encroachers in the city may find it difficult to run their illegal activities in the coming days as the district administration has launched a campaign to reclaim the government's land and clear the city of all encroachments.
"The encroachers have 10 days to remove their illegal establishments and if they fail to do so, the administration will be forced to do the needful," said Lahore's District Coordination Officer (DCO) Ahad Khan Cheema, while announcing the launch of

DCO orders completion of Rs 650m projects by June 30

FAISALABAD - District Coordination Officer (DCO) Nasim Sadiq has said that under the Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif's big city development package, Rs 650 million are being spent on different uplift schemes in the city to solve the problems of heavy traffic and sewerage.
He disclosed the details of the schemes while chairing a meeting to review the pace of implementation on the big city development package of the CM. Tthe meeting was also attended among others by EDO

DCO sets March 15 deadline for completion of all uplift projects

FAISALABAD - DCO Nasim Sadiq expressed his displeasure over the slow pace of development schemes in education and health sectors and directed the city government officials to take disciplinary action against the contractors responsible for the delay. The action should include imposition of penalties and exclusion of their names from the government contractors' list, he said.
He was presiding over a meeting to review the progress of work on various development schemes. He gave a

Recovering bodies is the priority, says DCO Ahad Cheema

LAHORE - District Coordination Officer Ahad Cheema, MPA Khawaja Saad Rafique and Rescue 1122 Director General Rizwan Naseer held a joint press conference at the Mochi Gate Garden on the rescue operation going on in the fire-hit area of Shah Alam Market on Saturday.
"Our first priority is to recover bodies from the debris," DCO Lahore Ahad Cheema said, "after the bodies are recovered we will start removing the debris." Dr Rizwaan Naseer said that the bodies were between the Qadri