Tag: Drive

23 UCs cleaned under grand cleanliness drive

Municipal Services Department Rawalpindi has cleaned 23 Union Councils (UCs) of Rawalpindi city and removed so far 8,000 tonnes of garbage during the grand...

PASSCO delay drive

Continued wet spell has once again compelled the Pakistan Agricultural Storage and Services Corporation (PASSCO) to delay distribution of gunny bags amongst the wheat...

Special teams formed for action against quacks

The Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) administration has launched a special drive against the sellers of unregistered and spurious medicines to ensure the quality of...

Drive launched against wild boars in Islamabad

With a police officer wounded and the presidential palace breached, a fresh offensive has been launched against a uniquely feared enemy in Islamabad --...

Afghanistan hopeful of Pakistan’s help in peace drive

Afghanistan is optimistic that regional power Pakistan will help the Kabul government advance a reconciliation process with the Taliban, the Afghan president's spokesman said...

Public transport

A problem of management and magnitude It took about 25 minutes, at 8.30am in the morning, to go from New Garden Town to Muslim Town,...

Israel, US ‘determined’ to halt Iran nuclear drive: Barak

Israel and the United States are determined to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons and do not rule out any option to that end,...

Shifa International launches drive

The dengue viral fever after wreaking havoc in the most populated province of Punjab, has now hit the twin cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi,...

Cleanliness drive to counter dengue’s spread

Capital Development Authority (CDA) Chairman Imtiaz Inayat Elahi directed the Sanitation Directorate on Wednesday to take concrete measures for maintaining cleanliness in the city...

Britain may withhold aid in transparency drive

Britain could withhold international aid to countries that fail to give sufficient details on how they spend the money, Cabinet Office Minister Francis Maude...

‘Wall spray’ phase of fumigation drive begins

The City District Government Karachi (CDGK) started the second phase of its fumigation campaign on Monday, spraying insecticide on the walls of houses. Karachi District...

Meeting reviews progress of anti-polio drive

World Health Organisation representative Dr Shabbir along with Gulshan-e-Iqbal Administrator Fareed Ahmed Magsi on Thursday reviewed the progress of an ongoing anti-polio campaign in...

Rain douses dengue control drive

Efforts to control the fast spreading dengue epidemic fizzled out as heavy showers on Thursday turned all major areas in the provincial metropolitan into...

Anti-graft drive threatens India’s ‘life force’: Gandhi

Rahul Gandhi, widely seen as India's prime minister-in-waiting, warned Friday that a fasting activist's popular anti-corruption campaign posed a threat to India's democratic "life...

JICA, Bill Gates to finance anti-polio drive

Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) President Ms Sadako Ogata and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation co-chair Bill Gates on Thursday announced a strategic partnership...

CDA launches anti-littering drive

The Capital Development Authority (CDA) will start imposing fines for littering the city in the next few days. CDA Chairman Imtiaz Inayat Elahi directed...

CDGL finally launches special Ramadan drive

After a lapse of eight days, the City District Government Lahore (CDGL) woke up from slumber and finally launched the “Special Ramdan Drive” on...