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ISLAMABAD - The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has decided to launch a comprehensive anti-littering campaign from April 29. The decision was taken on Monday at a high-level meeting presided over by CDA Chairman Imtiaz Inayat Elahi who stressed the need to make coordinated efforts to implement municipal laws in an effective manner.
The CDA Chairman said wild shrubs, heaps of construction material, encroachments and water leakage into streets were serious threats to the

LAHORE - The Pakistan Muslim League-N offices that have encroached upon the right of way have complete immunity against the anti-encroachment campaign despite whopping sloganeering that the drive will not succumb to political influence.
One of the eye-opening examples could be seen at Old Thana Road, Itawar Bazaar and Last Bus Stop, New Sunday Bazaar Green Town in the jurisdiction of Nishtar Town. There are two PML-N offices on these locations; one belonging to MNA Naseer Bhutta

PESHAWAR - A three-day anti-polio drive targeted at administering vaccination to 11,600 children under five years of age would be launched in three tehsils of Khyber Agency today, said Health Communication Support Officer Dr Sher Amin and Khyber Agency Social Mobilising Officer Aamir Khan Shinwari.
The officials said all arrangements had been made well in time to launch the drive in: Landikotal, Jamrud and Bara tehsils where a total of 11,600 children would be vaccinated. They

LAHORE - Pakistan will open their campaign for qualification into the 20th World Football Cup when they take on Bangladesh in the Asian qualifiers on June 29 this year. Pakistan will face Bangladesh in a two-legged encounter on June 29 and July 3. It will be first meeting between two nations since 2009, when a goal-less draw was recorded during the 8th SAFF Championship on December 6, 2009 at Dhaka.
The FIFA World Cup 2014 will feature 32 teams. One place has been allocated to

LAHORE - The anti-encroachment drive that set in motion in 35 different areas in nine towns on March 11 will end on April 5, Pakistan Today has learnt. According to a City District Government Lahore official, the decision came during a meeting to review the encroachment drive at District Coordination Officer (DCO)'s office on Thursday. He said that the deadline to stop the encroachment drive was March 31 but the meeting reviewed the results and decided to extend its deadline until

ISLAMABAD - The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), here on Monday, launched a countrywide drive against tax evaders and non-filers, sending out notices to at least 1,500 individuals. The FBR has instructed acquirement of national taxpayer numbers (NTNs) and a start to tax payment, a senior official of the FBR said.
"Yes, we have launched a drive from March 21 (Monday) against tax evaders and those individuals who were not registered with tax authorities and evading taxes", Inland

LAHORE - Dozens of government school students walked to support the recent anti-encroachment campaign on Saturday. The protectors raised banners, held placards and chanted slogans to denounce the encroachments that had caused difficulty for traffic and constricted public space. The rally started from Government High School Chistia Road, Islampura and ended at Government High School Mozang Road where the rally was addressed by Government High School Mozang Road Headmaster Syed Riaz

LAHORE - Chief Traffic Officer (CTO) Lahore Syed Ahmad Mobin has engaged divisional officers to coordinate the drive against one-wheelers. The CTO asked all divisional officers to exercise vigilance one wheelers in their respective areas. The CTO directed them to hand over anyone caught to the district police. The CTO said that special emergency squads have been deployed on Lahore Ring Road Ferozepur Road, Jail Road, Canal Bank Road, The Mall and Main Boulevard, Gulberg.
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LAHORE - Senior Adviser to Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Zulfiqar Ali Khan Khosa has said that the Punjab government has ensured fiscal discipline at every level so that maximum resources could be made available for welfare-oriented projects and wastage of national resources stopped. He was presiding over a meeting of the Provincial Austerity Committee at 90, The Mall on Wednesday.
He said that for the first time in the history of Punjab, the government saved Rs 2.8 billion in the

SAHIWAL - The district administration will launch an anti-encroachment campaign to clean and beautify Sahiwal city, said Punjab Zakat and Usher Minister Malik Nadeem Kamran and DCO Waqas Ali Mehmood. Talking to media people in the DCO office, they said that in the first phase, encroachments would be removed from all commercial markets. They announced that no political pressure would be tolerated during this campaign.
Answering a question, the rovincial minister said the Punjab

LAHORE - On the eve of the anti-encroachment operation, the Lahore Development Authority (LDA) made dysfunctional its Directorate of Enforcement, an important branch especially assigned to remove encroachments in LDA-controlled areas, Pakistan Today has learnt. The Directorate of Enforcement was formed by LDA on May 15, 2009 to take action against all sorts of moveable and immovable encroachments, properties built on government land and illegally-constructed buildings. "The abrupt

QUETTA - Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) president and renowned human rights activist, Asma Jehangir on Wednesday threatened to launch the countrywide protest campaign against what she called the "inaction" of the provincial government for the recovery of Balochistan lawyers who were missing for over one week. She was addressing a protest rally here on Wednesday organized by lawyers' community against abduction of four lawyers and sacking of chief justice by Musharraf in 2007.

ISLAMABAD - NADRA would soon be launching a women registration drive across the country to achieve the target of 100 percent women's registration by making them aware of the importance of registration in getting their basic rights. According to a statement issued by NADRA Deputy Chairman Muhammad Tariq Malik on Saturday, the 100th anniversary of International Women's Day on March 8 would be marked by NADRA with the commencement of free registration for unregistered women in the

LAHORE - The Pakistan Anti-Doping Organisation (ADOP) has made dope-tests mandatory during all the national championships to keep sports drugs free.
The directives were issued during a day long seminar on awareness against doping. The PDOP asked the federations to warn all players of stern action if they tested positive.
The seminar took place at a local hotel and officials of all the sports federations affiliated with the Pakistan Sports Board and Pakistan Olympics

LAHORE - A team of Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited set up as UFG-C Special Task Force carried out a crackdown on illegal gas connections/bypasses approximately to 600 houses in village Bhagiana Kalan, Phool Nagar, District Kasur, the other day. Najeeb-ul-Hassan, General Manager (HSE/Special Task Force) was heading the drive.
The local police and electronic media had been informed about the raid. The campaign used special equipment for detecting underground bypasses. In the

LAHORE - Agricultural scientists should become acquainted with the latest innovations as the world as detailed information has becoming increasingly easy to access. This was stated by Ahmad Ali Aulakh, Minister for Agriculture Punjab while addressing agricultural scientists at Ayub Agricultural Research Institute (AARI), Faisalabad.
The minister in his address highlighted the importance of agriculture sector in strengthening national economy and added that government is

LAHORE: PML-Q President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain has said that revengeful Nawaz Sharif is the master conspirator behind the plot against Moonis Elahi.
He said Sharifs had forgotten that his family had provided relief to them on various occasions. "We even went to the extent of helping out Ikram, a manager of one of their sugar mills, but the Sharif family is bent upon testifying to the saying of Hazrat Ali (RA), "Fear those to whom you show mercy."
He was addressing a