Tag: Faisalabad

FAISALABAD - The dissolution of Higher Education Commission (HEC) is regrettable, but Government College University (GCU), despite all odds, will do its level best to continue its programmes without putting the extra financial burden on its students, said Vice Chancellor Professor Dr Zakir Hussain. He was speaking to an annual dinner hosted by GCU College of Law.
"We, as an autonomous body, are looking forward to make adjustments to meet our expenses through our own resources,"

FAISALABAD - A delegation of senior officers of the Faisalabad City Government left for Singapore to sign an agreement with Singaporean authorities for the installation of a solid waste treatment plant in the district.
The delegation comprises Executive District Officer (Revenue) Liaqat Ali Chattha, Executive District Officer (Solid Waste) Liaqat Ali, Road Transport Authority Secretary Mohsin Rasheed and District Officer (Planning) Mehar Ramzan.
The group members will

FAISALABAD - Government College University (GCU) Faisalabad has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with London-based University of Bradford Shire to promote quality education, training of faculty and students and exchange of modern trends in research and education.
The signing ceremony was held in London where the Government College University was represented by its Vice Chancellor Professor Doctor Zakir Hussain.
As per the MoU, the University of Bradford Shire

FAISALABAD - "If the Arab world suspends the supply of petroleum to America and the West to protest the the desecration of the holy Quran, no body from the West will dare to repeat such a condemnable act in future," said Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Deputy Secretary General Dr Fareed Ahmed Paracha. He was addressing a rally outside Chiniot Bazaar held to condemn the desecration of the holy Quran by American pastor Terry Jones in Florida. Fareed Paracha said that instead of learning a lesson

FAISALABAD - The city district government, on the special instructions of the Punjab government, has launched a 12-day anti-mosquito spray campaign, targeting slum areas to wipe out the possibilities of dengue fever.
Inaugurating the spray campaign at Eisa Nagri a slum locality in the city, DCO Naseem Sadiq said the city government would do its level best to fight dengue fever in the city and had drawn out a plan to control its spread. Executive District Officer (EDO) Health

FAISALABAD - As the textile industry of Faisalabad has given an ultimatum to a shutter-down strike to protest the imposition of 17 percent sales tax and flood surcharge, Finance Minister Abdul Hafeez Sheikh has called a meeting of traders in Islamabad on March 26 (Saturday). "The textile industry of Faisalabad which is already dying a slow death has rejected the flood surcharge and implementation of 17 percent sales tax announced by the government," said former Faisalabad Chambers of

FAISALABAD - Uninterrupted gas and electricity supply to Faisalabad region is essential for the running of local industrial, commercial and agriculture sector which are a primary source of livelihood for millions of workers in the city, said Pakistan Peoples Party's (PPP) senior leader and leader of the opposition in the Punjab Assembly, Raja Riaz. He was speaking at a meeting of Faisalabad Electric Supply Company Limited (FESCO)'s Load Management Committee held at a local hotel. "I

FAISALABAD - Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) Faisalabad Campus Regional Director Dr Arif Saleem Arif has claimed the varsity has one of the best distant learning systems in the world and is available at the most competitive fees. In his exclusive interview with Pakistan Today, he said the Faisalabad regional office was catering to the academic needs of more than 40,000 students of which 3,000 had been enrolled in postgraduate programmes. "In terms of students' enrolment, this is

FAISALABAD - Faisalabad Divisional Commissioner Tahir Hussain said on Tuesday the industrial units located in the urban areas were being shifted gradually out of the city to the industrial estate near Khurrianwala to overcome the problems of urbanisation and industrial pollution.
He was talking to a 16-member team of under-training officers from National Institutue of Management (NIM) Peshwar, who arrived here for a five-day field study tour to get acquainted with the

FAISALABAD - District Coordination Officer (DCO) Nasim Sadiq has said that Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has provided Rs 30 million for the Faisalabad blast victims. He said this while giving cheques to MPAs Chaudhry Shafiq Gujjar, Chaudhry Zafar Iqbal Nagra and Begum Rana Muhammad Afzal on behalf of the CM who visited the district headquarters hospital to distribute cheques among the injured. The heirs of those killed received the cheques at their residences.
The

LAHORE - Another two suspects involved in carrying out the terror attack close to an intelligence agency's office in Faisalabad on Tuesday have been arrested by the Punjab police, Inspector General of Police (IGP) Javed Iqbal said on Wednesday. Iqbal was talking to reporters after addressing the passing out parade of the 7th Intermediate course at Police Training School, Chuung. The IGP said the suspects were arrested on information extracted from Usman, a key suspect arrested on

FAISALABAD - Shops and offices remained closed on the second day of the blast that left 26 dead and more than 100 injured. Faisalabad has been a peaceful city as compared to Lahore and Karachi and the residents are not familiar with the scenes of bomb blasts followed by noisy ambulances, police and rescue operations that are always considered as ugly aftermaths of terrorist attacks. But Tuesday's scenes of massive bloodbath have shaken every one's confidence and there is a general

FAISALABAD - Militants set off a car-bomb at a compressed natural gas (CNG) station in the Civil Lines area of Faisalabad on Tuesday killing 25 people, many of whom were lined up to fill up their cars, police said. The car-bomb set off gas cylinders, causing a big explosion that left a 7-foot deep and 15-foot wide crater in the ground and destroyed or severely damaged nearby buildings and reduced numerous vehicles to blackened shells. Around 40 kilogrammes of explosives were used in

LAHORE - Security was tightened around the entry and exit points of Lahore and across the city after a suicide bombing outside a security agency's office in Faisalabad, Pakistan Today has learnt. According to details, the security for the Governor's House, Punjab Assembly, Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Office, Police Lines and all important governmental offices and main shopping malls has been tightened. Police have been directed to keep a close eye on the movement of suspicious

FAISALABAD - Following the successful launch of Sweet Home schools in various cities, Pakistan Baitul Maal has decided to launch the project in Faisalabad to open a live-in school system for orphan boys aged between 4-6 years.
All the arrangements to start the project by the end of March, including selection of children, recruitment of staff, hiring of a hostel building and transportation have been completed by the Pakistan Baitul Maal task team. A 33-member task force team,

FAISALABAD - Grief, anger and gloom gripped the city after the assassination of Federal Minorities Minister Shahbaz Bhatti in Islamabad who was born in a remote village of Faisalabad and was the only member of Gilani's cabinet from Faisalabad region. A large number of Christians scattered all over the Faisalabad division are heart broken at the brutal murder of their leader.
The incident has sent waves of fear and a deep sense of insecurity among the minorities who are already

MURIDKE - Lahore and Faisalabad girls crushed their opponents on the second day of 6th National Women's Sr. Cricket Championship, played here at the Lahore Country Club, Muridke. In the first match, Lahore women scored 232 runs in the allotted 50 overs against Peshawar. Sidra Amin (66), Namra Imran (51) and Malaqa Mansoor (29) shone with the bat. Ayshad Naeem took three wickets for Peshawar.
In response, Peshawar were unable to face the tight bowling and fielding of Lahore girls