Tag: Hours

Flexible working schedules could cure employee disengagement

Employee disengagement is a concerning trend that is growing amongst many businesses globally. It has been a major challenge to organisations for more than...

PR resumes train services after 26 long hours

Train services of Pakistan Railways (PR) resumed after 26 hours, when the people who had besieged the rail track against the killing of innocent...

Rush hours

“Time is money”, goes the old adage. The worst thing that one can do with time is to waste. All over Lahore, rush hour...

Rescue teams recover woman alive after 31 hours

An old woman was recovered alive from the debris of a destroyed factory after 31 hours on Tuesday. As per media reports, rescue workers on...

PEPCO fools citizens, reverts to 12 hours of outages

After giving a one day relief to the people, the Pakistan Electric Power Company (PEPCO) started 12 hours load shedding in the city, once...

KESC makes matters worse by warning citizens of 10 power-less hours

To make lives worse for the rain-battered people of the city, the Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC), claiming insufficient fuel supply, alerted the citizens...

Reduced working hours in Ramadan entail costs for Muslim countries

An interesting study conducted by a research and advisory company, DinarStandard, estimates that the economic loss in monthly GDP owing to reduced working hours...

No respite as train delays extend to 10 hours

Railway commuters did not get any respite from their sufferings as trains got delayed for up to 10 hours from the scheduled time after...

JPMC doctors boycott duties for two hours

The doctors at the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC) boycotted work in all outpatient departments for two hours on Monday. JPMC Doctors Association Press...

MQM likely to rejoin Sindh govt in next 48 hours

The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) and the ruling Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) agreed late on Tuesday night to revive their partnership in the Centre...

Police to guard shopping centres at late hours

Sindh Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah held a meeting on Friday at the Chief Minister’s House to review the law and order situation in...

Govt seeks 72 hours to address IPPs woes

After giving a considerate hearing to the Independent Power Producers Advisory Council (IPPAC) on Thursday, the ministerial committee on energy decided to form two...

Delays of up to 7 hours in trains’ arrival irk passengers

Like the rest of the country, late arrival and departure of trains were witnessed here at the Lahore Railway Station on Wednesday as well....

5 hours on, city streets remained inundated

In the aftermath of monsoon’s heaviest rain, Water and Sanitation Authority (WASA) it took more than five hours after the rains ended to drain...

Up to 18 hours of power outages stifle Lahore

Unscheduled electricity shutdown doubled, severely affecting routine life as the city experienced 14 to 18 hours of power outages on Wednesday. Power was shut...

45 killed in 24 hours as US drones target NWA

At least four suspected US missile strikes in northwestern Pakistan in less than 24 hours killed at least 45 people, media reports said Tuesday. The...

Massive gridlock as IJT activists block canal for hours

Commuters were stranded for hours along the canal on Thursday evening as activists of the Islami Jamiat-e-Talaba (IJT) blocked the city’s main artery at...