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New policy to dispose of hospital waste

LAHORE: Provincial Minister for Health Dr Yasmeen Rahsid has formulated a new central policy for disposing of medical waste of hospitals in Punjab. Both...

NAB arrests GM of LWMC in corruption scandal

The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Monday arrested Lahore Waste Management Company (LWMC) General Manager Tahir Maqbool on charges of corruption. Tahir Maqbool has allegedly...

LWMC unaware of waste heaps in city

LAHORE: Heaps of wastes have been found on main Waris Road Lahore area while Lahore Waste Management Company (LWMC) has not been paying any...

No Sundays for LWMC workers during cleanliness campaign

The Sunday holiday of entire Lahore Waste Management Company (LWMC) work staff has been cancelled to ensure an effective cleanliness operation in the city. According...

LWMC workers’ strike spells misery for citizens

--Heaps of garbage across city irk people as LWMC sanitary workers’ strike against nonpayment of salaries enters fourth day --Spokesperson says Rs60m paid to Turk...

LWMC MD inspects measures to deal with rainwater

LAHORE: Lahore Waste Management Company (LWMC) Managing Director (MD) Khalid Nazir on Thursday visited different areas in the provincial capital and reviewed cleanliness as well...

Aleem Khan reviews performance of Turkish waste management companies

LAHORE: Punjab Senior Minister Abdul Aleem Khan, while presiding over a high-level meeting, on Thursday expressed reservations over the working and performance of Turkish...

Citizens lament LWMC’s failure to keep city clean

--Overflowing dumpsters, subsequent outbreak of diseases spell misery for locals LAHORE: The Lahore Waste Management Company (LWMC) has failed to maintain cleanliness across the city as...

LWMC seeks sustainability through proposed ‘garbage tax’

--New fee on waste collection to be imposed following govt's approval --Locals decry 'another tax' amid wave of inflation; LWMC official says rates yet to...

Thousands of LWMC workers deprived of Eid bonus

LAHORE: Thousands of workers of the Lahore Waste Management Company (LWMC) have been deprived of their Eid bonuses despite the passage of two months, Pakistan...

City’s waste continues to be dumped without segregation

LAHORE: With the Lahore Waste Management Company (LWMC) failing to establish a recovery centre to segregate and recycle waste, the development of which was proposed two...

LWMC disposes of 44,000 tons of animal waste during Eid

LAHORE: Lahore Waste Management Company (LWMC), in a record-breaking show, has disposed of more than 43,000 tons of animal waste, particularly offal, during three days of...

LWMC awards Eid procurement bid against PPRA rules

--City's waste management company approves bidder despite ambiguous documents --No chance of misappropriation, LWMC spokesperson denies any violation of rules LAHORE: The Lahore Waste Management Company (LWMC) awarded...

LWMC launches operation to make The Mall a ‘model road’

LAHORE: The Lahore Waste Management Company has launched an operation to make Mall Road a model road of the city in compliance with the orders...

Lack of funds a problem for LWMC ahead of Eidul Azha

--Citywide cleanliness drive, arrangements for cattle markets during Eid days to require substantial procurement LAHORE: The management of Lahore Waste Management Company (LWMC) is feared to face...

The Mall declared a ‘model road’

--Govt to impose Rs1,000 fine on littering, spitting on the historic road from 7th --LHC orders restoration of pre-partition buildings After the Lahore High Court (LHC) verdict...

PHA plants ‘harmful to ecosystem’ Conocarpus at local park

LAHORE: The Parks and Horticulture Authority (PHA) has started planting nonindigenous and exotic plant—the Conocarpus eractus (button mangrove) – in an under-developed public park of...