Tag: Sites

Five sites identified for ‘Naya Pakistan Housing Programme’ in Faisalabad

FAISALABAD: The district housing committee has identified state land at five sites near the city for launching the proposed 'Naya Pakistan Housing Programme'. Draft of...

China to train Pakistani experts for preservation of archaeological sites

ISLAMABAD: China is ready to provide training to archaeological experts and researchers of Pakistan on the methods to preserve the potential archaeological sites and artefacts,...

Selfies, videos banned at Islam’s two holiest sites

The Saudi Arabian government has banned pilgrims from taking photos and videos using any devices for any purpose at Makkah's Grand Mosque and Masjid-i-Nabvi...

PM takes notice of vandalism at religious sites in Sindh

Prime Minister Mohammad Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday expressed serious concern over acts of vandalism at religious sites in Sindh and directed the officials to...

Nine new dengue cases and hundreds of larva sites!

Dengue Control Programme’s Dr Furrukh Sultan on Monday said the threat of dengue had not been completely eradicated as nine confirmed cases were reported...

Fatwa in India bans uploading photos on matrimonial, social sites

An organisation of Sunni Muslim clerics prohibited uploading photos on the internet for matrimonial purposes and on social networking sites. The fatwa issued by...

Closure of recreational places cause traffic jams

After imposing ban on pillion riding and Mobile services, the government on the second day of the Eid had ordered provinces to evacuate all...

LDA auctions 13 properties for Rs 133.24 million

13 properties, including four school sites, eight commercial plots and one residential plot, situated in various housing schemes across the city, were auctioned against...

2 Italians briefly detained for taking snaps of sensitive sites

Law enforcement agencies on Saturday arrested two Italian citizens for taking photographs of sensitive places in Rawalpindi, but released them later after initial interrogation...

Ramp closure is ‘war on Muslim holy sites’: Hamas

Israel’s closure of a wooden access ramp to the Al-Aqsa mosque compound is tantamount to a declaration of war on Muslim holy sites in...

CDA forms committee on archaeological sites

The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has formed a nine-member committee to ensure preservation of centuries old archaeological sites within the capital city. The team...

Govt urged to ban Google maps for sensitive sites

A website blog has asked the government to direct Google to stop taking satellite images of sensitive locations through out the country. According to the...

US panel proposes network of nuclear waste sites

The United States should develop temporary storage facilities to hold the waste produced by the country's nuclear reactors until a permanent burial site can...

Good samaritans at disaster sites end up creating problems for rescue...

KARACHI - The common people who rush to disaster sites for helping victims, instead create problems for the rescue workers in shifting the injured to hospitals, said renowned philanthropist Abdul Sattar Edhi.
He said this while talking with Pakistan Today after delivering his speech at a lecture session titled 'Emergency Medical Care During Disasters' organised by the Aga Khan University Hospital on Thursday.
"In case of any disaster, most people rush to the site and want to

‘Sindh govt to protect and promote heritage sites in its domain’

KARACHI - Sindh Culture Minister Sassui Palijo said that the provincial government would take concrete steps to protect and promote all cultural sites and historical monuments

Sindh wants to take control of all its historical sites

KARACHI - Although 126 different cultural sites, monuments and historical places have been transferred to Sindh, the provincial government will approach the Federal government to hand over several others still under their control, said Sindh Culture Minister Sassui Palijo on Thursday while reviewing the progress of devolved matters pertaining to the Culture Department.
Culture Secretary Abdul Aziz Uqaili briefed the minister about the sites, monuments and historical places that

Commissioner, DCO did not visit blast sites

GUJRANWALA - Neither the commissioner nor the district coordination officer (DCO) bothered to visit any of the affected sites of Wednesday's three bomb blasts, but the DCO issued a handout, later, and called all these bombs cracker explosions, negating the findings of the bomb disposal squad as well as of the CPO.
Under the old system, these two officers played a pivotal role in such crises and catastrophes. It is, perhaps, the outcome of the changed system that the commissioner