LAHORE: As the provincial authorities fail to reduce smog, Justice Shahid Karim of the Lahore High Court on Monday ordered the government to close all schools and universities in Punjab on Saturdays. The LHC judge’s orders were delivered during a hearing today about the steps the Punjabi government has made to reduce air pollution, which has increased to alarming levels in recent days. In addition to chastising the Lahore commissioner, the judge mandated the implementation of a two-day-per-week work-from-home policy. “Commissioner Lahore’s efforts to reduce smog have been utterly unsuccessful. Though he talks a big game, nothing actually happens. All that is done is send out a notification to shut everything down,” he said.
LAHORE: On Monday, the food department set the province’s retail price of flour at Rs 139.9 per kilogramme. The competent authorities published a notification and set the wheat pricing for mills at Rs 4700 per maund with the agreement of the province cabinet. As to the official announcement, the retail price of flour is fixed at Rs 1399 per 10kg bag, whereas the price of a 10kg bag of flour discharged from mills is fixed at Rs 1374. The retail price of flour was set at Rs 127 per kg in Karachi earlier this month. The development is the result of the flour mills association and Karachi Commissioner Salim Rajput’s fruitful negotiations.
Territories of the Palestinians: According to Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh, assistance should be parachuted into the Gaza Strip. He declared, “I call on the European Union and the United Nations to parachute aid into the Gaza Strip, especially the north.” UNRWA’s chief announced on Monday that the organisation will not be able to replenish hospitals, remove sewage, or provide drinking water in the next days due to the depletion of its fuel storage in Gaza. Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini, the head of the agency, informed donors on Monday that it has been gradually emptying a strategic reserves-containing petroleum store near the Israeli border.
In order to promote national unity, President Dr. Arif Alvi should represent all political parties in line with the law and the Constitution, according to acting Caretaker Minister for Information and Broadcasting and Parliamentary Affairs Murtaza Solangi stated here on Sunday. Speaking to the media, Solangi urged the president to speak on behalf of all political parties, emphasising that his function was not exclusive to any one party. He claimed that President Alvi’s reputation would be damaged if he kept speaking on behalf of a single political party. In response to a question, he emphasised that elected officials will rule the nation and that everyone should work together to uphold the Constitution. Stressing the importance of democracy as a forum for discussion, Solangi downplayed worries about complaints and grievances, stating that every party and individual had the right to voice their concerns at appropriate forums including courts and the election...
The Pakistani Election Commission is working extremely hard to ensure that the nation’s elections are free, fair, and uncontested. In an interview with APP, an ECP representative stated that approximately 26,000 voter education pamphlets were sent to Balochistan, 100,000 to Sindh, and 30,000 to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in order to raise public awareness. According to him, the delineation of constituencies is being finalised and will be formally released on this month’s 30th. He added that although a list of Presiding Officers, Assistant Presiding Officers, and poll workers is being finalised for nationwide deployment, the ECP was also planning to enrol more than a million people for the polling process.
According to Dr. Nadeem Jan, the acting federal minister for health, Khyber Medical University (KMU) Peshawar has united all the health sectors under one roof, and the government would supply the resources required for the MDCAT exam to be administered in an orderly and transparent manner. The idea of medical education was originally restricted to MBBS and BDS programmes, but under KMU, students are now receiving training and education in dozens of cutting-edge subjects at all levels, from BS to PhD, which is exactly what the world needs. According to him, there is a need, but it also gives our students access to excellent information and research opportunities in several health-related sectors within their own region.
After a three-day official visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, where he attended the Arab-Islamic Extraordinary Summit in Riyadh over the Gaza issue, Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar landed here on Sunday. The prime minister was earlier escorted out of the King Khalid International Airport by senior Saudi and Pakistani diplomats. In addition to speaking at the summit, the prime minister met with leaders of Arab and Islamic nations off-site from the main event. The Muslim leaders of the Arab and Islamic worlds met at the KSA-hosted Joint Arab-Islamic Extraordinary Summit to deliberate on the future course of action and the deteriorating situation in Gaza.
Speaking at an interfaith event on Sunday at the Presbyterian Church in this city, Maulana Tahir Mehmood Ashrafi, the chairman of the Pakistan Ulema Council (PUC), stated that Islam is a religion of love and peace. He lamented the fact that children were being slaughtered in Palestine and that Christians, Muslims, and Jews were falling prey to terrorism. He said that the Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza was providing treatment services by Christian physicians and nurses. He continued, “We pay tribute to all those who were standing with Palestinians in this tough time.” All religious leaders, he claimed, were focusing on world peace. He claimed that the leaders of Gaza, including Sheikh-ul Azhar, Pope Francis, and Imam-e-Ka’aba, were emphasising peace.
Here, Haji Ghulam Ali, the governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, gave his approval to the nomination of Justice (R) Arshad Hussain Shah as the province’s new acting chief minister. After former Chief Minister Mahmood Khan and former opposition leader Akram Durrani agreed on the name of retired justice Arshad Hussain Shah in accordance with the constitution, the summary was sent to the KP Governor. Arshad Hussain Shah, the recently appointed caretaker Chief Minister Justice (r), has extensive administrative expertise and a distinguished reputation as the Chief Justice of Gilgit-Baltistan. Justice (r) Arshad Hussain Shah, a resident of the Abbottabad district in the Hazara Division, was the caretaker law minister in the cabinet of former caretaker chief minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Muhammad Azam, who died on Saturday from cardiac arrest.
Under the National Climate Change Policy (NCCP), the Ministry of Planning, Development, and Special Initiatives has released a detailed plan for addressing climate change-related issues and advancing sustainable development. The ministry stated in a news release on Sunday that in accordance with the policy, a National Climate Finance Strategy (NCFS) has been developed to determine sectoral priorities and scale climate finance. “This NCFS is a cornerstone in Pakistan’s commitment to the Paris Agreement, focusing on leveraging private sector engagement, international climate finance and carbon markets,” said the ministry. The NCCP was given government approval in 2021 to promote long-term economic growth while tackling climate change-related issues.
Recent Comments