By Muhammad ShahzadLahore, PakistanLAHORE: The Punjab Revenue Authority (PRA) has launched a large-scale operation targeting tax defaulters across Lahore, Rawalpindi, Jhelum, Taxila, and Bahawalpur.During the operation, enforcement teams inspected 58 marquees and food outlets. Records from 11 outlets, including a well-known fast-food chain, were impounded, while serious irregularities led to the seizure of records from…
By Dr. Ansab AliLahore, PakistanLAHORE: The 55th meeting of the Provincial Development Working Party (PDWP), chaired by Chairman Planning & Development Board Dr. Naeem Rauf, approved development schemes amounting to over Rs2.5 billion for the current fiscal year.Key approved initiatives include:Rehabilitation, widening, improvement, and construction of metalled roads in Cholistan, estimated at Rs2.5 billion.Procurement of…
By Muhammad ShahzadLahore, PakistanLAHORE: Inspector General of Police (IGP) Punjab Dr. Usman Anwar has ordered further intensification of the crackdown on non-standard number plates and other traffic violations, directing strict and indiscriminate enforcement of amended traffic laws across the province.The directives were issued during a high-level meeting chaired by the IG at the Central Police…
By Dr. Ansab AliLahore, PakistanLAHORE: The University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (UVAS) Lahore will hold its 22nd Annual Sports Day on January 1, 2026 (Thursday), at the City Campus Sports Ground.UVAS Vice-Chancellor, Meritorious Professor Dr. Muhammad Younus (DLA, T.I.), chaired a meeting of conveners and secretaries of the sports day management committees to review…
By Dr. Ansab AliLahore, PakistanLAHORE: The Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has called for a comprehensive, consultative and nationally harmonised approach to import tax exemptions, following the Federal Board of Revenue’s (FBR) decision to allow the tax-free import of more than 2,400 Chinese goods through the Customs Dry Port Sost for exclusive consumption…
By Farzana ChaudhryLahore, PakistanLAHORE: Punjab Minister for Information and Culture Azma Bokhari has said that the Punjab Assembly is not a public thoroughfare and that no individual or group can force its way into the premises under the guise of political activity.Speaking on Geo News programme Geo Pakistan, Bokhari said the Punjab government is fully…
By Farzana ChaudhryLahore, PakistanLAHORE: Federal Minister for National Food Security and Research Rana Tanveer Hussain has warned that rapid population growth and climate change pose serious challenges to Pakistan’s food security, stressing that failure to increase agricultural production could leave the country unable to meet its future food needs.He was chairing a meeting on the…
By Muhammad ShahzadLahore, PakistanLAHORE: At least 22 people were killed and 1,477 others injured in 1,223 road traffic crashes (RTCs) reported across Punjab during the past 24 hours, according to the Emergency Services Department (ESD).Rescue teams responded to incidents in all 37 districts of the province. Of the injured, 662 sustained serious injuries and were…
President Volodymyr Zelensky has denied allegations by Russia that Ukraine launched a drone attack on one of President Vladimir Putin’s residences, and accused Moscow of trying to derail peace talks. Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov claimed Kyiv had launched an attack overnight using 91 long-range unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) on Putin’s state residence in Russia’s…
The United States has pledged $2 billion (£1.5bn) to fund United Nations (UN) humanitarian programmes, but has warned the UN it must “adapt or die”. The announcement was made in Geneva by Jeremy Lewin, President Trump’s Under Secretary for Foreign Assistance, and the UN’s emergency relief chief, Tom Fletcher. It comes amid huge cuts in…
