LAHORE — The Punjab Government has introduced major administrative reforms under the Horticulture Authority Act 2025, designating the Directors General of Parks and Horticulture Authorities (PHA) as Managing Directors in a move aimed at enhancing institutional efficiency, transparency, and public service delivery across the province. According to Secretary Housing Noor-ul-Amin Mengal, the reform marks the…
By Dr. Ansab Ali | Lahore, Pakistan LAHORE — Punjab Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs Malik Faisal Ayub Khokhar has announced that the U-16 Talent Hunt Program will be launched from the tehsil level, aiming to identify and nurture emerging sports talent across the province. Chairing a key meeting of the Punjab Sports Department…
By Farzana Chaudhry | Lahore, Pakistan LAHORE — Punjab Finance Minister Mian Mujtaba Shuja-ur-Rehman has said that under the visionary leadership of Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif, the province has taken significant steps toward digital transformation through the introduction of e-governance, open data access, and digital monitoring systems that are enhancing transparency, efficiency, and public…
Farzana Chaudhry |PakistanLAHORE — The Small and Medium Enterprises Development Authority (SMEDA) and the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aimed at strengthening data-driven policymaking, research collaboration, and strategic cooperation for the growth of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) across Pakistan. The MoU was formally signed by Ms. Nadia…
Favour Nunoo,BBC Africa and Basillioh Rukanga Getty Images Syvia Bongo (R) and her son were accused of exploiting former President Ali Bongo’s (L) condition after he suffered a stroke in 2018 A court in Gabon has sentenced the former first lady and the son of deposed President Ali Bongo to 20 years in jail following…
Thick fog has enabled Russian troops to move further into the key strategic city of Pokrovsk in eastern Ukraine. Ukraine’s 7th Airborne Assault Corps says weather conditions, particularly dense fog, have prompted Moscow to intensify its bid to get increasing numbers into the ruined city and encircle Ukrainian forces. Russian forces have spent more than…
TBILISI/ANKARA: A Turkish Air Force C-130 military transport aircraft crashed in Georgia on Wednesday, killing all 20 soldiers on board, officials confirmed. According to Reuters, Turkey’s Ministry of Defense stated that the aircraft went down while en route from Azerbaijan to Turkey. The C-130, a NATO-member country’s military cargo plane, crashed in Georgian territory under…
ISLAMABAD: Authorities have completed postmortems of all victims killed in Tuesday’s suicide attack at the G-11 district courts in Islamabad. According to the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) administration, the bodies have been handed over to the families, including that of lawyer Zubair Aslam Ghumman. Hospital officials confirmed that all victims have been identified,…
Schools in Delhi have been asked to run hybrid classes for primary students and non-essential construction activity has been banned as air quality worsens in the Indian capital. On Tuesday, authorities enforced stricter anti-pollution measures which include limiting movement of goods carriers in the capital and its suburbs. Delhi’s air quality has deteriorated to “severe”…
Rafael AbuchaibeBBC News Mundo Mauricio Hoyos Mauricio Hoyos has spent 30 years studying the behaviour of different shark species Mauricio Hoyos still remembers the pressure that the jaws of a female Galapagos shark, over 3m (10ft) in length, exerted on his skull. The animal had lunged at him with astonishing speed, giving him barely enough…
