Punjab (India)

Sugar crisis worsening in Pindi

Sunday, November 08, 2009 Khalid Iqbal Rawalpindi The sugar crisis has worsened in the city, as the locals could not get the commodity even at higher rates for the last five days. Customers could not get sugar from any area in...

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JSQM’s ‘Azadi Rally’ demands

pre-1843 independence for Sindh Sunday, November 08, 2009 By Urooj Zia Karachi Rights for the people of Sindh, and the re-establishment of the pre-1843 status of the province were the main demands of the “Azadi Rally” organised...

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120 patients receive free treatment at Diabetic Foot Clinic

Dressing facilities possible at doorstep if funded by govt or private sector Sunday, November 08, 2009 Shahina Maqbool Islamabad Ever since its establishment in March 2009, 120 patients with diabetic foot disease have received...

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'Cash-at-door judge' can go back to work

The controversial cash-at-door episode has been put on the back burner with the Collegium headed by Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan okaying the return of Justice Nirmal Yadav to judicial work after more than a year.

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President’s Amritsar visit postponed

Chandigarh: President Pratibha Patil has postponed her proposed visit to Amritsar following a request by Akali Dal MP Harsimrat Kaur Badal, who is hospitalised after falling sick, an official release said here on Saturday. The...

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Badal seeks 250 MW of additional power

Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Saturday urged the Union Power Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde to allocate 250 MW of additional power to the State to ensure uninterrupted water supply so as to facilitate...

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Rs 66,275-cr from TUFS has made mills competitive

New Delhi, Nov. 7 The Textile Ministry’s flagship Technology Upgradation Funds Scheme (TUFS) has disbursed Rs 66,275 crore from its inception on April 1, 1999 till June 30, 2009 to modernise the country’s mills to face global

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Aitzaz drops no hint about offers

Sunday, November 08, 2009 By Mumtaz Alvi ISLAMABAD: Estranged PPP leader Aitzaz Ahsan, who had been offered some key posts on Thursday, continues to remain suspended as member of the party’s central executive committee (CEC)....

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Passco ordered to set up paddy procurement centres

Sunday, November 08, 2009 By Our Correspondent LAHORE PUNJAB Minister for Agriculture Malik Ahmad Ali Aulakh has directed the PASSCO to set up paddy procurement centres and start procurement immediately. He was presiding over a...

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CNG stations warn of strike from 15th

Sunday, November 08, 2009 By our correspondent LAHORE: The All Pakistan CNG Association has threatened to close all 2,300 stations in Punjab and NWFP from November 15 if the government fails to take back its decision of...

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