LAHORE: The Punjab Food Authority (PFA) has seized and discarded 8,636 litres of adulterated milk during checking in the various zones of Punjab on Monday. On the directives of Director General (DG) PFA Capt (Retd) Muhammad Usman the dairy safety teams checked the quality of milk being supplied through vehicles in various districts of the province. As...
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PFA seals four food points, imposes fines on five FBOs
LAHORE: The Punjab Food Authority on Tuesday sealed four food points and penalized two eateries along with issued warning notices to five units over violation of the rules of PFA Act. The action was taken while carrying out an operation against big food points in Lahore and its surrounding areas under the supervision of PFA...
LHC wants to know progress on Diamer Bhasha, Mohmand dams
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Wednesday gave more time to the federal government to furnish a report explaining progress thus far made on the construction of Diamer-Basha and Mohmand dams. A bench of the high court was hearing a petition seeking to bring to light details of construction work on the dams. It...
PIC attack case: ATC extends Hassan Niazi’s interim bail
LAHORE: An anti-terrorism court (ATC) of Lahore on Wednesday extended interim bail of Hassan Niazi along with ten lawyers in Punjab Institute of Cardiology (PIC) attack case, till January 20. The hearing of the case was conducted by ATC judge Arshad Hussain Bhutta. The investigation officer failed to present Photographic test report in today’s hearing. The hearing...
Ishaq Dar’s Lahore bungalow to be auctioned on Jan 28
LAHORE: Following the orders of accountability court, the auction of former finance minister Ishaq Dar’s bungalow in Gulberg Lahore will be carried out on January 28 at 12 pm. According to details, the local administration has also posted the advertisement of the auction. The government price of the 4 kanal and 17 marlas house has...
Doctor burned in Lahore acid attack
LAHORE: A homeopathic doctor was burned after unidentified culprits threw acid at him here in the provincial capital on Monday, police said. According to details, homeo doctor Javed was present on his clinic in Nawankot area of Lahore when unknown accused barged into his clinic and threw acid at him. Face and other body parts of Dr...
Transport strike enters eighth day
LAHORE: The strike of good transporters continued on consecutive eight day across the country against increasing fines and taxes on motorways and highways. In their support, inter-city bus owners across the country have also announced suspension of services. This has left passengers in trouble for daily commute The industrialists and businessmen are facing immense difficulties...
Met Dept predicts more rains
ISLAMABAD: Meteorological department has predicted more rains in different areas of the country and snowfall on mountain areas while continued downpour from Sunday has intensified cold in Islamabad. Many areas of the country are in the grip of rains and snowfall owing to system entered from the west while rains has been continued in Islamabad since...
NAB court extends judicial remand of Khawaja brothers in Paragon City case
LAHORE: Accountability court on Monday extended judicial remand of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Khawaja Saad Rafique and his brother Khawaja Salman Rafique till January 24 in Paragon Housing Society scandal. During the hearing, the court has directed to hand over the copy of ex-director of the Paragon Housing Society Qaisar Ameen Butt’s statement to...
Bullish trend witnessed in PSX, 100-Index moves above 43,000 points
KARACHI: A bullish trend was witnessed in the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on Friday, the last trading day of the week. The benchmark KSE-100 Index witnessed a massive recovery and at the opening bell, the index went up by 638 points to cross the level of 43,000 points. The market is currently trading at 43,161...









