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PESHAWAR: Two ambulance drivers were wounded in firing near the Edhi Centre in the city on Sunday. It was learnt that two ambulance drivers Abbas Ali and Gul Afzal sustained injuries when unidentified people opened fire near the Edhi Centre in the city. The wounded were taken to hospital. Police said the incident was being investigated. from The News International - Peshawar https://ift.tt/2SJGGIr

PESHAWAR: Qul for Begum Shamim Ishaq Khan, widow of former president Ghulam Ishaq Khan, was observed at the family residence in University Town on Sunday. Governor Shah Farman, Chief Minister Mahmood Khan, Inspector General of Police Naeem Khan, Provincial Information Minister Shaukat Yousafzai, and other government functionaries and dignitaries attended her Qul. Former federal minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources Anwar Saifullah Khan, Irfanullah Khan Marwat, Saleem Khan Jhagra, Zafar Durrani, Nasser Durrani, Mamoon Ishaq Khan, Provincial Minister for Finance Taimur Saleem Jhagra and others received the condolences. from The News International - Peshawar https://ift.tt/2YtLM0t

LAHORE: Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar said on Sunday that those who had polluted politics with corruption had no future.According to a handout, he stated the previous black era had become a matter of the past and the former rulers were reaping what they had sown because the corrupt elements had no place in new Pakistan.The well-aware people of Pakistan have rejected the politics of those who emptied the national coffers with their corruption, he added.The chief minister said that the rejected politicians should realise that Pakistan had changed. He said the country was looted ruthlessly by the previous rulers who amassed wealth neglecting the problems of the people.He said those who looted the country had been held accountable. He said that Pakistan was progressing under the leadership of Prime Minister Imran Khan.Past govt’s policies resulted in payable of billions: Buzdar: Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar has said that wrong policies of the former government resulted in payabl...

LAHORE: Seven people sustained burns when an electricity transformer exploded spewing hot oil and metal shards in Badami Bagh area.Seven people sustained burn injuries when hot oil leaking from the transformer fell on them.Upon being informed, rescuers rushed the scene and shifted the injured, including a woman, to a local hospital.Two people had received 40 per cent burns while the other five sustained minor injuries.89 OUTLAWS ARRESTED: Punjab Highway Patrol (PHP) arrested 89 culprits including 18 proclaimed offenders during the last week and recovered drugs and weapons from their possession. PHP teams arrested 41 drug pusher and 29 illicit arms carriers.KILLER ARRESTED: A man, who murdered his wife in Rahimyar Khan and later shifted to Lahore, was arrested by traffic wardens near Ravi Bridge on Sunday.Accused Mushtaq killed his wife on July 23 in Rahimyar Khan and later shifted to Lahore to avoid his arrest.The traffic wardens caught the murderer and handed over him to Shahdara poli...

LAHORE: The Punjab government has taken all precautionary measures to tackle any situation regarding dengue.This was stated by focal person for dengue control in DGHS Dr Shehnaz in an exclusive talk with APP, here on Sunday. She said that only 36 confirmed cases had been reported from across the Punjab province including 11 in Lahore, some from Faisalabad and Chiniot. Responding to a question about measures taken so far, she said that isolation wards and separate counters had been set up in every DHQ and teaching hospital to handle suspected cases. She explained that when a suspected patient reaches a hospital, the vigilance team conducts complete tests so that proper treatment could be started immediately. from The News International - Peshawar https://ift.tt/2SJGEjN

LAHORE: The provincial capital on Sunday received heavy intermittent rain, which turned the weather more pleasant. According to the Met office, more rain is expected across the country, including Lahore and other divisions of Punjab as well as in Sindh (Mirpurkhas, Thatta, Hyderabad, Karachi, Shaheed Benazirabad, Sukkur, Larkana Divisions). About 60 millimeter rain was recorded in the city. The Met department has predicted the current monsoon spell is expected to continue until Wednesday evening. from The News International - Peshawar https://ift.tt/2YoiJvx

LAHORE: International Tiger Day is observed on 29th July with the purpose to raise awareness that it is an endangered species.Areas where tigers are still found are decreasing. They are found in India and Bangladesh. Although there are tigers in captivity in Pakistan, their data base is incomplete and there are welfare issues.We have already lost two big cats — Asiatic lions and tigers. We need to protect snow leopard and common leopard which are there but are threatened due to their fast-shrinking habitat.Dr Uzma Khan of WWF Pakistan who has a PhD in common leopard says, “She found a leopard to be ranging over 100 sq/km.Common leopard’s habitat is forest and our forests have become patchy due to increasing settlements.There is need for a corridor between Khyber-Pakhtunkhawa and Punjab’s forests to ensure that livestock of communities settled near forests remain safe.Communities have conflict with leopards because they predate on their livestock; 75 percent of the time a leopard is eat...