Bahawalpur News

Price control magistrates and other concerned officials under an ongoing crack-down against the malpractice of profiteering; adulteration of edibles and enforcement of Ehtram-e-Ramzan ordinance have conducted as many as 180 raids:Dr. Ehtisham Anwer Mahaar

BAHAWALPUR(PR)District Co-Ordination Officer Bahawalpur Dr. Ehtisham Anwer Mahaar has said that price control magistrates and other concerned officials under an ongoing crack-down against the malpractice of profiteering; adulteration of edibles and enforcement of Ehtram-e-Ramzan ordinance have conducted as many as 180 raids; imposed a fine to the tune of Rs. 2 lakh and 80 thousand; lodged 24 FIRs and got arrested 24 offenders in district Bahawalpur.

He further said that a stringent crack-down against the menace of profiteering has stream-lined the market mechanism to stabilize price regime to ensure provision of edibles at affordable rates to the millions of consumers in the holy month of Ramzan in district Bahawalpur. He made these remarks while talking to consumers during a surprise visit of Ramzan Bazar at Khairpur Tamewali, here, today.

During the visit, he inspected the quality of edibles and the price rates of kitchen items; soft drinks; vegetables; fruits; chicken; meat at different stalls. He took keen interest regarding selling of food stuffs at accurate weight and checked the functioning of weight machines at different stalls. He directed Assistant commissioner Khairpur Tamewali Jam Aftab Hussain to gear up his efforts of maintaining good operational mechanism at the Ramzan Bazar.

Earlier, in a high-level meeting presided over by DCO Dr. Ehtisham Anwer Mahaar at detailed review of the performance of various punitive actions by Price control magistrates under-taken during anti-adulteration; price control and enforcement of Ehtram-e-Ramzan were thoroughly scrutinized.

During the meeting DCO was briefed that under Price control act a fine to the tune of Rs. 1 lakh 20 thousand and 600 was imposed; 3 FIRs were lodged; Besides, 180 raids were conducted in connection with enforcement of Ehtram-e-Ramzan ordinance; 7 FIRs lodged; 24 violators arrested and a fine amounting to Rs. 1 lakh and 1 thousand was also imposed by the price control magistrates and other relevant officers.

The meeting was further apprised of that anti-adulteration campaign was also in full swing and the price control magistrates conducted raids; collected 22 samples of edibles and sent them to laboratory for examination; lodged 14 FIRs and imposed a fine to the tune of Rs. 58400 in Bahawalpur district.

Allocation of Rs. 173 billion for new and ongoing schemes to southern Punjab as a true reflection of Chief Minister Punjab's commitment: Iqbal Channer

BAHAWALPUR(PR)Provincial Minister for Co-Operative Malik Muhammad Iqbal Channer has hailed Punjab government's historic budget of a massive allocation of Rs. 1650 billion for the fiscal year 2016-17. He made these remarks in a press statement here, today.

Provincial Minister Co-Operative Malik Muhammad Iqbal Channer termed and allocation of Rs. 173 billion for new and ongoing schemes to southern Punjab as a true reflection of Chief Minister Punjab's commitment to accelerate the process of modernizing the socio-physical infrastructure in the southern Punjab. He welcomed Chief Minister Punjab's approval of allocating billions of rupees for this purpose.

Perveen Masood Bhatti has highly appreciated the allocation of Rs. 256 billion for schools education commission

BAHAWALPUR(PR)Member National Assembly Begum Perveen Masood Bhatti has highly appreciated the allocation of Rs. 256 billion for schools education commission which would facilitate millions of students in 36 districts of Punjab.

She paid rich tribute to Chief Minister Punjab for enhancing the quantum of financial allocation for this sector 47 percent to than that of the allocation made in the previous fiscal year.

Delegation of information technology department of Government Sadiq women University called on Divisional emergency officer

BAHAWALPUR(PR)A delegation of information technology department of Government Sadiq women University called on Divisional emergency officer of rescue 1122 Dr. Asif Rahim Channer.

Divisional emergency officer Dr. Asif Rahim Channer gave the visiting delegation detailed briefing regarding the functioning of rescue 1122.

Meeting of national highways and motorways police

BAHAWALPUR(PR)A meeting of national highways and motorways police was held under the chairmanship of SSP national highways and motorways police Ghulam Jaafir. The meeting was attended by DSP Syed Muhammad Rizwan Shah and patrolling officers. SSP Ghulam Jaafir called upon patrolling officers to gear up their efforts of their on-going public awareness campaign regarding safe journey.

DCO Dr. Ehtisham Anwer Mahaar monitored the auction process of fruits and vegetables in fruits and vegetables market

BAHAWALPUR(PR)DCO Dr. Ehtisham Anwer Mahaar monitored the auction process of fruits and vegetables in fruits and vegetables market. He was accompanied by Assistant Commissioner city Rao Tasleem Akhter; Secretary market Committee and other officers and officials of the concerned departments.

Allocation of Rs. 28 billion in  budget of  Punjab for  to construct 9 thousand new additional rooms and to accelerate the pace of mitigating the missing facilities in government schools :Fouzia Ayub Qureshi

BAHAWALPUR(PR)An allocation of Rs. 28 billion in new budget of Government of Punjab for the year 2016-17 to construct 9 thousand new additional rooms and to accelerate the pace of mitigating the missing facilities in government schools would go a long way to establish a knowledge based economy in 36 districts of Punjab. MPA Fouzia Ayub Qureshi made these remarks in a press statement.

AD&SJ Shaikh Naeem Ahmad paid a visit at Borstal institute and juvenile jail Bahawalpur

BAHAWALPUR(PR)Additional District and Session Judge Bahawalpur Shaikh Naeem Ahmad paid a visit at Borstal institute and juvenile jail Bahawalpur. During his visit, he gave sympathetic hearing to various grievances and problems of the inmates. He ordered the release of an inmate on his personal surety.

13th meeting of divisional development working party

BAHAWALPUR(PR)The 13th meeting of divisional development working party would be held on June 17th in the conference room of Commissioner Bahawalpur. The meeting would be presided over by Commissioner Bahawalpur, Saqib Zafar. The meeting would hold a review of the development schemes of Higher education, in Bahawalpur division.

Meeting to redress the problems of disable persons

BAHAWALPUR(PR)A meeting to redress the problems of disable persons was  be held in the conference room of DCO Bahawalpur. DCO Bahawalpur Dr. Ehtisham Anwer Mahaar  preside the meeting .

MNA Sabeeha Nazeer has highly appreciated an allocation of Rs. 312 billion for promoting education sectors in Punjab  budget for the year 2016-17

BAHAWALPUR(PR)MNA Sabeeha Nazeer has highly appreciated an allocation of Rs. 312 billion for promoting education sectors in Punjab government's budget for the fiscal year 2016-17.

"A modern initiative spanning over a period of 2 years entitled "Punjab strengthing schools" would ensure a state of the art capacity building of teachers with the joint collaboration of private sector would enable 1.9 million students to get themselves equipped with modern skills and knowledge through this programme", she noted. She further said that this progressive policy vision of investing in education would accelerate the pace of modernizing education sector which would strengthen knowledge base intellectual infrastructure in 36 districts of Punjab. She paid rich tribute to the visionary leadership of Chief Minister Punjab whose commitment to revolutionized the educational system is amply reflected in the budgetary allocation of for the fiscal 2016-17.

MPA Mian Shoaib Awaisi has paid rich tribute to the progressive and modern economic vision of Chief Minister Punjab

BAHAWALPUR(PR)MPA Mian Shoaib Awaisi has paid rich tribute to the progressive and modern economic vision of Chief Minister Punjab which is practically manifested in the 9th budget of PMLN government by presenting an historic budget of a total volume of 1681 billion rupees for the fiscal 2016-17.

"A massive 550 billion rupees annual development program which has an outlay of 37.5 percent to the previous budget would pave a new vista of progressive development in 36 districts of Punjab", he claimed.

He appreciated a 2 years allocation of Rs. 100 billion for kisan package and allocation of Rs. 147 billion for the sectors of:- Forestry; Live-Stock; Fishery in the fiscal 2016-17 which would strengthen agriculture sector which would translate into prosperity of millions of peasants and would modernize our agro-based economy.

212 raids, 7 FIRs lodged and 27 offenders were sent to jail by imposing a fine to the tune of Rs. 1 Lakh and 13 thousand upon the violators of the Ehtram-e-Ramzan ordinance:DCO Bahawalpur

BAHAWALPUR(PR)District Co-Ordination Officer Bahawalpur Dr. Ehtisham Anwer Mahaar has maintained that under the stringent crack-down to enforce Ehtram-e-Ramzan ordinance 212 raids were conducted; 7 FIRs lodged and 27 offenders were sent to jail by imposing a fine to the tune of Rs. 1 Lakh and 13 thousand upon the violators of the Ehtram-e-Ramzan ordinance by the price control magistrates and concerned officials during the holy month of Ramzan in district Bahawalpur. He made these remarks during a surprise visit of Ramzan Bazar at Railway Station road, Bahawalpur.

During the inspection he further said that during the last 24 hours the price control magistrates conducted as many as 32 raids; got arrested 3 violators; sealed 1 hotel and imposed a fine to the tune of Rs. 12 thousand upon the violators of Ehtram-e-Ramzan ordinance in district Bahawalpur.

DCO Dr. Ehtisham Anwer Mahaar has directed all Assistant Commissioners to carry on their ongoing monitoring process of the auctioning of fruits and vegetables at vegetable markets

BAHAWALPUR(PR)DCO Dr. Ehtisham Anwer Mahaar has directed all Assistant Commissioners to carry on their ongoing monitoring process of the auctioning of fruits and vegetables at vegetable markets in all tehsils of district Bahawalpur. He maintained that effective monitoring of auctions process at vegetables market has greatly helped in stabilizing the price regime and ensuring the supply of fresh and high quality fruit and vegetables to the consumers. He made these remarks while monitoring the auction process at fruits and vegetables market Bahawalpur.

Imran Shah Azmi presented his new poetry collection  to Deputy Director Public Relations Nasir Hameed

BAHAWALPUR(PR)Prominent Saraiki and Urdu Poet Imran Shah Azmi presented his new poetry collection entitled "Yaadan da Chaatan" to Deputy Director Public Relations Nasir Hameed and Information Officer Syed Abid Hassan Rizvi at their office.

MD BWMC  Naeem Akhter has called upon the officials of organization to evolve a pre-emptive mechanism to effectively cope with the expected challenges of the next moon soon rains

BAHAWALPUR(PR)MD Bahawalpur Waste Management Company Naeem Akhter has called upon the officials of organization to evolve a pre-emptive mechanism to effectively cope with the expected challenges of the next moon soon rains. He issued these directions while presiding over a review meeting regarding operational management of Bahawalpur Waste Management Company.

The meeting was attended by the concerned officials of operational wing of Bahawalpur waste management company. Manager Operation Muhammad Imtiaz-ullah briefed the chair about the operational strategy of the organization.