BAHAWALPUR NEWS

AD&SJ Bashir Ahmad Chaudhry paid a visit at Borstle Institute and Juvenile Jail Bahawalpur

BAHAWALPUR(PR)Additional District and Session Judge Lodhran Bashir Ahmad Chaudhry paid a visit at Borstle Institute and Juvenile Jail Bahawalpur. He gave sympathetic hearing to the problems and grievances of the inmate children and issued directions to resolve them.

Muhammad Shaukat Feroz paid a visit at Borstle Institute and Juvenile jail Bahawalpur

BAHAWALPUR(PR)Deputy Inspector General of prison department Multan region Muhammad Shaukat Feroz paid a visit at Borstle Institute and Juvenile jail Bahawalpur. During his visit DIG Muhammad Shaukat Feroz inspected kitchen, dining hall, hospital and juvenile barracks of the jail. He also inspected ongoing development works in the Borstle Institute and Juvenil Jail Bahawalpur. Later, he had lunch along with inmates and officials of the jail.

District food committee Bahawalpur conducted a raid at a cooking oil manufacturing factory at Melay wali gali Bahawalpur

BAHAWALPUR(PR)District food committee Bahawalpur conducted a raid at a cooking oil manufacturing factory at Melay wali gali, Bahawalpur, which was manufacturing cooking oil by utilizing fats of various animals and hens. The raids conducting team took into custody 500 liter unhygienic cooking oil which was later destroyed. The factory was sealed while 2 accused Muhammad Aamir and Jamil Ahmad have been booked and arrested by Police Station Baghdad. This was stated by District Coordination Officer Bahawalpur Dr. Ehtisham Anwer Mahar while giving a press briefing at his committee room, here, today. The briefing was attended by Additional District Collector & Director district food committee Nosheen Malik, Assistant Commissioner Bahawalpur City Rao Tasleem Akhter, District Officer Health Dr. Zeeshan Rauf, Print and Electronic Media representatives and other officers and officials of the concerned departments.

District Coordination Officer Dr. Ehtisham Anwer Mahar highly appreciated the achievements of the raid conducting team which busted a cooking oil factory which was playing with the lives of the consumers by manufacturing highly unhygienic and sub standard cooking oil. Later, Assistant Commissioner Bahawalpur city Rao Tasleem Akhter briefed the Media persons that 4 bags filled with the fats of animals and other cooking oil manufacturing material have been taken into custody.

District Health officer Dr. Zeeshan Rauf and Additional District Collector & Director District food committee Nosheen Malik also spoken on the occasion. They maintained that members of district food committee conducted raids at pickle factory at Ahmadpur East and police has registered criminal case against 8 accused at Police Station Ahmadpur East. They further maintained that during the current month members of district food committee has conducted as many as 450 raids and sealed 10 food points and also imposed a fine to the tune of Rs. 6 lac to the violators.

AC Bahawalpur city Rao Tasleem Akhter conducted raids at various food outlets

BAHAWALPUR(PR)Assistant Commissioner Bahawalpur city Rao Tasleem Akhter conducted raids at various food outlets and imposed a fine to the tune of Rs. one lac and five thousand upon the violators of food act.

Condolence meeting was held at Divisional Information office Bahawalpur 

BAHAWALPUR(PR)A condolence meeting was held at Divisional Information office Bahawalpur to offer Fatiha to the departed soul of late father of the Stenographer of Information Office Muzammil Hussain. Regional Director Information Rana Ajaz Mahmood chaired the condolence meeting. The condolence meeting was attended by Deputy Director Public Relations Nasir Hameed, Professor Dr. Rana Muhammad Shahzad, District Information Officer Nauman Masood Khan, Accounts Officer Jam Ghulam Asghar, Admin in-charge Fazal Mahmood, Dr. Muhammad Naseem Nadeem, Pictorial Publicity Officer Anees Ahmad Khan, Habib-ur-Rehman and other officials of the Information department. The meeting offered Fatiha and prayed that the departed soul may rest in eternal peace.

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Supply of electricity would remain suspended from Satellite Town sub Division

BAHAWALPUR(PR)The supply of electricity would remain suspended from Satellite Town sub Division, Feeder Guddan of 132-KV grid station Lal suhanra from 19^th of October to 21^st of October from 8:30 AM to 12:30 PM due to maintenance and repair work. This was stated by Executive Engineer operation MEPCO city Division Bahawalpur.

Rescue 1122 Bahawalpur division extended training to the residing children and the whole staff of Pakistan sweet home

BAHAWALPUR(PR)Punjab Emergency Service Rescue 1122 Bahawalpur division extended training regarding basic life support  and fire safety to the residing children and the whole staff of Pakistan sweet home, Bahawalpur. This was stated by Divisional Emergency Officer Rescue 1122, Bahawalpur Division.

Supply of electricity would remain suspended from City II feeder of 66-KV grid station of Sub Division Yazman

BAHAWALPUR(PR)The supply of electricity would remain suspended from City II feeder of 66-KV grid station of Sub Division Yazman due to maintenance and repair work at 11-KV Tailwala Feeder on 20^th, 22^nd and 23^rd of October from 7:30 AM to 11:30 AM. This was stated by Executive Engineer operation MEPCO city Division Bahawalpur, here, today.

Seminar was held for the students of Fatu Wali high school regarding road safety and safe driving by Punjab high way patrol Bahawalpur

BAHAWALPUR(PR)A seminar was held for the students of Fatu Wali high school, district Bahawalpur regarding road safety and safe driving by Punjab high way patrol Bahawalpur region. The seminar was organized under the directions of Senior Superintendent of Police Punjab high way patrol, Gohar Mushtaq Bhutta.

District Consumer Protection Council was mobilizing all available resources to protect the economic rights of the consumers in Bahawalpur district:Zeenat Mazhar

BAHAWALPUR(PR)District Consumer Protection Council was mobilizing all available resources to protect the economic rights of the consumers in Bahawalpur district. The complainants may lodge their complaints at the office of district consumer protection council from 8:00 AM to 3:00 PM at first Flore Jhangi wala road near civil hospital Bahawalpur. This was stated by Assistant Director legal, District Consumer protection council Bahawalpur, Mrs. Zeenat Mazhar .

PEF starts final phase of PSSP

LAHORE(PR)Punjab Education Minister Rana Mashhood Ahmad Khan has said that overall improvement in education sector is the priority agenda of the government. In this regard, provision of missing facilities is especially taken care of along with provision of quality education so that the students could be best groomed as future leaders. On the other side, overall infrastructure of the public sector schools is also being improved so that the students could study in conducive atmosphere.

He was addressing the meeting at Punjab Education Foundation head office on Wednesday. Chairman PEF Qamar ul Islam Raja, Managing Director Tariq Mahmood, Incharge PSSP/ Secretary Primary Healthcare Ali Jan Khan, Deputy Managing Directors of PEF, Director (PSSP) Sidra Saleem and others attended the meeting.

While addressing the meeting, Rana Mashhood said that public school support program is an important achievement in providing free quality education to the students in the province. The first two phases of the PSSP have shown positive results, he added. It is important to note that increase in enrollment has been witnessed in PSSP partner schools, he added. This shows strong confidence of the people over the educational reforms of the Punjab government. He said that improvement of primary schools has also been prioritized and added that billion of rupees have been spent on the development of physical infrastructure of public sector schools. He pointed out that annual budget of school education department has been increased to Rs. 315 billion and this amount is 36 percent more than the corresponding year’s budget. The Minister further said that one thousand monthly stipend has been given to four lakh girls in the southern districts of the province. He further said that IT has already been introduced in the public sector schools; adding that it is an important step towards bringing digital revolution. This will also guide the students to find their destinations by exploring new avenues in their fields.

Chairman PEF Qamar ul Islam said that total number of students in PEF partner schools in 36 districts has reached to 25 lakh. 45 percent of them are girls; this shows that our girls have great interest in learning and education. MD PEF Tariq Mahmood said that the foundation has provided free quality education to the deserving male and female students at their doorsteps. We are the best hope of low-income families as PEF partner schools are available in their close proximity. He said that different aspects of the PSSP have been chosen for study by different organizations to evaluate its effectiveness in meeting educational needs of the local communities at the grassroots. Earlier, Incharge PSSP Ali Jan Khan said in his presentation that a total of 113.6 percent increase in enrollment has been witnessed in PSSP partner schools and maintained that this proves communities strong trust over this program.