Heavy rain drowns many areas of Lahore

Heavy rain hit Lahore and its suburbs which gave relief to the citizens from hot and humid weather.

The heavy rain also caused problems for the citizens as rainwater accumulated in the low-lying areas while heavy showers also created traffic problems as roads remained submerged in water, suspending routine life for quite some time.

Most streets and roads in the city were inundated with rainwater, exposing the planning of the departments concerned.
According to the Met Office the city received about 81mm rain.

Rain also showered in different cities of the province including Gujranwala, Kasur, Faisalabad, Gujrat, Sialkot, Rawalpindi and Islamabad.

Shallow quake hits southwest Pakistan: USGS

QUETTA: A shallow 5.7-magnitude earthquake hit southwest Pakistan on Wednesday, the US Geological Survey said.

The quake struck at 5:53 am (0053 GMT) around 330 kilometres (200 miles) southwest of Quetta, the capital of the province of Baluchistan, at a depth of eight kilometres.

A powerful 7.2-magnitude quake that hit southwest Pakistan in January sent people rushing from their homes in panic but did not cause significant casualties.

Pakistan was hit by a 7.6-magnitude earthquake on October 8, 2005 that killed more than 73,000 people and left about 3.5 million homeless, mainly in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir and parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. AGENCIES

Mismanagement mars entry tests for ASI posts in Lahore

LAHORE: Mismanagement was quite evident in Lahore, where thousands of candidates had to face the scorching heat to sit in entry tests for the vacant posts of assistant sub-inspectors (ASIs).

Written tests were conducted across the province for vacant posts of ASIs in Punjab police.

Some 15, 000 candidates turned to University of Engineering Technology (UET) to appear in the tests for 32 seats of Lahore Division.

Due to mismanagement, the test started late by one and half an hour.

Candidates complained that insufficient arrangements were made for the tests. They said that they had no access to water while a number of candidates had to sit under the scorching sun.

PPP Punjab chapter demands LB polls to be held

Pakistan Peoples Party Punjab chapter has demanded that the local body elections should be held in the province, News Trends reported on Saturday.
Talking to media men in Faisalabad senior provincial minister Punjab Raja Riaz Ahmed said that the Chief Minister of the province should announce a date for the polls. He further said that PPP would participate in the polls in letter and spirit and would hold local body conventions very soon. He also ruled any possibility of seat adjustment with PML-N. Raja Riaz said that the workers of PPP are not being attended by the government and even the PML-N MPAs are dissatisfied over the situation.

51 more dengue cases confirmed in Sindh

Staff Report

KARACHI: The Sindh Health Department has confirmed 51 more dengue cases in different parts of the province Saturday.

Officials said that 26 cases were confirmed in Karachi and 25 in other parts of Sindh during last 24 hours.

Several people with dengue symptoms have been admitted in different areas of the province. Trend Pk

Dengue tests arrangements in Sindh

Staff Report

KARACHI: Sindh Minister for Health Dr Sagheer Ahmed has said that all arrangements have been made for dengue patients’ tests.

Dr Sagheer said that total 247 dengue positive patients are admitted in different hospitals of the province.

While talking to media persons on Sunday, he said the health department has conducted dengue tests of 3,371 people in the province and found 1,816 positive with the virus. Trend Pk

15 more dengue patients confirmed in Sindh

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KARACHI: 15 more dengue patients have been confirmed in Sindh, SAMAA reported Wednesday.

According to details, 1,366 patients have been confirmed in the province in the last two months as 2,556 patients were brought to different hospitals in Karachi, Hyderabad and Sukkur.

Sources said that more than 190 patients are under treatment in different hospitals of the province. SAMAA

Punjab govt. to make new security plan

Staff Report

LAHORE: Punjab government has started working on a new security plan for the province and information regarding major places is being gathered, SAMAA learnt Monday.

Sources from the Civil Defence said that the administrations of Rawalpindi and other cities of the province have been asked to submit information about educational institutions, locations of religious places, fireworks warehouses, private hospitals, ambulances, medical stores and other such places.

The records and related information will be available at the Post Warden of Civil Defence and will be used during emergencies. SAMAA

Sindh health department confirms 63 more dengue patients

Staff Report

KARACHI: Sindh Health Department on Monday confirmed 63 more patients who tested positive for dengue in Karachi.

With this development, the total figure reaches 944 in the province while 1,879 patients with dengue symptoms were brought to different hospitals in the city.

Meanwhile, four more dengue patients have been admitted in Hyderabad. SAMAA

Commuters in trouble as petrol shortage worsens in Punjab

Commuters across Punjab are confronted with massive transportation problems due to a further increase in the shortage of petrol in the province, as fuel remained available at only five to 10 percent of filling stations due to supply problems.
Long queues of commuters were seen at filling stations in Lahore, Multan, Dera Ghazi Khan and other major cities of the province, where limited supply of fuel to citizens increased for the worse.
Since Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) was available in the major cities, the shortage of petrol mainly irked motorcyclists and the car owners who were having single fuel consumption facilities in their vehicles.
According to details, PARCO, the largest refinery in the country, is unable to supply petrol due to damages suffered in the recent floods. Secondly, petrol is mainly coming from Karachi and due to damages to roads, the supply system has been slowed downed and thirdly, most drivers of oil tankers have not come back from Eid holidays. Delay in outstanding payments by the government to Pakistan State Oil was another reason for the shortage.

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