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Work on deserted squash complex resumes

The Newspaper's Sports
June 30, 2021

The six-court Squash Complex will be completed at a cost of Rs386 million in two years. — APP/File


LAHORE: Finally the construction work of the long-abandoned Squash Complex started in Nishtar Park Sports Complex on Tuesday.

The six-court Squash Complex will be completed at a cost of Rs386 million in two years, according to a Sports Board Punjab (SBP) press release.

Punjab Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs Rai Taimoor Khan Bhatti said that Squash Complex was abandoned for more than two decades due to different reasons.

“But now with the grace of Allah, we are going to complete this grand project in less than two years’ period. We will invite Prime Minister Imran Khan for the inauguration of this project,” he vowed.

It may be mentioned that the work on the complex was halted in the mid 1990s due to red-tapism and during this period though the previous government showed interest in resuming the remaining construction work, but the red-tapism could not start it. There was also a report that the structure of the complex remained without a roof for many years and it had become weakened.

The minister said: “We did not face any major problem barring some delay due to the Covid-19 pandemic last year. Since the promotion of sports and welfare of players have been top priorities of our government, we are pretty confident of completing this project without any disruption.”

DG Sports Punjab Adnan Arshad Aulakh, along with Director Sports Hafeez Bhatti visited the Squash Complex site and inspected different areas of the project on Tuesday.


Published in Dawn, June 30th, 2021

 

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Project Concept (PC-I) of the Rawalpindi Ring Road has been sent to Lahore for final approval.
According to sources, the work on the 38-kilometre-long Rawalpindi Ring Road project from Grand Trunk (GT) Road to Thalian near Motorway will likely to start in August.

Sources said that the final approval of the Rawalpindi Ring Road project will be given by the Punjab government in the financial year 2021-22. The length of the Ring Road project will be 38 kilometer as per the old map.

 

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Punjab to setup Auto Parts Technology Park.

Punjab Minister for Industries and Commerce Mian Aslam Iqbal has revealed that the government of Punjab is planning to set up Auto Parts Technology Park near Lahore in a bid to support the growing industrialisation.

 

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Punjab Government to develop Asia's Largest Forest in Lahore.

Adviser to Punjab Chief Minister Asif Mehmood says that the largest fruit forest in Asia is being planted in Lahore and more than 1.1 million trees have been planted so far.

Addressing a press conference at Bagh-e-Jinnah, Asif Mehmood said that fruit forests have been planted at 51 places in Lahore and more than 500,000 trees and 11 fruit forests will be planted during the monsoon.

He said that special children would also be included in the Clean and Green Pakistan campaign. Chairman Pakistan Horticulture Authority Yasir Gilani said that planting 500,000 saplings in Lahore would improve the environment.

 

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Punjab Government to plant 50 Million saplings in monsoon tree plantation campaign

The Punjab government has set a target of planting 50 million saplings during the monsoon tree plantation campaign that would be formally inaugurated in the third week of July and would continue by December.
Punjab Minister for Forests Sabtain Khan and Chief Secretary Punjab jointly presided over a meeting to review the arrangements for the campaign, at the Civil Secretariat.

Addressing the meeting, Sabtain Khan said that the Punjab government is taking steps to increase forests in line with the vision of the Prime Minister of Pakistan.

He said that under the "Khidmat Apki Dehliz Per" programme, tree planting week is being observed across the province from July 12 to 18 and as many as 380,000 saplings would be planted during this week.

The Chief Secretary said that suitable arrangements should be in place to look after a sapling after its plantation, directing the secretary forest to devise a system for monitoring the growth of plants with the help of modern technology.

 

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Over 300 ladies constables pass out from Sihala Training College


The Frontier Post

RAWALPINDI (APP): A passing out ceremony of more than 300 ladies constables was held here on Thursday at Police Training College Sihala.

Additional Inspector General of Police, Training and Recruitment, Kanwar Shahrukh was chief guest at the ceremony.

The Commandant Sihala Police Training College, Additional IG, Ghulam Rasool Zahid and Deputy Commandant, Ashfaq Alam also graced the occasion.

The Course Commander SP, Umbreen Ali administered the oath from the passed out lady constables who also presented guard of honor to the chief guest.

Additional IG inspected the parade and distributed cash prizes and shields to the lady constables who achieved prominent positions during the training.

Addressing the participants, the Additional IG Training and Recruitment said that the passing out of Ladies Constables is part of Chief Minister Usman Buzdar’s Police Reforms vision to transform the Police Station Culture in this manner.

He informed that this was the first badge of the ladies constables who passed out from Police Training College, Sihala.

He said that the females should not be afraid to come to the police stations for justice and get registered any complaints.

The Additional IG said that the Punjab government was committed to bring innovation in policing and would organize courses for women police constables and officers in line with modern requirements.

Kanwar Shahrukh said that every citizen has the constitutional right to go to the police station and have their grievances resolved.

He said that women police constables had also been trained to use modern weapons and ride motorcycles so that they could easily perform their duties in the field.

The Commandant Sihala Police Training College and Additional IG said that Police College Sihala is one of the top training institutes of Pakistan from where more than 95,000 police officers had been trained.

He said that besides Punjab Police, training was also being imparted to Motorway Police and other forces.

He informed that all the constables were recruited on merit and under a transparent procedure.
Ghulam Rasool Zahid said that all the ladies constables had been trained on modern investigative principles and they would prove to be a valuable asset to the Punjab Police by going to the field.

Cash prizes and shields were given to the ladies police constables who achieved distinguished positions.

Soha Safdar Ali from Gujranwala district took first place in the parade while, Sidra Bibi, a resident of Kasur, won the Commandant Shield in shooting.

Aqsa Khalid from Sialkot district bagged the overall first position during the training.

 

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The Punjab Mass transit Authority will complete the transition of its operations with 64 brand new metro buses in the Lahore metro bus system by the end of August 2021.

 

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The Punjab University of Child Health Sciences

The Punjab government has established the University of Child Health Sciences under University of Child Health Sciences Lahore Act, 2021.

Specialised Healthcare and Medical Education Department Secretary Aamir Jan said that Institute of Child Health had been upgraded to status of university and Lahore’s Children Hospital would be its constituent hospital. “College of Paediatrics, College of Paediatric Nursing, and College of Allied Health Sciences will functions under the university,” he said.

The health secretary added: “This is a landmark project which will act as first degree awarding institute in child health in Pakistan.” He said that under the act, moveable and immoveable properties, rights and interests, possessed and owned by Children Hospital or Institute of Child Health, and all liabilities against the institution would be transferred to the university. “The Specialised Healthcare Department has issued a notification in this regard,” he added.

 

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The Allama Iqbal Industrial City in Faisalabad, a CPEC Special Economic Zone has completed its first phase as 20 industrial units have began their production.

The Chairman of Faisalabad Industrial Estate Development and Management Company (FIEDMC), Mian Kashif Ashfaq has said that Prime Minister Imran Khan expressed satisfaction over the pace of development, and has directed Federal Minister Hammad Azhar, adviser to PM on Commerce Razak Dawood and Minister Industries Punjab Mian Muhammad Aslam Iqbal to ensure provision of basic infrastructure.

 

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The first phase of Allama Iqbal Industrial City Faisalabad, the first Special Economic Zone (SEZ) of Punjab under China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) has been completed.

Faisalabad Industrial Estate Development and Management Company (FIEDMC) Chairman, Mian Kashif Ashfaq said nearly 20 industrial units have started their production, which covered one third of land of first phase of Allama Iqbal Industrial city while remaining will go into operation by the end of year.

“The PM has further directed to minimise the time of allotment of industrial plots to foreign and local investors and all investors must also be facilitated through one window operation,” he added.

He said this project spread over a tract of 3300 acres of land was being completed on fast track basis, which included furniture city, apparel park, modern business centre and the largest expo centre for displaying Pakistan made products to attract local and foreign buyers.

He said the PM had already approved 500 mega watt grid station and 40 MMCF gas to meet the demands of the industrial units. He said an amount of Rs7.5 billion has so far been spent on the completion of first phase.

 

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IGP inaugurates digital Punjab Police Office System

https://nation.com.pk/Reporter/our-staff-report
OUR STAFF REPORT

July 31, 2021


LAHORE - Punjab Inspector General of Police (IGP) Inam Ghani Friday inaugurated the digital “Punjab Police Office System” at Central Police Office (CPO) here.

Speaking on the occasion, the IGP said that the Punjab Police Office System was crucial for a paperless work environment, adding that it was an important step taken for promotion of modern policing in Punjab.

He said the system would be extended to all district police offices of the province after August 14 and also to the supervisory and field officers on their mobiles. “Under this modern programme, they will be able to carry out official duties.”

DIG IT Waqas Nazir said that under the Punjab Police Office System, documents related to official orders and professional matters would reach their destination in real time. “Initially, under the new system, officers can send office letters online as well as print them from a computer and send them manually.”

 

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The Punjab government has set a target of planting 50 million saplings during the monsoon tree plantation campaign that would be formally inaugurated in the third week of July and would continue by December.

Punjab Minister for Forests Sabtain Khan and Chief Secretary Punjab jointly presided over a meeting to review the arrangements for the campaign, at the Civil Secretariat here on Wednesday.

The secretaries of different departments including local government, irrigation, schools education, higher education attended the meeting while the divisional commissioners, deputy commissioners and the director generals of parks and horticulture authorities participated through video link.

Addressing the meeting, Sabtain Khan said that the Punjab government is taking steps to increase forests in line with the vision of the Prime Minister of Pakistan.

He said that under the "Khidmat Apki Dehliz Per" programme, tree planting week is being observed across the province from July 12 to 18 and as many as 380,000 saplings would be planted during this week.

The Chief Secretary said that suitable arrangements should be in place to look after a sapling after its plantation, directing the secretary forest to devise a system for monitoring the growth of plants with the help of modern technology.

The forest secretary briefed the meeting that during the monsoon tree-planting campaign a target has been set to plant 50 million saplings in Punjab - 32 million in government forests, six million in defence department, 8 million in other departments and 11 million on private lands.

He said that Plant for Pakistan Day would also be observed in the first week of August and on this occasion, the forest department would distribute 384,000 saplings free of cost at the sale points.