Rescue-1122 fire fighters demonstrating their skills to deal with any emergency at Emergency Services Academy
A vendor displaying and arranging flower garlands to attract the customer at his roadside setup
A worker carving writing and design on marble pieces at his workplace
Workers washing 300 KWP solar PV system after installation at Nishtar Medical University and Hospital
A female vendor displaying sunglasses to attract the customers at her roadside setup
A view of sewerage water accumulated at Cloth Market Road and needs the attention of concerned authorities.
A view of garbage spreading on the road of Latifabad and needs the attention of concerned authorities
A vendor displaying the second hand quilts & warm clothes to attract the customers at Bacha Khan Chowk
A vendor preparing traditional food item paratas for customers outside his hotel at Fort Road
A worker cleaning the peanuts in a traditional way at Grain market to attract the customers
Customers selecting & purchasing swing displayed by shopkeeper to attract the customers at Resala Road.
Students performing in a tableau during Sindhi cultural programme to mark the Sindhi Ajrak Topi Culture Day at Government Girls Higher Secondary School
An employee of Irrigation Department removing waste material from Rakh Branch Canal
Vendors displaying corn combs to attract the customers at Vegetable Market,
A female vendor displaying green chilies to attract the customers at Vegetable Market,
Academics, youth abroad our ambassadors; help project positive reality immensely: Dr Moeed
ISLAMABAD, Dec 04 (APP):National Security Adviser (NSA) Dr Moeed Yusuf on Saturday said Pakistan’s academics and youth abroad were its ambassadors and help project its positive reality immensely.
The NSA in a tweet on his official Twitter handle informed that he held a consultative session with Pakistani faculty members and students of Nazarbayev University in Nur-Sultan, Dr Moeed Yusuf is on his two-day official visit to the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Dr Moeed further wrote, “Wherever I go, I try to learn from such diaspora groups & always walk away truly impressed.”
Ticket prices for Pakistan vs West Indies T20I, ODI series announced
By Sohail Ali
LAHORE, Dec 04 (APP):The National Stadium will be available to fans at 100 per cent seating capacity to watch this year’s most successful T20I side in action when Babar Azam’s Pakistan take on the West Indies in three T20Is and as many ODIs from 13-22 December.
Pakistan have won 17 T20Is this year and will enter the shorter format series against the West Indies with nine wins in the last 10 completed matches.
In a bid to help cricket fans from various walks of life watch their superstars in action, the Pakistan Cricket Board has set the ticket prices for the T20I matches from as low as PKR250 till PKR2,000.
Seats in General Enclosures (Intikhab Alam, Iqbal Qasim, Mohammad Brothers, Nasimul Ghani and Wasim Bari) are priced at PKR250; in First-class Enclosures (Asif Iqbal, Majid Khan, Quaid, Waqar Hasan and Zaheer Abbas) are for PKR500; in Premium Enclosures (Imran Khan and Wasim Akram) are for PKR1,000; and in VIP Enclosures (Fazal Mahmood, Hanif Mohammad and Javed Miandad) are for PKR2,000.
These tickets can be purchased online (www.bookme.pk), over telephone (0092 313 778 6888) or through box office and M&P outlets, details of which are available in the document attached.
Fans of all ages will be able to see No.1 ranked Babar team up with 2021’s most successful T20I batter Mohammad Rizwan as his opening partner.
According to the guidelines issued by the National Command and Operations Centre, individuals above 12 are required to be fully vaccinated, while no vaccination is required for the children below the age of 12. The access to the stadium will be granted upon the display of original ticket, CNIC and Nadra-issued immunisation certificate for Covid-19.
The two sides will play three ODIs – part of ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Super League – on 18, 20 and 22 December, for which the tickets will start from as less as PKR100 and go up to only PKR1,000. The seats in General Enclosures are available for PKR100, in First-class for PKR250, in Premium for PKR500 and VIP for 1,000.
To ensure all the spectators get to enjoy the action in a safe manner, they are advised to follow the Covid-19 protocols and wear the facemasks when in the stands.
Protection of lives, property government’s priority: State Minister
LAHORE, Dec 04 (APP):State Minister for Information and Broadcasting Farrukh Habib said on Saturday that protection of lives and property of people was top priority of the government and no compromise would be made in this regard.
He stated this while addressing a prize distribution ceremony of National Volunteer
CERTS Challenge 2021 organised in collaboration with VSO Pakistan at Emergency
Services Academy (ESA) here. The ceremony was organized to march International
Volunteer Day.
He said that Rescue-1122 had emerged as a well organised institution and the whole nation was proud of its services.
The minister said the Rescue-1122 was a beacon for all public service-oriented
departments.
Rescue 1122 had always responded efficiently in all sort of emergencies and calamities just to protect the lives of people, he maintained.
He further said that rescue cadet corps (RCC) was the need of hour and he appreciated the rescue for encouraging community participation.
Farrukh said it was very good to see volunteers in the ESA who had come here from
different districts and far flung areas.
He further said the Punjab government would soon start Rescue-1122 motorbike service in different districts and added that first helicopter emergency service would soon be launched and a formal approval in this regard had been given by the Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar.
The State minister said that all these initiatives would help in capacity building of
Rescue-1122 and the government would provide all possible support to strengthen
the department. He distributed prizes and certificates among the volunteers.
Rescue-1122 Director General Dr Rizwan Naseer also spoke.
Earlier, he witnessed the mock exercises of the Rescue-1122, in which rescuers
demonstrated their skill to cope with emergency situations.
Pakistan’s New York consulate expands online services for expatriates
NEW YORK, Dec 04 (APP): Pakistan’s Consulate General in New York has digitalized its operations and is delivering a range of services to overseas Pakistanis that do not require them to visit its offices, a senior Pakistani diplomat has said.
Consul General Ayesha Ali told a press conference on Friday that overseas Pakistanis can now obtain online — Power of Attorney, Passport, Visa and NICOP (National Identity Card for Overseas Pakistanis) — from the comfort of their homes.
They can also access the Punjab record system and operate Roshan Digital Accounts, as well as make use of the portals of the prime minister and the foreign minister to enter their comments or raise their problems.
Another way to keep the expatriates informed of developments or to resolve their problems was “khuli katcheries” that the consul general said she has been holding with great of success.
While the coronavirus lockdowns adversely affected countries around the world, Ayesha Ali said the situation helped accelerate the digitalization process so as to maintain critical service remotely.
She said that bolstering of facilities for the overseas Pakistanis is in line with the instructions of Prime Minister Imran Khan who regards them as the country’s “biggest asset”.
Pakistan receive US$3 bln Saudi deposit: Tarin
ISLAMABAD, Dec 4 (APP): Adviser to Prime Minister on Finance and Revenue, Shaukat Tarin Saturday announced that Pakistan has received US$3 billion deposit from Saudi Arabia to lend support to the local currency and help bolster foreign exchange reserves of the country.
In a tweet, Tarin thanked Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for the kind gesture.
“Good news, US$3 billion Saudi deposit received by SBP. I want to thank His Excellency Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for the kind gesture”, the Adviser tweeted.