HAZOOR Khan is a resident of Mitiari, Sindh. He was given the best micro entrepreneur award for 2008 by the Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund and Citigroup as he got rid of poverty on microfinance.

THE district coordination officer (DCO) appointed 50 price control magistrates to ensure sale of edibles and necessary items at government fixed rates especially during Ramazan.

WALLED City Project Director General Oriya Maqbool Jan Abbasi has stressed the need for concerted efforts by all the government departments for the conservation of historical and cultural heritage. He said that the Punjab government was spending Rs 300 million for the conservation of the Shalimar Gardens

Counsel for Dr. Aafia Siddiqui has filed a contempt of court petition before the Lahore High Court against the ministries of interior and foreign affairs for releasing $20million to three American lawyers for defending Dr Aafia in the US courts, thus violating the court order.

AN ADDITIONAL district and sessions judge on Tuesday issued notice to police on a petition seeking directions for registration of a criminal case against Gen (retd) Pervez Musharraf.

PRESIDENT PPP Punjab Rana Aftab Ahmed Khan has said the government has successfully crushed the terrorism and its network in the military operation. The PPP leader stated this at a reception given in his and Deputy Secretary Information Sajjad Bokhari’s honour by Khalid Awan, Pakistan’s investment counselor in USA, on Tuesday.

PUNJAB Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif presided over a meeting at the Chief Minister’s Secretariat to review the pace of implementation of land record computerization project. Chairman Bank of Punjab, Senior Member Board of Revenue, Secretary Information Technology, Project Director Land Computerization Record and other officers concerned attended the meeting.

THE Supreme Court of Pakistan Tuesday ordered the Punjab government and the Lahore Development Authority to submit a building-wise report and recommendations about the line of action against buildings built in violation of rules and regulations.

LAHORE: While the concept of microfinance is still at a developing stage in Pakistan, its pioneer in Bangladesh Mohammad Yunus, the founder of Grameen Bank which provides small loans to poor people, hopes that the day is not far when Bangladeshi children will visit museums to see what poverty was like.

LAHORE: The Lahore stock market on Tuesday saw bullish activity which pushed the index up by 31.58 points to 2,418.54. In the morning, the trading started on a positive note and fresh buying in major blue-chips kept the index in the positive zone. In the refinery sector, however, some profit-taking was seen, but shares of[…]