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WAPDA Security Force Bill: NA body again defers approval after lawmakers’ objections
ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly Standing Committee on Water Resources on Tuesday again deferred approval of the WAPDA Security Force Bill, 2026 following reservations expressed by Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) lawmakers, particularly over proposed powers of arrest within a one-kilometer radius of WAPDA projects.
Punjab will also bear interest and insurance costs: Over 125,000 e-bikes to be provided to students
LAHORE: More than 125,000 e-bikes will be provided to talented male and female students under the “CM Maryam Nawaz E-Bike Scheme.” The Punjab government will also bear the interest and insurance costs on the e-bikes. A special meeting chaired by Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif reviewed the E-Bike Scheme.
Smoke-emitting heavy vehicles: EPA Punjab intensifies crackdown
LAHORE: The Punjab Environment Protection Agency (EPA) has launched an intensified crackdown on smoke-emitting vehicles and placing heavy vehicles, trucks, buses, SUVs and diesel-powered transport at…
Suthra Punjab
Lahore entered September with anti-littering squads fanning out across 200 markets and major roads. For now, offenders receive warnings, but from October 1, dropping rubbish in public can bring fines…
Palestine condemns Israeli excavations at archaeological sites in West Bank
The Palestinian Foreign Ministry has denounced Israeli excavation and bulldozing works at archaeological sites in Sebastia, north of Nablus.
After Nirbhaya
India’s National Human Rights Commission has stepped in after a 16-year-old girl was allegedly gang-raped on a moving private bus in Greater Noida, part of the Delhi metropolitan region. She had mistakenly got off at Pari Chowk on a rainy night, accepted a conductor’s assurance that the bus would take her towards her destination and […]