Muzaffarabad—The Deputy Chairman ERRA Lt.
General Nadeem Ahmed has said that hundreds of
departmental officials of ERRA and SERRA are
rigorously engaged in reconstruction work and
rehabilitation of 350,000 quake hit people of
Azad Kashmir. He said this while addressing a
farewell ceremony which was held jointly by ERRA
and SERRA officials in his honor here on
Wednesday. He said that reconstruction work was
being done according to building code in quake
ravaged areas and the roads, hospitals and
educational institutions were being
reconstructed in accordance with future needs
and keeping in view the future dangers.
Peshawar— The senior citizens of Hayatabad have
urged the Provincial government to seal all
illegal schools, guest houses, hostels, clinics
and other commercial centers in the area as they
were constant irritants for the residents. In an
exclusive interview with APP, Chairman
“Hayatabad Friends Welfare Society”, a private
association of the senior citizens of the area,
Malik Khana Gul said that it was the most
appropriate time to take action against the
private schools and hostels operating in the
township illegally due to summer vacations
adding that the examinations were over and
students would not be affected.
Lahore— A 19-member delegation comprising senior
officials of the UAE Government and UNICEF led
by Brigadier Nasser Aloadi Yahya Al-Minhali
visited Multan and nearby communities to inspect
centers set up to provide support for children
who were formerly camel jockeys. The delegation
is in Pakistan on a three-day tour. The former
camel jockeys were repatriated in accordance
with the historic agreement signed last year
between the UAE and UNICEF. The UAE also
negotiated agreements with Pakistan and other
source countries to provide ongoing support and
social services to the former camel jockeys. The
support centers have been set up by UAE
Government and UNICEF.
Mirpur—AJK government has kicked off an
integrated plan to benefit the common man with
quick and quality medical facilities close to
their door steps through the public sector
hospitals, RHCs and BHus throughout Azad Jammu
Kashmir including in remote and far flung areas,
official sources said. The broad-based health
care development plan involved furnishing of all
public-sector district and tehsil headquarter
hospitals with latest equipments and instruments
and medicines harmonious to the need of the
modern age, the sources told APP here Wednesday.
Larkana— The Marie Adelaide Leprosy Centre (MALC)
in coordination with Caritas Austria, an NGO,
has launched a scheme for construction of 100
houses in flood-hit areas of Kambar-Shahdadkot.
Village Kehar Khan Magsi near Patooja Shakh
which was completely destroyed during last
year’s floods had been chosen for the
construction of first house. The construction
work has begun and 20 houses will be constructed
in the village in three months’ time, the
medical coordinator of the centre, Dr
Farooque-ur-Rehman Soomro, told APP, here on
Wednesday.
