Islamabad—The
Capital Development Authority (CDA) has put a
ban on issuance of permits for more filling
stations on Islamabad Expressway, officially,
decided to ensure the security of the VVIP
route. According to a senior CDA official, the
Authority has banned the opening of more filling
stations on the 10-lane Expressway from Faizabad
to Airport Chowk to ensure safe movement of the
VIPs traveling to and from Benazir Bhutto
International Airport.
Islamabad—World Toilet Day is observed in the
third week of November every year to draw
attention to the importance of sanitation and
raise awareness for about 2.5 billion who do not
have access to toilets and proper sanitation.
According to a press release issued from
National Environmental Information Management
System here on Thursday, absence of access to
proper sanitation risks people health, strips
their dignity and kills 1.8 million people
mostly children, every year.
Islamabad—Japan will extend financial support of
Rs 4.4 million to the “The Citizens Foundation (TCF)”,
a non- governmental organization, under the
“Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security
Projects” for the extension of primary school in
Dina Nath, Bhai Phero, Punjab. According to
Japanese embassy, the agreement for the project
was signed Thursday at the Japanese Ambassador’s
residence here between Chihiro Atsumi, the
Ambassador of Japan and Syed Asaad Ayub Ahmad,
President & CEO of The Citizens Foundation.
Islamabad—Pakistan Bait-ul-Mal
(PBM) will soon extend its Child Support
Programme (CSP) countrywide as its has enrolled
90,000 children of 40,000 families with
financial support of Rs 300 and Rs 600 per
month. The amount in form of ‘Conditional Cash
Transfers’ is given to the ultra poor families
for sending their children to school in the age
bracket of 5 to 12 years old, said Zamurrad
Khan, Managing Director PBM while talking to
APP.
Islamabad—Benazir
Income Support Programme has signed an agreement
with United Bank Limited (UBL) to pay benefits
to 318,126 families of Swat and Malakand through
visa cards. The process to issue visa cards to
the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) of Swat
and Malakand will be initiated in the first week
of December, official sources of the programme
told APP here Thursday.
