Chakwal

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CHAKWAL, Sept 16: Seven people have tested positive while 33 are suspected of dengue in Chakwal, Executive District Officer Health Dr. Nasir Mehmood told Dawn on Friday. “The majority of the suspected are those who had traveled to Lahore and other affected areas during Eid holidays and contracted the virus there,” EDO Dr. Nasir maintained. However, unlike last year, the situation seems far better and under control. “We are doing our best to create awareness among the masses by distributing pamphlets, holding walks and through media,” he maintained. He said that health department had fumigated the vulnerable areas during spring season. “We have tried our best to eliminate the mosquitoes in their breeding stage by fogging,” he claimed. He said that a force of 1,227 personnel of health department is straining hard to combat the viral disease.  “We have 1125 Lady Health Workers, 61 Nutrition Supervisors and 41 doctors who are imparting health services besides making them aware,” he...

Yellow Cab Scheme Government of Punjab has launched Yellow Taxicab Scheme for the unemployed people of province. 20,000 taxis will be distributed among qualified applicants. 40 percent quota has been allocated for 11 districts of Southern Punjab. Transparency of this project will be ensured by provincial government through computerized balloting in the presence of media. According to details, 2500 taxis will be distributed every month so the total 20,000 taxis will be distributed in a period of eight months. Punjab Cabinet has approved Yellow Cab Scheme. Suzuki Mehran VX and Suzuki Bolan VX in green and black colors would be given to the eligible applicants on easy installments. Also in the first PML-N government, Yellow Cab Scheme was introduced for the unemployed youth. Suzuki Bolan and Suzuki Mehran are amongst the most popular vehicles in Pakistan due to their affordable price, fuel efficiency, lesser fuel consumption and lesser running cost. More...

It is a medium sized village, located 30 km west from Talagang (geographical coordinates are 33° 40' 38" North, 72° 51' 21" East). It is one of the oldest towns with more than 10,000 population. It does not seem wrong, if we say that it is a town of SARDARS. It is famous for since the creation of Pakistan winging Member of National Assembly for NA-61 always belonged from Tamman as well as due to police station of the surrounding area. It gained importance because of the influential leaders and politicians that have emerged over time from this village. They all belonged to one family, the Sardars of Tamman who practically own the town. Sardars of Tamman have politics in their veins. The Tamman families, Sardars of Tamman, are influential personalities in the district and have been a part of the National Assembly since the creation of Pakistan. Tamman is amongst those developing villages where different sorts of technology is already a part of the inhabitan...

BHILOMAR, BIDHER, BUDHIAL, DHOULAR, DHURNAL, JABBI SHAH DILAWAR, JASSIAL, JHATLA, KOT GULLAH, KOT QAZI, KOT SARANG, LAWA, LETI, MULTAN KHURD, NAKA KAHOOT, PICHNAND, PIERA FATEHIAL, SAGHAR, TALAGANG CITY-I, TALAGANG CITY-II, TAMMAN, TEHI, THOA MEHRAM KHAN