National
May 20, 2021
Rawalpindi: Punjab Food Authority (PFA) have substandard and unhygienic meat of ill chickens during an operation in the city area here on Wednesday.
According to the PFA spokesman, the enforcement team carried out a raid in the Chicken market in the wee hours at the Bagh Sardaran area and discarded 4,030 kg of chicken meat on the spot.
He said that meat was being supplied to the city hotels and was not up to hygienic standard. The teams also imposed a heavy fine on 7 vehicles involved in delivering substandard chicken to the market while warning notices were issued to 12 suppliers for improving the weight and quality of chicken.
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People are talking about
May 2, 2021 the disgraceful example of the health minister of KP hosting an ‘Iftar’ party at a restaurant, proving that big wigs think they are above the law and he is bailed out while persons of a lesser god who disregard SOP’s languish in jail. People say the minister should have been removed to send a message that such behaviour will not be tolerated and it’s not kosher talking about the misdeeds of past regimes if the present one is exempt from action. the sorry fact that whenever a decision cannot be reached when there is a meeting of minister/administrators or others in charge having to deal with important issues concerning the welfare of the country, a committee is formed to pass the buck. People say if a bunch of so called ‘responsible’ persons cannot decide, then why the need for a committee the banning of the TLP being a case in point. The government should stick by its decision and let the court decide.
Financial crunch reduces number of free food, ration spots this Ramazan
Islamabad
May 2, 2021
Rawalpindi : Long queues like this one are a common sight for people in Pakistan as they usually stand in them to buy sugar, ghee, or ‘atta’ on regular basis, but here the people are standing in an orderly fashion not to buy something but to get free of cost meal served by some philanthropists at Tulsa Road.
Ramazan has been a blessing for such people when philanthropists dole out charity and free food at ‘sehri’ and ‘iftar’, but this year due to financial crunch the number of such spots is limited.
SOPs violations continue unabated
December 14, 2020
Rawalpindi : No doubt, government ministers are staging 4 to 6 press conferences on coronavirus topic on daily basis and warning public not to attend political processions but unable to devise proper planning to implement standard operating procedures (SOPs) in markets and shopping malls where the majority of citizens are freely violating them.
The locals could be seen moving freely in markets, shopping malls and other public places even in the areas where ‘Smart Lockdown’ was imposed without masks but concerned authorities are looking at the whole drama with closed eyes.
On the directions of the Punjab Home Department, the local administration in Rawalpindi some four days back imposed a smart lockdown at 19 hotspots areas of coronavirus. But, the public was moving freely in all areas in Rahim Town, Muslim Town, Gulshanabad, Shakriyal, Asif Colony, Adiala, Daryabad, Gawalmandi, Qasimabad, Naik Alam, Bagh Sardaran, Safdarab