The Lahore district administration has set up selfie booths at COVID-19 vaccination centres to encourage more people to get inoculated. “Many people take selfies,” said Lahore Commissioner Muhammad Usman Younis. “The idea behind the booth is to make people use this hashtag and make it popular.” The backdrop features the hashtag #IGOTVACCINATED, against which people from different age brackets are capturing their vaccination experience. The booths are growing more popular with young people, who are visiting centres with the exciting prospect of taking selfies with their friends. People have appreciated this move, saying that it will encourage more and more people to secure thei.
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CM’s aide says law to continue its course of action against political culprits
May 17, 2021
LAHORE – Special Assistant to Chief Minister on Information Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan has said that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf and its government are firmly standing with institutions while Sharif family is on the other side
“Sharif family has a history of making institutions ‘controversial’ to promote self-interest at the cost of the state. They (Sharifs) have prioritized personal interests over everything including the armed forces,” she said while talking to journalists at the Lahore Press Club.
Dr Firdous said the political future of the Sharif family was bleak. “It is astounding that the one who guaranteed the return of a so-called patient from London is now trying to flee the country,” she said, while pointing out towards PMLN leaders Nawaz Sharif and Shehbaz Sharif.
Police urge people to stay at home
The CCPO monitored the implementation of lockdown regarding SOPs and distributed masks among citizens
Flouting Covid SOPs, citizens throng markets as Eidul Fitr approaches. PHOTO: ONLINE
LAHORE:
Lahore Police on Wednesday carried out the 18th flag march in different areas of the city to monitor law and order situation as well as the implementation of coronavirus SOPs during the lockdown.
Lahore Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Ghulam Mehmood Dogar along with Lahore Commissioner Muhammad Usman led the flag march. DIG Operations Sajid Kiani, Lahore CTO Syed Hammad Abid and other senior police officers also participated in the flag march.
Lahore to undergo lockdown on weekends to control spread of COVID-19 Fri 30th April 2021 | 02:05 PM
Lahore Commissioner Muhammad Usman has made this announcement in a bid to contain spread of Coronavirus in the provincial capital.
LAHORE: (UrduPoint/UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News-April 30
th, 2021) Lahore the provincial capital will undergo complete lockdown on weekends to contain spread of COVID-19.
Lahore Division Commissioner Muhammad Usman made this announcment on Friday.
He said the businesses, shops and markets would remain closed across the city.
The decision was taken to save lives as Coronavirus cases continued to increase across the country and Punjab.
However, the commissioner made it clear that medical stores, petrol pumps and vaccination centres would remain open during the weekends.
Prices surge outside Ramazan Bazaars
District admins tasked to open 313 special markets
41 price control magistrates had been inspecting various markets daily. PHOTO: FILE
LAHORE:
While the government is striving to provide relief to the people through Ramazan Bazaars set up by district administrations to provide quality items at affordable prices during the month, the rates in other markets have gone out of control.
With Ramazan approaching, shopkeepers increased the prices of essential commodities across the city. Citizens visiting the markets across the city complained that the prices of vegetables, fruits and meat had skyrocketed.
With the aim of providing relief to the citizens by offering cheap essential commodities without compromising on their standard before the holy month, the task of setting up 313 Ramazan Bazaars in 36 districts of the province was assigned to the district administrations.