Sarwar says no hurdle in PDM long march
National
January 9, 2021
LAHORE: Punjab Governor Chaudhry Mohammad Sarwar Friday said if the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) would hold a long march, the government would not create any hurdle in it.
However, he warned, the opposition alliance would not gain anything from it.
He said the PDM was facing visible divisions in its ranks, as every party was trying to safeguard its political and personal interests. “No matter how hard they try, they will have to come to the negotiating table,” he said, while talking to the media at Governor’s House after meeting different delegations here.
Jalees Nagee
Jalees Nagee belongs to the ‘old is gold’ generation of distinguished individuals. A former student of luminaries such as Anna Molka and Naseem Hafeez Qazi, she completed her Masters in Fine Arts from The University of Punjab, and later received a scholarship from the Ford Foundation to do a Masters in Related Arts from Wisconsin University in the US.
Earlier, she had taught for a short while at the arts department of Lahore College, as well as Queen Mary College. She also remembers having taught a number of now senior artists, including Salima Hashmi and Musarrat Hasan.
Pollution puts fireflies, butterflies at risk
Pesticides, artificial lights also blamed for dwindling number of beautiful insects
Photo: AFP
LAHORE:
The number of butterflies and fireflies in the country is dwindling due to rising environmental pollution, traffic, pesticides, artificial lights and the growing trend of ornamental plants.
Several types of butterflies are being bred in Punjab but there is no centre for research on fireflies. The number of the insects is declining rapidly in the country. Entomologist Nazneen Seher, who is in charge of the Butterfly House in Jallo Botanical Garden, told The Express Tribune that the main reason for the extinction of these insects is the poisonous sprays applied on the crops. Butterflies and fireflies eat earthworms, mosquitoes and other small insects but due to the poisonous spray, these insects are becoming extinct. However, butterflies and fireflies are found in areas where toxic pesticides are not used.
Lahore
December 18, 2020
LAHORE:Punjab Governor/Chancellor Punjab University Chaudhry Muhammad Sarwar has vowed to make campuses free of hepatitis and drugs.
Addressing the launching ceremony of hepatitis and drug-free universities programme at Punjab University’s Al Raazi Hall here Thursday, he said it was a matter of serious nature that without knowing the exact statistics, it could not be possible to develop a comprehensive plan or strategy to cope with the issue.
The ceremony was organised by PU Department of Social Work in collaboration with Sarwar Foundation in which Mrs Parveen Sarwar, MPA Massarat Jamshed Cheema, PU Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Niaz Ahmad Akhter, Pro-Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Saleem Mazhar, Government College University Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Asghar Zaidi, Lahore College for Women University’s Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Bushra Mirza, DSW Chairperson Prof Dr Syeda Mahnaz Hasan, Hepatitis Control Programme Manager Dr Khalid Mahmood, Dr Zeeshan Danish, faculty m