Business
April 30, 2021
LAHORE: Punjab Industrial Estates Development and Management Company (PIEDMC) on Thursday approved awarding development works contract of Quaid-e-Azam Business Park Sheikhurapura with a downwards revised cost of Rs8.49 billion.
The decisions were made in the 148th meeting of the PIEDMC board of directors, chaired by Syed Nabil Hashmi. The board approved the minutes of the 147th board meeting and reviewed implementation of previous decisions.
PIEDMC Chairman Syed Nabil Hashmi directed the concerned officers to expedite the development work related to the managed industrial estates especially Quaid-e-Azam Business Park.
The board of directors on the recommendations of the Procurement Committee approved Rs2.9 million for third party validation of Quaid e Azam Solar Park Bahawalpur and Rs11.8 million for CCTV surveillance system operations and maintenance. It also approved Rs35.7 million for access road from National Highway to Bahawalpur Industrial Estate,
February 28, 2021
One of the key members of Sounds of Kolachi, the singer-songwriter and composer, Quaid Ahmed, makes a mark of his own with the newly released solo EP, Sunlo
For the uninitiated, Quaid Ahmed, singer-songwriter and composer, has several accomplishments to his name, even before he released his debut EP
Sunlo – our point of discussion.
He’s worked on the sets of Pepsi Battle of the Bands in its revived second season; he is a key member of Sounds of Kolachi (SOK) and has appeared on Coke Studio season 11 as part of the band’s appearance.
While the first album of SOK, called
Karachi
February 18, 2021
President Arif Alvi paid a visit to the Quaid-e-Azam Academy here on Wednesday and sought digitalisation of all its rare manuscripts to ensure easy accessibility to them for scholars and researchers in the years to come.
He acknowledged that the centre established with the objective of conducting a holistic research on the Quaid-e- Azam and his associates in carving out a separate homeland for the Muslims of the subcontinent was indeed a significant platform for archiving national history with due focus on research, publication and projection of the cultural, social, political and economic aspects of the history of Pakistan.
Karachi
February 1, 2021
The next time you drive past the mausoleum of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, you are least likely to find chalking and political graffiti defiling the walls and footpaths that skirt the landmark, because a group of Karachi’s young residents charged with the passion to transform the city’s landscape cleaned them on Sunday.
Around two and a half months ago, 21-year-old DHA resident Zohaib Ahmed Khan decided to work for the beautification of the city and formed a group called ‘Rang De Karachi’. “We want to clean the roads of Karachi, install street lights and uplift the footpaths,” he said.