Five more corona patients die in Faisalabad
National
January 18, 2021
FAISALABAD: Five more corona patients died on Sunday while 79 people tested COVID-19 positive during the last two days here.
According to the Health Department spokesperson, the number of deaths had reached 374 since March last year.
He said that 1,548 coronavirus tests were conducted in public and private sector laboratories, adding that active cases in Faisalabad reached 729 while 6,677 patients had so far been recovered.
He said that 550 beds were allocated at the Allied Hospital and 85 at the DHQ Hospital for the COVID-19 patients, adding that 104 patients, including 39 confirmed, were under treatment at the Allied Hospital while 43, including two confirmed, had been admitted to the DHQ Hospital.
Online learner traffic licence branch set up in Dijkot
National
December 28, 2020
FAISALABAD: The online computerised learner traffic licence branch has been set up at Dijkot. Due to establishment of the branch, citizens would be able to get a learner permit after fulfilling the required conditions.
Meanwhile, Special Assistant to CM for Sports Malik Umar Farooq inaugurated the branch. Chief Traffic Officer Shahzada Umar Abbas Baber, DSP HQ Rai Bashir Ahmad, Market Committee chairman Sadhar Malik Mubashar Shahzad and other officers were present.
The special assistant to the CM also visited the licencing branch and reviewed the procedure for issuing a learner’s permit on the occasion. He congratulated the citizens of Dijkot for the establishment of the leaner licence branch and said that the government was fulfilling its promise. He appreciated the arrangements of the City Traffic Police in the branch and hoped that staff would provide swift services to the applicants. He sai