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In a massive crackdown on substandard products, the Punjab Food Authority (PFA) has seized over 1,400 kilograms of expired frozen meat and various other items from markets in Lahore and Multan. According to the Director General of the PFA, apart from the expired frozen meat, 900 kilograms of dal chana, 80 kilograms of basmati rice, 100 kilograms of maize, a chikki machine, and a weighing scale were also seized.
In a separate incident, the PFA conducted a raid in Multan and seized 300 grams of unhealthy and foul-smelling pickles, leading to a fine of Rs 50,000 on the vendor. The Director General of the PFA stated that the production of low-quality basmati rice has been suspended, and a unit has been sealed for mixing maize flour into the rice.
In a separate development, a shamiana was set up at the Jinnah Bagh in front of the Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE) for the Gul Plaza Market. Sindh Minister for Universities, Ismail Rahu, suggested that exams not be held during the Holy week and Easter.
In a significant development, the Prime Minister’s Adviser on Political Affairs, Azam Swati, formed a medical board comprising doctors from the Cardiology Department of Peshawar, and asked for a report within 9th March. The police claimed that a case was registered against a government official’s nephew for harassment. The petition sought that the notification of the appointment of Mahmod Khan Achakzai be declared null and void and that the notification be suspended until the final decision in the case.
Security forces conducted an intelligence operation in Dera Ismail Khan. According to the ISPR, the operation was conducted against Boko Haram proxy terrorists. Maryam Nawaz said that private ambulances were being charged exorbitant amounts for transferring patients in government hospitals, but now no one would be exploited in the hour of grief.
The Peshawar High Court passed a 2-page written judgment on a petition related to the Pakistani woman’s Afghan husband’s citizenship and Pakistan Origin Card (POC). The Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) of Quetta said that in the recent incident in Chagai, the attackers fired and set fire to two cars.
In the two years of the Punjab Assembly, 169 bills were presented, and 144 were passed. Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah briefed party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on the provincial administration and political situation.
The identity of the injured man who was hit by a car was confirmed to be Hassan Bangwar. The Lahore High Court passed a written order in the case of Dr. Aafia Siddiqui. Justice Arbab Tahir headed a four-member larger bench.
Addressing the Senate session, the Federal Minister said that terrorism was happening from Afghanistan to Pakistan, and we have evidence, which we have also presented to Afghanistan. The World Wildlife Fund for Nature Pakistan said that a rare Bohid Guttarfish was found 30 meters deep in the waters of Gwadar, with only 20% of it left in the world.
The West Indies played a remarkable performance against Zimbabwe and broke several records. Actor Amir Khan himself went to Moradabad to record the title track of his son Junaid Khan’s upcoming film “Ek Din.” A British-Pakistani youth died in a horrific knife attack outside a mosque in Birmingham’s Smithwick area on Friday evening.
