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RAWALPINDI: Construction of the Al-Shifa Trust Eye Hospital in Haveli Lakha, Okara, has entered its final phase, with inauguration planned for March next year. The facility, built on two acres of donated land, will provide free eye care to thousands of residents in South Punjab, where more than 1.8 million Pakistanis live with blindness and…
LAHORE, Nov 10: The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), together with the Punjab Agriculture Department, Punjab Irrigation Department, MNS University of Agriculture Multan, IHE Delft, and the International Water Management Institute (IWMI), formally launched the Water Budgeting and Agricultural Water Productivity Project under FAO’s global WaPOR programme. The project aims to…
By Muhammad Faisal KaleemISLAMABAD: In a major administrative reshuffle, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has removed National Highway Authority (NHA) Chairman Muhammad Sheheryar Sultan and Member (Administration) Omer Saeed Chaudhry from their posts. According to notifications issued by the Establishment Division, copies of which are available with Wealth Pakistan, Sheheryar Sultan, a Grade-21 officer of the…
LAHORE: A breast cancer awareness seminar was organized at the Lahore Press Club in collaboration with HIMMEL Pharmaceuticals at the Nisar Usmani Auditorium. The event was attended by a large number of health experts, journalists, members of civil society, and students. The purpose of the seminar was to raise awareness, especially among women, about the…
GILGIT: The Aga Khan University Examination Board (AKU-EB) celebrated the remarkable accomplishments of its students from Gilgit-Baltistan today under the theme “You Are a Drop in the Ocean.” The theme serves as a powerful reminder that every student — like a single drop — holds the potential to shape the larger ocean of change. It…
ISLAMABAD, Oct 27 (APP):The climate change ministry has requested Rs1 billion in seed money to establish the Pakistan Climate Change Fund, a landmark initiative aimed at financing national climate adaptation and mitigation projects. According to documents avaibale with Wealth Pakistan, the Fund is being created under Section 12 of the Pakistan Climate Change Act 2017…
RAWALPINDI (October 27): Al-Shifa Trust Eye Hospital in Rawalpindi played a pivotal role in the IBSA Goalball Asia Pacific Championship 2025, marking the first time Pakistan hosted this international sporting event. The hospital conducted vision classification tests for visually impaired athletes, ensuring fair competition and full compliance with international standards. The championship, held at the…
By Muhammad Faisal Kaleem ISLAMABAD: Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Medical University (SZABMU) will offer Pakistan’s first-ever 2-year Bariatric MS Programme that said pioneering step towards structured, advanced surgical education in metabolic and bariatric surgery. The development was announced by Vice Chancellor Dr Tanveer Khaliq. The Executive Director PIMS Dr. Rana Imran Sikandar also supported the…
Staff Reporter SAHIWAL The 1320MW Sahiwal Coal Fired Power Plant stands as a shining example of technological progress and energy cooperation between China and Pakistan under the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). As Pakistan’s first supercritical coal-based power project, it introduced advanced technologies that set new standards for efficiency, reliability, and environmental protection in the…
Staff Reporter On 28 October 2025, the Sahiwal Coal-Fired Power Plant will mark eight years since it entered commercial operation, a milestone that invites reflection not only on dates and capacity numbers, but on how a single, well-engineered power station transformed supply reliability in one of Pakistan’s most heavily loaded regions. Since commercial operation began…
