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Home -  At least eight people were killed in head-on collision between passenger bus and coach due to fog at Multan’s Vihari road. Rescue sources said the injured were rushed to hospital where the condition of several people is said to be critical. The death toll may go up in the incident, they added. Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has expressed grief over the loss of lives and directed for providing best medical facilities to the injured. Read the full story here. 

Home - On a proposal of Ministry of Communications, ECNEC approved the revised PC-I of Sukkhur-Multan Section (392 KMs)of Peshawar- Karachi Motorway Project at a total cost of Rs 314,997.280 million. The section covers the areas of districts of Sukkhur, Ghotki, Rahimyar Khan, Bahawalpur and Multan in the provinces of Sind and Punjab . The Committee was informed that the project was being implemented on EPC basis and therefore there would be no cost escalation during the implementation of the project. The meeting was informed that despite upward revision of the project cost, a saving of Rs. 112 billion has still been achieved through deep scrutiny. ECNEC also discussed and approved the revised PC-I for KKH Phase-II (Havelian to Thakot 118.057 KM) project at a total cost of Rs.136, 659.60 million. Read the full story here. 

Home - Multan Tea House will be opened for literary figures of South Punjab on December 15, said Multan District Coordination Officer (DCO) Zahid Saleem Gondal here on Wednesday. He said that a special committee comprising government officials had been formed to allot membership of the Tea House to literary persons hailing from South Punjab. A performa would be issued to the persons intending for membership and those meeting the defined criteria, would be awarded membership. The membership fee was Rs 1,000 per year. However, the literary persons of 65 year old or above, would be given membership facility free of cost. An endowment fund for betterment and welfare of literary persons will be introduced very soon as working was in progress in this regard, said Gondal. The DCO said that a library, computer section and some other facilities would be available on subsidize rates for the members of the Tea House. To a question about maintaining the Tea House permanent building f

Home - Gulf Air would become the seventh international airline to start operations at MIAP. PIA, Shaheen Air International, Fly Dubai, Airblue, Qatar Airways and Emirates already conduct operations in Multan. “Initially, Gulf Air would operate three weekly flights,” an official source of the Civil Aviation Authority said on Friday. The airline currently operates scheduled services to 42 destinations in 23 countries across Africa, Asia and Europe, the source informed. Pegasus Airline, the second airline from Turkey, is also expected to begin its operations from Multan soon, added the source. Keeping the passenger load in view, some airlines have reduced their flights from Multan, the source said. “Pegasus is also likely to operate 3 weekly flights Read the full story here. 

Home   - Every particular city or region has a historical background and with its history, it also possesses some certain characteristics which make it distinguished amongst other such cities. Multan is one of the oldest cities in Pakistan hinting its origin to thousands year back. The city is attributed with couple of special features which also earn it couple of titles i.e. The City of Saints, The Mango City, etc. Although these are the identities of Multan, here we are highlighting a dessert which strikes in the minds whenever we hear the name of this city. Read the full story here.  Home 

At least three groups - Ansari, Qureshi and Arrain - want to get their candidate nominated for the Mayor office while Bosan, Dogar, Syed and Dewan Groups are making efforts to bring their Chairman at District Council. All the groups have established their contacts with the newly elected Chairmen/Vice Chairmen of union councils and efforts are being made to convince them to support their candidate in Mayoral and Chairman District Council run. Party sources said that the aspirants for the Mayor and Chairman District Council offices had also started making different offers in terms of cash, kind and offices to their voters to gather maximum support. “However, the leadership has made it quite clear to all the aspirants that final decision to nominate the candidates for Mayor and Chairman District Council offices will be made after weighing the strength of their groups, consultation with the party leadership and reports received from agencies,” party sources disclosed. Read the ful

AIRPORTS are windows to a country through which foreigners make their first impression about it. Airports are also gateways through which a vast majority of people coming into a country and going out of it must pass through. That is why the services provided there affect a large number of people and go a long way in creating positive or negative impression of a country. The present government of Pakistan, on coming into office in June 2013, took a number of steps for improving the facilities provided at major ports of the country. For the first time, a separate Aviation Division was formed, which has allowed the government to focus more on the aviation industry. Read the full story here.  Home 

Polling continued in a peaceful manner in Multan city and most of the polling stations were witnessed thronged by the voters here on Saturday. No untoward incident was reported except a few involving exchange of arguments among supporters of candidates, most of them triggered by complaints of slow pace of polling amid rush of voters waiting outside. At a female polling station of ward-2 in UC-35, 80 votes were polled out of total registered voters out of 900 till 1200 hours. Over 100 votes were polled out of 688 at another female polling station of ward No 4, UC-35 1200 hours. At a male polling station of ward No 4, UC-35, 136 votes were polled out of total 800 till 1200 hours. At a male polling station of ward-5 in UC-35, total 259 votes were cast out of 1159 votes till 1210 hours. Over 150 votes were polled out of 1008 at a male polling station of ward-6 in UC-35 till 1215 hours. Over 400 votes were polled at a female polling station of ward-5, UC-35 out of total 1100 votes

The $500 million project to install smart meters in areas supplied electricity by the Lahore and Islamabad power distribution companies was left unapproved after the ministries of planning and water and power were unable to reconcile their differences. The chairman of the Executive Committee of National Economic Council (ECNEC), Finance Minister Ishaq Dar, asked both ministries on Saturday to sit down together and resolve their differences over the technology and specifications of the smart meters which are to be installed, a planning ministry official said. Last month, the Central Development Working Party (CDWP), which is headed by Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal, conditionally cleared both the projects after sitting over them for almost 10 months. Read the full story here.  HOME

Analysts say the leading party will likely need support from the Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) to form government. With several pockets of support in the district, the PPP is likely to play an important role in both the municipal corporation and the district council. The three parties have fielded chairmen and vice-chairmen panels in all 68 UCs of the municipal corporation. Unlike most others districts in the province, the PML-N stalwarts in Multan have been successful in resolving their differences ahead of the election. Governor Muhammad Rafiq Rajwana had visited the district twice in the November to encourage settlements with dissidents. Party tickets were allotted by panels headed by MNAs, MPAs and party ticket holders for general elections of 2013 in constituencies where the PML-N had lost. Leaguers contesting as independent candidates are a fraction of the candidates contesting on the party ticket. The most significant among them is Amin Vains (who lost a provincial a