Day: August 28, 2025

Utility Stores

ECC approves Rs30.2bn grant for closure of Utility Stores Corporation

ISLAMABAD – The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet on Thursday approved a technical supplementary grant of Rs30.216 billion to facilitate the “smooth” closure of the Utility Stores Corporation (USC). The decision, taken at a meeting chaired by Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb, will ensure an orderly shutdown of USC […]

Ravi River

Punjab floods claim 17 lives, displace over 600,000: PDMA

LAHORE: Widespread flooding caused by the Sutlej, Ravi and Chenab rivers has displaced hundreds of thousands of people across Punjab, submerging villages, damaging infrastructure and destroying vast tracts of farmland. The rivers, swollen by heavy rains and water releases from Indian dams, have reached dangerous levels. Officials warned that floodwaters […]