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Five launches impounded in Pasni

PASNI: Fisheries department seized five launches in open sea while catching fish near Shumal Bander with unauthorised nets on Sunday. The crew members of these launches were lodged in the lock-up.ÑPPI

Three-day anti-polio drive

LAHORE: In connection with a three-day anti-polio campaign, the Majlis-e-Samajee Karkoonan-e-Pakistan (MSKP), an NGO, will administer polio drops to the children under five year of age here on March 30.ÑAPP

Appeal to MCL

LAHORE: Residents of Hospital Road living behind Eye Ward of the Mayo Hospital have appealed to the Metropolitan Corporation Lahore (MCL) to remove the encroachment which reappeared in the form of a roadside tea stall in the locality.ÑAPP

AJK varsity convocation

MUZAFFARABAD: First Convocation of the University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir would be held here at the old campus on April 5. The President Rafiq Tarar will be the chief guest of the convocation.ÑPPI

Book launching

ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Lt Gen Moinuddin Haider (Retd) will preside over the launching ceremony of the travelogue entitle "Lamaka Aya" by eminent writer Qamar Ali Abbasi at 2.30 p.m. at a local hotel on Monday.ÑAPP