The city district administration of Lahore has established the first drive-through vaccination centre at Nishtar Park Sports Complex. According to details, the facility has been launched in collaboration with the Bank of Punjab.
This facility will help people get vaccinated from the comfort of their vehicles in just 15-20 minutes, which includes registration, checking vitals, and inoculation. The timings for the drive-through vaccination centre are from 08:00 pm to 02:00 am.
Vaccines will be administered to the individuals inside the cars without the need of stepping out of their vehicles in this facility. Timings: 08:00 PM – 02:00 AM I urge all citizens to get inoculated nd not to fall prey to rumors about vaccination. Follow SOPs and Get VACCINATED pic.twitter.com/FLf5EXOpKC
— Deputy Commissioner Lahore (@DCLahore) June 7, 2021
Pakistan’s vaccination drive began on March 10 with priority given to healthcare workers and senior citizens above 60. Later, vaccinations for those aged 50-59 were started on April 21. Meanwhile, registration for ages 40-49 was started on on April 2 and the registration for19 plus started from May 27.
Dubai Police have arrested a man for an ‘ indecent’ dance in a Dubai Metro train without wearing a mask.
A video doing the rounds on social media show a man dancing on a Bollywood song, ‘Laal Ghagra’, without a mask while the passengers film him.
Director of Transportation Security Department at Dubai Police, Obaid Al Hathboor, said that the man caused inconvenience to other passengers as well as broke the Covid-19 rules. “A video for an Asian man circulated on social media while he was performing indecent acts inside a train. He caused disturbance to others without respecting their privacy,” said the official.
“He was additionally arrested for not wearing a mask inside the train while all commuters around him were wearing masks and following precautionary measures,” he added.
According to Article 358 of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) penal code, the suspect will face a jail term of six months and/or a fine of Dh5,000 for violating public morals and creating a ruckus.
Social media users are praising the residents of Ghotki and neighbouring areas for serving food, water and other essentials to the stranded passengers after the Ghotki train incident.
Railways operations were badly affected by the accident throughout the country. The authorities stopped trains at different railway stations for several hours.
The rescue and relief operation has been completed while the track has been restored after 29 hours.
The rescue operation was completed after the track has been cleared, retrieving the 17 coaches that had been affected by the crash and the engine of the train. Trains that were not operational since Sunday can now resume their operations, officials said.
Nestlé Pakistan has introduced paper straws across its entire ready-to-drink (RTD) product range, making it the first food and beverage company in Pakistan to do so. The initiative will eliminate over 400 million plastic straws, marking a breakthrough in its sustainable packaging transformation journey.
This is in line with the company’s global pledge to make its packaging 100% recyclable and reusable by 2025. Nestlé Pakistan’s brands – NESVITA, MILO®, FRUITAVITALS, NESFRUTA and NESCAFÉ’s RTD products – are now in the market with paper straws that are made from Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certified paper.
All paper straws across RTD products have been sourced responsibly, meet stringent quality requirements and are safe to drink from.
Highlighting Nestlé’s global sustainable packaging transformation journey, Chedid stressed, “Our vision is that none of our packaging, including plastics, ends up in landfill nor in oceans, lakes and rivers. To achieve this, we have set ourselves the commitment of ensuring 100% of our packaging is reusable and recyclable by 2025, and the switch to paper straws is a major step towards this.”
Chedid also added that while many people are used to plastic straws, making the switch to paper straws will bring a slightly different consumer experience. “We encourage millions of trusted Nestlé consumers in Pakistan to embrace this change and join us in our journey towards a more sustainable future,” he said.
Cognizant of the challenges and the importance of plastic packaging, Chedid pointed out, “Plastic packaging plays an important role in safely delivering high-quality food and drinks to consumers and reducing food loss and waste.”
“We believe that with the right approach, collection and recycling of plastic is possible without causing a detrimental effect on the environment,” he added.
The entire RTD pack is recyclable after you finish drinking it. All you need to do is push the paper straw into the RTD pack. When you’re done, do these 3 simple steps:
Step 1 – Flip the sides of the pack up
Step 2 – Flap the bottom of the pack
Step 3 – Flatten the pack
And put it into the nearest paper recycling bin!
In 2020, Nestlé Pakistan operationalised the Clean Hunza Project, with the support of District Council Hunza and Gilgit Baltistan Waste Management Company. The project focuses on managing 200 tons of packaging waste in 2021, eventually leading up to 1000 tons by 2025 to make Hunza waste-free.
Similarly, Nestlé Pakistan also partnered with World Bank and the Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa under the TREK initiative to make northern areas waste-free and promote responsible tourism in the region.
Nestlé Pakistan is also one of the founding members of CoRe (Collect & Recycle), the first ever packaging alliance in Pakistan formed with the mission to eliminate packaging waste by enabling formal collection and recycling, while also raising awareness at a mass level.
These efforts to reduce the environmental impact of packaging waste by improving its management and recycling are in line with UN Sustainable Development Goals 12 and 17 – Responsible Consumption & Production and Partnership for Goals.
The farmers in India took a cow as a ‘witness’ during a farmers’ protest in Haryana demanding the release of their two arrested fellow-farmers on Sunday.
As per reports, the farmers at the protest brought the cow inside the premises of the police station in Tohana claiming that it was the 41st witness of the incident.
The present government considers itself as a government of cow worshippers, or cow lovers. We have brought the sacred animal as a symbol because it is considered pure and pious and its presence might help put some sense into the government,” one of the protestors said.
The cow was tied to a small pole inside the police station with water and some grass kept for it. A farmer said that the police officials will be responsible for providing it with food and water.
Later, the two arrested farmers were released on bail. Vikas Sisar and Ravi Azad, two farmer leaders were arrested for surrounding Haryana MLA Devendra Singh Babli’s home last Wednesday.
Earlier, these farmers had registered a case against Babli for allegedly abusing them verbally while protesting against the center’s farm laws. Later, the BJP-leader expressed regret for his words. Many farmer groups across Haryana have been opposing the functioning of BJP-JJP leaders.
Students at universities in the United States are being asked to re-vaccinate themselves if they have been vaccinated against Covid-19 with Indian-made Covaxin or Russia’s Sputnik V as these vaccinations are still not approved by World Health Organizations, Hindustan Times has reported.
Milloni Doshi, 25 years of age who will be joining Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs soon and has already been administered two doses of Covaxin in India says, “I am just concerned about taking two different vaccines. They said the application process would be the toughest part of the cycle, but it’s really been all of this that has been uncertain and anxiety-inducing.”
On the concerns of having two different vaccines, spokesperson for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Kristen Nordlund said: “Since Covid-19 vaccines are not interchangeable, the safety and effectiveness of receiving two different vaccines have not been studied.”
A woman in the Philippines was shocked after she allegedly found a deep-fried towel in her chicken from a fried chicken chain.
As per details, Alique Perez had ordered food from a restaurant in the Philippines on Tuesday. When the order was delivered, she tried to cut some chicken for her son. She was shocked when she found a deep-fried towel instead of a portion of fried chicken.
Perez posted a video on social media and wrote, “Just something that frustrated me this late. We had Jollibee delivered via grab. Ordered chicken for my son, while I was trying to get him a bite, I found it super hard to even slice. Tried opening it up with my hands and to my surprise a deep-fried towel. This is really disturbing… How the hell do you get the towel in the batter and even fry it!?!?”
“Now I know that it really happens. So disgusting and embarrassing… to think that you’re even branched in BGC. There’s a first for everything. And this has been the worst first! Calming myself down for this..,” she added.
“The essence of the towel contaminated the oil and the batter from the supplier so how many chickenjoys are affected? We won’t know.”
The restaurant stated on Wednesday that they had to close the branch in Bonifacio Global City for three days, starting from June 3 “to thoroughly review its compliance with procedures and retrain its store team” to ensure that this does not happen again.
100 Most Handsome Men of 2021 is trending on Pakistani Twitter with users nominating different personalities, but if you look at the trend, the top three men who are being nominated are Prime Minister Imran Khan, Federal Education Minister Shafqat Mahmood and Actor Fawad Khan.
Everybody wants their marriage proposal to be extra special. Over the years, several food proposals did rounds on social media. People have hidden the rings in drinks, burgers, and even in fruits.
Recently, a man proposed to his girlfriend by hiding a ring in Gol Gappay. A Ph.D. student, Hanan shared the pictures from the proposal on Twitter expressing that she could not say no to Gol Gappay.
She shared the photos with the caption, “I mean,, can’t say no to pani puri.”
I don't know you, but hi , Congratulations!! To the dude, you took a huge risk brother!! Most girls, including my better half , would have swallowed the Pani Puri with glee 😁😁God bless you both
In a landmark judgement, The Lahore High Court has acquitted a Christian couple who was on death row for seven years on the charges of alleged blasphemy.
A 2-member bench of Lahore High Court orders release of a Christian couple of Toba Tek Singh who were sentenced to death by a local court on charges of #Blasphemy in 2014
