SIALKOT   -   Deputy Commissioner Abdullah Khurram Niazi has said the Pun­jab government has approved construction of six roads in the city under the Sialkot City Road Development Package (Phase-1).

During a meeting on Monday, the deputy commissioner said that the process of tenders for Rs1.1 billion projects would start from October 10, adding that the government had released Rs 200 million for the project. He said Rs 130 million would be spent on the construction of 2.5-km Shahabpura Road from Flyover to Alam Chowk, Rs 50 mil­lion on the construction of 3.2-km Railway Road, Rs 180 million for the construction of 3.4-km Circular Road, Rs 182 million for the con­struction of 3.4-km Khawaja 

Safdar Road and Rs 41.9 million for 0.6-km Imam Sahib Road.

ADC CHAIRS MEETING OF EMERGENCY BOARD

Additional Deputy Commission­er (Revenue) Rizwan Mehmood urged the Rescue 1122 to start an effective awareness campaign and training programme for people to avoid road accidents and to deal with emergency situation. He expressed these views while ad­dressing the District Emergency Board meeting on Monday.

District Emergency Officer En­gineer Naveed Iqbal and In charge District Disaster Management Au­thority (DDMA) Majid Khan be­sides local authorities participated in the meeting. DEO Emergency Naveed Iqbal said the Rescue 1122 responded to a total of 1,846 emer­gencies during the last month.

AIOU EXTENDS ADMISSION DATE FOR AUTUMN-2022 PROGRAMMES

The Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) has extended the date for admissions to programs offered in the second phase of the Au­tumn-2022 semester till October 18. The announcement was made by AIOU Sialkot Regional Director Dr. Muhammad Anees through a news release here on Monday.

AIOU Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr. Zia Al-Qayyum approved the extension of the date. He said that the educa­tional programmes to be offered in the second phase include Associate Degree (BA, BCom) ADE, BEd, BS (ODL), Post-Graduate Diploma Pro­grammes and certificate courses. He said that the admission forms and prospectus of all programmes are available on the university web­site www.aiou.edu.pk.