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Oct 26, 2024 | 
dawn.com | Abid Mahmood
NAROWAL: Farmers have begun burning rice crop residue, with flames rising in the fields and clouds of smoke reaching the sky. The district administration has completely failed to prevent this practice, as farmers in the three tehsils of Shakargarh, Zafarwal and Narowal continue to set fire to crop remnants. The burning can be seen from a distance, with smoke visible for hundreds of metres.
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Oct 21, 2024 | 
dawn.com | Abid Mahmood
NAROWAL: The Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB) has started construction on the Hindu temple of Baoli Sahib in Zafarwal, marking the first phase of reconstruction after 64 years. A budget of Rs10 million has been allocated for the construction of the temple’s boundary wall. Currently, there are no functional Hindu temples in Narowal district, forcing Hindu families to perform their religious rituals at home or travel to temples in Sialkot and Lahore.
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Sep 24, 2024 | 
dawn.com | Abid Mahmood
NAROWAL: Both the Shakargarh Tehsil Headquarters (THQ) Hospital and private hospitals in the area have reportedly begun dumping prohibited medical waste on public garbage heaps. This practice violates the Punjab Healthcare Commission’s (PHC) standard operating procedures (SOPs). Syringes, drip sets, medicine bottles and other toxic waste can be seen scattered on the garbage heap outside the THQ Hospital.
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Sep 20, 2024 | 
mdpi.com | Abdul Khan |Muhammad Bilal |Abid Mahmood |Nasir Rasool
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Sep 2, 2024 | 
dawn.com | Abid Mahmood
Dawn NAROWAL: The Gujranwala Police launched a pilot project, Pink Wheels, with the support of chamber of commerce and industry to provide protection to women. Under the project, a special response unit, consisting of women police personnel, has been formed to respond to the abuse of women and their other issues. Ten Pink Wheels scooters have been purchased to be used by women officers in the response unit teams.
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Aug 29, 2024 | 
dawn.com | Abid Mahmood |Khurram Husain
NAROWAL: The city has been overrun by five wild monkeys since Aug 26, forcing people to remain indoors out of fear. Khwaja Muhammad Arshad and Tariq Mahmood, residents of Usmanganj, Narowal, stated that these wild intruders have caused panic among the citizens. The monkeys have been seen jumping across rooftops and wandering through neighbourhoods of Usmanganj, Loharan, Farooq Ganj, Afzalpura and near the Pakistan Foundation School.
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Aug 15, 2024 | 
dawn.com | Abid Mahmood
NAROWAL: Five people, including a couple and their two daughters, were allegedly killed by their rivals over a land dispute at Sanyal village on Wednesday. The suspects fled the scene brandishing weapons after the murders. Muhammad Razzak, a resident of Sunyal village in Pasrur tehsil, Sialkot, told police that his younger brother, Muhammad Javed, and his family members were returning home after working in the fields.
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Jul 13, 2024 | 
dawn.com | Abid Mahmood
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May 8, 2024 | 
dawn.com | Abid Mahmood |Rafia Zakaria
NAROWAL: The district agriculture department has got registered FIRs against 29 fertiliser and pesticide dealers after samples of products manufactured by 46 companies proved fake after laboratory tests. The department took action against these dealers after wheat crop cultivated on 2,173 acres in the district was destroyed allegedly due to the use of fake fertilisers and pesticides, causing a total loss of over Rs300 million to the affected farmers, as per the department’s estimates.
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Apr 26, 2024 | 
dawn.com | Abid Mahmood |Maleeha Lodhi
NAROWAL: In a first in the Sialkot district, female traffic wardens have been assigned field duties with a view to boost confidence among the women drivers and help reduce the number of accidents. Sialkot District Police Officer (DPO) Mohammad Hasan Iqbal has started implementing a comprehensive traffic plan, including appointment of female wardens, in the city.
