Shahab Omer

Lahore

Reporter at Pakistan Today

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Blood and billions: Inside Pakistan’s drug trade

1 month ago | profit.pakistantoday.com.pk | Shahab Omer

The heinous killing of 23-year old Mustafa Amir is familiar in many ways. This is not the first murder to take place in an up-scale neighbourhood, nor the first to be sensationalised in the news media, and not even the first to shock an entire nation because of the sheer brutality of this act. Which is why the way it is playing out is not surprising in the least. Some crimes are so shocking, so unexpected, and so out of place that they capture the attention of an entire population.
Lahore Traffic Police proposes structural reforms amid rising challenges

1 month ago | pakistantoday.com.pk | Shahab Omer

LAHORE: The Chief Traffic Officer (CTO) Lahore, Dr. Ather Waheed, has submitted a proposal to Inspector General (IG) Punjab, Dr. Usman Anwar, seeking structural reforms in the City Traffic Police Lahore (CTPL) to address increasing traffic management challenges, Pakistan Today learnt here on Thursday. The information outlines the increasing challenges of traffic control in Lahore and presents a plan to improve supervision through additional posts at different levels.
Small textile mill closures accelerating in Faisalabad

Aug 25, 2024 | profit.pakistantoday.com.pk | Shahab Omer

It is one of Pakistan’s biggest crybaby lobbies, constantly asking for free goodies, which means that there is generally very little sympathy amongst the public for the textile industry. But while the larger players tend to be rich and have the capacity to withstand much tougher economic conditions, smaller textile mills have always had a harder time, and in recent years, many have been struggling to keep their doors open.
Top City 1: The suburban real estate development that brought down former ISI chief Faiz Hameed

Aug 19, 2024 | profit.pakistantoday.com.pk | Abdullah Niazi |Shahab Omer

This is not the first time a high-ranking military official has faced a very public court martial, through retired Lt Gen Faiz Hameed’s court martial proceedings are certainly unusual. It was only five years ago that Lt Gen Javed Iqbal Awan was sentenced by the Field General Court Martial (FGCM) to 14 years in prison for espionage.
PSMA clarifies sugar price compliance amid rising costs and urges early export approval

Aug 6, 2024 | profit.pakistantoday.com.pk | Shahab Omer

LAHORE: In response to recent media reports on sugar price hikes beyond the Economic Coordination Committee’s (ECC) benchmark, the Pakistan Sugar Mills Association (Punjab Zone) (PSMA-PZ) has issued a clarification. A spokesperson for PSMA stated that ex-mill sugar prices have remained within the government’s declared limit of Rs.140 per kg.
Engineers’ license trade and PEC irregularities exposed

Aug 1, 2024 | profit.pakistantoday.com.pk | Shahab Omer

LAHORE: In a press conference held at the Lahore Press Club, Engineer Zahoor Sarwar, a member of the Governing Body of the Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC), disclosed alarming issues within the council. He revealed that a mafia has taken control of PEC, focusing on personal gains and business interests, leading to serious irregularities and unethical practices. Sarwar explained that PEC’s policies have enabled a thriving trade in engineers’ licenses.
RUDA is starting to approve private housing societies. Where do things stand?

Jul 21, 2024 | profit.pakistantoday.com.pk | Shahab Omer

A tiny detail has changed in the many massive billboards all over Lahore advertising housing societies. At every corner, every street, every turn in the city there is a billboard bearing the ad for some ridiculously shady project named something like XYZ Cooperative Society, ABC Gardens, 123 Villas, Al-Something-or-the-Other Town, and Mountain/River/Ocean City. Most of these societies are unregistered, unapproved, and illegally advertising their projects. The pattern they follow is predictable.
OMAP seeks PM’s intervention in recovery mechanism of foreign exchange losses

Jul 20, 2024 | profit.pakistantoday.com.pk | Shahab Omer

LAHORE: The Oil Marketing Association of Pakistan (OMAP) has appealed to Prime Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif for his immediate intervention in the recovery mechanism of foreign exchange losses in the petroleum industry. In this regard, Chairman OMAP Tariq Wazir Ali wrote a letter to the Prime Minister bringing his attention to the matter of the ongoing issue of unrecoverable exchange losses in the petroleum industry, which has been pending for a considerable time.
Expensive IPP contracts rejected by business community

Jul 19, 2024 | profit.pakistantoday.com.pk | Shahab Omer

LAHORE: Former Interim Federal Minister Dr. Gohar Ejaz, former Interim Provincial Minister S.M. Tanveer, and other FPCCI leaders addressed a joint press conference, rejecting the expensive Independent Power Producers (IPP) contracts. “Industries cannot operate with this electricity tariff. We should procure electricity from cheaper sources. Interest rates must be reduced. An energy audit should be conducted by an international independent firm.
Near Lahore’s Walton Road, Seth Abid’s leftovers are up for grabs

Jul 7, 2024 | profit.pakistantoday.com.pk | Shahab Omer

A strange sight is emerging in a small corner of Lahore. In the area of Lahore’s Walton Cantonment Board, where development work has ground to a halt, roads languish broken and neglected, cleanliness is a daily challenge, and encroachments are a common sight, an unusual development has taken place. Right off main Walton Road is Premier Villas. The little gated society bordering Defence Housing Authority’s (DHA) Phase 1 has quietly and swiftly come alive.