Rawalpindi:10 March: Speakers stressed the need for integrated water management approaches to address the need of agriculture sector and the welfare of communities. They were of the view that “Innovative and integrated water management & water harvesting techniques that deliver the critical eco-system services to human should be adopted for safeguarding the water reservoirs and to sustain in stream ecology.”

LAHORE:March 10: The Citizens Foundation (TCF) and Italian Friends of the Citizens Foundation (IFTCF) officially inaugurated its fundraising project “Art for Education” in Lahore. The project aims at highlighting through the universal language of art, focus on quality education for the less privileged and generating funds for its mission of educating underprivileged children in Pakistan.

LAHORE:March 10:A number of Pashtun and Baloch students of Punjab University (PU) have been observing a sit-in outside the vice chancellor's office for the last couple of days, demanding the administration restore their fellows expelled recently. The students alleged the PU administration of victimising Pashtun and Baloch students. However, the PU spokesman said action against the students who were found involved in the incidence of violence on January 22 was taken according to the law, rules and regulations, without any prejudice.

LAHORE:March 10:An NGO working for the education of underprivileged children in slums, organised annual prize distribution at Shah Noor Studio Jhuggi School on Friday. Rana Akhtar Mahmood, chairman local government, was the guest of honour.He and vice chairman Chaudhry Ashraf appreciated the initiative.The news.

LAHORE:March 10: MIT Enterprise Forum Pakistan in collaboration with Center of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE) of Information Technology University (ITU) the Punjab, opens a three-day event Smart City: The Hackathon, here Friday, which will continue until tomorrow (Sunday). Smart City: The Hackathon is Pakistan’s first-ever, large-scale hackathon organised with the aim to start informed conversations around Smart City initiatives.

LAHORE:09 March: International Women’s Day was observed in different parts of the city by various governmental and non-governmental organisations, however, these celebrations and protests were marked by a notable absence of working class women.

FAISALABAD:09 March: Punjab government is making all-out efforts to empower women, end gender discrimination, domestic violence and to make them active members in socio-economic activities of the country. This was said by MPA Najma Afzal while addressing a seminar titled “Punjab Women Empowerment Initiatives” arranged by the Institute of Home Sciences, University of Agriculture Faisalabad (UAF), a press release issued on Thursday stated.

LAHORE:09 March: A large number of schoolteachers gathered outside Punjab Civil Secretariat here on Thursday and protested against the School Education Department for, according to them, ignoring issues faced by the teachers across Punjab. The call for protest was given by United Teachers Council (UTC), a conglomerate of different teacher associations. A good number of female teachers also participated in it and expressed their concerns over "anti-teacher and "anti-education" policies of the School Education Department.

LAHORE:09 March: On the eve of International Women’s Day, the Lahore College for Women University (LCWU) promoted 24 non-gazetted women employees to next grades. LCWU Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Uzma Qureshi granted promotion letters in a function held on Thursday.

LAHORE:09 March: To observe International Women Day an awareness walk and a symposium were held in Lahore General Hospital on Thursday in which a large number of lady doctors, nurses and medical students participated.

Lahore:March 9:Hira Zubair’s solo exhibition titled ‘Let Your Soul Blossom’ is running at the ArtChowk gallery until March 13. Hira believes that sustaining the soil meditates and focuses on your roots; the strength of spirituality involves our capacity to dig deep and find the greater meanings in life, to align ourselves with a purpose that extends beyond us and to find unity with something greater such as nature. Call 021-35300482 for more information. Music festival

LAHORE:March 7: After 19 train sets, two more train sets for Lahore Orange Line Metro Train Project have reached Pakistan. Steering Committee for Lahore Orange Line Metro Train Project (LOMTP) Chairman Khawaja Ahmad Hassan said this after a weekly progress review meeting here on Wednesday. He said that after successful completion of elevated viaduct on Package-I, all focus was now on Package-II where efforts had been geared up for finishing the remaining construction work of viaduct in the next week.

LAHORE:March 7: Punjab University (PU) Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Zakria Zakar Tuesday instructed officials to install specified biometric gates at boys’ hostels to maintain strict monitoring. He said this while chairing a meeting of hostel wardens and superintendents. Hall Council Chairman Prof Dr Iqbal Chawla, Registrar Dr Muhammad Khalid Khan, Hall Council Secretary Iqbal Khalil, IT Centre Director Imran Qureshi and other officials were present. The meeting decided to made structural changes to eradicate illegal occupancy from hostels.

LAHORE: The alumni reunion of Government College University Political Science Department (GCU-PSD) was held here on Sunday evening. The reunion was marked by a musical performance of a little Chinese girl, Lee Jai, who mesmerised the audience by singing national songs of Pakistan in Urdu language. Noted singer Mughira Ahmad also sang old classics

LAHORE: March 6: The Department of Microbiology of the University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (UVAS) in collaboration with Royal Veterinary Collage London organised a weeklong international training course on “Poultry Viral Diagnostics” which started here on Monday.