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The Water And Sanitation Agency ( WASA) ( Urdu: ایجنسی برائے پانی اور نکاسی آب) is a Governmental body responsible for planning, designing, development and maintenance, repair and operations of water supply and sewerage and draining system, as well as collection of Aquifer Water charges. A compulsory element of this ...
Pakistan is the fifteenth most water stressed country in the world. In 2020, according to the World Bank data 68% Pakistanis, 72% Indians, 54% Bangladeshi have access to the basic sanitation facilities. [9] In 2015, 91% of the population had access to an "improved" water supply. [17] [18] This was 94% of the population in urban areas and 90% of ...
The Provincial Assembly of Punjab established the Lahore Development Authority under the LDA Act of 1975. It had previously been called the "Lahore Improvement Trust". On 9 May 2013, five days after International Firefighters' Day, the LDA Plaza building in central Lahore caught fire, killing 25 people. The fire started on the seventh floor ...
The Lahore Declaration was a bilateral agreement and governance treaty between India and Pakistan. The treaty was signed on 21 February 1999, at the conclusion of a historic summit in Lahore , and ratified by the parliaments of both countries the same year.
The Walled City of Lahore ( Punjabi: اندرونِ شہر لہور; Urdu: اندرونِ شہر لاہور, "Inner City of Lahore" ), also known as the Old City, forms the historic core of the city of Lahore in Punjab, Pakistan. The city was established around 1000 CE in the western half of the Walled City, [1] which was fortified by a mud ...
Water Supply and Sewerage Authority. Water Supply and Sewerage Authority or WASA is the main body administering Water supply, Drainage and Sanitation system in Bangladesh. [1] It was established in the year 1963 as an independent organization, under the East Pakistan ordinance XIX. At present WASA operates according to the WASA act 1996.
Lahore. , Pakistan. Website. lesco .gov .pk. Lahore Electric Supply Company ( LESCO) ( Urdu: لاہور الیکٹرک سپلائی کمپنی) is a Pakistani government-owned electric distribution company. It is based in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan . The company was founded in 1912 by Lala Harkishen Lal. [1] It supplies electricity to the ...
An old street-scene in Lahore. According to oral traditions, Lahore was named after Lava, son of the Hindu god Rama, who supposedly founded the city. Lahore Fort has a vacant temple dedicated in honour of Lava. Likewise, the Ravi River that flows through northern Lahore was said to be named in honour of the Hindu goddess Durga.