LAHORE The Lahore High Court on Thursday allowed Punjab government to finalize the process for appointment of those pharmacists who qualified and Punjab Public Service Commission (PPSC) exam and interview on merit. About 68 ad-hoc pharmacists through their counsel Pervaiz Innayet Malik had ...

THE Large Hadron Collider team will be tapping into the collective computing power of the public to help it simulate particle physics experiments. Among other pursuits, the effort could help uncover the Higgs boson. The effort, dubbed LHC@home 2.0, is a vastly updated version of a 2004 effort to ...

OUR STAFF REPORTER KARACHI - The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has allowed some relaxations in the Export Finance Scheme (EFS) for the benefit of exporters whose export proceeds are overdue, the SBP said on Saturday. An exporter shall be eligible to avail financing under EFS Part-I and/or Part-II, ...

ISLAMABAD (APP) The Privatization Commission Board (PCB) allowed the PC to initiate the process for the appointment of Lead Manager (LM) for the Secondary Public Offering (SPO) of Pakistan Petroleum Limited (PPL). It was decided in a meeting held under the chairmanship of a senior PCB member ...

KARACHI - The State Bank of Pakistan has decided to allow third-party fund transfers through Pakistan Real Time Inter-Bank Settlement Mechanism (PRISM) with immediate effect in order to increase the coverage of electronic payment systems. According to a Circular Circular No. 2) issued Saturday, all ...

ISLAMABAD - The government on Tuesday offered sizeable one-time tax exemption on import of environment-friendly renewable technology as it approved withdrawal of customs and regulatory duties as well as sales and commercial taxes on solar panels. The Economic Coordination Committee of the Cabinet ...

Federal Minister for Religious Affairs Hamid Saeed Kazmi on Friday said that if the Parliament allows, Hajj could be privatized. Replying to queries in a session of Standing Committee for Religious Affairs being chaired by Chairman Maulana Qasim, Hamid said that 1,000 Riyals are being returned to ...

ISLAMABAD The Supreme Court, Wednesday, allowed a committee formed to decide modalities for the disposal of the property of the main accused Sh Afzal in the Haris Steel Mills case and proceed in the matter even if his representative does not participate in the process. A three-member bench ...

An appeals court has ruled the US military can temporarily reinstate a ban on openly gay people serving, in a move adding to disarray on the issue.The decision came eight days after a judge struck down the "don't ask, don't tell" policy on gays serving openly.The military began accepting gay ...

LAHORE - A full bench of Lahore High Court Tuesday allowed PPP former MNA Amir Yar Waran to contest by-election from NA-184 Bahaw-alpur by dismissing an appeal against acceptance of his nomination papers. In a short order, bench comprising Justice Manzoor Ahmad Malik, Justice Ch Muhammad Tariq and ...

LAHORE-The Lahore High Court on Tuesday allowed an application for early hearing of NAB cases against Hakim Ali Zardari, his wife Zareen Zardari and Hashim Babar, former Land Acquisition Controller. The hearing of the cases has been fixed for June 23 (today) before a Division Bench. The Civil ...

ISLAMABAD While hearing petitions against the 18th Amendment, the Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed Advisor to Prime Minister and Chairman Implementation Committee on 18th Amendment, Senator Mian Raza Rabbani, to appear before the court and express his stance. A 17-member larger bench headed by ...

Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Mohammad Ch has allowed prime accused in Bank of Punjab Scandal Hamesh Khan to meet with his family. A three-member bench of apex court, headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry, is currently hearing the Punjab Bank scam case. Justice Khalilur Rehman ...

Shoaib Malik received permission from the Pakistan Cricket Board on Tuesday to represent Lancashire in next month's English Twenty20 competition. "We have given Malik the required No Objection Certificate (NOC)," PCB spokesman Nadeem Sarwar said. Former captain Malik was banned and fined two ...

KARACHI (APP) - Security and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has relaxed the condition for issuing right shares twice in a year and allowed KESC to issue 2.501 billion ordinary or 14.50pc right shares at Rs 3.5/share. According to a communique to KSE here Wednesday, KESC said that SECP has ...

KARACHI - The State Bank of Pakistan by amending the Prudential Regulations pertaining to provisioning of classified loans and advances has increased forced sale value (FSV) benefit banks/DFIs from 30 percent to 40 percent. According to a circular (BSD circular No 10) issued to all banks/DFIs on ...

ISLAMABAD - The Federal Shariat Court (FSC) Friday directed for providing mating facilities to prisoners with their spouses and said that the provision of A, B and C classes to the prisoners were not against the Islamic injunctions. The FSC delivered the historic 290-pages verdict in a petition ...

NEW DELHI (AFP) - A top Indian court issued a landmark ruling on Thursday decriminalising gay sex between consenting adults, overturning colonial-era legislation that outlawed homosexuality. The New Delhi High Court ruled that an existing statute prohibiting homosexual acts was discriminatory and ...

KARACHI (PPI) - Sindh High Court Monday allowed ailing former PML-Q Sindh Minister Haji Altaf Unnar to travel abroad. Unar challenged placement of his name on Exit Control List in SHC, submitting he suffered from kidney disorders & obtained Indian visa for kidney transplantation at Bombay. But, ...

ISLAMABAD - The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Federal Cabinet has decided to allow marketing of Ethanol-10 motor vehicle fuel on trial basis. The ECC meeting, held at the Prime Minister Secretariat on Tuesday, was presided over by Shaukat Tarin, Adviser to Prime Minister on ...

LAHORE - Chief Justice Lahore High Court (LHC) Justice Khawaja Muhammad Sharif Monday allowed de-sealing of three decades old record of famous trial of Zulfikar Bhutto for inspection and provision of copies to the petitioner Muhammad Azhar Siddique advocate. Azhar had moved an application to the ...

KARACHI - The SBP on Monday allowed financing for the import of plant, machinery and equipment to be used by the export oriented projects in furniture and pharmaceutical sectors for producing exportable goods. According to a circular, the central bank has taken this decision while referring to ...

LAHORE - The Lahorites are all set to celebrate Basant, after the Punjab government has given a go head for the Basant after a lot of yes-no postures, especially when the police are already engaged in curtailing and controlling the long march. According to sources, after initial reluctance, ...

Tajikistan has agreed to allow the transit of NATO non-military cargo through its territory to Afghanistan, a U.S. military commander said on Tajik state television on Friday. "Tajikistan has allowed (NATO) to use its railways and roads to transit non-military goods to Afghanistan," said Rear ...

The UN Security Council on Tuesday authorized countries fighting piracy off the Somali coast to take action also on Somalia's territory and in its airspace, subject to consent by the country's government. The United States said for the first time that the United Nations should deploy a peacekeeping ...

ISLAMABAD  (APP) - Sadqa-e-fitr (also known as fitrana) is an amount of charity - in the form of staple foodstuffs - that all Muslims with the means are required to pay at the conclusion of Holy month of Ramazan. Sadqa-e-fitr is given for several reasons. It is as an act of thankfulness ...

US President George Bush has allowed step by step comprehensive raids inside tribal areas of Pakistan, according to US-based radio. The raids are aimed at targeting Osama Bin Laden in the tribal region while Angoor Adda attack is the first step in this direction. An American radio station said in a ...

KARACHI - State Bank of Pakistan has allowed long-term financing facility on the import of captive power plants and generators. In a circular issued on Tuesday, SBP said that effective July 1, 2008, financing for import of generators, captive power plants, to be used in the eligible sectors, ...

Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has agreed to allow the export of 50,000 metric tons of wheat to Afghanistan. In a telephonic call from Afghan President Hamid Karzai, the Prime Minister approved export of wheat to Afghanistan as a special gesture for the brotherly country facing problems of ...

KARACHI - State Bank of Pakistan has permitted Azgard Nine Ltd to remit Euro 23.758 million for acquisition of foreign company which has ownership of registered brands. The acquisition will be completed through acquisition of 100 per cent stake of FARITAL AB, a special purpose vehicle/holding ...