Peshawar- The first meeting of provincial cabinet held at the Civil Secretariat Peshawar on Monday with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Pervez Khattak in the chair accorded approval to the proposals of annual budget of the KPK for the fiscal year 2013-14. Addressing the meeting, the chief ...

PESHAWAR - Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Shaukatullah Khan administered oath to 12-member provincial cabinet at the Governor’s House on Thursday.However, the portfolios were not allocated to the members due to a deadlock between the PTI and Jamaat-e-Islami over the allocation of portfolios. It ...

LAHORE- PML-N seemingly has made an effort for ‘even distribution’ of ministries for the Punjab cabinet despite the fact that Central Punjab has once again been given a big share. Earlier, PML-N had given major share to Central Punjab in the federal cabinet by appointing nine ministers ...

The federal cabinet under chair of Prime Minster Nawaz Sharif Wednesday gives formal approval to the budget for the next financial year.The cabinet reviewed the budgetary proposals in hours long meeting which held in Islamabad with Prime Minister Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif in the chair.The Rs 3.5 ...

Lahore- A 21-member new Punjab cabinet, a blend of new and old faces, was sown-in at the Governor House on Monday. Since the official notification regarding acceptance of Punjab Governor’s resignation was not issued till late in the evening, Makhdum Ahmed Mehmud administered oath to ...

LAHORE- Unlike the last cabinet of the Shahbaz Sharif government, the volume of the provincial cabinet this time round is quite huge and covers most of the provincial parts, including South Punjab. After ouster of the PPP ministers from the last government of PML-N in Punjab, the size of the ...

Lahore- Punjab Chief Minster Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif has finalised the 10-member cabinet of his government and is expected to announce the names today. According to party sources, the chief minister picked 10 persons to be inducted in his cabinet for the first phase. Sources say former law minister ...

A 25-member Federal cabinet took oath here on Friday.President Asif Ali Zardari administered the oath to the Ministers and Ministers of State at a ceremony at Aiwan-e-Sadr.The cabinet comprises sixteen (16) Ministers and nine (9) Ministers of State.The Federal Ministers including their portfolios ...

The new federal cabinet is likely to take oath on Friday.President Asif Ali Zardari will administer the oath to the new ministers.Chaudhry Nisar, Khawaja Asif, Ishaq Dar, Saad Rafiq, Ahsan Iqbal, Murtaza Jatoi, Pervez Rasheed, Pir Sadar-ud-Din Shah Rashdi and Abdul Qadir Baloch are  likely to ...

Lahore- The Punjab Cabinet is likely to be finalised on June 6 after the oath-taking of Mian Shahbaz Sharif as chief minister.A party insider said Shahbaz, believing in quality and not quantity, would like to take less than 10 members in the cabinet in the first phase. However, the total number of ...

Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) leader Chaudhry Nisar said that decision about Federal Cabinet would be made on the 5th of June but it would be small one.Talking with media outside the parliament house Saturday, Nisar said the new government would resolve the problem of load-shedding on ...

Islamabad - The Azad Jammu and Kashmir cabinet on Thursday approved to raise the minimum wages of unskilled workers from Rs7,000 to Rs9000 per month.The decision was taken during cabinet meeting which was presided over by Prime Minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir Chaudry Abdul Majeed .Minister for ...

islamabadThe upcoming ruling party, Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz), may offer some cabinet slots to those parliamentary parties in the National Assembly which have significant presence in the Senate, ostensibly in a move to outwit Pakistan People’s Party-Parliamentarians (PPP-P) in the Upper ...

ISLAMABAD - Caretaker Prime Minister Justice(Retd) Mir Hazar Khan Khoso has summoned the Federal Cabinet meeting today(Saturday) to give approval to the security plan for May 11 general elections besides a number of other measures government had devised for holding the polls in free, fair and ...

ROME Italy’s new coalition government was sworn in on Sunday, but a ceremony symbolising a fresh start for a country mired in recession and dogged by political feuds was overshadowed by a shooting outside government headquarters.As Prime Minister Enrico Letta and his 21 ministers took the ...

islamabad -  ahmad ahmadani - Despite approval of the federal cabinet to decrease the tariff of agri tube wells, ministry of finance has so far declined to reduce price by Rs2 per unit owing to financial woes of the country.Earlier, the federal cabinet on March 7 had given approval to reduce ...

ISLAMABAD - Reiterating the government’s resolve to create an atmosphere conducive to free, fair and credible elections, Caretaker Federal Information Mi nister Arif Nizami made it loud and clear that no one would be allowed to subvert the forthcoming polls.Briefing media persons on the ...

LAHORE – The caretaker cabinet was briefed about the financial position of province and guidelines for budget 2013-1. The cabinet expressed satisfaction with the financial position of the province.Chief Minister Najam Sethi chaired the meeting while Home Minister Tariq Pervaiz, Law Minister ...

LAHORE – The maiden meeting of the Punjab Cabinet, with Chief Minister Najam Sethi in the chair, on Saturday approved procurement of four million metric tonnes of wheat for the year 2013-14.The meeting, attended by provincial ministers, chief secretary and officials concerned, also gave ...

BANGUI  - The interim govt of the Central African Republic said it had held its first cabinet meeting, after seizing power in a bloody coup last month. Govt spokesman Crepin Mboli-Goumba said the meeting was called due to the “need to get to work without delay in order to deal with the ...

LAHORE – Two more Punjab caretaker ministers took oath at a ceremony in the Governor House Friday. Governor Makhdum Ahmed Mahmud administered oath to Jamshed Rehmatullah and Qaisar Zulfiqar Khan. Chief Minister Najam Sethi, secretaries and officials attended the event. The governor and the ...

ISLAMABAD - Expressing its resolve to uphold its neutrality, the Federal Cabinet on Friday expressed commitment to play its due role in the provision of peaceful environment for holding free, fair and transparent elections in the country.Briefing the media persons after the maiden cabinet meeting ...

ISLAMABAD - Caretaker Prime Minister Mir Hazar Khan Khoso on Thursday held important consultations with political stakeholders before choosing his cabinet. The nomination list of caretaker ministers recommended by country's key political parties was received by the office of the premier.  ...

QUETTA - Nawab Ghous Bakhsh Barozai, son of senior PPP leader and former chief minister Muhammad Khan Barozai, was sworn into the office as caretaker chief minister of Balochistan province here on Saturday. Governor Nawab Zulfiqar Ali Magsi administered the oath to Barozai in a plain ceremony at ...

ISLAMABAD - The Cabinet Committee on Regularisation has decided to regularise the services of 3,595 employees of different government departments in the country presently working on contract, daily wages and special service agreement (SSA).The committee approved regularisation of services of 3088 ...

ISLAMABAD - Federal cabinet, which is scheduled to meet today (Wednesday), is likely to take up Petroleum Ministry’s controversial summary seeking approval to end the sovereignty of independent Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) by putting it under its purview.Sources aware of the matter ...

ISLAMABAD - Federal Cabinet meets here on Wednesday (today) under the Chairmanship of Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf to give formal approval to the much awaited National Trade Policy 2012-15 besides taking up host of issues including a reflection on the ongoing political changes taking place in ...

Federal Minister for Law Farooq H Naek on Monday said that the cabinet committee on policy guidelines for Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) is deliberating on the different points of policy guidelines to submit its report to the cabinet soon.He said this after chairing a meeting of the ...

ISLAMABAD - The issue of state-owned gas utilities' exorbitant demand for disallowances on unaccounted for gas (UFG) and non-recovery of bills and non-metered gas remained indecisive even after of a couple of hours heated debate in the federal cabinet.A Cabinet member told TheNation on condition of ...

ISLAMABAD  – The federal cabinet has directed the trade ministry to immediately implement the order about granting India the status of most favoured nation (MFN).In a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf on Thursday, the cabinet also declared that the PPP-led coalition ...