SHAKARGARHThe dwellers of Railway Road and surrounding areas have been facing severe problems due to delay and ill-planning in reconstruction of Railway Road. As per detail, the delay and ill-planning on the part of the authority concerned in the reconstruction of Railway Road have caused multiple ...

  JERUSALEM: The European Union has postponed plans to introduce separate labelling for products from Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, Israel’s Haaretz newspaper reported on Sunday. Citing European diplomats and Israeli officials it did not identify, the paper reported that ...

islamabad - Prime Minister Mir Hazar Khan Khoso has reiterated that transfer of power would be completed without any delay as stipulated in the constitution.Premier Khoso was talking to Federal Information Minister Arif Nizami who called on him here on Tuesday and briefed him about the facilities ...

ISLAMABAD On the complaint of a PTI contestant, a returning officer has ordered votes recounting today (Tuesday) for a National Assembly constituency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa after receiving reports of the stealing of 30,000 ballot papers allegedly misused to cast fake votes on May 11, the polling day ...

  peshawar Dozens of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) from Kurram Agency on Friday staged a protest demonstration here at main Saddar Road, demanding the Election Commission to postpone elections in NA-38 Kurram Agency till the return of all displaced families to their hometown. The ...

KARACHI:-Pakistan's experienced pace bowler, Umar Gul's departure for Australia to undergo surgery on his injured knee has been delayed due to visa problems. The delay in his departure for Australia has dimmed chances of Gul recovering in time for the tour to Zimbabwe in July. Sources close to the ...

lahore - The law and order situation at present is much better than it was expected to be so close to the general elections, Federal Minister for Law Ahmer Bilal Soofi stated this while talking to The Nation on Sunday.He said about a month ago it was being apprehended that killings during these ...

KARACHI - President Asif Ali Zardari on Saturday called for a report from the concerned ministry while taking note of the complaints voiced by some victims of recent violence in Quetta that the compensation cheques have not been honoured.Spokesperson Senator Farhatullah Babar said that the ...

LONDON : The inquest into the death of the nurse who took a prank call targeting Prince William’s pregnant wife Catherine has been delayed to September, an official said on Monday. Indian-born Jacintha Saldanha, a mother of two, was found hanged several days after taking the call from two ...

 The Pakistan Railways has issued apology over the delays in train departure and arrival, saying it is because of security situation.“Railways track are the bombing target in interior Sind which causes long delays in train departure and arrival schedules throughout the country due to ...

PESHAWAR-  Qaumi Watan Party (QWP) Chairman Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao says his party will strongly oppose and protest again postponement of elections, as holding free, fair and timely polls is the solution of all crises. "A hung parliament will come in the aftermath of scheduled May 11 elections ...

ISLAMABAD  - Former prime minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf  has said that certain elements are out to derail the electoral process on one pretext or the other. He warned that deferment of the elections would be tantamount to playing with the very future of the country and asked the political ...

Interior Minister Malik Muhammad Habib Khan on Wednesday said that general elections will be held on time.Talking to media persons here, the minister urged the people not to listen to the rumours about postponement of polls. He expressed concern over law and order situation in Karachi. He said that ...

KARACHI - Provincial leaders of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz has said that MQM, through its petition in the Sindh High Court against electoral delimitation in the City, is using a tactic to delay the general elections.PML-N leaders Saleem Zia, Irfanullah Marwat, Abdul Hakeem Baloch and others ...

KARACHI  – Sindh Caretaker Information Minister Noorul Huda Shah strongly dispelled the impression, created by some sections that the polls scheduled for May 11 may be delayed or postponed.Talking to a delegation of journalists in her office here Thursday, she said the interim setup is ...

RAWALPINDI - Inordinate delay in the construction of overhead bridge at Rehmanabad Chowk after the Sixth Road Flyover has added to the miseries of the people.The project of overhead bridge at Rehmanabad Chowk was Okayed with the approval of flyover at sixth road at an estimated cost of Rs24million ...

KARACHI – Expressing strong concerns over the questions being asked by returning officers (ROs) from election candidates, MQM chief Altaf Hussain said Friday the ROs were humiliating the politicians and demanded the electoral body to delay elections by 15 to 30 days to make a thorough ...

Supreme Court taking exception to authorities’ failure in bringing Tauqir Sadiq, former OGRA chairman who is allegedly involved in Rs82 billion corruption case, back to Pakistan has ordered that all miscellaneous petitions in this case be sent to Accountability courts for hearing.The division ...

RAWALPINDI/ISLAMABAD - Inordinate delay in completion of Mareer Chowk Railway Bridge expansion project has turned it into scourge rather than blessing for traders and residents of the area. The project was to be completed within three months but it is still inching towards completion despite lapse ...

LAHORE – Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif said how could those people, living abroad for the last six years, talk about eradication of corruption and bringing revolutionTalking to Muslim League (Likeminded) leader Atta Maneka at Model Town Thursday, the chief minister said the whole ...

HAFIZABAD - The villagers of Nakki Chattha and over a dozen villages have protested against criminal negligence of Irrigation and Highway departments for not completing the construction of new bridge on Qadirabad-Balloki link canal near Nakki Chattha as the existing bridge is in dilapidating ...

HAFIZABAD - The villagers of Nakki Chattha and over a dozen villages have protested against criminal negligence of Irrigation and Highway departments for not completing the construction of new bridge on Qadirabad-Balloki link canal near Nakki Chattha as the existing bridge is in dilapidating ...

SARGODHA - PML-N central leader Hamza Shahbaz Sharif said that delay in the general elections would not be tolerated, adding that those want delay in elections were not sincere to the country. He was meeting with PML-N Sargodha leader Malik Aslam Naveed. Hamza Shahbaz said the development work ...

MANDI BAHAUDDIN - Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Monday said that some elements in the country were conspiring to delay elections and feared that if it happened it would be disastrous for the integrity of the country. The Punjab chief minister was addressing a public gathering here at ...

Chief Minister Punjab Mian Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif has said that Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) is desirous for survival of the country and consolidation of democratic system but delay in general elections would not be accepted at any cost.He stated this while talking to leader of Markazi ...

BAJAUR AGENCY – Leaders of Bajaur Political Parties Alliance on Saturday expressed concern over delay in implementation of Fata reforms and urged the government to immediately extend the basic human rights to the tribal areas.Addressing a press conference at Khar, leaders of All Bajaur ...

KARACHI - The Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (UNISAME) has urged the government to comprehend that delay in announcing trade policy 2012-15 is causing loss to the business community due to delay in acceleration of economic activity.The Trade Policy 2012-15 is expected to give new life to ...

ISLAMABAD - JAVAID-UR-RAHMAN - The fast increasing cost of country's vital communication projects, probably running into billions of rupees, needs appropriate budgetary allocation to increase the pace of the work on these projects mainly as the extraordinary delay in the projects costs has double ...

KARACHI - Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) members urged if raw hides and skins were not processed at earliest, the same would rot and cause heavy losses of valuable foreign exchange.Pakistan Tanners Association (PTA) Chairman Agha Saiddain and India-Pakistan Chamber ...

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) central leader, Ahsan Iqbal criticised Federal Information Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira for misrepresenting Asghar Khan case with an aim to hoodwink the people, detract them from the real facts and gain cheap popularity.Talking to media persons here on ...