ISLAMABAD - US Ambassador to Pakistan Richard Olson said holding of dialogue with Taliban is prerogative of the Pakistani government.Talking to media in Islamabad on Wednesday, Olson said any reservations regarding these proposed talks will depend on terms and conditions of the dialogue with ...

Islamabad - Overstepping from its mandate, the caretaker government has issued directives through Establishment Division to all the ministries and its allied departments and organisations to provide them with details of vacant posts with them so that officials regularised by the previous ...

Rawalpindi - Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi (PMAS-AAUR) and the Italian government would work together for promotion of olive farming in Pakistan, with an aim to first produce enough olive oil for domestic consumption and then for export to the other markets. This was ...

lahorePakistan Business Council Chairman and Millat Tractor chief Sikandar Mustafa Khan has suggested the upcoming government of the PML-N to use its brotherly relationship with oil producing countries to get oil on easy conditions for short-term solution of energy crisis. By ensuring furnace oil ...

karachiThe Karachi Fisheries Harbour Authority (KFHA) has notified to all concerned that in pursuance of the provision of Section 25 of the Sindh Fisheries Ordinance 1980, the Govt of Sindh has imposed the seasonal ban at Serial No.5 in the first schedule of the said Ordinance on catching shrimp ...

President Asif Ali Zardari and President PML (N) Mian Muhammad Nawaz met here at the Aiwan-e-Sadr Wednesday.Spokesperson to the President Senator Farhatullah Babar said that the meeting took place after the Luncheon banquet hosted for Chinese Premier Mr. Li Keqiang at the Presidency to which PML ...

MIRPUR (AJK)The Government College Mirpur has launched four-year Bachelor of Subject (BS) programme at its main campus to produce quality future architects. The step has been taken in light of the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan (HEC) polices to promote quality higher education This was ...

LAHORE (PR): Senior Vice Chairman Pakistan Business Forum (Punjab Zone) Khawaja Shahzeb Akram said that government of PML (N) will work for the stability of economy. Under the dynamic directions of Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif and Mian Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif, Government will give special weightage ...

Islamabad -Chairman National Accountability Bureau (NAB), Admiral (Retd) Fasih Bokhari, Monday said the country cannot be purged of corruption unless the system is reformed; otherwise, all the efforts of corruption watchdogs would go in vain. “Without correcting the system the agencies would ...

PESHAWAR - The Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) have announced names for three ministries in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa provincial government.Sirajul Haq, Inayatullah Khan and Habibur Rehman have been put forward for the ministries of education, zakat and finance. Speaking to the media after a meeting, provincial ...

Quetta - PML-N leader and former Punjab chief minister Shahbaz Sharif has said that PML-N, PKMAP and NP will form a people-friendly government in Balochistan, adding the name of leader of the house will be announced with consultation of the three parties soon. “The meeting with Army Chief ...

 Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Mian Mohammad Nawaz Sharif has said an elected government has every right to complete its constitutional tenure according to the mandate given by the people.Addressing the parliamentary party meeting of newly elected members of parliament of PML-N in ...

                      PESHAWAR - Voters took revenge from outgoing government and incoming government must be mindful of the fact that it has been mandated to meet public expectations, stated the Peshawar High ...

peshawar - President of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chambers of Commerce & Industry Dr Muhammad Yousaf Sarwar has categorically rejected increase in electricity prices under the head of fuel adjustment by National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA).In a press statement issued here on Saturday, ...

islamabad - Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry President Zafar Bakhtawari has said there is a dire need to formulate prudent economic policies with consultation of business community.He said this while talking to Tahir Iqbal Chaudhary, newly elected member National Assembly from District ...

  LAHORE The Lahore High Court on Friday issued notice to thePunjabgovernment, Lahore District Coordination Officer, former and sitting LDA director generals to summit reply in LDA plaza fire case until July 5. The court was hearing a petition seeking directives to bring to book officials ...

ISLAMABAD Chief Minister Sindh, Justice (Retd) Zahid Qurban Alvi, called on Prime Minister Justice (Retd) Mir Hazar Khan Khoso at the Prime Minister's House on Friday and briefed him about the arrangements made by the provincial government to maintain law and order during the election ...

ISLAMABAD On the one hand Independents are joining Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) in a big number making it comfortable for the party to form government without the crutches of smaller parties, while on the other hand gigantic problems awaiting the would-be government in shape of worst ...

SIALKOTThe May 11 general elections toppled the political giants and kingpins who have now disappeared from the political panorama of Sialkot district. Besides, the “transparency” of elections and downfall of the bigwigs have set up new parameters and examples for the newly elected ...

islamabad - Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) on Thursday said that without turning around country’s sagging economy Pakistan cannot make sound progress and new government should give top priority to improve the economy.ICCI President Zafar Bakhtawari said this while talking ...

lahore - The business community, while felicitating Mian Nawaz Sahrif on landmark victory in the elections 2013 in centre as well as in Punjab, has said that the comprehensive success of PML-N has revived the hopes of depressed business community which was in deep trouble because of sever energy ...

ISLAMABAD -  Besides many daunting challenges ranging from revival of crumbling economy, political instability and controlling the genie of terrorism, which has taken thousands of innocents lives across the country, the real test of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz government would be the trial of ...

Minister for Information and Broadcasting Arif Nizami on Friday hoped that the new upcoming government will be sworn in before 1st June.Addressing a news conference in Lahore‚ he said elections were held‚ by and large‚ in a fair and transparent manner.The Minister urged all ...

Interior Minister Malik Habib Khan has said despite terrorist threats‚ the caretaker government succeeded in accomplishing its task of conducting a free‚ fair and transparent election.Addressing a Darbar here on Friday‚ he lauded the cooperation of provincial caretaker ...

Prime Minister Mir Hazar Khan Khoso has said massive turn-out in the elections is a testimony that the caretaker government was successful in instilling confidence among the people. Talking to Chief Minister Sindh Zahid Qurban Alvi in Islamabad Friday, Khoso said Pakistan has achieved a huge ...

CAIRO Rival Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas have set a three-month timetable to form a unity government and organise elections, officials from both sides said on Wednesday.The agreement came during a meeting late Tuesday between Fatah’s official in charge of reconciliation affairs, Azzam ...

islamabad Over a dozen non-career Pakistani ambassadors and High Commissioners currently serving in various overseas missions are likely to lose jobs because of new government as they have been appointed by former ruling coalition led by PPP.    Pakistan ambassador to the United ...

karachiThe caretaker government of Sindh has set up Sindh Human Rights Commission, said Mrs Anis Haroon, minister for women development and human rights.She said that a law was passed by the Sindh Assembly in 2011 which came into force since May 1, 2013 after the approval of caretaker Chief ...

LAHORE - Spokesman Joint Action Committee of PIA employees while welcoming the prospects of a stable government under Mian Nawaz Sharif has appealed the new government to bring stability and sanity in PIA which has seen 12 organisational heads in last 13 years.“You cannot run a professional ...

LAHORE - The Pakistan Sugar Mills Association has appreciated the PML-N chief Mian Nawaz Sharif over his overwhelming victory in the elections 2013 in centre as well as in Punjab, hoping the new government will work for increasing exports particularly of sugar, which has great potential in the ...