QUETTA - Former Deputy Chairman Senate and ex-Chief Minister Balochistan, Mir Jan Muhammad Jamali after quitting PML-Q has announced to join PML-N by reposing complete confidence in the leadership of Mian Nawaz Sharif.He made this announcement while addressing a Press conference at his residence on ...
LAKKI MARWAT – Local leaders of Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf have condemned the party’s parliamentary board for awarding ticket to an undeserving person for the sole seat of National Assembly of Lakki. Speaking at a hurriedly called meeting here on Sunday, Haklim Asghar, Farman Zangikhel, ...
KARACHI – Unannounced educational holidays are once again on the rise in the metropolis and have caused huge academic losses to students of public and private schools, colleges and universities in the first month of this year.During the last 26 days of the month, merely 12 days witnessed ...
The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Friday granted National Accountability Bureau (NAB) time till January 22 to arrest former OGRA chairman Tauqir Sadiq allegedly involved in Rs80 billion scam. A division bench of the apex court comprising Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry and Justice Jawwad S ...
KARACHI - Pakistan’s current account deficit widened to a provisional $305 million in January 2012, compared with $118 million shortfall in January 2011, the State Bank said on Friday.The current account recorded a provisional deficit of $2.633 billion in the first seven months of the ...
DHAKA - Bangladesh's exports rose 11.9 percent in January, driven by readymade garments, and business leaders expect the pace of growth to pick up from April due to clothing orders from western buyers. Exports rose to $2.14 billion in January, 1.3 percent short of the government's target, the ...
ISLAMABAD - The inflation has once again jumped to double-digit figure in previous month as Consumer Price Index (CPI) base inflation has recorded at 10.10 per cent during January 2012 against same period last year.According to latest figures of the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) released on ...
ISLAMABAD - Deputy Chairman Senate Jan Muhammad Jamali expressed serious concern over the absence of Ministers in the House to respond to the points of order raised by Senators and said that Upper House should be dissolved if the Ministers were not interested in it. PPP lawmaker Senator Kazim Khan ...
LAHORE - Economic Journalists Association (LEJA) has announced its annual election schedule for 2011. According to the schedule elections will be held on January 4, 2011, while nomination papers can be submitted to the Election Commission Haji Muhammad Luqman latest by December 30. LEJA General ...
ISLAMABAD (Online) - Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry administered the oath to Justice Mian Shakirullah Jan as Acting Chief Election Commissioner of Pakistan during a ceremony on Monday. According to a Press release issued here on Monday, Supreme Court judges, Attorney General ...
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Chairman Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), Sohail Ahmed said on Wednesday that drive against tax evaders would be launched from January 1, aimed at eliminating tax evasion and creating proper tax culture in the country. During the drive tax evaders would also be arrested so that ...
KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) - Air cargo demand in Asia slumped 23.6 percent in January while passenger numbers dropped 7.8 percent, the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines said Friday. "The collapse in world trade is having a severe impact on airfreight demand, forcing airlines to temporarily ground a ...
FERGIE will marry actor Josh Duhamel in January. The 33-year-old "London Bridge" singer and the "Transformers" star will tie the knot in Southern California over the second weekend of January. It has been claimed many of Fergie's "Nine" co-stars, including Kate Hudson, Nicole Kidman, Penelope Cruz, ...
ISLAMABAD (PPI) - The 5th International Conference and Exhibition on CNG (5th CNG Conex-2009) will be held on Jan 14-15, 2009. This event is being organised by National Forum for Environment and Health (NFEH), would be held at Lahore in a local hotel. CNG Conex 2009 would be attended by local and ...
KARACHI - Sindh High Court Thursday directed Ministries of Interior, Defence and Foreign Affairs to submit till January 15, 2009 their comments on detention of Dr. Aafiya Siddiqui by US authorities. Intekhab Alam Suri & Imran Ahmed of Human Rights Network, filed pro bono petition against Defence, ...
KARACHI - The theme of Marcon 2009, which will be held from January 28-29 2009, is "Marketing in Challenging Times", announced Marketing Association of Pakistan (MAP) President Syed Farukh Mazhar and S Masood Hashmi, Conference Chairman, here. They said that this is the most prestigious, ...
LAHORE - Eminent intellectual columnist, playwright, also the Secretary Punjab Information Culture and Youth Affairs, Orya Maqbool Jan has said that it is customary to provide basic information on our national heroes and leaders to the young generation by the government but unfortunately in ...






