LAHORE The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf, which according to its supporters is becoming home to traditional political figures of the country, is about to welcome soon many more old faces from South Punjab, TheNation has learnt. Many of the PTI founding members and supporters, who want a change ...

OUR STAFF REPORTER SIALKOT - The trend of joining Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) continues as the local PPP and PML-Q dissidents have joined the PTI. PPPs Sambrial-based leader Col (R) Sultan Sikandar had joined the PTI few days ago. He had contested the 2008 general elections on PPP ticket from ...

LAHORE Twenty new CNG buses started their operations on Route-I (R A Bazaar to Sandah) here on Saturday. Chairman Lahore Transport Company, Khawaja Ahmad Hassan inaugurated the buses. Speaking on the occasion, the chairman said that gradual increase of investment in urban transport sector was ...

SARGODHA - Former Pakistan Peoples Paritys candidate in constituency PP-34, Ch Fiaz Ahmed Aouthi along with his companions has announced joining Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI). According to the sources that PTI Chairman Imran Khan will visit Sargodha in the second week of the next month and On that ...

OUR STAFF REPORTER WARBURTON - Former MNA Maher Shahid Manzoor Gill and ex-MPA Maher Javed Manzoor Gill of the Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid have joined the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf. They have brought with them hundreds of their supporters to the PTI. Both the politicians are real brothers and sons ...

MANDI BAHAUDDIN - With the popularity graph of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf elevating continuously, other parties have been virtually rapped on their knuckles. The situation is no different in Mandi Bahauddin, where the Tarar familys joining of the emerging political force has caused a commotion ...

BAHAWALPUR - Former naib Bahawalpur district nazim Syed Awais Gardezi will announce joining Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf during a press conference here at his Model Town residence on November 15, at 11:30am. The social and political circles of the city have appreciated the move and termed it as a good ...

MARDAN - Prominent political and social figures of the district would soon join PTI, one of the party leaders said on Saturday. Muhammad Riaz Pandakhel, advocate, the PTI district information secretary, claimed that a well-known political figure of Mardan district, central vice president of ANP ...

SYDNEY (AFP) - Former Test players Rod Marsh and Andy Bichel have been appointed to Australia's revamped selection panel, Cricket Australia said on Thursday. Marsh and Bichel will join full-time national selector John Inverarity, a new head coach to be appointed and Test captain Michael Clarke on ...

RAWALPINDI (APP) A fresh batch of 700 trainees have joined Strategic Plans Division (SDP) after successfully completed six months of vigorous advanced training in various realms of nuclear security. In this regard, an impressive graduation parade of the fresh batch of 700 smartly turned out ...

At least 14 former ministers have announced intention to join Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), a local TV reported. According to report, Jehangir Khan Tareen, former minister for industries, production and special initiative said that he had informed Imran Khan about the names of his group intending ...

KARACHI Greenstar social marketing has joined hands with Pfizer Pakistan to offer birth spacing solution to its valuable customers. The renowned social marketing organization starts reaching out to women with Depo-Provera, a Pfizer product, says a press release. Greenstar Social Marketing ...

KARACHI NIB Bank and NJI joined hand by entering into a Bancassurance accord for selling life insurance products of Jubilee Life through NIBs branch network, says a press release. The alliance would serve to cater towards savings and protection needs of NIBs clients. The agreement signing ...

ISLAMABAD (APP) - More than 30 cities across Pakistan have joined a United-Nations-led disaster preparedness campaign intended to make urban areas resilient and ready to cope with catastrophic events to reduce losses and damage. Many of the Pakistani cities signing up to the Making Cities Resilient ...

WAZIRABAD - Protest demonstrations staged by the PML-N against prolonged loadshedding continued for the third consecutive day on Thursday. Three police officers including DSP and SHO were injured during clash with students in the protest rally which was headed by MNA (R) Justice Iftikhar Ahmad ...

Our Staff reporter SIALKOT - Hundreds of woman teachers from different government schools and colleges, on Sunday staged an anti-power outages demonstration at congested Allama Iqbal Chowk to vent off their spleen against 20 hours long power outages in Sialkot. They also staged a sit-in there. They ...

LAHORE - The Govt College University (GCU) Lahore and Punjab Forensic Science Agency (PFSA) have decided to hold training workshops for professionals including lawyers, doctors, investigators, and persons involved in law enforcement to understand forensics. This was agreed during a meeting of PFSA ...

LAHORE - Contrary to all speculations, Dr Zulfikar Mirzas frontal attack on the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) has brought the party of Mr Altaf Husain closer to the ruling PPP and is expected to be part of the coalition shortly after Eidul Fitr. Two important PPP ministers gave the indication ...

KARACHI - All political forces and civil society organisations joined the peace rally that ruling PPP had sponsored to give a message of peace in the violence-stricken metropolis on Saturday. Hundreds of PPP supporters and workers of MQM, ANP, JI, PML-F, Sunni Tehreek and other major and minor ...

OUR?STAFF?REPORTER LAHORE The Democratic Group and Awaz Group of the Pakistan Flourmills Association (PFMA) have joined hands, setting aside all differences to constitute a new group namely 'Founders Group. The two rival groups of the PFMA on Friday held a meeting at a local hotel and stressed ...

PESHAWAR - The Bank of Khyber (BoK) and Sidat Hyder Morshed Associates (SHMA) have entered to an agreement to implement Bank Essentials Core Banking System, says a press release. The agreement was signed by Feisal Khan Divisional Head IT BoK and Arshad Hussain Director SHMA on behalf of their ...

LAHORE (PPI) - National Bank of Pakistan and Sundas Foundation have joined hands to organize a blood donation camp in NBP Lahore main branch premises. A large number of NBP employees donated blood for the patients of Thalassaemia, Haemophilia and Leukaemia on the request of renowned journalist and ...

KARACHI Director Communication Siemens Pakistan Zuberi has left for Lisbon, Portugal to join the world jury of PR professionals for judging the 2011 Golden World Awards organised by International Public Relations Association, says press release.This is the fifth year in a row that Mr. Zuberi has ...

OUR STAFF REPORTER LAHORE - The Global Board of Trade (GBOT) has entered into a strategic alliance with the Lahore Stock Exchange (LSE). Through that alliance, both organisations aim to work together for the development of securities markets within the respective jurisdictions of operation and to ...

LAHORE - The ongoing tussle between the ISI and the CIA has intensified while the Indian, Israeli and Afghani secret agencies have stepped in to support the American secret service, raising concerns about possibility of more attacks on Pakistans military and other strategic installations. In ...

LAHORE The women police officers and veteran educationists stressed upon the female students to join police department as their profession, which has become a respectful institution for them. During a seminar on Join Police and Empower Women held at Institute of Communication Studies, Punjab ...

LAHORE - Rewterz, an end-to-end information security firm, announced its partnership with Qualys, a leading provider of on demand vulnerability management and policy compliance solutions, says a Press release. The partnership will leverage Qualys Software-as-a-Service (SAAS) QualysGuard PCI service ...

LAHORE The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA), headquartered in London, and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), headquartered in New York, are launching a joint venture that would give management accountancy a far higher profile in the United States ...

KARACHI - United Bank Limited (UBL) has signed an agreement with Xpress Money, a leading money transfer company, to facilitate home remittances sent by Pakistanis living abroad, says a Press release. UBL and Xpress Money both have extensive network of branches with UBL having over 1,100 branches ...

LAHORE: Political figures hailing from the Muzaffargarh and Chinniot districts have joined the PML-Q during a meeting with Chaudhary Pervaiz Elahi here on Saturday. Sardar Muhammad Akram Baloch, a political figure of Muzzaffargarh, along with his clansmen joined the PML-Q during a meeting with ...