Federal Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has said the federal budget will presented in the National Assembly on June 12.While talking to media here on Saturday, Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has said that a comprehensive plan has been prepared to repay loans worth about fourteen thousand billion rupees ...

ISLAMABAD  - An anti terrorism court (ATC) in Islamabad will indict former military ruler Pervez Musharraf in judges' detention case on June 15.ATC Judge Syed Kausar Abbas Zaidi held the proceedings of the case at Musharraf's farmhouse which was declared as sub-jail.The ATC judge directed that ...

ISLAMABAD - The hydel power generation in the coming months will improve when hydel stations will be operating at their full capacity to generate 6,733 MW, reducing the power outage hours, a joint statement of heads of Discos (Distribution Companies) reads.In compliance with the direction of the ...

LAHORE - Caretaker Punjab Chief Minister, Najam Sethi told media on Sunday that Mian Shahbaz Sharif would take oath as Punjab Chief Minister on June 6th. He said that the newly elected Punjab Assembly members would be sworn in first before election of the Speaker, Deputy Speaker and Leader of the ...

Lahore - Federal Board of Revenue Chairman Ansar Javed has withdrawn weekly holiday and directed all its attached relevant offices to work even on Sunday till June 30 for budget preparation.Chief Collector Customs Lutfullah Virk told APP here that all collectorates of customs in Faisalabad, Multan ...

The Aiwan-i-Karkunan Tehrik-i-Pakistan will launch Ideological Summer School from June 8 to July 9. The motto of the school is ‘Love Pakistan’. TheNation Editor-in-Chief and Nazaria-i-Pakistan Trust Chairman Majid Nizami is founder of the school while NPT Vice Chairman Dr Rafique Ahmad ...

Caretaker Chief Minister Punjab Najam Sethi announced on Sunday, that Shahbaz Sharif will be sworn in as Chief Minister Punjab on Thursday 6th June 2013.Shahbaz Sharif will become the first person to hold the office of Chief Minister for a third time. This has become possible after the two time ...

ISLAMABAD - The Ministry of Capital Administration and Development (CAD) is likely to announce summer holidays from June 1 to August 13.Joint Education Advisor and Spokesperson of Ministry CAD Rafique Tahir informed that the decision of vacations has been taken that would be notified by Monday. ...

LAHORE/KARACHI - The Punjab government has issued notification of summer vacations. According to the notification, the vacations will start from June 1 and will end on August 14. However, private and government schools have been given permission for a 30-day summer camp. Punjab School Education ...

LAHORE (PR): Shamrock Conferences International has announced its 6th Annual Pakistan Telecommunications Conference 2013 (TeleCON 2013) to be held on June 13, 2013 in Karachi. The theme of the conference this year, will be, “The Next Wave in Telecommunication: The Digitized Society/ ...

Punjab Caretaker government has announced summer vacation from June 1 in the educational institutions of the province.As per notification issued here by Punjab government summer vacations will commence from June 1 due to scorching heat and the educational institutions will reopen from August ...

The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Thursday adjourned the hearing of a treason case against former president General (retd) Pervez Musharraf till June 3 while one of the top counsels – Ahmed Raza Kasuri –has said that Musharraf is not leaving the country.While giving arguments before the ...

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Thursday asked those candidates who have won more than one seat in general election to vacate additional seats by the 10th of next month.According to Election Commission‚ legal action will be taken against those who fail to vacate additional seats ...

LAHOR : Punjab Agriculture Department has advised the growers to complete paddy sowing till June 20.  A spokesman of the department said on Sunday, that nurseries of Basmati 370, Basmati 385, Basmati Pak, Basmati 2000, super Basmati and Basmati-515 should be sown till June 20 while the sowing ...

ISLAMABAD :  The electoral body has announced re-polling on June 1 at certain polling stations of the electoral constituencies in Tharparkar, a press release said Saturday.The re-polling would be held at the four polling stations of National Assembly constituency NA-229 Tharparkar-I, 43 ...

  ISLAMABAD National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) has finally issued notifications of last eight month's fuel price adjustment (FPA) under which recovery from power consumers would be made in monthly bills to be issued from June to October 2013. Islamabad High Court (IHC) ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON  : An IMF team is to visit Islamabad in late June to continue the policy discussions with the new govt on mitigating economic vulnerabilities in Pakistan. Answering a question at a press conference whether the Fund had offered $5 billion of aid to Pakistan and were there any ...

islamabad - The new government would announce the annual budget 2013-2014 in the first or second week of the June envisaging GDP growth target at 4.5 per cent and budget deficit target at 5.8 per cent of the GDP for the next financial year.Sources informed that government, to be formed after the ...

LAHORE - The government has decided to launch nationwide vaccination from June as another child succumbed to measles, rising the overall death toll to 62 in Punjab.The deceased was identified as Ali Raza who was undergoing treatment at the Lahore Mayo Hospital.Despite tall claims of caretakers, the ...

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Olympic Association (POA) interim committee member Rana Mujahid Wednesday said the 32nd National Games would be held in Islamabad from June 20 to 27. Talking at a press conference held at PSB Media Center, Rana said: “All the required funds for hosting of games will ...

Lahore High Court (LHC) on Monday asked the Punjab government to submit plan for controlling dengue on June 25.LHC Chief Justice Umer Atta Bandial heard the case and the petitioner stated that several people lost their lives due to incompetence of the Punjab government.He further said that the ...

The Supreme Court (SC) will hear on June 6 the petitions filed against the ruling of National Assembly Speaker Fehmida Mirza regarding the disqualification of Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani in the wake of conviction over contempt of court charge. A three-member bench of the apex court will ...

The Supreme Court on Tuesday adjourned the hearing of former law minister Babar Awan contempt of court case till June 27. The two member-bench of the apex court comprising Justice Ijaz Afzal and Justice Athar Saeed resumed hearing of the case. During the hearing, Justice Ijaz Afzal remarked that ...

Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) Sargodha adjourned hearing of violence against teacher case till June 01. ATC took up for hearing the case of breaking the legs of a school teacher, Nafees Khan by former MPA Aslam Madhiana on Saturday. Aslam Madhiana and his companions were produced in the court under ...

MULTAN - Punjab Planning, Development and Prisons Minister Ch Abdul Ghafoor has said that 150 development projects are being executed at a cost of Rs3,554 million in Multan division under annual provincial development programme and all of them will be accomplished till June 2012. Addressing a ...

ISLAMABAD - Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has recovered Rs 356 million taxes under its current drive for broadening of tax base as 26,740 new returns have been filed in new drive during the previous financial year 2010-11. Federal Board of Revenue had initiated a drive for broadening of the tax ...

LAHORE The Punjab Government has decided to constitute mechanical tanoor monitoring committees across the province. Each committee will comprise three members, including the imam of the local mosque, a school teacher (serving or retired) and a representative of the Social Welfare Department, said ...

ISLAMABAD - A trilateral meeting between Pakistan, United States and Afghanistan will be held in Kabul in the first week of June to discuss peace and reconciliation in the insurgency-ridden country. Foreign Office spokesperson Tehmina Janjua stated this at a weekly press briefing here on Saturday. ...

KARACHI (Reuters) - Pakistans consumer price index (CPI), the key indicator of inflation, likely rose by 12.60 percent year-on-year in June, a slower rise than May, thanks to a cut in domestic fuel prices, according to a Reuters poll. June consumer prices were seen rising 12.60 percent from a year ...