LAHORE - SALMAN ABDUHU - The government can now issue more Long Distance International (LDI) licence, as restriction on the issuance of LDI license in the country due to Sales Purchase Agreement (SPA) with Eitisalat is over now.Cell companies are anxiously waiting to get the LDI licence, as the ...

I would like to highlight an issue about the driving license in our country which permits a person to drive legally. In Pakistan, driving licenses can be obtained by applying to any traffic police office. Candidates have to pass a theory and a practical driving test to obtain this license. This is ...

Interior Minister Rehman Malik Sunday said that Bhoja Air was issued a license to operate flights during the government of the Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N. Talking to media in Islamabad Malik said that the names of all the indiduals involved in Bhoja Air crash are put on the ECL ...

Adele has applied for a helicopter landing licence. The ‘Someone Like You’ hitmaker is tired of dealing with traffic when she commutes from her rented £15,000 a month country estate in Sussex, South East England, and has decided to make flying her primary form of transport if a ...

ISLAMABAD - Owing to increase in power generation amid worsening energy crisis, National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) has issued amended generation license to Karachi Nuclear Power Plant (KANUPP), which has increased its power generation capacity to 36MW.Official sources have ...

A German policeman has been patrolling the country without a driver’s licence for 22 years, it has emerged.The unnamed officer, who hails from the former communist East Germany, was only permitted to drive tractors and motorcycles, according to media sources. Spokesperson Bernard Wessner said ...

LONDON - British authorities on Friday revoked the licence of Press TV, the Iranian state broadcaster’s English-language outlet, saying the channel had breached a string of regulations.Ofcom, the independent broadcasting watchdog, said in a statement that Press TV failed to obey a rule that ...

ISLAMABAD - Former Supreme Court Bar Association president Ali Ahmad Kurd has expressed his regret over the court’s decision to suspend the licence of Babar Awan.Talking to the media at the Supreme Court building Tuesday, Kurd said the judiciary adopted “wrong way for earning respect by ...

LAHORE – Licensing Branch of the City Traffic Police arrested a tout red handed, who was giving a fake license to a citizen on Saturday.The spokesman said that the accused namely Muhammad Kashif of Rajgarh, Krishan Nagar, was involved in issuing fake licenses to citizens to mint money. He ...

QUETTA Tethyan Copper Company (TCC) has termed the refusal for mining licence by the Balochistan Government as a breach of Mining Rules and its rights. In a statement issued here Friday the Chief Executive Officer of TCC Mr. Tim Livesey TCC had submitted the application for a mining lease to cover ...

Our Staff Reporter KARACHI - The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has debarred World Express Exchange Company-B (Pvt) Ltd, from undertaking any kind of business activity. SBP has, with immediate effect, suspended the authorisation/ license of M/s World Express Exchange to deal in sale and purchase of ...

LAHORE In a petition filed by arms licence holders, Justice Mansoor Ali Shah of the Lahore High Court was informed by the Deputy Attorney General on Wednesday that last date for surrendering arms licences to obtain a computerised one has been extended till October 30th. The petition has been filed ...

ISLAMABAD - The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) is set to issue a regular license to Global Energy Infrastructure (GEI) Pakistan to set up a terminal, jetty and allied facilities at Port Qasim for import of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG). GEI is likely to get a regular license very soon from a ...

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) The Balochistan government has objected to a mining lease being sought by a joint venture between Antofagasta and Barrick Gold , further delaying a major planned copper and gold project in the countrys southwest. London-listed Antofagasta and Canadian group Barrick Gold are ...

ISLAMABAD - The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has made certain changes to the conditions for grant of license to non-profit associations under Section 42 of the Companies Ordinance, 1984, regarding multiple objectives, start-up donation and mandatory registration within ...

OUR SATFF REPORTER NANKANA SAHIB - People from all walks of life demanded elimination of TV licence fee collection from even those who do not have TV at their homes or shops. The government unjustified and illegally collecting billions of rupees in the shape of PTV fee ranging from Rs.35 to Rs.60 ...

OUR STAFF REPORTER KARACHI - The State Bank of Pakistan has debarred M/s Al-Qaim Money Exchange Company-B (Pvt.) Limited, Quetta from undertaking any kind of business activity. According to a press release issued here on Monday, SBP has with immediate effect withdrawn the authorisation/ licence ...

LOS ANGELES (AFP) - The fertility doctor who helped a woman give birth to octuplets in 2009 will be stripped of his licence by the California Medical Board because of gross negligence. The board revoked Dr Michael Kamravas licence effective July 1, according to documents on its website alleging a ...

LAHORE - The Food Department of City District Government (CDG) has cancelled dozens of licences of bakeries and food factories, functioning in various areas of the City on account of negligence in spraying insecticides and failing in cleaning their kitchens and factories, TheNation has learnt on ...

WASHINGTON - The Obama administrations decision to authorise CIA to kill American-born cleric Anwar al-Awlaki far from a combat zone, with no judicial process, has set off a debate among some legal authorities, The New York Times reported Friday. To eavesdrop on Awlaki, who is accused of fomenting ...

NEW DELHI (AFP) - Bids for nationwide licences in Indias sale of spectrum for superfast 3G mobile services have hit $2.65b, a statement on a government website said Saturday. That price 120.69 billion rupees (2.65 billion) is nearly 3.5 times the 35b rupee reserve price set by the govt for a ...

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has suspended the LDI license of Redtone Telecommunications (Pvt) Ltd on account of concealment of minutes pertaining to the international incoming traffic. According to the details, Redtone Telecommunications was issued a Long Distance & ...

RAWALPINDI - City Traffic Police (CTP) Rawalpindi have developed new computerised Sign Testing System (STS), which would facilitate the citizens to give driving tests through touch screen system. Information Technology (IT) Department of the CTP has developed the software for this STS. Chief ...

LONDON - Interior Minister Rehman Malik has said that he never talked of gaining complete victory in Swat operation; rather he always speaks about a partial success. Some militant groups tried to regroup in Waziristan and we started operation there, but the local politicians opposed the move. DI ...

BALTIMORE (Maryland) (AFP) - Police cited US swim star Michael Phelps on Friday for driving with an expired licence and said the Beijing Olympic hero admitted drinking a beer about 75 minutes before a car crash. Baltimore city police said the accident Thursday night at an intersection was not the ...

ISLAMABAD (APP) - Islamabad Traffic Police (ITP) has started issuing improved driving licenses having eight security features that make it impossible to prepare fake versions. This new license would contain finger prints of holders and also their driving history along with standing on the ...

LAHORE - A Full Bench of the Supreme Court while accepting appeal earlier filed by State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) here Wednesday maintained the order whereby banking licence awarded to Indus Bank Limited (IBL) was cancelled on September, 21, 2000 on the ground that IBL had breached the conditions set ...

RIYADH (AFP) - Saudi Arabia has banned auto licence tags whose Arabic characters spell out offensive words when romanised, with the list of banned combinations including 'USA', Al-Watan newspaper reported Sunday. Saudi plates normally have three Arabic characters and three numbers, but the growing ...

KARACHI - The State Bank of Pakistan has extended the suspension period of licence of an Exchange Company (A Category) namely M/s Khanani & Kalia International (Pvt) Limited with effect from December 10, 2008 till further orders, said a press release issued by the SBP here on Saturday. The ...

LAHORE - The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (Commission) has made certain changes, in the conditions, for grant of licence under section 42 of the Companies Ordinance, 1984 (the Ordinance). The most significant change in conditions is that, an association not-for-profit, will, now, ...