MOSCOW UN chief Ban Ki-moon and Russia agreed Friday that a peace conference on Syria should be held "as soon as possible", even as Moscow defied growing global pressure over its arms supplies to the Damascus regime.Ban met Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov before starting talks with Russian President ...
WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama telephoned PML-N chief and prime minister-in-waiting Nawaz Sharif and congratulated him on his party’s victory in last weekend’s historic polls, the White House said Tuesday, while pledging to continue US-Pakistan cooperative relations with the ...
TOKYO : The dollar broke through the 102-yen level in Asian trading Monday after Tokyo sidestepped criticism over the unit's steep decline at a weekend Group of Seven (G7) meeting in Britain. Speculation that the US Federal Reserve could be the first among major central banks to roll back its huge ...
LAHORE - An emergent meeting of the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Authority (SMEDA) was held here at Women Business Incubation Center, DHA with its CEO Sardar Ahmad Nawaz Sukhera in the chair, in which, “Fatiha” was offered for the persons who were killed in the fire ...
ISLAMABADPakistan Cricket Board (PCB) governing board will be meeting here today (Wednesday) to sketch the plan to implement the board’s constitution while awarding new central contracts to the players will be another agenda of the meeting to be headed by its chairman Chaudhry M Zaka Ashraf. ...
At least 12 people were killed and several others wounded in a suicide blast near a JUI-F’s election gathering here on Tuesday.According to police, the blast took place at the main market in Doaba area of Hangu district.JUI-F candidate in PK-43 Mufti Saeed Janan is also among the injured.It ...
BUDAPEST Hundreds of Hungarians gathered Saturday in downtownBudapestfor an anti-Zionist protest organised by the openly anti-Semitic Jobbik party, just a day before a World Jewish Congress (WJC) meeting kicks off here. Some 500 protesters, including some in the uniform of the banned ...
ISLAMABAD - Caretaker Prime Minister Justice(Retd) Mir Hazar Khan Khoso has summoned the Federal Cabinet meeting today(Saturday) to give approval to the security plan for May 11 general elections besides a number of other measures government had devised for holding the polls in free, fair and ...
LAHORE - The Lahore High Court on Tuesday granted stay order against holding meetings of Provincial Selection Board (PSB) in a writ petition filed by ex-PSS officers over the disputed promotion ratio of 3: 7 vis-a-vis ex-PCS officers. The court has re-fixed the case in the second week of May ...
ISLAMABAD : The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has organised a meeting with key stakeholders to take forth the corporate social responsibility agenda; the meeting was held in the SECP head office in Islamabad.In his opening remarks, Tahir Mahmood, Commissioner SECP stressed ...
LAHORE - The Higher Education Commission of Pakistan held the 5th National Curriculum Review Committee meeting to approve the courses for the fourth year of BEd (Hons) elementary programme at a local hotel. The meeting was facilitated by the United States Agency for International ...
LAHORE The first annual general meeting of Avant Hotels (Pvt) Ltd, a joint venture company of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and Pakistan International Airlines Investments Limited (PIAIL) was held here on Monday at National cricket academy and reviewed the progress of ...
VIENNA : The UN atomic agency said Monday that it was discussing withIranpossible dates for what would be the 10th round of talks since late 2011 onTehran’s suspected nuclear bomb-making efforts. “I can confirm we are discussing possible dates of a meeting withIran,” ...
ISLAMABAD -Former military dictator and President Pervez Musharraf would enjoy almost all luxuries of life at his Chak Shahzad sub-jail house, but for the first time in his life the former four-star general will have to seek prior permission from Islamabad Commissioner to meet anyone ...
LAHORE (PR) - A large meeting of trade unions representatives and workers under the aegis of Pakistan Workers Confederation Punjab Chapter was held on Tuesday. The meeting was presided over by Ms Rubina Jameel and was addressed by M/s Akbar Ali Khan, Yousaf Baloch, Osama Tariq, Niaz Ahmad, Altaf ...
ISLAMABAD – Common sense finally prevails as International Tennis Federation (ITF) has accepted Pakistan Tennis Federation’s (PTF) written complaint against Australian-based Sri Lankan origin referee Ashita Ajigala, who without any concrete reasons, awarded the Davis Cup Asia-Oceania ...
KARACHI - Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology in collaboration with Aligarh Muslim University Old Boys Association (AMUOBA) and Aligarh Institute of Technology is holding a condolence meeting for Late SSUET Chancellor Engineer ZA Nizami on April 17 (tomorrow). The meeting would be ...
KARACHI - Glowing tributes were paid to late Chancellor of Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology (SSUET) Engr ZA Nizami at a condolence meeting held under the auspices of the Institution of Engineers.A statement here on Sunday said that the speakers on the occasion highlighted the ...
MIRPURKHAS – In what has been described a thaw in relations between the Pakistan People's Party and former Sindh chief minister and one time close ally of military ruler Pervez Musharraf, Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim, as both sides have agreed to forget ‘bitter memories of the ...
ISLAMABAD - An emergency meeting of Pakistan Sports Board Officers Association (PSBOA) was held on Tuesday at PSB committee room under the chairmanship of its president Dr Waqar. PSB CBA union also attended the meeting. The meeting strongly took notice of the salaries being made to Pakistan Sports ...
LAHORE - While announcing two holidays a week to conserve energy, the Punjab cabinet on Tuesday demanded the federal government call an immediate meeting of the Council of Common Interests to discuss equal load shedding in all the provinces and other issues.The meeting, chaired by Chief Minister ...
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, ...
FAISALABAD - As many as 4 million metric tone wheat would be purchased throughout the Punjab by the Food Department during wheat procurement campaign 2013-14 and target has been fixed to procure wheat of 0.495 million metric tonne from the four districts of Faisalabad Division, disclosed a ...
BANGUI - The interim govt of the Central African Republic said it had held its first cabinet meeting, after seizing power in a bloody coup last month. Govt spokesman Crepin Mboli-Goumba said the meeting was called due to the “need to get to work without delay in order to deal with the ...
ISLAMABAD - Army Chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani met Chief Election Commissioner Justice (r) Fakhruddin G Ebrahim on Friday apparently to discuss security arrangements ahead of the general elections.The meeting was held somewhere outside the Election Commission of Pakistan, the sources said.The ...
ISLAMABAD - Owing to oil marketing companies (OMCs) and petroleum dealers’ demand of gigantic increase in their margin, Adviser to Prime Minister on Petroleum & Natural Resources has summoned a meeting on Wednesday (today) to negotiate with companies on the matter. Reliable sources told ...
LAHORE - The Regional Directorate of Human Rights held a meeting with the NGOs, working on the women rights for a general discussion regarding future cooperation on mutual interests. Mumtaz Mughal from Aurat Foundation, Fauzia Waqar from Shirkatgah and Ilahi Rehmat and Rukhsana from APWA attended ...
Irfan Qadir, Attorney General of Pakistan, on Friday refused to attend the meeting of the Judicial Commission scheduled for SaturdayTalking to media persons here in Islamabad, Irfan Qadir said that Judicial Commission is not complete without inclusion of a member from the Bar Council.He said he has ...
ISLAMABAD - In order to chalk out a comprehensive strategy to combat business fraud, a meeting of a special committee comprising of representatives of the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan, Financial Monitoring Unit, State Bank of Pakistan, National Accountability Bureau, Federal ...
LAHORE (PR) - Lesco Chief Executive Officer Muhammad Saleem on Friday, while addressing a large meeting of the young contract workers brought on regular cadre and hundreds of the union representatives, congratulated them and advised them to continue to improve their professional capacities to serve ...






