HYDERABADThe Syndicate of the University of Sindh (SU) Jamshoro has granted approval to fixation of minimum wage of Rs 7,000 to contract employees of the University in accordance with the Labour Policy of the Government.The 185th meeting of the syndicate which  was held under the chair of Vice ...

lahore - The Punjab government has approved twenty one (21) revised on-going development schemes of various sectors of the economy with an estimated cost of Rs25.72 billion. These schemes were approved in the 33rd meeting of Provincial Development working Party of current fiscal year 2012-13 ...

JERUSALEM Israel has signed off on plans for nearly 300 new settler homes near Ramallah, angering the Palestinians who accused the Israeli government Thursday of trying to "sabotage" US moves to rekindle peace talks.The announcement came just days after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly ...

Islamabad - Prime Minister Mir Hazar Khan Khoso has said that the caretaker government has taken measures to rehabilitate Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM) so that it can contribute to the economic development of the country. These observations were made by the Prime Minister during a meeting held at ...

ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Justice (Retd) Mir Hazar Khan Khoso has accorded approval to a policy for posting of officers against the positions in Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) on rotation basis from all provinces of the country.The positions include chief commissioner ICT, deputy commissioner ...

islamabad -  ahmad ahmadani - High-ups of the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) have approved hike of Rs1.05/unit in tariff as interim relief to Halmore Power Generation Company Ltd (HPGCL) on account of capacity charge ostensibly in a dubious bid to favour the private power ...

ISLAMABAD - President Asif Ali Zardari on Tuesday on the advice of the Prime Minister has approved nomination of two judges of Lahore High Court, Mr. Justice Muhammad Anwaarul Haq and Mr. Justice Mehmood Maqbool Bajwa to function as Appellate tribunal No.3 in addition to the already constituted ...

JERUSALEM  - Israel’s Housing Minister Uri Ariel on Tuesday said that 50 new homes would be built in annexed east Jerusalem to house Holocaust survivors. “These 50 homes, which will be added to those existing homes for the elderly in east Talpiot, will be earmarked for Holocaust ...

LAHORE – The maiden meeting of the Punjab Cabinet, with Chief Minister Najam Sethi in the chair, on Saturday approved procurement of four million metric tonnes of wheat for the year 2013-14.The meeting, attended by provincial ministers, chief secretary and officials concerned, also gave ...

Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has taken notice of a report about the illness of a ten-month old child, Abdul Qayyum of Chiniot. The Chief Minister has granted approval of Rs1.5 million for bone marrow transplant of Qayyum. After the approval, the Punjab Finance Department released Rs1.5 ...

ISLAMABAD - The federal government Wednesday promoted 33 officers, belonging to various occupational groups, from PBS 21 to BPS 22, including Inspector General of Police, Sindh, Fayyaz Ahmed Leghari and Chief Secretary, Balochistan, Babar Yaqoob Fateh Muhammad. Prime Minister Raja Pervez ...

LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has approved Rs one billion funds for the establishment of an international standard information technology university in the provincial capital whose initial campus has been set up at Arfa Karim Software Technology Park. Presiding over a meeting ...

LAHORE – Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has approved 592 new vacancies for a 300-bed under construction hospital at Shahdara. According to the spokesman of Health Department, the chief minister also approved 632 new vacancies for 410-bed hospital in Bahawalpur. The vacancies ...

BAHAWALPUR - Division Commissioner Muhammad Khan Khichi said that Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif sanctioned a project of Rs50 million to make Bahawalpur green city. He said this while addressing a meeting here the other day. He said that under the project, several parks of City would be ...

ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Raja Ashraf has approved promotions of 19 brigadiers to major generals rank, a private channel reported. According to PM House, the PM has signed a summary, sent by the Defense Ministry, for approval of 19 brigadiers promotion. Earlier on July 13, the Army Promotion Board ...

ISLAMABAD – Under the Aghaz-e-Haqooq-e-Balochistan announced by the government of Pakistan, Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani approved creation of 63 posts for Postal Circle of Balochistan in the Pakistan Post Office Department to facilitate the expansion of the postal network in ...

ISLAMABAD - The Stock Exchanges (Corporatisation, Demutualisation and Integration) Law has been approved in a joint session of the Parliament on Tuesday. This bill was passed by National Assembly in October 2009.This law is part of the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) efforts ...

RAWALPINDI – Chief Minster Punjab, Mian Shahbaz Sharif, has approved another parking plaza to overcome parking problems in Rawalpindi city.The approval has been accorded for the construction of three-storey parking plaza in the old building of Town Municipal Administration. The CM Punjab gave ...

ISLAMABAD  - Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani Sunday okayed Chaudhry Muhammad Samma’s name as new Federal Secretary Religious Affairs.The Establishment Division has also issued a notification to this effect. “On promotion (in grade 22) Mr Samma, Additional Secretary Planning ...

KARACHI (PPI) - In a meeting chaired by Sindh Inspector General (IG) of Police Mushtaq Ahmed Shah, it was decided that more Madadgar-15 centres will be set up on police sub-division level and a separate wireless channel will be allotted to Madadgar-15 to make it further effective.This was decided ...

ISLAMABAD  - The World Bank (WB) approved a credit worth $150 million as additional financing for the Pakistan Social Safety Net Project aimed at supporting the expansion and strengthening the performance of country’s safety net system under the Benazir Income Support Program (BISP).The ...

ISLAMABAD - The 72nd meeting of the executive committee of Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) held at Committee Room, Pakistan Sports Complex on Thursday. The meeting was presided over by the Inter Provincial Coordination Minister Mir Hazar Khan Bijrani while President Pakistan Olympic Association, Gen ...

MIRPUR (AJK) - The AJ&K Cabinet Development Committee (CDC) approved eight development schemes worth Rs4,150 million, it was officially declared.A spokesman for the AJK government told reporters late the other day that the CDC approved the schemes in a meeting that was presided over by AJK ...

ISLAMABAD – PPP Core Committee Thursday night approved the draft of a tentative agreement reached with PML-N-led opposition parties for the unanimous passage of 20th constitutional amendment from the parliament.Both President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani who ...

WARBURTON - Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has approved the development grant of Rs50 million and provision of a college bus to Govt College for Women Warburton, said PML-N MNA Ch Bilal Ahmad Virk in a meeting held at the college the other day.He said that development works had already been started ...

ISLAMABAD - Chairing a meeting on Wednesday, Prime Minster Yousuf Raza Gilani took the cabinet and coalition partners into confidence on by-polls and the 20th Amendment Bill that will be tabled in the National Assembly during the current session.Sources close to the development told this scribe ...

ISLAMABAD - In line with best international practices and to promote liquidity and efficiency in the commodity futures market, the SECP has approved regulations governing market making for the PMEX.Market makers play an important role in the capital market by promoting liquidity in the market ...

ISLAMABAD  - The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has approved the Companies (Investment in Associated Companies or Associated Undertakings) Regulations, 2012, to ensure transparency in trans companies in their associated companies or undertakings.According to a statement ...

ISLAMABAD - The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet on Tuesday has decided to hire financial adviser for the implementation of Pakistan Iran-Gas Pipeline and it has also decided to purchase 3,178,000 tonnes of sugar at the rate of Rs 46, 250 per tonne.The ECC, which has met under ...

LAHORE –National Transmission and Despatch Company Limited Board of Directors on Monday approved the proceeding of the upgradation board regarding the grant of time scale upgradation from BPS -18 to BPS 19 to the 62 officers. According to the NTDC, the officers include Syed Saim Raza, Faqir ...