PESHAWAR - The Pakistani government has ordered hundreds of journalists in its militancy-hit tribal regions to stop receiving pay as public teachers. The recently-issued edict surfaced in a government letter sent to the Tribal Union of Journalists (Tuj), reported BBC on Wednesday. It asked them to ...

LAHORE - The Punjab Education Department has directed all the government and private schools throughout the province to compulsorily provide the detailed programme regarding their educational and recreational tours in black and white to their respective District Education Officers. In addition to ...

DUBAI (AFP) - Emirates Airlines has ordered 50 long-range Boeing 777 passenger jets worth a combined $18 billion dollars, the Dubai-based carrier's chairman and chief executive said Sunday. "Emirates has placed an order for an additional 50 Boeing 777-300 ER" planes, in addition to 20 Boeing ...

ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani Thursday directed the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Railways to ensure the disbursement of pay and pension to the railways employees every month. He said this during a presentation by Ministry of Railways at Prime Ministers House. Finance ...

OUR STAFF REPORTER LAHORE The Punjab Chief Minister ordered rechecking of intermediate Part-I examination results of Intermediate and Secondary Education. Higher Education Department has issued instructions to the Chairmen of all the eight boards of education to start rechecking of all papers ...

OUR STAFF REPORTER SADIQABAD The family of a labourer staged a sit-in outside the court of an additional sessions judge here against the kidnapping of their head by two brick kiln owners who had earlier kidnapped the formers 20 members for allegedly demanding their wages. However, the sit-in ...

OUR STAFF REPORTER SARGODHA - As many as 21 people detained unlawfully in different parts of the district were recovered on court orders on Tuesday. As per reports, Muhammad Riaz, a resident of Ajnala village, had lodged an application with the court of Additional District and Sessions Judge ...

OUR STAFF REPORTER LAHORE- Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has said that condition of uniform in educational institutions had been lifted so that parents could send their children to school in such a dress which could provide them complete protection against dengue virus. Presiding over a meeting ...

OUR STAFF REPORTER ISLAMABAD - As part of its enforcement and regulatory function, the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan passed 12 orders and initiated 34 show-cause proceedings against directors and auditors of listed/ unlisted companies. The enforcement actions mainly pertained to ...

ISLAMABAD (APP) - The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has withdrawn the Companies Cost Accounting Records (General Order), 2008, and has issued sector-specific special orders with specialized guidelines in future. The SECP had issued the Cost Order 2008 requiring five sectors, ...

ISLAMABAD - The Federal Board of Revenue Thursday decided that Chief Commissioners should prepare their revenue estimates based on rate of inflation, economic growth and their efforts in enforcement, demand creation, audits and bringing new taxpayers in the net and these estimates shall be reviewed ...

OUR STAFF REPORTER LAHORE - Lahore High Court Acting Chief Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed on Monday strictly directed Pakistan Railways to run special trains within 24 hours for the devotees of Hazrat Baba Lal Shahbaz Qalandar to Sehwan Sharif for annual urs. The acting CJ passed this orders on a ...

KARACHI The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Monday disposed of the constitutional petition filed by Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) against the deferment of elections on two Karachi seats of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) legislative assembly. A Division bench comprising Justice Muhammad Athar Saeed and ...

ISLAMABAD (INP) - The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the National Assembly has asked the interior ministry to withdraw Rangers personnel from security duty of such persons as are not entitled to have special security squads and called for a detailed investigation report into National Logistics ...

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court on Friday once again ordered the Establishment Division secretary to bring back Hussain Asghar, an investigator officer of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), to the Hajj scandal probe. FIA Director Hussain Asghar, who had been investigating the Hajj corruption ...

OUR STAFF REPORTER ISLAMABAD - In order to foster a transparent and efficient securities market and to safeguard the investors interest, the Securities Market Division of the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) took enforcement actions and penalised the market participants for ...

OUR STAFF REPORTER LAHORE Newly-appointed DIG (Operations) Ghulam Mahmood Dogar has reiterated the statement of CCPO Lahore by directing the City police 'shoot-to-kill orders for criminals in wake of any kind of dacoity or clash with police personnel. While presiding over a meeting of divisional ...

MIANWALI - Additional District and Sessions Judge Ghaffer Mahtab Shah ordered registration of a case against the Medical Superintendent of District Headquarters Hospital Mianwali on account of using expired medicine in the hospital. As per detail, Faisal Malik Awan who is a working journalist, ...

Our Staff Reporter ISLAMABAD - Pakistans former Davis Cup player, the maternal uncle of renowned tennis star Aisamul Haq and father of Davis Cupper Samir Iftikhar, has appealed to IG Punjab and CCPO Lahore to provide him justice and hold inquiry into the police 'brutality he is suffering through ...

FAISALABAD - An alleged sex scandal surfaced in the University of Agriculture, Faisalabad here the other day. While taking notice of the incident, the university administration has suspended the security In-charge and stopped his promotion. The administration has also launched an inquiry against ...

LAHORE The most controversial officer in NAB regarding his appointment as Director General, Rana Zahid Mehmood has instructed his subordinate and Investigation Officer of Canal Motors scam to arrest the effectees of the scam but latter has refused to comply with the orders, sources in the NAB ...

PAKPATTAN - The District Agriculture Department has launched a campaign to control the artificial hike in the prices of fertilizers and pesticides. During the campaign, the EDO and District Officers (Agri) fined various shopkeepers of Rs50,000 here the other day. It is to be noted that DCO Syed ...

LAHORE Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has directed to make non-functional water filtration plants functional within 48 hours so that provision of clean drinking water could be ensured to the citizens in the summer season. He was presiding over a meeting held with regard to provision of clean ...

LAHORE Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed of the Lahore High Court on Wednesday seeks reply from the federal government by June 30 on a plea moved by former president Muhammad Rafiq Tarar against former military President Pervez Musharraf. The court further directed the govt to produce complete ...

KARACHI The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Sindh Assembly on Monday wrote a letter to the Governor of Sindh and Chief Minister to take action against former controller of Sindh House Islamabad, Ali Sajjad, against his alleged irregularities in different heads and his failure to produce record ...

Patna - Seeking to push forward the Indian governments initiative of improving ties with Pakistan, External Affairs Minister SM Krishna has directed the Indian High Commission in Islamabad to issue visa to Pakistani painter Md Awan, whose application was rejected earlier this year, reported Indian ...

LAHORE - As a part of its mandate to regulate the capital markets, the Securities Market Division of the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan issued orders, show cause notices and warning letters to non-compliant market participants in March. Because of regulatory non-compliance, orders ...

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court on Thursday directed Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) not to arrest Ismail Qureshi, while the former Secretary Establishment Division has been ordered to fully cooperate in the investigations of the case being conducted against him. Justice Raja Fayyaz, in light of ...

KARACHI Chairman of FAM Holding Dr Faisal Ali Mousa, a conglomerate in United Arab Emirates, has expressed hope that Pakistans rice exporters can book $200 million rice export order for the global market through participating in international rice conference and exhibition to be held in UAE ...

LAHORE - Commissioner Lahore Division Nadeem Hussan Asif has ordered the construction of international standard public toilets near hospitals, railway station, bus terminals and all the busy shopping malls of the City. He issued these directions while addressing the first meeting with heads of ...