SADIQABAD The PML-N’s newly elected members of the National Assembly and Punjab Assembly from Rahim Yar Khan district attended a luncheon organised in their honour by the Anjuman Kashtkaran Punjab President Muhammad Yaseen. Addressing the participants, MNAs Arshad Leghari, Mian Imtiaz Ahmad, ...

SADIQABAD  - The PML-N’s newly elected members of the National Assembly and Punjab Assembly from Rahim Yar Khan district attended a luncheon organised in their honour by the Anjuman Kashtkaran Punjab President M Yaseen. Addressing the participants, MNAs Arshad Leghari, Mian Imtiaz Ahmad, ...

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 ...

SADIQABAD PML-N’s newly elected member of the National Assembly Arshad Khan Leghari said that he would come up to the trust and confidence reposed by the people of NA-197 in him and further strengthen and organise the Muslim League. He pledged that the people’s problems would be ...

HAFIZABADA local NGO SINCERE has called on the PML-N chief and upcoming Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and PTI Chief Imran Khan to ensure presentation of a bill in the National Assembly to adopt austerity to reduce pay, privilege and perks of parliamentarian to decrease burden on national exchequer. ...

PARIS: French actor Alain Delon will be honoured at the Cannes film festival later this month with a screening of “Plein Soleil”, Rene Clement’s 1960 adaptation of “The Talented Mr Ripley”, in which he starred. The tribute will be paid to the 77-year-old Delon, who now ...

KARACHIPakistan’s top cricketers are expecting the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to give them another pay hike when the new central contracts for the year 2013 are given before the team leaves for the ICC Champions Trophy. The sources close to some of the players said on Sunday that they were ...

WASHINGTON: Nasa said it will pay $424 million more to Russia for giving US astronauts a lift to the International Space Station. The hefty bill includes the training and transporting of six astronauts to and from the ISS in 2016 and the first half of 2017 in Russian Soyuz spacecraft. That comes ...

lahore - The business community as a whole is fully tax compliant and to increase the number of assessees is the responsibility of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR). A large number of businessmen pay taxes honestly while a small fraction either pay less tax or no tax and that too is in the ...

LONDON (DS): Jessie J has reportedly been forced to pay £1 million to her former manager. The singer was discovered by Raymond Stevenson when she was attending The Brit School aged 15, The Sun reports. He is said to have developed her trademark 'swagger' and signed her to a label four years ...

RIYADH  - Saudi Arabia will make sponsors and employers of foreigners working illegally in the country to pay the cost of deporting them, under new rules approved by the Cabinet, the Saudi Gazette reported on Monday.The world’s top oil exporter is cracking down on illegal expatriate ...

ST MARGARETS AT CLIFFE: It’s a typical English village overlooking the Channel, complete with traditional pub and parish church. But turn on your phone, and you could be forgiven for thinking you were in France. The only mobile network available in parts of St Margarets at Cliffe, located on ...

LOS ANGELES GNROBERT Downey Jr has revealed that he has been paid $50 million for The Avengers. The Hollywood Reporter first suggested after the film’s release that Downey Jr’s pay could be close to $50 million, factoring in both box office business and the specifics of his contract ...

Lucy Morgan Edwards This week the defence select committee published a report which concluded that civil war in Afghanistan is likely when international forces leave next year. If the predictions of Securing the Future of Afghanistan are correct, the Foreign Office and Ministry of Defence share ...

HAFIZABAD - A police Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) thrashed a woman when her son plucked a guava from his tree here in suburban Chhanni Ghulla village.  According to villagers, Sardara'an minor son had plucked a guava from the tree owned by ASI Bashir Sabri which was resented by him. The ...

ROME - The Italian government on Saturday gave its go-ahead for a bill to repay 40 billion euros ($52 billion) in debts owed to the private sector over the next 12 months in a bid to stimulate growth.“The cabinet meeting today approved an urgent decree to pay back the debts of the public ...

BAHAWALPUR - The fear of disqualification and rejection of nomination papers for general elections prompted political big guns to clear off their outstanding agriculture taxes in Rahim Yar Khan district.This blessing in disguise has helped the department collect Rs40 million in the head of ...

BAHAWALPUR - The fear of disqualification and rejection of nomination papers for general elections prompted political big guns to clear off their outstanding agriculture taxes in Rahim Yar Khan district.This blessing in disguise has helped the department collect Rs40m in the head of agriculture ...

ISLAMABAD - Contrary to the rules and regulations formulated by the Election Commission of Pakistan, higher authorities of Capital Development Authority (CDA) have transferred nine officers ahead of the upcoming general elections for not issuing NOCs to former legislators for their outstanding ...

Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf said the best way to pay tribute to Hazrat Imam Hussain (AS) is to follow his character and maintain unity and discipline in ranks to achieve glory of Islam. In a message on the occasion of Ashura, 10th of Muharram, he said, “while filled with the sense of ...

 Federal Minister for Railway’s Ghulam Ahmed Bilour has announced a prize of US$ 100,000 for the person who kills the filmmaker whose anti-Islam movie has inflamed the Muslim world. The Minister went a step ahead and invited the Taliban and Al-Qaeda ‘brothers’ to become ...

ISLAMABAD – The World Health Organisation (WHO) announced Saturday that it will pay frontline polio eradication workers directly in 10 districts in the upcoming September Sub-National Immunization Days (SNIDs).“The WHO has announced that it will pay frontline polio eradication workers ...

THIS is the most expensive beach hut in Britain which has been sold for a staggering £170,000 — just two days after going on the market.A beach hut with no running water or mains electrcity has been put on the market for an astonishing 145,000 pounds a week after a neighbouring hut on ...

KARACHI - KESC in collaboration with MCB bank has announced another convenient bill payment option for its customers. Now MCB Bank customers will be able to pay their KESC power bills anytime, anywhere through their mobile phones.  This service is currently available to MCB accountholders only ...

LONDON  - Two British galleries have raised 45 million pounds ($72 million) for an important painting by Renaissance master Titian, dipping into their own coffers rather than asking the cash-strapped public to help. The acquisition of “Diana and Callisto” by London’s National ...

GORONTALO, Indonesia - Thousands of male Indonesian civil servants had their monthly pay transferred to their wives’ bank accounts this week in a bid by a local government to stop men having affairs.The Gorontalo administration on northern Sulawesi island issued the recommendation early this ...

LONDON  - Liverpool ended their six-year trophy drought here on Sunday after winning a penalty shoot-out to shatter Championship side Cardiff in the League Cup final at Wembley.The Merseysiders just about held their nerve in an error-strewn penalty decider, prevailing 3-2 after the two sides ...

NEW YORK - The credibility of Mansoor Ijaz, the principal instigator of the memo scandal, suffered again with the surfacing of court documents that show a European Bank accusing him of running a one-man business operation and obtaining loans that he was later unable to pay back on time.Documents ...

LAHORE – SALMAN ABDUHU - Legal importers across the country are constantly facing troubles as they have to pay up to 65 percent duty on import of every tool of hardware sector while the same goods are being brought into country without paying a single penny as tax under the guise of Afghan ...

WARBURTON - In memory of great public poet Faiz Ahmad Faiz, a Faiz Aman Mela was organised in connection with his 101st birthday at Govt. High School Warburton City. Programme coordinator Dr Ghulam Nabi Shakir presided over the function while PTI leader Rana Ali Ameer Joya was the chief guest. Dr ...