Islamabad - Federal Minister for Interior, Malik Mohammad Habib Khan, on Monday chaired a high-level meeting at Ministry of Interior to review security plan made for the upcoming visit of Chinese Prime Minister from May 22. Federal Secretary Interior, Additional Secretary Interior, Director General ...

Islamabad -Chairman National Accountability Bureau (NAB), Admiral (Retd) Fasih Bokhari, Monday said the country cannot be purged of corruption unless the system is reformed; otherwise, all the efforts of corruption watchdogs would go in vain. “Without correcting the system the agencies would ...

LAHORE - After its formation, the PML-N government will deal with the problem of loadshedding as the topmost priority of its first 100-day relief programme. The party sources say that after assuming premiership, Nawaz Sharif in his maiden speech to the nation is likely to unfold a short term relief ...

KARACHI (PR): UBL Funds, under its Smart Investment Plans’ umbrella, has launched the UBL Wealth Builder Plan. The Wealth Builder is designed keeping in mind the need of investors for a lump sum and/or regular contribution plan that builds over time and is ideal for those who are not ...

ISLAMABAD - Ministry of Science and Technology and Ministry of Climate Change will generate power through incineration of solid waste which will help to overcome the power shortage in the country. Implementation on Environment Policy 2005 will be ensured which recommends to phase out sulfur from ...

LAHORE - Caretaker Punjab Chief Minister Najam Sethi has said that a comprehensive security plan is being implemented to ensure free, fair and peaceful elections in the province on May 11th. He said effective security arrangements have been made at every polling station. He was presiding over a ...

LAHORE - Lahore Waste Management Company has made extra arrangements to keep city clean and waste free before, during and even after the electoral process. The LWMC has issued ‘Election Action Plan’ with strict monitoring measures and warnings of compliance from all operational staff. ...

islamabad - In a categorical expression of concern just ahead of the general elections, the Chief Election Commissioner Justice (Retd) Fakhruddin G Ebrahim has expressed dissatisfaction over the military’s election security plan and asked the Army chief to review it.The development follows ...

lahore - Small and Medium Enterprises Development Authority (Smeda) has initiated an elaborate five-year SME Development Plan that would help create 10 million new jobs, jack-up SME sector’s GDP by $120 billion besides giving quantum jump of $48 billion to exports.This was stated by Smeda CEO ...

Karachi - A high-level meeting jointly chaired by Sindh Caretaker Chief Minister Justice (r) Zahid Qurban Alvi and Caretaker Federal Interior Minister Malik Habib Khan on Monday finalised a contingency plan for pre-election, election day and post-election security arrangements. The meeting held at ...

QUETTA - Pakistan Army has arrived in all the districts of Balochistan and will take action to ensure a peaceful polling if needed.According to ISPR, Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani was given a briefing on the matters of the elections in Balochistan as he arrived in Quetta for a ...

lahore - The representatives of industrial bodies, expressing disappointment over weak economic agenda of political parties, have observed that no national level party has given any plan for revival of the export-oriented industry, particularly the value-added textile sector, which is constantly ...

ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Mir Hazar Khan Khoso has directed the Ministry of Finance to work with the Ministry of Production and the management of Pakistan Steel Mills and work out a financial package so that this strategic financial asset can be made a feasible entity.These directions were given ...

islamabad - To make Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM) a profitable organization, Federal Minister for Industries and Production Shahzada Ahsan Ashraf Sheikh Tuesday presented a comprehensive “One-go Rescue Plan” for the revitalization of PSM to the caretaker Prime Minister of Pakistan Mir ...

PESHAWAR  - WAJIDULLAH - The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Caretaker Home Minister Fiaz Ahmad Toru on Tuesday claimed that a comprehensive security plan had been finalised to ensure security of candidates and electorates aimed to hold free, fair and transparent elections in a peaceful atmosphere. ...

Lahore - An American courier company, owned by a Pakistani-US national, has offered to provide its services to the ECP to courier votes of overseas Pakistanis on the eve of general elections. Pilot Courier Worldwide Chairman Muhammad Iqbal wrote a letter to the ECP on Tuesday, stating that his ...

islamabad - The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) here on Monday arrested a director level officer of the CDA on charges of creating new residential plots in already developed sectors of the capital in violation of the Authority’s master plan.FIA sources informed that Naveed-ul-Haq, ...

  HARIS ANWAR & MARK WILLIAMS Pakistani billionaire Mian Mohammad Mansha said the government elected next month will have to apply austerity measures to secure an international bailout and sell state-run companies to rescue the economy from ruin. Mansha, 66, whose Nishat Group spans ...

Federal Minister for Interior, Malik Mohammad Habib Khan visited Ministry of Foreign Affairs where he updated Ambassadors, High commissioners and Diplomats on the security plan for conduct of general election-2013 in Pakistan.Federal Minister for Interior, Malik Mohammad Habib Khan said that ...

lahore -  salman abduhu - There have been 25 major changes by the govt in auto policy in the country during last five years which hamper the growth in the industry, creating uncertainty due to which the industry is compelled to pull off expansion plans and further investments while ...

london - Health groups said on Thursday they could rid the world of polio by 2018 with a $5.5 billion (3.5 billion pounds) vaccination and monitoring plan to stop the disease taking hold once more now there are only a handful of cases worldwide. Experts say the plan offers the best chance yet to ...

Interior Minister Malik Mohammad Habib Monday said he is well-aware of the life threats to political leaders and former President Pervez Musharraf.A top level meeting attended by Federal Ministers and senior Election Commission officials was held in Islamabad on Monday to review the security ...

Caretaker Punjab chief minister Najam Sethi in his message at the social website “Tweeter” said some legal hitches stood between the kite-flying enthusiasts and their beloved merrymaking spring festival, thus it was not possible for him to make an exception, though he tried his best.He ...

AT a moment when election commission is all geared up to hold elections, former president Pervez Musharraf and Sardar Akhtar Mengal have arrived in Pakistan arguably under an insidious London plan to destabilize Balochistan. Already, a protest was staged in London demanding the arrest and trial of ...

Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik has revealed that the militants have planned to target some media houses and anchors while the intelligence agencies are working to get sensitive details about the plan.While talking to the media outside the Supreme Court building here in Islamabad on Monday, ...

Federal Minister for water and power Syed Naveed Qamar has reiterated the stance that power sector would not be privatized at any cost and in this regard no plan is under consideration. Talking to media men after talks with representatives of Hydro Electrical central labor union here on Saturday ...

The Arab League has worked out a new plan to settle the situation in Syria, based on the crisis resolution experience in Yemen, Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim al-Thani said.Al-Thani said the plan, presented at an Arab League meeting in Cairo on Sunday, urges embattled Syrian ...

Former military rulers and All Pakistan Muslim League (APML) chief Pervez Musharraf on Thursday took a U-turn on his homecoming and announced a delay in his programme to come back to Pakistan.The decision comes after he consulted party members on his return plans. Earlier it had been announced that ...

Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani has stressed the need to formulate a programme for minimizing the load shedding and maximizing the production of electricity during the canals closure.He was chairing a meeting of Energy Committee here Monday to review the contingency plan for power generation ...

Former Law Minister Doctor Babar Awan said on Wednesday that Sharifs plan of dissolving the Punjab Assembly (PA) has completely failed. Former Law Minister Doctor Babar Awan expressed these views while talking to media at Islamabad High court. He said that PML-N during its tenure never generated ...