KARACHI  - Commander Karachi Rear Admiral Khawaja Ghazanfar Hussain has been promoted to the rank of Vice Admiral.A Pakistan Navy press release issued here on Monday said that Vice Admiral Ghazanfar Hussain joined Pakistan Navy in September 1975 and was commissioned in the Operations Branch on ...

ISLAMABAD - Caretaker Federal Minister for Industries & Production Shahzada Ahsan Ashraf Sheikh has said that marble stone industry should be promoted in Balochistan and FATA to create employment opportunities.He said this while chairing the briefing session about the Pakistan Stone Development ...

LAHORE - On recommendations of the Departmental Promotion Committee, eight SDOs of grade 17 have been promoted as XENs in grade 18 with immediate effect.

Islamabad  - The military command has promoted four two-star generals to the rank of three-star lieutenant generals. The promoted generals are: Major General Maqsood Ahmad, Major General Zubair Mahmood Hayat, Major General Syed Wajid Hussain and Major General Najib Ullah Khan, according to a ...

KARACHI - Saifuddin N Zoomkawala, chairman of the EFU Insurance, has asked the government, policy-makers and exporters to continue their efforts to promote exports of textile and other traditional items, but without further neglecting the exports of non-traditional items.The country has never ...

ISLAMABAD - The Pakistan Navy on Tuesday announced promotions of three top officials of its operations branch from the rank of rear admirals to vice admirals to fill in the operational slots as Deputy Chiefs of Naval Staff.The promoted officers include Rear Admirals Muhammad Shafiq, Muhammad ...

WASHINGTON - New International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde has proposed the appointment of Chinas Zhu Min to a deputy managing directors post. She also proposed the appointment of David Lipton of the United States as first deputy managing director to succeed John Lipsky, whose ...

ISLAMABAD (INP): Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has approved the promotion of three Pakistan Navy Officers to the rank of rear admiral, on the recommendations for promotion by the Flag Officers Promotion Board, which is headed by the Pakistan Navy chief. The promoted officers are Cdr (ops) ...

OUR STAFF REPORTER LAHORE The Punjab government on Saturday transferred and posted eight officers, while promotion of two has been notified in BS-18. Officer on Special Duty with the Services and General Administration Department Major (retd) Rizwan Ullah Beg has been posted as Commissioner, ...

ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has approved the promotion of four officers of Secretariat Group (SG) from BS-20 to BS-21 on the recommendations of the Central Selection Board (CSB). Those who have been promoted include Muhammad Yamin, Amir Ashraf, Sikandar Ahmad Rai and Sikandar ...

LAHORE - Education Department has promoted 1,846 Lecturers, Assistant Professors and Associate Professors to next grade whereas 402 pension cases were disposed of during 2010. According to the spokesman of Education Department, 1,209 Lecturers were promoted to Assistant Professors, 553 Assistant ...

ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani on Monday approved promotions of 29 officers in BS-22, following recommendations of the high-powered Selection Board. The board chaired by the Prime Minister reviewed cases of all eligible officers and recommended 29 officers for promotion to the ...

ISLAMABAD (APP) - Three Air Commodores of Pakistan Air Force namely: Saeed Muhammad Khan, Javaid Ahmed and Sohail Ahmad have been promoted to the rank of Air Vice Marshal. Air Vice Marshal Saeed Muhammad Khan was commissioned in Pakistan Air Force in 1981 GD (Pilot) Bra-nch. He has served as ...

ISLAMABAD - In a major administrative shake up in Pakistan Army on Thursday Lt Gen Waheed Arshad has been transferred and posted as new Chief of General Staff (CGS) while LT Gen Jamil Haider will be the new head of Army Strategic Force Command. Similarly, as many as eight Major Generals have been ...

ISLAMABAD The government on Thursday approved the promotion of 39 officers of different groups in BS-22 on the recommendations of high-powered selection board. The selection board meeting was held here on Thursday under the chair of Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani, which recommended ...

LAHORE The Punjab government on Monday promoted two officers to Grade-19, while transferring and posting two others. Officer on Special Duty with the Services & General Administration Department Shuja-ud-Din has been posted as Member (Enquiries) S&GAD against a newly created post. Deputy ...

ISLAMABAD More than 400 Pakistan Army officers have been promoted to the ranks of colonel and brigadier during Promotion Board meeting, which concluded on Monday. 1,193 cases were considered for promotion from the rank of Lt Col to Col, Lt Col to Brig and Col to Brig. As many as 413 officers ...

LAHROE - Higher Education Authorities have issued promotion order of 906 junior officials like naib qasids, junior clerks, senior clerks, assistants and lecture assistants working in the college of the province. Punjab Secretary Higher Education Ahad Cheema said the district officers of the ...

Mullah Abdul Qayum Zakir has been appointed to replace Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, who was seized by Pakistan's intelligence officials in Karachi last month. Mullah Zakir was held in Guantnamo Bay in Cuba for years under his real name Abdullah Ghulam Rasoul before being handed over to a prison ...

LAHORE - The Punjab government on Monday notified promotion of three officers to BS-20, and transferred and posted six officers. Director Anti-Corruption Establishment, Faisalabad Maqbool Ahmad has been transferred and posted as Director (RD&T) ACE (HQ) Lahore against a vacant post. Executive ...

FOUR Major-Generals have been promoted as Lieutenant-General, a private TV channel reported on Friday. According to a Press release issued by Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), those who have been promoted include Maj-Gen Kahlid Nawaz Khan, Maj-Gen Sardar Mehmud Ali Khan, Maj-Gen M Alam ...

LAHORE - Fifth death anniversary of the renowned writer and intellectual Ashfaq Ahmed was observed with full reverence in City here on Monday. Ashfaq Ahmad, a spiritualist, earned appreciations across the borders, as he was a distinguished writer, playwright and broadcaster. Asfaq was born on 22 ...

KARACHI - Sindh Information Department, on the recommendation of its promotional committee and with the approval of the provincial chief secretary, has promoted seven senior information officers from grade BPS-17 to grade BPS-18 as deputy directors. As per notification issued here on Tuesday, the ...

Interior Advisor Rehman Malik has said that police have recovered a mutilated hand of suicide attacker who carried out suicide explosion on police Rescue-15 building in Islamabad while they will soon determine records leading to his identification through his hand. This Rehman Malik said while ...

ISLAMABAD (APP) - The government has promoted sixteen senior doctors of the Ministry of health and its attached departments including four doctors of Federal government services hospital (FGSH) (Polyclinic) to next grade. According to a notification of the Ministry of Health, those doctors who ...

LAHORE - Pakistan Electric Power Company (PEPCO) Promotion and Time Scale Upgradation Boards, in their meetings, have approved promotion of the following Senior Engineers, Deputy Directors, Deputy Commercial Managers and Regional Store Manager to the rank of Superintending Engineer/Director in ...

LAHORE - Principal of Government Postgraduate College for Women, Samanabad, Dr Tasnim Akhtar has said that co-curricular activities signifies the excellence of an educational institution and these must be promoted. Addressing the prize-distribution ceremony on the occasion of annual sports day of ...

ISLAMABAD - The two-day meeting of Pakistan Army's Selection Board, presided by the Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, concluded at the General Headquarters on Friday with recommendation of 26 brigadiers for promotion to the rank of major-general. An ISPR spokesman told TheNation ...

Selection Board of Pakistan Army, headed by Chief of Army Staff, General Ashfaq Pervez Kiyani on Friday recommended 26 Brigadiers for promotion to the rank of Major General. Selection Board for promotion of Brigadiers to the rank of Major General for the year 2008 was held at General Headquarters ...