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Topic: Provincial
Provincial govts record Rs 142.2b budget surplus
islamabad - The provincial governments have recorded budget surplus of Rs 142.288 billion during the first nine months (July-March) of the current fiscal year 2012-13 that was only Rs 4.830 billion in the corresponding period of the previous financial year. According to official figures of the ...
Fate of President Zardari, provincial governors uncertain
LAHORE As the PML-N has emerged as the single largest party in the National Assembly, Mian Nawaz Sharif will set a new record in the country’s history by becoming the prime minister for a third term. And with the PML-N assuming power, the fate of President Zardari ...
Mobile service to be suspended on provincial govt’s request
ISLAMABAD - In the presence of speculations whether mobile phone service would remain dysfunctional or not for May 11 polling day as a security measure to thwart terrorist activities, Interior Ministry has decided to suspend the cellular service in any part of the country only on the recommendation ...
Hashmi vows to set up provincial govt in Islamabad
ISLAMABAD - President Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI), Javed Hashmi, has urged the residents of Islamabad to vote for PTI which is striving hard to bring the change. Amid final rounds of election campaign, confident and excited Hashmi Sunday said his party is striving hard to bring change in ...
DEMP establishes provincial offices
LAHORE - Directorate of Electronic Media and Publications Director General Rao Tehsin Ali Khan on Saturday organised a dinner for senior journalists of both electronic as well as print media.The DG Rao Tehsin along with DG-II Naeem Khan welcomed the journalists at the dinner and said that his ...
Inter-provincial U-14 Swimming
ISLAMABAD - Punjab swimmers dominated the opening day of the PSB Inter-provincial U-14 Swimming Championship on Monday. Punjab talented swimmers scooped four gold medals besides creating new national records in three events. In 200 metres freestyle, M Rizwan of Punjab created national record of ...
PM directs early completion of inter-provincial highways
Prime Minister Justice (Retd) Mir Hazar Khan Khoso has said that road network is very crucial not only in connecting different parts of the country but for sustained economic growth.The Prime Minister expressed these views in a meeting with Federal Minister for Communication and Ports and Shipping, ...
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Influential Khattaks in field to conquer Nowshera
PESHAWAR - Electioneering is picking up momentum in Nowshera as the Pakistan People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPP-P), Awami National Party (ANP) and Pakistan Tahrik-e-Insaf (PTI) have fielded senior politicians from Khattak tribe to win elections from the NA-5 Nowshera-I ...
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April 08, 2013
Lakki PTI leaders object to tickets allocation
LAKKI MARWAT – Local leaders of Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf have condemned the party’s parliamentary board for awarding ticket to an undeserving person for the sole seat of National Assembly of Lakki. Speaking at a hurriedly called meeting here on Sunday, Haklim Asghar, Farman Zangikhel, ...
Mengal alleges provincial govt of protecting criminals, threatens to boycott polls
Chief of Balochistan National Party (BNP) Akhtar Mengal has threatened to boycott the general elections if reservations regarding security threats to candidates and his party were not removed.Talking to media persons here on Thursday, Akhtar Mengal blamed that his party workers were being targeted ...
Provincial assemblies have powers to make laws: CJ
The Supreme Court Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry on Wednesday said that the issue before the court related to the Act not the Ordinance and added that the provincial assemblies have the powers to make laws, the court was only concerned that nothing was being done against the ...
Provincial govts Rs108.5b surplus budget helps curtail deficit
ISLAMABAD - The provincial governments have recorded budget surplus of Rs 108.521 billion during the first quarter (July-September) of the current fiscal year 2012-13 that helped the federal government to keep budget deficit at 1.2 per cent during the period under review.According to official ...
Provincial govts urged to promote SMEs
KARACHI - The Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (Unisame) has invited the attention of the provincial ministries of industries that the 18th Amendment in the constitution and 7th NFC Award have caused diversion of major resources to the provinces and it is now their responsibility to give ...
Provincial Assembly denounces US-made blasphemous film
KARACHI - The Sindh Assembly on Monday censured a US-made profane film, and called on the United Nations to carry out legislation to declare blasphemy an international crime. “The movie has hurt the religious sentiments of the Muslims and could result in turmoil and chaos across the ...
‘Provincial govt’s powers not to be devolved to dists’
KARACHI - The ruling PPP has declared that the powers of provincial departments would not be devolved to municipal corporations and district governments.In an exclusive conversation with The Nation on Monday, Sindh Law Minister Muhammad Ayaz Soomro, who is also a member of the PPP core committee ...
Provincial cabinet to decide about two weekly holidays: Rahim Dad
PESHAWRA - Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Senior Minister for Planning, Energy and Power Rahim Dad Khan Friday said the provincial cabinet would decide about the two weekly offs to overcome the energy crisis.Presiding over the meeting of Energy Task Force to ensure implementation on the decisions of ...
PPP backs provincial autonomy
HAVELI LAKHA - PPP Tehsil Depalpur President Malik Shahzad Nol said that the party strongly condemned the Congress bill on self-determination right to the people of Balochistan and termed it an attack on the sovereignty of Pakistan. Presiding over a meeting of the party members at his residence on ...
Power not provincial subject
LAHORE – The Secretary of the Punjab Energy Department, Mr Rab Nawaz has dispelled the impression that after the passage of the 18th Constitutional Amendment, power (electricity) has become a provincial subject.“Instead”, he added, “all the major decisions regarding the ...
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December 30, 2011
Governor not answerable to Public Accounts Committee
LAHORE – The Punjab Governor cannot be called before Public Accounts Committee. Financial affairs of Governor House do not come under the purview of PAC. The PAC cannot question Governor’s salary, privileges and funds because President decides such matters of provincial constitutional ...
Provincial
Autonomy
Achievements
Dividends
Ppps
Conciliation
Policy
Zardari
February 10, 2011, 9:52 pm
Provincial autonomy, other achievements dividends of PPPs conciliation policy: Zardari
President Asif Ali Zardari on Thursday said Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) believed in the politics of reconciliation and tolerance and the historic achievements such as provincial autonomy, NFC Award, giving identity to Pakhtoons and Aghaz-e-Haqooq-e-Balochistan were dividends of this vision. The ...
CDGL to get Rs9824.7m from provincial govt
LAHORE - After getting formal information from the Punjab government regarding its share under Provincial Finance Commission (PFC) Award, City District Government Lahore (CDGL) has started preparing budget for the fiscal year 2010-11, officials told The Nation on Wednesday. The CDGL budget for the ...
Chashma-Jhelum Canal opening to affect provincial harmony: Mushahid
KARACHI PML-Q General Secretary Mushahid Hussain Syed said that the opening of Chasma-Jhelum link Canal will affect inter-provincial harmony, saying that Punjab opened Chasma-Jhelum link Canal without the consent of other province and that it will be better to revert the decision. He was talking ...
Provincial departments have completed pre-flood arrangements for monsoon season
Senior Advisor to Chief Minister Punjab Sardar Zulfiqar Ali Khan Khosa has told that provincial departments have completed pre-flood arrangements for monsoon season. According to handout issued here on Monday, he told that wireless sets have been installed at all the flood warning centers and ...
Levying farm tax a provincial issue: Kaira
ISLAMABAD - Information Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira has said that there is no deadlock among the coalition partners, however possibility of differences on some policies is a different thing. Budget would be passed unanimously, the Minister said while talking to journalists at the Parliament ...
ST on services a provincial tax: Bengali
KARACHI - Advisor to Chief Minister Sindh for Planning and Development Dr Kaiser Bengali has reiterated that constitutionally, sales tax on services is a provincial tax and the NFC had acknowledged Sindhs right to collect it. He cited examples of Federal states such as Canada, Brazil and India ...
First provincial Cabinet of Gilgit Baltistan sworn in
The eight Ministers of first provincial Cabinet of Gilgit Baltistan have taken oath here at Governor House Gilgit on Saturday. According to details, the eight Ministers of Gilgit Baltistan Cabinet were administered oath here by Shama Khalid Governor Gilgit Baltistan in a prestigious ceremony held ...
Punjab Govt to organize Sports Gala at Provincial level
Special Education Minister Malik Muhammad Iqbal Channar has said that for the first time in Lahore, the government is organizing a province-level Chief Minister's Sports Gala 2010 for special children. He was addressing a press conference at Directorate General Public Relations. The Minister said ...
Afghan provincial official shot dead in drive-by: police
A senior official in southern Afghanistan was shot dead Wednesday by gunmen on a motorbike, the deputy police chief of Kandahar province told AFP. Abdul Majeed Zazai, the Kandahar provincial director for culture and information, had just left his home to go to his office when the incident happened ...
Federal, provincial governments refused to defend NRO in SC
The federal and all four provincial governments refused to defend the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) before the Supreme Court (SC), a private TV reported Monday. The full court comprising 17 judges headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Iftikhar Muhammed Chaudhry started hearing ten ...
Musharraf removed through provincial assemblies resolution: Fouzia Wahab
Pakistan Peoples Party Secretary Information Fouzia Wahab said PPPs Government removed former dictator Pervez Musharraf through a proper and transparent process by seeking resolutions from the provincial assemblies of the country against him. Talking to a private news channel she said that PPPs led ...
