Islamabad - Judicial Commission of Pakistan on Saturday recommend one-year extension in the services of six additional judges of Sindh High Court (SHC), while Additional Judge Habibur Rahman Sheikh has been dropped.Sources said that a Judicial Commission meeting presided over by Chief Justice ...

LONDON  - Britain’s intelligence services came under pressure on Friday to explain how they let two extremists suspected of hacking a soldier to death in the streets of London slip through their net.Both of the men, under armed guard in London hospitals after being shot by police at the ...

BAHAWALPUR Baqaul Mohsin/ Nawab Sir Sadiq Muhammad Khan V, a great reformer and “Mohsin-e-Pakistan”, was born in 1904. His father Nawab Muhammad Bahawal Khan Bahadur Abbasi died in 1907 and thus at an age of only three years, he became ruler of then State of Bahawalpur. At the ...

KARACHI (PR): ABL Asset Management Company Ltd appointed MCB FSL as trustee for their upcoming ABL Islamic Stock Fund. Farid A. Khan, CEO ABL AMC, and Khawaja Anwar Hussain, CEO MCB FSL, signed the agreement. ABL Asset Management Company Ltd (ABL AMC) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Allied Bank ...

MOSCOW - Russia's security services openly named the alleged US intelligence agency's Moscow station chief Friday in a rare breach of protocol after arresting a purported CIA agent working undercover.Russia announced this week that it had caught alleged agent Ryan Fogle as he prepared to recruit a ...

KARACHI  (PR):  Etihad Airways and Air Canada have signed a MoU for a commercial cooperation agreement that will enhance travel services between the United Arab Emirates and Canada. While the two carriers currently have interline agreements in place for passenger and cargo services, ...

karachi - Following the directive of KMC Administrator Hashim Raza Zaidi, a state of emergency has been declared in the medical and health services department of KMC in view of forthcoming elections with immediate effect till the polls are over. Keeping in view the emergency, leaves of officials, ...

ISLAMABAD - The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has worked out a comprehensive strategy for enhancement of revenue generated from municipal services to upgrade the civic facilities in an effective and better manner. CDA Chairman Syed Tahir Shahbaz said this during a press briefing here at the ...

Islamabad (PR): Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) and Bahria Town have signed an MoU, through which PTCL will deploy Information Communication Technology (ICT) services and infrastructure in Bahria Enclave, Islamabad. The agreement shall enable residents of Bahria Enclave to ...

LAHORE Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Chaudhry Zaka Ashraf has said the PCB is a more efficient, better motivated and hardworking organisation and as a consequence, there is visible all-round improvement in performance of the board. The PCB chief expressed these views in a meeting which ...

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Caretaker Minister for Local Government and Rural Development Abdur Rauf Khattak was given a detailed presentation regarding the Municipal Services Programme and preparation of Peshawar Master Plan.The five-year, $84 million MSP will improve the capacity of the KPK government to ...

bahawalpur The Rescue 1122, in collaboration with the Health Department, will expand its services delivery at tehsil level during the upcoming general elections.In the Emergency Board meeting, DCO Imran Sikandar said that security and emergency plans had been finalised regarding the General ...

KARACHI (PR) - Community and social services of National Bank of Pakistan is largely appreciated. Inter Services Public Relation (ISPR) is one of the organizations that has been appreciating the role of NBP in the community and social services.During the closing ceremony of the skiing event, the ...

KARACHI (PR) – Home remittances are playing a pivotal role in strengthening the economy of Pakistan. UAE is the second largest source of Home remittances to Pakistan after Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and National Bank of Pakistan has established a number of Home Remittance arrangements in UAE ...

HAFIZABAD - The death of legend FE Chaudhry (Fazal Elahi Chaudhry), affectionately called as 'Chacha Jee', was condoled by local senior journalists, who had the privilege and pleasure of working with him at the defunct "The Pakistan Times". They eulogized the services of, perhaps the oldest ...

A cross-border bus service between India and Pakistan, suspended along with trade after deadly army clashes earlier this month, resumed Monday in a sign of easing tensions.Officials said 64 passengers from Pakistan crossed the Line of Control (LoC) in Kashmir into India while 84 went in the other ...

KARACHI- Glowing tributes were paid to Indo-Pak peace activist Didi Nirmla Deshpande at a special function to celebrate her 83rd birth anniversary at PILER Centre here on Friday. Pakistan Peace Coalition (PPC) Secretary General B M Kutty and Pakistan Institute of Labour Education and Research ...

MIRPUR (AJK) - Rich tributes were paid to eminent Kashmiri leader and founder chief of Jammu & Kashmir Peoples National Party Barrister Qurbal Ali at a condolence reference held here in acknowledgement of his life-time services to attain and safeguard the due rights of the suppressed classes of ...

ISLAMABAD - The services sector of the country is projected to grow 4.6 per cent during the upcoming fiscal year (2012-13) as compared to the expected growth of 4 per cent during the ongoing fiscal year (2011-12).The services sector output is expected to reach Rs 3,376 billion during the upcoming ...

LAHORE - Istanbul Mayor Kadir Topbas on Monday paid tributes to the Sharif family for its services for the promotion of education and ailing humanity.He expressed these views during a visit to the Sharif Medical City and Educational Complex. Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif, Ambassador of ...

LAHORE – There is a need for recalling the services of Hameed Nizami rendered for the Pakistan Movement, the field of journalism and Pakistan. His paper proved to be the flag bearer of the Two-Nation Theory, Islamic Ideology and national identity. Today, media should learn a lesson from the ...

ISLAMABAD - The management of NADRA in a late Tuesday night development terminated the services of its 61 employees all over the country on the charges of disturbing the essential services of the Authority, sources aware of the development informed TheNation.A senior officer of NADRA management ...

FAISALABAD - Recognising its meritorious services in the field of science and technology in the Islamic world, the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) has announced to confer the prestigious “Science and Technology” award on the University of Agriculture Faisalabad (UAF).The IDB prizes will ...

LAHORE - The Welfare Counsellor of Pakistan Embassy in Saudi Arabia Dr Kazim Niaz said on Saturday that the services of Darussalam for the propagation of Islam and Translations of the Holy Quran in various global languages are enviable.  Dr Kazim Niaz was visiting the head office of Darussalam ...

KARACHI – The National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) has tied up with major players in the remittance business by launching two top class remittance services.The NBP has launched an innovative service called “NBP Foree Cash” (Instant cash delivery) and another service known as “NBP ...

LAHORE – Jamaat-e-Islami AJK Ameer Abdur-ur-Rashid Turabi Saturday lauded the services of Editor-in-Chief TheNation Majid Nizami for Kashmir cause.  He said that Majid Nizami is real benefactor of Kashmiri nation who always stands for the democratic rights of Kashmiris. He said Kashmiri ...

KARACHI - Mobilink has once again proven to be the best service provider for International Roaming (IR) services, as per a recent survey conducted by the Pakistan Telecom Authority (PTA), says a Press release. The survey is a part of an effort by the regulatory authority to ensure provision of ...

ISLAMABAD - To welcome the new year, Zong - China Mobile Pakistan, has launched a brand new service to provide convenience to its customers. The telecom company has once again proved its commitment of giving the best services to its subscribers by introducing SMS helpline, says a press release. Now ...

ISLAMABAD - The meeting of Universal Service Fund (USF) held under the chair of Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani gave approval to the programmes to provide basic telephony and data services in Mastung Lot (Balochistan), broadband services in Southern Telecom Region-V (Sindh) and decision to ...

ISLAMABAD (APP) - The exports of services sector grew by 10.60 per cent during the first four months of current fiscal year as against the same period of last year. Overall services exports were recorded at $1,649 million during the period July-October, 2011 against the exports of $1,491 million ...