Punjab former law minister Rana Sanaullah said Shahbaz Sharif is suitable for next chief minister in Punjab adding that there is no hurdle in the way of PML-N to form government in Punjab.Talking to the media, Sanaullah said that former chief minister Shahbaz Sharif resolved masses’ issue on ...

PARIS - German Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach Thursday officially announced his candidature to succeed Jacques Rogge as the International Olympic Committee (IOC) president. He is the first IOC member to declare intention to take over from Rogge who is retiring after 12 years. In a ...

SADIQABAD - Regional police officer of Bahawalpur has relegated Inspector Imtiaz Ahmad of Sadiqabad to sinecure sub inspector post on the charge of taking bribe and registering a fake case, after an inquiry found the relegated police officer guilty.A local hotel owner Sultan remonstrated with ...

ISLAMABAD -The Qaumi Watan Party (QWP) Chairman Aftab Sherpao on Thursday raising objections over blank slot in THE ballot paper requested the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to review this new step as some elements might misuse it.Addressing a press conference, Sherpao said that the decision ...

LAHORE – Despite the Lahore High Court’s order, the in-house controversies that who will run the Lahore Electric Supply Company (Lesco) affairs are intensifying as no one knows who is the current CEO of the country’s top power distribution company.According to details, the Lahore ...

LAHORE – The National College of Arts, the No 1 arts institution according to the Higher Education Commission ranking, is managing its affairs without a permanent head since July 2010, TheNation has learnt.Since the retirement of Nazish Attaullah, the premier college is being run by acting ...

ISLAMABAD - Contrary to the unopposed elections for the slots of Senate chairman and deputy chairman, the Upper House of the Parliament is likely see a tough and heated contest for the leader of opposition between the incumbent, Maulana Abdul Ghafoor Haideri from JUI-F, and PML-N candidate Senator ...

The Awami National Party (ANP) being key ally in the government coalition was set to receive its share in the Senate as it has demanded eight slots including deputy chairmanship.It should be mentioned here that the ANP in the recent Senate elections secured seven seats.It was first time in the ...

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Zaka Ashraf is all set to appoint a new chief selector and so far Iqbal Qasim, Salahudin Sallu are the front-runners for the coveted post. Some corners are also mentioning the name of former legend Zaheer Abbas but the real contenders are Qasim and ...

LAHORE - Eminent Physicist Prof. Dr Muhammad Khaleeq-ur-Rahman, appointed as third Vice Chancellor of the Government College University Lahore in July last year, eyes a slot for GCU in the ranking of world best universities, as he strongly believes that the Government College Lahore was ...

ISLAMABAD - The lobbying for securing the slot of Prosecutor General National Accountability Bureau was at its peak and the interested candidates were using their clout in the party top hierarchy to win over the priced slot in the countrys ace accountability department. Sources aware of the ...

ISLAMABAD - The Election Commission of Pakistan has called upon the Members of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh to elect to one member for Senate from that province against the Senates general seat, which has fallen vacant with effect from the April 1, 2011 on account of resignation tendered by Dr ...

KARACHI - The Chief Minister Sindh has appointed Shahid Nizamani of PML-F as Special Assistant to the Chief Minister Sindh with immediate effect. The PML-F is the coalition partner of PPP in Sindh as well as in the federal government.

LAHORE - Punjab government has sought applications from the candidates to fill the seat of Vice Chancellor, King Edward Medical University in violation of KEMU Act 2005 in order to bless some blue-eyed candidate, the sources said. It is worth mentioning here that section 13 of the University Act ...

HARRY Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, the sixth instalment in the boy wizard series, has debuted at the top of the North American box office. The movie has raked in $159.6m (96.7m) since it opened on Wednesday, according to early estimates. The Half-Blood Prince beat the opening figures for The ...

LAHORE - Race for the top slot of Jamaat-i-Islami has started among the leaders of the party while Qazi Hussain Ahmed is no longer willing to contest for the office of the Ameer. Central Executive Committee of JI after conclusion of its meeting tomorrow (Saturday) will recommend three contestants ...

KARACHI - The elections of Sindh High Court Bar Association (SHCBA) is scheduled to be held on November 22 (tomorrow) while the election campaign is on its peak. The two-time elected president Rasheed A Rizvi and his opponent Ghulam Qadir Jatoi were visiting the lawyers' offices to get support in ...

ISLAMABAD - PML-Q President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain here on Sunday dismissed Sumaira Malik from party women wing's presidency for violating party discipline and issued a notification in that regard. Earlier, Sumaira Malik was served show cause notice. Officer-bearers and workers of PML-Q ...

LAHORE - Following victory of senior PPP leader, Qasim Zia in by-election, the important portfolio of Senior Minister, currently held by another party legislator, Raja Riaz, is most likely to be entrusted to the former along with that of Parliamentary leader in Punjab Assembly. It has been ...