KARACHI - The suspended Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Zaka Ashraf is hiring top lawyers of the country to defend him in the Islamabad high court which has stopped him from working in his present capacity.Sources close to the suspended PCB chief said two well-known lawyers, Hafeez Pirzada ...

KARACHI - Former captain Rashid Latif has said that he would challenge the manner in which Zaka Ashraf was elected Pakistan Cricket Board chairman under the new constitution by filing a petition in the High Court."After my first petition, the PCB introduced a few amendments to its constitution. ...

Lahore - A Lahore High Court full bench on Thursday directed the election commission to include former Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf in the electoral process, however, the issue of his eligibility to contest elections would be conditional with the judicial decision.The full bench headed by ...

Lahore High Court (LHC) Thursday conditionally allowed former Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf to contest elections from NA-51.The court has ordered to include his name in the final list of contesting candidates.During hearing Farooq H. Naek, Latif Khosa, Ahsan Bhon and Abid Saqi were appeared ...

LAHORE – Mohsin Anwar clinched the 2nd Ashraf Sugar Golf Tournament gross trophy with the score of gross 73, one over par here on Sunday at the Lahore Gymkhana Golf Course. The runner-up in the gross section was Sardar Murad with a gross score of 77. In the race for net honours, Raza Ali Khan ...

The hearing of contempt of court case against former prime minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf was adjourned for an indefinite period on Sunday.The hearing was adjourned due to illness of Raja Pervaiz Ashraf’s lawyer, Wasim Sajjad.It may be recalled that Raja Pervaiz Ashraf was issued notice over ...

LAHORE - The 2nd Ashraf Sugar Golf Tournament commenced here at the Lahore Gymkhana Golf Course on Saturday. Ladies event and the event for veterans concluded on Saturday while the events for amateurs and the seniors will be held today (Sunday) at 11:30 am. A total of 85 amateurs and 35 seniors ...

A Returning Officer (RO) on Sunday rejected the nomination papers of former Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf for NA-51 Gujar Khan.The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader and ex-premier of the country is currently facing a mega corruption case pertaining to rental power projects.Rejecting ...

Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf has written a letter to the Supreme Court of Pakistan stating that an independent investigation should be conducted into allegations against him in the Rental Power Projects (RPP) case.According to sources, the prime minister has requested that an independent ...

Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf Monday won a few more weeks' breathing space in a long-running legal wrangle over the reopening of graft cases against President Asif Ali Zardari.The Supreme Court gave Prime Minister Raja Parvez Ashraf another three weeks time in the NRO judgment implementation ...

Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf on Sunday left for a two-day official visit to Saudi Arabia during which he will hold meeting with Saudi King Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz.Talking to media representatives at Chaklala airbase, the Prime Minister said matters of mutual interest will come under discussion ...

Chairman of Pakistan Economy Watch (PEW) Dr. Murtaza Mughal  has said that Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf has failed to restore confidence of the business community.In an statement issued from his office on Sunday, he said that politics remains the favourite subject of the new PM and his ...

RAWALPINDI -  The Punjab government has appointed Dr Muhammad Ashraf as a new chairman of Rawalpindi Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education. The provincial government has issued the notification in this regard. While Dr M Ashraf has assumed the charge of the office. Ashraf told the ...

FEROZWALA - DPO Sheikhupura Afzal Mahmud Butt has been transferred to Lahore while his predecessor Haider Ashraf has been posted as the new district police officer.Previously, Haider has served as Nankana Sahib DPO.Meanwhile, a large number of citizens took out a rally against 15-hour unscheduled ...

Pakistan cricket chief Zaka Ashraf said Saturday that his side's recent resurgence in form had left arch-rivals India afraid to take them on.The neighbours have not played a Test series since 2007, with sporting ties frozen after the terrorist attacks on Mumbai in November 2008..There were hopes of ...

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Chaudhry Zaka Ashraf said on Tuesday that Bangladesh government has allowed cricket team to visit Pakistan in April, report said. A security team will come here to assess the security arrangements prior the team’s arrival.

Appointment of Zaka Ashraf as chairman Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has been challenged in Lahore High Court (LHC). As per private TV channel, the plea has been taken in the application filed against induction of Zaka Ashraf that international cricket council has framed its own laws under which no ...

NEW YORK - While expressing "great sadness" at the lengthy bans given to three Pakistani cricketers for spot-fixing, Dr. Nasim Ashraf, a former Pakistan Cricket Board Chairman, said Monday that the punishment was justified because there was no place for corruption in Cricket. "It is a matter of ...

ISLAMABAD - Ambassador of Iran to Pakistan, Mashallah Shakeri called on Federal Minister for Water and Power Raja Pervez Ashraf here on Wednesday in the Parliament House and discussed various matters of mutual interest and bilateral cooperation particularly import of power by Pakistan from ...

ISLAMABAD Speaker National Assembly Dr Fehmida Mirza, Friday, took an aggressive stance and rubbished Water and Power Minister Pervaiz Ashraf when he, while responding to a point of order, said the Indus River System Authority (IRSA) was striving to supply water to the farmers on the tail ...

Federal Minister for Water and Power, Raja Pervez Ashraf has said that the present democratic government is fully determined to provide cheap energy to the consumers by taking bold steps to bring more hydel power and to mobilize other alternative energy resources including wind power in the ...

Minister for Water and Power Raja Pervez Ashraf has said that over 1800 MW would be saved owing to energy saving measures adopted by the government.He said the recent steps would not only help end unscheduled load-shedding but also reduce scheduled load-management about 33 per cent, said a ...

Federal Minister for Water and Power Raja Pervaiz Ashraf said the use of air-conditioners at the government offices would not be allowed before 11am, report said on Thursday. He said while talking to a media briefing that the shops and commercial centers would be closed after 8pm except necessary ...

ISLAMABAD (APP) - Minister for Water and Power Raja Pervaiz Ashraf on Wednesday said the government could not give the time frame for ending loadshedding. Talking to media here at the Parliament House, he said the government was taking various measures to reduce loadshedding and it would take a ...

ISLAMABAD (APP) Federal Minister for Water and Power Raja Pervaiz Ashraf has appealed to the people to decrease power usage and save energy. Talking to media persons after visiting the National Power Control Centre he said the government was trying to control unscheduled power outage, adding that ...

KARACHI - Federal Minister for Water and Power Raja Pervez Ashraf on Thursday claimed that the power crisis in the country would be resolved next summer saying that hydro power plant projects and rental power plant projects are in pipeline and it would become functional before next summer. He was ...

Federal Minister for Water and Power Raja Pervaiz Ashraf has indicated delay in completion of the rental power projects. Talking to media here after a meeting of private power infrastructure board, the minister said the completion of the rental power projects has delayed which now likely to be ...

A close aide of former president General (r) Pervez Musharraf has claimed that the issue of Musharrafs widely-demanded trial under Article 6 was not discussed in his meeting with Saudi King held recently. Talking to a private TV here Friday, former chairman Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Dr Naseem ...

ISLAMABAD (APP) - Minister for Water and Power Raja Pervaiz Ashraf Tuesday said that 250-mega watt electricity was being saved daily by advancing the official clock one hour. The Ministry of Water and Power had successfully saved about 500MW through the austerity drive that included the advancing ...

ISLAMABAD (APP) - Minister for Water and Power, Raja Pervez Ashraf on Friday said that any impediment relating to affectees of Mangla dam raising project will be removed and the compensation package will be implemented as per agreement. Presiding over a meeting here to review the current status of ...