LAHORE -  A building control authority should be established to address public problems under one roof and to resolve the LDA and district government related issues,. It was recommended at a high level meeting held on the instructions of the Punjab Chief Minister Najam Sethi.The meeting was ...

PESHAWAR - Strongly criticising the ruling Awami National Party (ANP) led provincial government, Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) Chief, Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman on Sunday alleged that the provincial government has completely failed as an unannounced martial law has been imposed in the province from ...

Pakistan’s election commission has urged the government to grant it more administrative powers before the upcoming general elections.Secretary Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) Ishtiaq Ahmed Khan on Thursday said that the ECP did not have the authority to transfer or suspend the chief ...

LAHORE – Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has said that a legislation will be done to set up an autonomous authority to operate the Bus Rapid Transit System. The system, he said, would develop knack of travelling through public transport instead of personal vehicles. “This will result in ...

LAHORE - SALMAN ABDUHU - The production of ghee and edible oil over 4 million kilograms per day has been halted by the manufacturers, as the strike of factories entered third day while no supply was made to any wholesale or retail market. Pakistan Vanaspati Manufacturers Association (PVMA) chairman ...

DIG?Investigations Ali Aamir Malik on Saturday directed CIA police not to investigate dacoity cases of Rs 100,000 or less. In a meeting held at the DIG’s office, he directed the newly appointed CIA SP Captain (rtd.) Liaqat Ali Malik to probe such crimes only when a huge amount of money was ...

LAHORE  – Pharmaceutical industry is facing difficulties as no Drug Regulatory Authority (DRA) has so far been formulated.This was said by former Vice Chairman Pakistan Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association (PPMA) in a press statement issued here on Friday. He said that after 18th ...

LAHORE (APP) - Vice Chairman Pakistan Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association (PPMA) Khawaja Shahzeb Akram has said that Federal Health Department should not be merged into the provinces. If it is necessary, Drug Regulatory Authority should be set up at federal level so that registration, prices ...

NEW YORK - Egyptian Vice President Omar Suleiman has met with army leaders to discuss steps to limit President Hosni Mubaraks decision-making authority and possibly remove him from the presidential palace in order to open negotiations with opposition, The New York Times reported from Cairo ...

LAHORE - Punjab government is planning to form a Supra Authority to manage paper setting, conducting examinations and declaration of results while all BISEs of the province will work as logistic boards. The sources told the scribe on Saturday that all BISEs of Punjab would pay to the body for its ...

LAHORE - Chairman Pakistan Cricket Board Ijaz Butt Wednesday questioned the supremacy of the Senate Committee on Sports saying that it does not have any authority to dictate terms to the PCB. Speaking at a press conference here at the Gaddafi Stadium, the PCB chairman said that he would answer all ...

BRUSSELS (AFP) - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday described the violence in Gaza as a "tragedy" and urged the international community not to marginalise Hamas after its war with Israel. He also criticised Israel for having showed a lack of respect in keeping Turkey, their main ...

KARACHI - Seeking the complete control over its coal reserves the Sindh cabinet has strongly opposed the federal government's anticipated plan to establish the head office of recently notified Sindh Coal Authority in Islamabad, reliable sources told The Nation. The Sindh cabinet that met on ...

ISLAMABAD (APP) - The federal government has formed Thar Coal Authority to attract investment for coal mining and coal gasification at Thar and other areas in the Sindh province for power generation. According to official sources, Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has finally approved the ...

KARACHI - The plan of establishing Sindh Revenue Authority may not materialize due to power tussle among the bureaucracy and ministers in the province. The proposed SRA, if established, would deprive various provincial departments from collecting revenues and shift the pattern of malpractices ...