Islamabad - The upcoming Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) government has prepared a plan to overcome the ongoing energy crisis in the country that includes issuance of treasury bills to eliminate circular debt, recovery of power dues from provinces and taking administrative measures.Sources ...

ROME  - Silvio Berlusconi said on Saturday his centre-right party would soon present eight bills to parliament, including a proposal to abolish a hated housing tax, in an attempt to seize the initiative despite Italy’s political deadlock. Since elections in February, Italy has been in ...

ISLAMABAD - MQM legislator Waseem Akhtar on Monday uttered derogatory remarks against Supreme Court judges, saying if they would indulge in politics, his party would respond in similar manner."If judges are interested in giving political remarks, they should resign and contest elections," he said, ...

The Islamabad High Court (IHC) Wednesday declared fuel adjustment charges in power bills ‘null and void’ and ordered National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) to adjust the charged amount in the future.The IHC bench comprising Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui heard the petitions ...

ISLAMABAD - Abrar Saeed - The approval of draft bill by the federal cabinet allowing the dual nationals to become parliament member is likely to be lost in the national assembly.The main opposition party in the lower house, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), is determined to oppose this piece of ...

ISLAMABAD - National Assembly Standing Committee on Law and Justice will meet here today with a heavy agenda regarding bills, including the much controversial National Accountability Commission Bill and the bill seeking ban on dual nationality holders to contest elections.Sources in the National ...

LAHORE - SALMAN ABDUHU - The Lahore Electric Supply Company (LESCO), by sending hefty power bills, have forced the small rerolling mills to shut down their units once and for all. All Pakistan Small Rerolling Mills Association (APSRMA) Senior Vice Chairman Mohammad Ashraf while talking to The ...

WARBURTON - The Lesco Warburton Sub-Division showed extra-efficiency by issuing electricity bill to two persons without installing electricity meter and power supply. Reportedly, Rai Tahir Mehmood of nearby Tapiala Village and Abdul Hameed of Warburton applied for electricity connections and ...

LAHORE-The Punjab Assembly did ‘record’ legislation during its 32nd session spreading over 29 days, by passing 35 bills pertaining to different provincial departments. It cost the national exchequer around Rs 82.60 million on the whole in terms of allowances paid to the parliamentarians ...

ISLAMABAD – The NCSW has taken a leap recently by submitting four drafts of the bill concerning women’s issues and personal laws of the minorities living in Pakistan to the ministry of human rights to be presented before the parliament for approval.Earlier, the commission arranged a ...

LAHORE - Punjab Governor Sardar Latif Khan Khosa has returned 8 bills to the Punjab Assembly for reconsideration, raising some legal objections. This was revealed by PML-Q legislator, Dr Samia Amjad in Punjab Assembly on Friday while speaking on a point of order. She told the House that it was the ...

ISLAMABAD (Agencies) - Minister for Water and Power Naveed Qamar informed the Upper House of the Parliament on Thursday that the government will not waive off surcharges being recovered through electricity bills Replying to various questions in question hour, he said: 'there is no proposal under ...

ISLAMABAD - While accepting it a money bill, the Senate Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs approved the Gas Infrastructure Development Cess Bill 2011 and also The Petroleum Products (Petroleum Levy) Amendment Bill 2011. These two measures would generate Rs 38 billion. The Senate ...

OUR SATFF REPORTER NANKANA SAHIB - People from all walks of life demanded elimination of TV licence fee collection from even those who do not have TV at their homes or shops. The government unjustified and illegally collecting billions of rupees in the shape of PTV fee ranging from Rs.35 to Rs.60 ...

LAHORE (APP) - Pakistan Railways Administration is unable to control the continuous delay in the train operations even after the release of Rs2 billion by the finance ministry. Divisional Superintendent Lahore Javaid Anwar Boobak told that the amount of Rs2 billion was not sufficient for the ...

KARACHI The Sindh Assembly on Wednesday took about an hour to pass three important bills amidst noise and commotion created by MQM legislators who were told that they would not be given seats on the opposition benches as their resignations have not been accepted. This was the worst ever rumpus ...

Our Staff Reporter KARACHI - Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) has made a major value addition to its alternative arrangements for payment of monthly electricity bills through which customers can now regularly receive their bill electronically via email and cell phone. The alternate ...

ISLAMABAD - The countrys food and oil import bills have went up by 22.11 per cent during the first eleven months (July-May) period of the outgoing financial year 2010-11 mainly due to higher prices of oil and food commodities in international market. The import bill of food and oil has recorded ...

KARAK Public Health Engineering (PHE) Department will not run its water supply schemes if the people did not start depositing their monthly water bills on regular basis, as there was a huge gap between the consumption and the revenue. This was informed by the XEN Public Health Engineering ...

KARACHI Speaker Sindh Assembly Nisar Khuhro submitted three years performance report of the Sindh Assembly, which revealed that only 84 MPAs remained active during sessions. Addressing a press conference here at the Committee Room of Sindh Assembly on Thursday, the Speaker said that Sindh Assembly ...

LAHORE - Amid worst power crisis with over 5,000 MW electricity shortfalls in the country, Federal Minister for Water and Power Raja Pervaz Ashraf on Saturday vowed to bring reforms, saying modern technology would be introduced in the process of restructuring power and energy sector. A day after ...

ISLAMABAD (APP) - Pakistan plans to expand its Shariah-compliant banking industry and attract more investors from the Gulf by boosting sales of 'Sukuk bills. Spokesman State Bank of Pakistan Syed Wasimuddin told gulf news that Pakistan is seeking to sell sukuk maturing in a year or less in the ...

LAHORE (PR) - The spokesman of PTCL said that telephone bills of LTR (South), LTR (North) and CTR Regions have been issued for the month of May 2010, and their due date is 22nd June 2010. He Further said that the valued customers should pay the telephone bills within due date to avail the telecom ...

LAHORE - The Water and Sanitation Agency (Wasa) is likely to increase the rates of water bills manifold in order to meet Rs1.5 billion financial deficit, The Nation learnt on Thursday. Since 2004 Wasa has not increased a single penny in rates despite spiraling rise in power rates and addition of 70 ...

KARACHI - Positive developments after Eid vacations favoured the local bourse on Thursday as the KSE-100 index added notable 277 points or 2.94 percent to close at 9,713 points. The approval of US$2.37b, (market sentiment suggested that the approved amount will be invested in the local equity ...

KARACHI - The Sindh Assembly on Friday unanimously passed two government bills into law which included Government Bill, 2 of 2009 - The Public Procurement Bill and The Colonisation of government lands (Amendment) Bill, 2009. Sindh Law Minister Ayaz Soomro moved a motion for consideration of the ...

KARACHI - Chairman Karachi Traders' Action Committee Siddiq Memon Friday condemned the inflated electricity bills that have been received by the businessmen this month. The bills show 150 per cent hike in tariff. He said that the shopkeepers have been getting bills with 40 per cent amount of ...

KARACHI - The business community of Karachi has warned that they would not pay the KESC inflated bills until they do not rectified by the KESC. They warned which in a meeting of the Office Bearers and Members of Managing Committee at Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry which discussed the ...

LAHORE - Chairman, All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA), Muhammad Iqbal Ebrahim has lauded the decision of Special Committee constituted by the Prime Minister, Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani under the chairmanship of Raja Pervez Ashraf, Federal Minister for Water & Power to review the issue ...

KARACHI (PPI) - Karachi-based traders have decided not to pay bills of Karachi Electricity Supply Company (KESC) as protest against current 70 percent rise in tariff, besides warning to put a stiff resistance if the KESC carried out disconnection operation in Karachi markets. Talking to PPI on ...