SAVAR : Bangladesh plans to take over the site of the collapsed nine-storey building which killed 1,127 people and convert it into a rehabilitation centre for the victims, a minister said Tuesday.“Our prime minister (Sheikh Hasina) wants this place to be taken over by the government and ...

QUETTAThe winning parties in Balochistan have started contacting one another for formation of a coalition government in the province.PML-N which has obtained a remarkable position is likely to form a coalition government along with the nationalists. The leaders of PML-N and JUI-F as well as ...

lahore - At least seven leading banks in the country, including Al Baraka, Standard Chartered, Bank Al Habib, United Bank, Punjab Bank, Summit Bank and Industrial Development Bank have decided to forward their disputes to the Mediation Centre, set up with a view to help bring foreign investment in ...

KARACHI -  – Caretaker Punjab Chief Minister Najam Sethi has said that solid steps have been taken by the provincial government to ensure conduct of general elections in a free, fair, transparent and peaceful manner. He said that the most modern election information system of the world ...

LOS ANGELES: Actress Lindsay Lohan has checked herself into a rehabilitation facility, following a day of confusion on Thursday over whether she was complying with court-ordered treatment for a reckless driving charge. "She did check into the rehab (centre) and I will still be going through a ...

LAHORE - The Lahore High Court on Friday ruled that the Lahore Electric Supply Company (Lesco) is not working as an independent distribution company and has become subservient to federal government as it never complained to high-up about less supply of electricity despite having the largest ...

LAHORE - Chief Minister Najam Sethi has said that as a result of untiring and sincere efforts of the Punjab, the federal government has given approval to the release of Rs 45 billion for reducing loadshedding. He was presiding over a high-level meeting at the chief minister’s secretariat to ...

LAHORE – Punjab Chief Secretary Javed Iqbal has said that the federal government will be contacted for overcoming the problem plaguing Punjab.Presiding over a meeting on loadshedding at Civil Secretariat on Saturday, the chief secretary stressed that the increasing loadshedding should be ...

FAISALABAD - In a meeting held with Pakistan Ambassadors designate to Thailand, Uzbekistan and Cambodia, Faisalabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry has suggested that trade and specifically textile exports should be the central point of Pakistan’s foreign policy and the diplomats should ...

LAHORE – PML-N on Wednesday called upon the caretaker set up to play an effective role to end discrimination with Punjab on electricity supply and unscheduled loadshedding in the province.PML-N leader Pervez Malik stated that up to 20 hours long loadshedding has ruined industry of the ...

LAHORE – Former Punjab Chief Minister Mian Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif stated here on Tuesday that despite change of government in the province, the attitude of the Centre towards this province remains unchanged.He said that the masses in Punjab are suffering even more acute shortage of ...

LAHORE - The Lahore High Court sought reply from the federal government on a petition moved by Jamadut Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Muhammad Saeed against drone attacks on Pakistani land. During the proceedings on Thursday a deputy attorney general (DAG) sought time as the caretaker government had taken ...

The Pakistan People’s Party (PPPP) leader Syed Khurshid Shah and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leader Senator Ishaq Dar on Tuesday held a meeting in Islamabad and discussed matters pertaining to the caretaker setup in the Centre and Punjab.Talking to media persons after their meeting‚ ...

PESHAWAR – The federal government has acknowledged the demands of KPK government regarding net hydel profit (NHP) issues.A meeting of the 8th National Finance Commission (NFC) was held here in Islamabad with Federal Minister Finance in the chair to discuss the NHP issue raised by the KPK ...

ISLAMABAD - Weighing options for blocking the way of long march on January 14, the Interior Ministry wants from the Punjab government to stop the participants in Lahore, it is learnt."We have conveyed to the Punjab government that if the participants of the long march were not stopped at the ...

ISLAMABAD – The federal government has decided to immediately release one million tonnes of wheat to utility stores corporation, local traders and flour mills to check the rising prices of the commodity and discourage hoarding.The wheat and flour prices have shown massive increase in the last ...

SADIQABAD - The federal government has added to the people’s vows as the loadshedding of gas and electricity is irking the people while the price hike has made the poor’s life miserable, said MPA Muhammad Shafiq at Jinnah Town Sadiqabad. “Under the leadership of Nawaz Sharif and ...

JHANG – Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif said on Wednesday that “Zar Baba and his companions” have given nothing to the masses and the country except crises like unemployment, dearness, loadshedding, corruption and nepotism. Addressing a public gathering at Kot Mirza in ...

JHANG – Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif said on Wednesday that “Zar Baba and his companions” have given nothing to the masses and the country except crises like unemployment, dearness, loadshedding, corruption and nepotism. Addressing a public gathering at Kot Mirza in ...

SHEIKHUPURA - The wrong and imprudent policies of the incumbent corrupt rulers has put the solidarity, integrity and sovereignty of the country at stake and has pushed the nation deeper into the quagmire of energy crises, poverty, unemployment and unprecedented inflation. PML-N MNA Mian Javed Latif ...

SHEIKHUPURA - The wrong and imprudent policies of the incumbent corrupt rulers has put the solidarity, integrity and sovereignty of the country at stake and has pushed the nation deeper into the quagmire of energy crises, poverty, unemployment and unprecedented inflation. PML-N MNA Mian Javed Latif ...

HAFIZABAD - Federal Minister Ch Liaquat Ali Bhatti has assured the villagers that he was committed to providing all sorts of basic amenities to them within shortest possible time.While inaugurating sui gas supply to Garhi Gondal, Nawan Kot, Burj Sarashta and Nawa Shehr, here on Sunday, he said that ...

OKARA - A PML-N lawmaker said that the government should make sincere efforts to maintain law and order and proved a relief to the people especially businessmen and farmers who are facing the issue of skyrocketing prices of diesel.MPA Mian Yawar Zaman said that the federal government was busy ...

LAHORE – The Lahore High Court chief justice on Friday remarked the federal government should either change the name of Kalabagh Dam or take over its administrative affairs besides looking after matters of distribution of water and others.Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial issued these remarks ...

 KARACHI  - The Centralised Call Centre Management System and Supporting Services have been successfully deployed by Information Technology Department, Government of Sindh, in coordination with Police Department under the Project of Introduction of E-Policing in the province.This was ...

ISLAMABAD – Pakistan Islamic Medical Association (PIMA) in a statement has said the recent deaths occurring due to the use of a cough syrup in Lahore reflects the lack of interest of the federal and provincial governments in healthcare.Earlier this year, the Punjab Institute of Cardiology ...

ISLAMABAD - Federal Minister for Political Affairs Mola Bux Chandio on Thursday said that the Kalabagh Dam was a national issue, which should be resolved with the consensus of all the provinces.According to an official news agency, Chandio said that the provinces had differences over the dam and it ...

SADIQABAD - Talking to a PPP tehsil leader from here, Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf said that now the government was considering to tabling a bill in the National Assembly for legislation to create new provinces. "The PML-N did not cooperate with the Parliamentary Commission for the Creation ...

SADIQABAD - Talking to a PPP tehsil leader from here, Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf said that now the government was considering to tabling a bill in the National Assembly for legislation to create new provinces. "The PML-N did not cooperate with the Parliamentary Commission for the Creation ...

LAHORE – More than 300 scientists and researchers of the Pakistan Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (PCSIR) Lahore centre have been sitting idle because of “unavailability of funds”.During a visit to the centre by this scribe, it was found that the scientists have no ...