ISLAMABADThe Islamabad High Court (IHC) Tuesday suspended the order of Chairman Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) for the removal of authority’s executive member Dr Abdul Jabbar.Besides suspension of the order, Chief Justice IHC, Justice Muhammad Anwar Khan Kasi, also ...

ISLAMABAD Chairman NAB Admiral (retd) Fasih Bokhari is determined to continue his job and is in no mood to resign even on moral grounds in case Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz Sharif (PML-N) pursues its petition challenging his appointment after forming the federal government, The Nation learnt on ...

LahoreThough many officers were in the run to replace Punjab Chief Secretary Javed Iqbal, former P&D chairman Javed Aslam, a DMG officer, was posted as the new chief secretary. Javed Aslam is considered a competent bureaucrat and has a good reputation among subordinates and seniors. Besides, he ...

LAHORE-FormerLahoreCityCricket Association (LCCA) president Khawaja Nadeem Ahmed has expressed doubts on the ongoing process of scrutiny of clubs in the affiliated zones of the body. “I firmly believe that the scrutiny is not being carried out in a fair and transparent manner and it will not ...

LAHORE : Khalid Mansoor has joined The Hub Power Company Limited as Chief Executive. The Board of Directors of the Company in its meeting held in Karachi on May 20, 2013 has appointed Mr. Khalid Mansoor as the Chief Executive of the Company with effect immediate effect. Khalid Mansoor has over 32 ...

LONDON : World oil prices fell on Tuesday as traders looked ahead to the latest thoughts of Federal Reserve chief on the outlook for the US economy. Brent North Sea crude for delivery in July dropped 53 cents to $104.27 a barrel in approaching midday in London. New York's main contract, light sweet ...

Imran Khan left hospital Wednesday, two weeks after breaking bones in his back in a fall at a rally for the country's general election, where his party scored a major breakthrough.The 60-year-old was ordered to remain immobile in bed after he fractured vertebrae and a rib in a dramatic tumble from ...

WARBURTON All the institution heads should be committed for compliance with Chief Minister School Reform Roadmap (CMSRR), said EDO Education Muhammad Ghiaz in a joint meeting held here the other day. Reportedly, Secondary Schools Headmasters’ Association, Headmistresses Association, Punjab ...

WARBURTON - All the institution heads should be committed for compliance with Chief Minister School Reform Roadmap (CMSRR), said EDO Education Muhammad Ghiaz in a joint meeting held here the other day. Reportedly, Secondary Schools Headmasters’ Association, Headmistresses Association, Punjab ...

KARACHI (PR): Dr. Mirza Ikhtiar Baig, Chairman Pakistan Textile City along with CEO Zaheer Hussain and Textile Commissioner Farooq Khan met Chief Secretary Sindh Muhammad Ejaz Chaudhry, Secretary Planning & Development Govt of Sindh Naveed Ahmed and Mrs. Naheed Shah of Chief Secretariat Sindh ...

Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani has paid rich tribute to the people of the country as they actively took part in elections despite terror threats.Addressing a symposium, Kayani said that the people defeated the misleading minority through their votes.‘The people ...

MOSCOW - Russia's security services openly named the alleged US intelligence agency's Moscow station chief Friday in a rare breach of protocol after arresting a purported CIA agent working undercover.Russia announced this week that it had caught alleged agent Ryan Fogle as he prepared to recruit a ...

LAHORE - FBR Chairman Ansar Javaid on Saturday directed all tax collectors to broaden the tax net and make all-out efforts to achieve the revenue targets.While chairing two separate high level meetings of all tax collectors based in Punjab province, the FBR chief reviewed thoroughly their targets ...

  ISLAMABAD Chairman of Capital Development Authority (CDA), Syed Tahir Shahbaz, has said that results of "Clean and Green Islamabad" in six sectors were highly encouraging, adding the city could further be made neat and clean according to the expectations of residents of the federal ...

  ISLAMABAD- Islamabad Region Cricket Association (IRCA) president Shakil Shaikh termed the election of Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Chaudhry M Zaka Ashraf transparent and in line with provisions of the newly-promulgated PCB constitution, which was approved in consultation with the ...

LAHORE - Veteran Test cricketer M Yousuf has described putting Lahore City Cricket Association (LCCA) under an interim setup ‘unjustified and unwanted’ and a negative move to harm the interest of the game at grassroots level. "For me, it is an illegal decision taken by an ...

ISLAMABADPresident of the Awami National Party (ANP) Asfandyar Wali Thursday said that despite serious reservations his party has accepted the election results and decided to sit on opposition benches in Centre as well as KP Assembly.Talking to media after party's CEC meeting here, the ANP chief ...

LAHORE - City police have registered eight FIRs against Mudassir Rizvi, Chief Executive FAFEN, on the charges of forgery. The FIRs have been launched in eight different police stations of the city on the complaints of political activists. The police have started investigation with no arrest made ...

LAHORE:Punjab Chief Secretary Javed Iqbal on Wednesday left for Dubai on two-day official visit. Senior Member of Board of Revenue will hold additional charge of the top administrative slot in the CS absence, a notification issued by S&GAD said. Meanwhile, Higher Education Special Secretary ...

RAWALPINDI - Arif Shahid, chief of All Parties National Alliance (APNA), was gunned down by unknown persons on the night between Monday and Tuesday.Media reports said unidentified persons killed Arif Shahid, 62, when he was coming home from his office. Muhammad Rizwan, driver of the deceased, said ...

Islamabad - An interesting situation has arisen as the caretaker government is eager to transfer power as soon as possible but PML-N chief Mian Nawaz Sharif desires either to see the oath-taking of newly elected parliamentarians on May 28 or to himself take oath as prime minister on that ...

WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama telephoned PML-N chief and prime minister-in-waiting Nawaz Sharif and congratulated him on his party’s victory in last weekend’s historic polls, the White House said Tuesday, while pledging to continue US-Pakistan cooperative relations with the ...

LAHORE (PR): Chairman of United Presbyterian Church Ministries of Pakistan, Uhanabad, Dr S Yaqub Bhatti and Sardar Anjum have congratulated Mian Shahbaz Sharif on his success in general elections at a meeting. He also thanked the people of the areas for their support in success of PML N candidate, ...

UNITED NATIONS UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has congratulated the people and government of Pakistan on the successful conduct of the general elections, calling it "a significant step forward for democracy in the country.""By exercising their constitutional right to vote, the people of Pakistan ...

ISLAMABAD - Sporting map of Pakistan is changing fast as Nawaz Sharif voted to power and the most likely change can be witnessed in Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB). The inside sources have confirmed to this scribe that being a sportsman himself, there is every possibility Nawaz will take keen interest ...

LAHORE:-Former PCB chairman Khalid Mehmood has said while talking to a correspondent doubts were raised about the validity of the new PCB constitution and not about the PCB election. However, he endorsed the fact that an election without an elected general body at the national level would not be a ...

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. ...

ISLAMABAD - WAPDA’s renegade former Chairman Gen (r) Zahid Ali Akbar has been detained in Bosnia with the help of Interpol. He was wanted to the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) in a case of making assets beyond means to the tune of Rs267.61 million.The Bureau was reportedly making ...

ISLAMABAD - Chaudhry M Zaka Ashraf managed to become the first elected PCB chairman for tenure of four years as prescribed in the newly drafted PCB constitution after the first Board of Governors (BoG) meeting held here at a local hotel on Wednesday. The International Cricket Council (ICC) directed ...

LAHORE - Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) president Qasim Zia and secretary Asif Bajwa, Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Director General Javed Miandad, Intikhab Alam, Iqbal Qasim, Basit Ali, Misbahul Haq, Lahore City Cricket Association (LCCA) chief Khawaja Nadeem Ahmad and other sports organisations ...