islamabad -  ahmad ahmadani - In a bid to provide one-day relief to the consumers of CNG on upcoming elections day (Saturday), the caretaker government has now given directions to the petroleum ministry to ensure uninterrupted supply of natural gas to the Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) filling ...

Justice  Jawwad S Khawaja has remarked “we have decided to ensure supremacy of law and constitution and a price will have to be paid for it.He gave these remarks while presiding over a 3-member SC  bench during the course of hearing of Musharraf treason case Tuesday.Ahmad Raza ...

JAKARTA: US rock band Aerosmith has cancelled a concert scheduled this week in Jakarta on safety concerns, a concert promoter said Sunday, following threats to bomb the Myanmar embassy in the Indonesian capital."We received the official confirmation yesterday from the Aerosmith management ...

lahore - SALMAN ABDUHU - Running public sector enterprises is not the government’s job, and that sensible change in management with ownership can turn these loss-making enterprises into profitable ventures.“Privatisation of Railways, PIA and PSM is the only solution to several economic ...

ISLAMABAD : Ministry of Petroleum on Friday established 'Oil and Gas Control Cell' to ensure continuous supply of oil and gas during elections. The oil and gas control cell would start functioning from May 7, said a press release issued here. The cell would ensure coordination between the ...

Pakistan has urged India to ensure protection of Pakistani prisoners languishing in their jails.Foreign Office spokesman Aziz Ahmad Chaudhry in an interview Saturday asked India to arrange safe return of those prisoners who have completed terms of their punishment.He said Pakistan is considering ...

Lahore - PML–N President Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif while addressing party workers here on Monday, said that his party is contesting the elections with a vision of a progressive Pakistan.He said after coming into power his party will introduce schemes like the National Health Insurance ...

FAISALABAD - Divisional Commissioner Mushtaq Ahmed Anjum has said that the administration will mobilise all available resources to ensure fair and transparent elections in all the four districts of the division. He was chairing a meeting of District Coordination Officers (DCOs) and other heads of ...

ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Mir Hazar Khan Khoso has said that all energies should be utilised to improve the quality of education both in the public and private sector so that the younger generation was equipped according to the needs of the day.He expressed these views while talking to Dr Sania ...

Islamabad  - Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has asked WAPDA to ensure uninterrupted power supply in order to facilitate printing of ballot papers. The ECP has written a letter to WAPDA, further asking to make alternative power supply arrangements, including generators, in the wake of ...

FAISALABAD - District administration said that all the arrangements had been made in Faisalabad district to ensure free and transparent elections with proactive approach.Talking to the media, Coordination Officer Najam Ahmad Shah added that a number of teams had already been constituted to conduct ...

LAHORE – Capital City Police Officer Mehr Khaliq Dad Lak has said that first duty of police is to ensure free and transparent polls in peaceful atmosphere.  Addressing joint meeting of Operations and Investigations wing in police line Qila Gujjar Singh on Thursday, the CCPO said ...

PESHAWAR - The women activists of a non-governmental organisation have demanded of the caretaker government to take further steps to ensure maximum participation of women voters in the upcoming general elections in the country.They viewed that women could play their role in brining a positive ...

LAHORE – Caretaker Punjab Chief Minister Najam Sehti has redirected Wasa to adopt every possible measure for uninterrupted water supply to the citizens. He said that water should be supplied through tankers where it was unavailable besides ensuring operation of all tube-wells in the City.The ...

PESHAWAR  – Caretaker Minister for Information, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Mossarat Qadeem has said that the provincial government will make all out efforts for conducting free, fair and transparent elections in the province.“It’s a responsibility and we will conduct elections ...

Baqaul MohsinBAHAWALPUR - As per initial plan finalised in Bahawalpur Division, 3,749 polling stations will be established to facilitate 4,561,839 voters while 239 have been declared "A" Class Sensitive Polling Stations, where special security arrangements will be made. "However, the list of ...

ISLAMABAD – After the 18th Amendment the Law Ministry needs to render assistance to the provincial ministries to fast track law making and other administrative steps that will serve as the basis for good governance of the elected government.Law Minister Ahmer Bilal Soofi said that in meetings ...

The Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif Monday said that the government has failed in restoration of peace in Karachi as several people fall prey to violence on daily basis.While meeting with Chief of Sunni Tehrik (ST) Sarwat Aijaz Qadri, Nawaz Sharif said that there would be ...

Swat - Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz Central Senior Vice President Engineer Amir Muqam has said that PML-N was an ideological party, which will bring a positive change in the country, if people voted it to power in the upcoming general elections.“PML-N would end the sense of deprivation of the ...

MULTAN - Multan Development Authority (MDA) Director Gen Mumtaz Qureshi has directed recovery staff of the Wasa to ensure Rs20m monthly recovery of dues, saying the officials, who fail to achieve their targets, will not be tolerated in the agency. Addressing a meeting of recovery staff, he added ...

KARACHI – Having weighed the various suggestions, the Sindh Assembly’s Standing Committee for Local Government, on Wednesday, recommended the provincial government to ensure the availability of 1200 cusecs of water (to the KW&SB) under the K-IV project to fulfil the growing water ...

MALAKAND - Member KPA Assembly and PPP, district President, Syed Muhammad Ali Shah Bacha has said that he does not believe in the politics of hollow slogans and has started development schemes worth billions of rupees in power, health, education, irrigation and communication sectors.Addressing a ...

LAHORE - District Coordination Officer Ahad Khan Cheema has said that laws regarding one dish and timings of wedding ceremonies will be implemented at all cost. Directions in this regard have already been issued to TMOs and Town Administrators, he further said.Presiding over a meeting in Town Hall ...

LAHORE - The Punjab government is launching a comprehensive programme under schools’ reforms roadmap for 100 percent enrolment of children in schools.In a meeting presided over by Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Friday, it was decided that the CM will formally inaugurate the campaign ...

ISLAMABAD - The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has decided to explore the possibility of using Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) to make the polling process more transparent.The EVMs system will be introduced initially in by-elections as a pilot project and it will be expanded gradually. For ...

LAHORE – The Advisory Committee of National Pharmaceutical Alliance has said that this was a positive step by Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces to pass the Drug Regulatory Authority Bill. The meeting of the Alliance was held here on Thursday, which was attended by Khawaja Shahzeb Akram, ...

NOORPUR THAL - DSP Mehr Khadim Hussain Malooka held a meeting with clerics in connection with Eid Miladun Nabi (SAW) being celebrated on February 5. The DSP said that security arrangements had been completed for the auspicious day, adding that clerics’ suggestions would be considered to ...

BAHAWALPUR -Higher Education Commission Executive Director Dr Sohail H Naqvi has said that an all-out effort was being made to harmonise the country’s examination system with the international standard.He expressed these views along with Islamia University of Bahawalpur Vice-Chancellor Dr ...

ISLAMABAD  - The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has approved the Companies (Investment in Associated Companies or Associated Undertakings) Regulations, 2012, to ensure transparency in trans companies in their associated companies or undertakings.According to a statement ...

RAWALPINDI – A two-day workshop held under the auspices of Punjab Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) with the collaboration of National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), UNDP and WFO concluded on Friday.Child Protection Specialist Punjab Jawadullah, Advisor NDMA Nighat Siddiqi, DG ...