ISLAMABADMost of the hotels and restaurants in different markets of federal capital are serving sub-standard and unhygienic food to their consumers besides fixing prices at their own. The sub-standard and unhygienic food is causing certain digestion problems and diseases among the people who ...
ISLAMABAD - The out-of-order signals are creating traffic troubles in the federal capital. Due to load-shedding, most of signals in the city had broken down and absence of traffic wardens from such points adds to woes. Rehan Abbasi, a commuter, said that ambulances also get caught in such ...
LAHORE -Chief Minister Punjab Najam Sethi has asked both the Minister for Petroleum & Natural Resources as well as the Minister for Water & Power to resolve energy supply issue of textile industry in Punjab by Sunday morning.He has constituted a committee of both the ministries and ...
ISLAMABAD – President Asif Ali Zardari Wednesday said that the Federal Government will bear all the expenses incurred on medical treatment of renowned folk singer Reshma, who is undergoing treatment at a local hospital in Lahore.The President while lauding the invaluable contributions of Ms ...
LAKKI MARWAT – Local leaders of Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf have condemned the party’s parliamentary board for awarding ticket to an undeserving person for the sole seat of National Assembly of Lakki. Speaking at a hurriedly called meeting here on Sunday, Haklim Asghar, Farman Zangikhel, ...
ISLAMABADMeeting of the Federal Cabinet will be held on Wednesday (today). Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf had summoned the meeting. Sources said that the approval of new Trade Policy is included in the agenda of the meeting. The Federal Cabinet would also discuss the issue of ...
Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf on Saturday temporarily assigned additional responsibilities of the Federal Ombudsman to Salman Farooqui, Secretary General to the President. The responsibility has been given to Salman Farooqui to clear the backlog of 75,000 complaints of people aggrieved of ...
MIAN DAWOODLAHORE- A full bench of the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Friday refused admitting the federal government as the main party in the contempt case against President Asif Ali Zardari for not leaving the political office of PPP co-chairman in view of expectations written in the court ...
PML-N President Muhammad Nawaz Sharif said on Thursday that the federal government was jeopardizing the future of brilliant students by depriving them of higher education opportunities. The twice former prime minister expressed serious concern over the financial crisis being faced by the public ...
ISLAMABAD - The Pakistan Muslim League-Likeminded has termed the federal budget for 2012-2013 presented by the PPP-led ruling coalition a mere drama.In a joint press statement issued here on Sunday, party’s leaders including Hamid Nasir Chattha, Arbab Ghulam Rahim, Salim Saifullah Khan, ...
LAHORE - Provincial Minister for Law Rana Sanaullah Khan has said that the corrupt rulers of People’s Party are perturbed after the public meeting of PML-N in Taxila. He said that not only Punjab Governor but other leaders of PPP are upset by seeing the number of participants of public ...
ISLAMABAD - Worst sewerage systems, in 12 union councils of the federal capital, are destroying the streets and roads whereas residents demanded of the authorities to improve sewerage system.Talking to media, the residents of the federal rural areas complained that the broken, narrow and dirty ...
CHINIOT - The austerity measures taken by the Punjab government resulted in the provision of 125,000 laptops to students. The prevailing electricity crisis is created by the federal government as power plants have the capacity to generate up to 23000 megawatt electricity. These views were expressed ...
ISLAMABAD - With a police officer wounded and the presidential palace breached, the Federal Capital has launched a fresh offensive against a uniquely feared enemy - the city’s ever-expanding population of wild boar.Each night, packs of the hairy beasts emerge from Islamabad’s river ...
ISLAMABAD - The match between Punjab and Federal Areas ended in a draw after Punjab were restricted to 77-4 in 26 overs in their second outing in the Faysal Bank Pentangular Cup 2011-12 here at the Diamond Cricket Ground.Needing 257 runs for victory on the final day, Punjab batsmen could ...
LAHORE – Lahore High Court Justice Farrukh Irfan Khan on Thursday suspended a Federal Government’s notification for computerization of arms licenses. The court also directed it to tell the court as to whether they were willing to consult the stakeholders and adjourned hearing till Jan ...
ISLAMABAD - Taimur Hassan won the Amateurs gross title after scoring -228 after shocking overnight leader Ghazanfar Mahmood, who had to settle for runners up spot, with 231 while M Rehman was placed third with the total score of 234 after final round of the Federal Amateur Golf Championship here at ...
ISLAMABAD - Ghazanfar Mehmood became the leader after the second round of the Federal Amateur Golf Championship on the second day here at the Islamabad Golf Club on Saturday.Despite difficult playing conditions, as rain was disturbing the players; Ghazanfar shot a 78 with a combined two round total ...
ISLAMABAD: Federal Amateurs Golf Championship sponsored by Zong will start at Islamabad club on Friday (today) and conclude on Sunday, said Zahid Arbab, Secretary Federal Golf Association (FEGA) in a press briefing on Thursday."Our main aim for having this event is to promote golf in the country," ...
MULTAN - The lawyers staged a demonstration against federal and Punjab governments for not fulfilling their promise to establish a lawyer colony in Multan here on Thursday. A large number of black coats assembled inside district bar hall and marched up to Chowk Kutchery. Holding placards and ...
ISLAMABAD - A Senate Special Committee reached consensus in its meeting Thursday to form Healthcare and Drug Regularity Authority (HDRA) at the federal level after the assurance of the committee to redress the objections of Punjab. Senator Ishaq Dar representing the Punjab government gave the ...
LAHORE The manufacturers and the trade bodies representatives, unanimously showing their grave concern over inadequate funding for power generation in budget, have said the federal budget 2011-12 has altogether ignored the energy crisis, which is crippling the economy. They said that despite ...
ISLAMABAD (APP) Following is the detail of estimated transfer to the Provincial Governments on account of their share in federal taxes and straight transfers during the year 2011-2012. Classification Budget Revised Budget 2010-11 2010-11 2011-12 Divisible Pool Taxes (Rs in million) Income Tax ...
LAHORE-The Punjab Assembly through a resolution on Thursday asked the federal government to review its decision of imposing 17 per cent tax on agriculture inputs through presidential ordinance. The resolution, moved by Mohsin Leghari of the PML-Q, was unanimously adopted by the assembly as no ...
ISLAMABAD - In a major reshuffle in bureaucracy, Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister Ms Nargis Sethi has been appointed as Secretary Cabinet Division while Secretary Establishment Division Khushnood Ali Lashari has stepped in her boots as new Principal Secretary to the PM. Ms Nargis Sethi ...
ISLAMABAD - Minister for Housing and Works Friday informed the National Assembly (NA) that an ex-Senator had been living in the Federal Lodges located in the heart of the Federal Capital since 2009. "Though the case is under process to get the lodges vacated from former senators, yet an ex-Senator ...
ISLAMABAD Despite the growing number of dengue patients in the country, the city administration is not bother to carry out fumigation drive in the suburban areas of the Capital. The authorities have failed to control the endemic as they did not played their due role as far as the preventive ...
ISLAMABAD Islamabad Academy Football Club (IAFC) beat Federal Club 3-1 in the Islamabad B-Division Football League Tournament here. Former Minister of State for Interior, Dr. Shahzad Waseem, who is also President Federal Football Club, graced the occasion as a chief guest. Syed Zakir Hussain ...
KARACHI Federal Areas defeated Khyber PK by five wickets in the NBP T20 Disabled Cricket Cup here the other day at RLCA Ground Gulberg. The Pakistan Disabled Cricket Association is organising the competition with the support of the NBP. In the second match, Sultans of Sindh downed Shahenshah of ...
KARACHI - The Sindh government is facing huge shortfall in federal transfers as Centre has released Rs30 billion less amount to provincial government of Sindh than estimated target under Tax Revenue Assignments and Straight Transfers during 11 months (from July-May) of current financial year ...






