US ambassador to Pakistan Richard Olson said holding dialogue with Taliban is prerogative of Pakistani government.Talking to media here on Wednesday, Olson said holding dialogue with Taliban is prerogative of Pakistani government. However‚ he said‚ any reservations regarding these ...

Victorious Pakistan Muslim League (N) leader Shahbaz Sharif and Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) Chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman vowed to support each other to bring peace and prosperity in the country.Talking to media persons after hours long meeting and a luxurious luncheon here, both emphasized the ...

peshawar - Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) central leader and former chief minister Sardar Mehtab Ahmad Khan has said that they respect Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf mandate to form government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.“PML-N will not become part of any game that could politically destabilize the ...

islamabad - Caretaker federal government has finally sent heads of two state owned gas utilities Sui Northern Gas Pipeline Limited & Sui Southern Gas Company Limited on packing. Interestingly, earlier Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Resources was found desperate to save both heads of gas ...

  lahore PML-N has emerged as the largest party in Punjab obtaining 207 of the total 297 general seats, which has placed this party at a very comfortable position to form the government fifth time in the province. Surprisingly, the potential parties of the past, PPP and PML-Q, have almost ...

US Secretary of State John Kerry has said that Washington will be working with the new government in Islamabad to advance shared interests including a peaceful, more prosperous and stable future for Pakistan and the region.In a statement on Sunday, John Kerry said the national and provincial ...

    ISLAMABAD Prime Minister Justice (r) Mir Hazar Khan Khoso has decided to impose a ban on the use of air conditioners in all government departments and offices from May 15. The ban will continue until energy situation is improved in the country, the press release issued by prime ...

I would like to draw the attention of the concerned authorities about opening a dispensary in Federal B Area. The Alnoor Society is inhabited by the lower middle class people, and there is no government dispensary in this area. As a result, the poor people have no access to a qualified government ...

The caretaker government is bound to initiate proceedings under Article 6 of the constitution against Gen (retd) Pervez Musharraf, if given such directions by the Supreme Court of Pakistan.This was stated by barrister Aitzaz Ahsan, who was commenting on the cases against the former president, here ...

LONDONThe British government’s main Gov.uk website has won the prestigious Design of the Year award, praised for its well thought-out but “understated” design. Judges appointed by London’s Design Museum voted for the winner of the contest’s digital category to claim ...

ISLAMABAD  - Speakers at a workshop Monday said that the government was introducing innovative technologies to ensure food security for its rapidly growing population at affordable prices.The workshop on “Incorporating Agricultural Service Providers into Demonstration and Dissemination ...

LAHORE - SALMAN ABDUHU - The government can now issue more Long Distance International (LDI) licence, as restriction on the issuance of LDI license in the country due to Sales Purchase Agreement (SPA) with Eitisalat is over now.Cell companies are anxiously waiting to get the LDI licence, as the ...

ISLAMABAD - The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources has refuted the rumours to the effect that it has given up its stance regarding the legality and constitutionality of the Gas Infrastructure Development Cess (GIDC) Act 2011. However, the government reiterates that it will honour the ...

KARACHI - Scores of writes and intellectuals met with Chief Election Commissioner Justice (Retd) Fakhruddin G Ebrahim here on Wednesday and expressed their reservations in connection with the interim government in Sindh.A Sindh Writers and Thinkers Forum delegation expressed concerns over the ...

NEW DELHI - India’s government is appealing to corporate leaders to “keep the faith” as it struggles to revive a staggering economy, but the reply from business is they need more than talk to win back their support.Business confidence in the Congress party-led government has ...

PESHAWAR - The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Caretaker Minister for Information Mossarat Qadeem has said that the provincial government will hold free, fair and transparent elections in the province. “It is a responsibility and we will shoulder it and prove that elections will be conducted in consonance ...

PESHAWAR - Chief of his own faction Jamiat Ulama-i-Islam, Maulana Fazlur Rahman has said that he has no direct contact with Taliban, but the offer for dialogue is a positive step and the government should take advantage of it.He also discarded media reports of remaining unsuccessful his ...

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 ...

MIRPUR (AJK) - Senior officer of the AJK government Khawaja Muhammad Shafique on Thursday took over the charge as the Transport Secretary, it was officially declared.A communiqué issued by the AJK government notified the postings and transfers of several senior officials of the AJK ...

A government delegation held talks with Tahirul Qadri, chief of the Tehrik-i-Minhajul Quran (TMQ), to avert a political crisis and disperse a rally that has heaped pressure on the government, on Thursday evening.The delegation comprises of Afrasiab Khattak, Farooq Naek, Qamar Zaman Kaira, Chaudhry ...

LAHORE – Instead of continuing the tradition of going on strike to press the government for acceptance of demands, the Young Doctors Association has announced a protest campaign across the province from Thursday (today). Making it clear that emergency, outdoor and indoor will not be closed, ...

PESHAWAR – The Pakistan government is providing paramilitary and police support to polio vaccinations being resumed discreetly in the northwest after a series of attacks on medical workers, officials said Friday.UN agencies suspended work on a nationwide campaign to inoculate children against ...

LAHORE - The government has approved the up-gradation of about 1,000 Customs officials along with the sanction of around 1,300 inspectors of Inland Revenue Services up-gradation to 16 scale from 14th.The FBR Federal Revenue Alliance Union president Mian Abdul Qayyum has appreciated the President, ...

ISLAMABAD – The government has rejected Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan’s demand for conditional truce.Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) government, in response to Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) suggestion, said Thursday any negotiations will be held under the ambit of the law and ...

KARACHI  – The government’s economic policies have failed to produce people’s friendly results as it has admitted that food cost has increased by 130 percent since 2005-2006 to 2011-2012. The wheat prices rose by 128 percent, sugar161 percent, pulses194 percent, ...

ISLAMABAD – The severe gas crisis won’t stop the federal government from issuing around 240,000 new gas connections in the next few weeks and months as the exercise at the cost of public money might please new and old voters, it has been reliably learnt. The sources aware of the ...

I visited the official website of Higher Education Commission (HEC) to get some important information, but surprisingly on the very first page I found a lot of personal information about the Chairman HEC. In my view any personal information should be kept personal, not exhibited on a government ...

ISLAMABAD – Federal and provincial governments, for their own interests, have used the false excuse of voters’ verification drive of the Election Commission of Pakistan for not conducting the population census, say electoral experts. Talking to TheNation, electoral experts opine that ...

ISLAMABAD - In pursuance of the ECC decision, the government has allowed export of 200,000 tons of sugar in addition to left-over quota of already approved export after fulfilling four conditions. SBP will monitor the sugar exports and no form “E” shall be issued in excess of any ...

ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf has expressed resolve of his government to help improve standard of Pakistani products to make them more marketable in global markets.In a message on occasion of World Standards Day falling on October 14, the Prime Minister said, “I am pleased to ...