LAHORE - Pakistan Olympic Association (POA) has directed the concerned officials of Pakistan Army, Air Force, Navy, Wapda, HEC, Railways and Police Sports Directorates/Boards not to participate in the National Athletics Championship being held from May 24 at Islamabad. In a letter addressed to the ...

KATHMANDU: A British mountaineer’s interview with the BBC on his smartphone from the top of Mount Everest has stirred controversy with the Nepalese government calling the broadcast “illegal”, officials said Monday. British mountaineer Daniel Hughes gave a live video interview to ...

RAWALPINDI : Illicit cigarette tradeis hampering the economy of Pakistan and it is important for all law enforcement agencies to effectively enforce laws to tackle this menace.  This was stated by Abdul Razaq Cheema CPO Rawalpindi while inaugurating the capacity building training workshop for ...

johannesburg - Operations at a chrome mine in South Africa owned by chemicals group Lanxess have been suspended since Thursday after some 470 workers started an illegal strike over bonus payments, the company said on Saturday.The dispute at the mine in Rustenburg, 120 km (70 miles) northwest of ...

Thursday's landmark decision by the Pakistani high court in Peshawar is a remarkable document: Chief Justice Dost Muhammad Khan examines the US use of drones against Pakistan's tribal areas and reaches several conclusions that, while obvious to most sensible observers, seem to have eluded American ...

  islamabad   The detailed judgement of Supreme Court noted that Chagai Hills Exploration Joint Venture Agreement (CHEJVA) dated 23-07-1993 was executed contrary to the provisions of Mineral Development Act, 1948, Mining Concession Rules, 1970 and Transfer of Property Act, 1882 therefore, ...

The Peshawar High Court has spoken sternly against drones, giving specific directions to the government about how to put an end to attacks by these flying killers. Pronouncing its judgment on Wednesday on a petition demanding that drones should not be allowed to play havoc with the lives of the ...

The Peshawar High Court (PHC) has declared the US drone strikes within Pakistani territory as illegal and ordered the government to contact International War Crime Tribunal (IWCT) over the issue. A two-member bench of the PHC headed by Chief Justice Dost Muhammad heard the case against the CIA-led ...

Despite the fact that Pakistan government has always condemned drone raids as unilateral attacks declaring them to be in contravention of international law as well as counter-productive to the stability of the state, the CIA-run unmanned vehicles continue their attacks unimpeded. The Foreign Office ...

ISLAMABAD :-Wedding ceremonies are being arranged illegally in the public parks, roads and playgrounds of the federal capital creating problems for the common people. To add to this, laws prohibiting fireworks and aerial firing are being violated frequently in the Sectors of G-6, G-7, G-8, G-9, ...

RIYADH  - Saudi Arabia will make sponsors and employers of foreigners working illegally in the country to pay the cost of deporting them, under new rules approved by the Cabinet, the Saudi Gazette reported on Monday.The world’s top oil exporter is cracking down on illegal expatriate ...

MULTAN - The district administration has decided to launch another round of crackdown on the owners of illegal cattle sheds in city area. Chairing a meeting here on Saturday, the DCO Syed Gulzar Hussain Shah said that no negligence would be tolerated in operation against cattle sheds, land grabbers ...

MULTAN - The district administration has decided to launch another round of crackdown on the owners of illegal cattle sheds in city area. Chairing a meeting here on Saturday, the DCO Syed Gulzar Hussain Shah said that no negligence would be tolerated in operation against cattle sheds, land grabbers ...

PESHAWAR - KPK Caretaker Minister for Local Government, Finance, Planning and Development Abdul Rauf Khan Khattak has directed strict action against illegal educational institutions, NGOs, hostels and offices situated in residential areas. During a briefing at the Peshawar Development Authority ...

The Supreme Court of Pakistan (SC) Friday declared the appointment of Chairman Security and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) illegal and invalid.A two-judge bench headed by Justice Jawwad S Khawaja issued the brief order in the case. According to the judgment, the appointment of Chairman SECP ...

ISLAMABAD - The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has initiated an inquiry into the affairs of registered companies that were accused for defrauding the general public by offering them investment opportunities in illegal schemes.The SECP has taken the action on various ...

FAISALABAD - Faisalabad Electric Supply Company (Fesco) Chief Executive Officer Dr Rana Abdul Jabbar Khan has suspended two Sub-Divisional Officers (SDOs) and two Line Superintendents (LSs) on the charges of shifting load from one feeder to another illegally.According to details, Razabad SDO ...

FAISALABAD - Faisalabad Electric Supply Company (Fesco) Chief Executive Officer Dr Rana Abdul Jabbar Khan has suspended two Sub-Divisional Officers (SDOs) and two Line Superintendents (LSs) on the charges of shifting load from one feeder to another illegally. According to details, Razabad SDO ...

 RAWALPINDI  – Department of Civil Defence Rawalpindi, conducted operations against illegal petrol agencies in different parts of the city, sealed 11 shops, besides issuing last notices to 120 agencies.On the directives of DCO Rawalpindi Saqib Zafar, District Officer Civil Defence ...

RAWALPINDI  - Illegal parking places outside Jinnah Park and district courts despite “no parking” signboards are causing traffic mess on the busy roads.The motorists expressing their concerns deplored city traffic police for not taking any action against the unlawful practice that ...

RIYADH  - Saudi Arabia, the Arab world’s biggest economy, is cracking down on illegal workers as part of a push to create more jobs for its citizens and stave off unrest.Inspectors have fanned out across the country, raiding places where they suspect illegal workers are employed, Labour ...

  PESHAWAR - Owing to brutal use of electric current, poisonous drugs and dynamite for fishing, the hunters are destroying precious sea species in the rivers of Swat and Kabul in the jurisdiction of Charsadda.While the authorities concerned, totally oblivious to the situation, are yet to take ...

NOORPUR THAL – There is no check on the illegal business of LPG in the city as illegal Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) decanting is going unchecked and a large number of gas shops are not following safety measures. Several LPG decanting outlets are operating in the town with the connivance of ...

KARACHI - Despite the tall claims of the Director General of Sindh Building Control Authority (SBCA), massive illegal constructions are being carried out in the City, causing loss of millions of rupees to the provincial exchequer, The Nation learnt.According to a survey conducted in Liaqutabad Town ...

What a shame that the institution of Federal Investigating Agency (FIA) has been literally flooded with 64 officials from Grade 17 to 20 on deputation without merit. An investigative report has been aired by Waqt News channel and reports carried by this paper that Director General of the FIA ...

KARACHI – The Managing Director of Karachi Water & Sewerage Board Misbahuddin Farid has expressed distress over the attempts of illegal possession on KW&SB land allocated for K-4, S-III project and other important projects. In a letter to SSP East Malir Rao Anwar, he stated that ...

RAWALPINDI  - Illegal vehicles weekly bazaar is continuing on Benazir Bhutto Road from Chandni chowk to 6th Road flyover due to negligence of district administration.Ban is in place on setting up this weekly bazaar known as Jumma bazaar in official papers but it is held on every Friday with ...

SARGODHA - The District Administration imposed a ban on the sale of POL products at illegal shops and petrol agencies across the district. According to the official sources, the illegal sale of petrol and petroleum products, in violation of Petroleum Act 1934 and Petroleum Rules 1937, has become a ...

RAWALPINDI  – Decanting LPG “shifting from one cylinder to another “ is illegal but with the shortage of gas and CNG, it is a practice that is going on here unabated.Due to unavailability of gas and low gas pressure, LPG cylinders are in high demand, both domestically and ...

ISLAMABAD  - Mushrooming cattle pens in Gulzar Qaid have become a source of perpetual nuisance for the residents. Every where illegal cattle pens are operating in the area and urination by the buffaloes and cows and waste have turned the area into breeding ground of mosquitoes, said Ajmal Khan ...