BAKU: Azerbaijan’s state broadcaster head has questioned the vote tally in Eurovision Song Contest where it embarrassingly gave “nul points” to the entry from neighbouring Russia, claiming votes for Russia were not taken into account. “It is of serious concern that at the ...

UNITED NATIONS Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Monday renewed his appeal for unfettered access to Syria for the United Nations team probing the alleged use of chemical weapons during the conflict, as he met in New York with the head of the investigation. “A credible and comprehensive ...

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 ...

  ISLAMABAD (Agencies)- The Ministry of Water and Power Monday announced that power was restored across Pakistan including Karachi, Quetta and Lahore, following the countrywide breakdown on Sunday night.Officials said the power transmission was restored in Sindh and Karachi adding that the ...

ISLAMABAD - As employees of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) continued their strike for the third consecutive day to protest the mysterious death of their colleague, Kamran Faisal, the local administration in its initial inquiry report has decaled the death a suicide case.A senior official ...

ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf has reiterated the resolve of the government that it would not rest until polio is eradicated from the country. He ordered inquiry into killing of anti-polio volunteers in Karachi and Peshawar.While chairing a meeting of Polio Task Force at the PM's ...

An inquiry into the theft of some $900 million which led to the near-collapse of Afghanistan's largest bank has found there was high-level political interference over who should face prosecution."Information received during the inquiry indicates that the final decision about who to indict was made ...

RAWALPINDI  - The inquiry report of the abduction of infant from Benazir Bhutto Hospital (BBH) has revealed that the incident took place due to poor security arrangements at the health delivery facility.It should be mentioned here that a month back, a woman posing herself as a BB Hospital ...

LAHORE – The inquiry against Girls Elementary School Tredewala Acting Headmistress Khalida Parveen could not be started despite the passage of many days of the adjournment motion presented by a woman MPA in the Punjab Assembly.Taking notice of the motion, the Punjab Education Department had ...

LAHORE – Child Rights Movement (CRM) Punjab, a network of 28 Organization working on the child rights issues showed its concern over the child abuse incident happened in the Child Protection & Welfare Bureau, Faisalabad. In a statement issued by the CRM, it was demanded that independent ...

LAHORE – An inquiry has been initiated against two unidentified people, on charges of issuing life threats to a general manager of a private business concern on Thursday. The victim Sohail Iftikhar Butt along with his family was on his way while riding a car when two people started chasing ...

KARACHI - The inquiry tribunal formed by the Sindh government to ascertain the cause of fire in garment factory, which killed over 289 people, has completed its proceedings of recording statements of witnesses and would submit report tomorrow (Friday).Headed by Justice (r) Zahid Qurban Alvi, the ...

ISLAMABAD - National Accountability Bureau authorised an inquiry against the officials of Ministry of Interior for alleged misuse of authority in award of multi-million dollars contract for establishing a command and network center at Islamabad.The decision to this effect was taken in the Executive ...

 SARGODHA - The project of sewerage and drainage has become a nuisance for the residents of Kotmomin due to use of substandard material, poor planning, maladministration and corruption, it has found in an official inquiry. The project has totally failed served the purpose. Development ...

LAHORE – Chief Traffic Officer Dr Usman has initiated a departmental inquiry against three traffic wardens, who showed criminal negligence when a senior journalist informed them about two impersonator policemen near Iranian Cultural Complex on Sunday.The City Traffic Police spokesman said the ...

LAHORE – Punjab Police Inspector General has directed SSP (Investigations) Lahore to conduct a departmental inquiry about the pistol used in murder of Arif Ameer alias Tipu Trakanwala which is missing from the Mall Khana of Lahore Police. Earlier, Balaaj Arif Ameer Tipu, son of Tipu ...

ISLAMABAD - Without considering relevant experience, company’s law and its policy in recent major reshuffles at OGDCL, blue-eyed appointments have been made ostensibly to ensure the purchase of two new rigs through a favourite firm, which had failed to fulfil any commitment with the company. ...

LAHORE Legal fraternity of the country is divided over the inquiry into Memogate scandal after the resignation of Husain Haqani, Pakistani ambassador to US and allegedly involved in writing a letter to former US military chief Mike Mullen on behalf of President Asif Ali Zardari. A US-based ...

ISLAMABAD - Inquiry Commission on Abbottabad action on Wednesday once again conducted detailed interview of wife of al Qaeda leader Abu Ahmed Al-Kuwaiti. A meeting of the Inquiry Commission on Abbottabad action was held in the Cabinet Division on Wednesday under the Chairmanship of Justice (Retd) ...

KARACHI (Agencies) - Danish Kanerias long battle to gain clearance from the PCB will continue, as he has now been asked by the Sindh High Court to produce a transcript of the Essex police inquiry that cleared him of criminal charges in a spot-fixing case last year. Kaneria had filed a petition in ...

ISLAMABAD (APP) - The Engineering Development Board (EDB) has initiated an inquiry to check the production data of locally produced bikes and rickshaws as it believes that assemblers are not providing correct data. The EDB has asked the excise and taxation departments of four provinces to provide ...

QUETTA - The residents of Killi Khezai, where five Chechens, three of them women were killed by firing of police and Frontier Corps, have demanded for an impartial inquiry into the incident. They said that the Chechens were unarmed, accusing police and FC personnel of killing them, adding, that the ...

ISLAMABAD The Sustainable Development Policy Institute Thursday demanded of a tripartite inquiry commission involving higher judiciary, parliamentarians representing all parties and military officials to fix responsibility of security failure that facilitated US military operation in ...

ISLAMABAD (APP) - President Asif Ali Zardari on Saturday strongly condemned the murder of advocate Ali Muhammad Dahri, leader of Pakistan Muslim League Functional and ordered inquiry into the incident. The President in a message expressed deep sorrow over the killing of Advocate Dahri.

LAHORE DG FIA, Malik Iqbal issued a letter to Additional Director FIA Zafar Qureshi to stop inquiry against former DG Waseem Ahmad and Director FIA Punjab, Inam Ghani which has been started by latter on their alleged involvement in hindering NICLs investigation and favouring Moonis Elahi. But ...

ISLAMABAD - An important inquiry, regarding accumulation of assets beyond known sources of income, has also been lying pending with the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) against Khalid Pervez, GM Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) Peshawar, whose arrest warrants were issued the other day ...

LAHORE - Some senior police officers of Civil Lines Police Division might be proceeded in connection with the violent clash between students and police in the high security zone, Punjab Assembly on couple of days back, sources said on Thursday. According to them, the Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz ...

LAHORE - The inquiry tribunal headed by District and Sessions Judge (D&SJ), Bahawalpur, has reported to the Lahore High Court that 'some hidden hand acted to ignite clash between students and the principal Quaid-e-Azam Medical College last month which subsequently led to police torture on female ...

LAHORE - The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Wednesday sought a detailed investigative report till August 30 from federal government and Punjab government about 747 kg imported cats juice named Whisks brought secretly in the country for human consumption. In a reply during proceedings on Wednesday, ...

LAHORE The Punjab government has appointed Sheikh Muhammad Yousaf, District & Sessions Judge / Presiding Officer Punjab Labour Court-IV, Faisalabad as one man Tribunal of Inquiry to conduct the inquiry of the death of two Christians namely Rashid Emanuel and Sajid Emanuel at court of Senior Civil ...