The seniority factor was used by many in the PTI to get party tickets for the elections. One of the reasons for the setback suffered by the PTI may be the selection of candidates on the basis of seniority instead of merit. In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, seniority is now being used to get portfolios in the ...

ISLAMABAD - Despite its denial, the caretaker government seems all set to make best of its remaining days in power but only by blatantly flouting the merit and promoting the favourites only to serve the pockets of the outgoing bigwigs led by Caretaker Prime Minister Mir Hazar Khan Khoso.As the ...

ISLAMABADThe most interesting thing in the central contracts, which the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has announced for 30 players in four different categories, is the omissions of names of seasoned all-rounder Sohail Tanveer, talented Hammad Azam and Raza Hassan, who were not even considered for C ...

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, ...

TOBA TEK SINGH - PML-N District President and District Health Department Advisor Ch Amjad Ali Javed has written a letter to the Punjab Health Secretary about the violation of merit that caused the department a loss of Rs2 million.In his letter he accused the health department officials of causing ...

Parliamentary Secretary to Punjab Chief Minister Dr Saeed Elahi has said seniority, merit and transparency are the motto of the Health Department under the sitting provincial government. Talking to party leaders and workers on Friday, he said the Punjab government, under the visionary leadership of ...

LAHORE – Senator Pervaiz Rashid has claimed that transparency and merit have been ensured in the purchase and distribution of laptops, in accordance with the policy of Punjab government. Addressing a press conference regarding distribution of laptops here Sunday, he said that laptops were ...

Indeed, fairness, transparency and merit are considered vital values for the overall growth  and development of any society but unfortunately with every passing day these values are on the wane. The individuals and institutions are just passing the buck and doing nothing practical for the ...

Farhat Abbas - SARGODHA - Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has stated that the Punjab government has been striving hard to promote merit culture particularly in Punjab and generally across the country.While addressing the participants of laptop distribution ceremony here at the University of ...

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court has disposed of out-of-turn promotion in Punjab and Balochistan police case with a direction that promotion should be ensured on merit in future.A three-member bench of the apex court, headed by Justice Main Shakirullah Jan, heard different applications of ...

ISLAMABAD (APP) Appointment of President National Bank of Pakistan, Qamar Hussain has been made purely on merit and all rules and regulations have been followed during his appointment. Hussain is one of the leading bankers of the country, said Vice President Public Relations Syed Ibne Hassan ...

WELLINGTON (Agencies) - Former New Zealand cricket captain Stephen Fleming has received the insignia of an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit from Governor-General Anand Satyanand, and said that Government House is right up there, as far as ceremony and protocol with Lords is concerned. ...

ISLAMABAD - In an appalling eye-opener to Senate Special Committee, Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL) Managing Director (MD) Naeem Malik informed on Tuesday that only 1.76 per cent appointments, out of total 7.5 per cent quota, were made on merit during last three years - 2007 to ...

LAHORE The University of Health Sciences (UHS) has changed its merit policy at the eleventh hour for entrance test for admission to MBBS and BDS only to accommodate students from a specific class of the society while leaving in lurch a good number of others who belong to middle class and have ...

ISLAMABAD President Pakistan Swimming Federation (PSF) Kamran Ahmed Lashari vowed to take up the issue of Anum Bandey at high level as Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) ousted her from Dhaka-bound swimming squad at the eleventh hour without any concrete ground. He was addressing a press conference at a ...

KARACHI The Gwadar Port Authority (GPA) Board Committee has openly flouted the merit while demonstrating nepotism in selection of candidates in grade-19 and grade-20, TheNation learnt here on Thursday. The persons inducted under the pressure of influential individuals on important position were ...

Chief justice Lahore High Court (LHC) Justice Khwaja has urged upon all judges to pronounce verdicts on merit, ruling out sources of all genres and following the example of Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry like he said no to a dictator. Addressing a training course sitting ...

LAHORE - The merit for admission to intermediate disciplines in colleges and varsities of the City has increased tremendously as compared to the last year. As a result even the position-holders or toppers in respective colleges may not get admission to reputed educational institutes like the ...

LAHORE-A Division Bench of the Lahore High Court on Monday allowed dance performances in stage dramas with the observation that the Punjab govt would be free to take steps to stop vulgar and provocative dance performances. The Bench comprising Mr Justice Sh. Azmat Saeed and Mr Justice Sayed Asghar ...

KARACHI - Despite the availability of nearly 700 teaching faculty members and 300 non-teaching staff, nearly all top positions in the administration of the Karachi University (KU) are occupied by retired officers and teachers. The list of retired officials include the names of Pro-Vice ...

LAHORE - Justice (r) Farrukh Aftab, chairman of the Appellate Tribunal that heard Shoaib Akhtar's case, has said decision on Shoaib was made on merit and if the bowler thinks he has been unfairly treated, he can resort to courts.   "If he gets further relief there it would please ...