ISLAMABAD - Contrary to the direction of the prime minister to immediately release Rs 15 billion to the power sector, the Finance Ministry on Tuesday released only Rs 5 billion to the Ministry of Water and Power for provision of fuel to the thermal power plants to reduce the long-hour electricity ...

The federal ministry of finance on Tuesday released Rs15 billion to the ministry of water and power with an aim to ease severe crisis of power outages in the country.The amount has been released on instructions of the caretaker Prime Minister Mir Hazar Khan Khoso.Sources said that the amount will ...

ISLAMABAD - The caretaker federal government seems in a haste regarding removal and appointment of a number of key government functionaries even after the general elections, and has sacked two members of the Ministry of Information Technology (IT) without following the due process, TheNation has ...

ISLAMABAD - The secondary school teachers (SSTs) of model colleges have targeted the recent action of Federal Directorate of Education (FDE) and Ministry of Capital Administration and Development (CAD) about time scale promotion, based on discrimination, saying the people should be promoted on ...

lahore Ministry of Science and Technology on Tuesday withdrew a petition from the Supreme Court against a renowned scientist Riaz-ud-Din, who had cloned locally, a cheapest interferon for the poor hepatitis patients.Ikhlaq Ahmad Tarrar, Secretary of the Ministry, appeared before a two member bench ...

islamabad -  ahmad ahmadani - In a bid to provide one-day relief to the consumers of CNG on upcoming elections day (Saturday), the caretaker government has now given directions to the petroleum ministry to ensure uninterrupted supply of natural gas to the Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) filling ...

TRIPOLI  - Gunmen demanding the expulsion of officials from the ousted Moamer Kadhafi regime surrounded the justice ministry on Tuesday, stepping up an action started at the foreign ministry, an official said."Several armed men in vehicles equipped with anti-aircraft guns surrounded the ...

ISLAMABAD : Demanding probe ostensibly over the ‘unfair’ use of natural gas, IWCCI on Sunday expressed extreme disappointment over the working of Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources. President IWCCI Farida Rashid has demanded probe against the unfair use of scarce natural gas ...

  TRIPOLI: Gunmen surroundedLibya’s foreign ministry on Sunday demanding it be “cleansed of agents” and ambassadors of ousted dictator Moamer Kadhafi, an official said. The group prevented staff from entering the building inTripoli, said the ministry official who spoke to AFP ...

islamabad -  ahmad ahmadani - Despite approval of the federal cabinet to decrease the tariff of agri tube wells, ministry of finance has so far declined to reduce price by Rs2 per unit owing to financial woes of the country.Earlier, the federal cabinet on March 7 had given approval to reduce ...

islamabad - Islamabad High Court (IHC) Friday went furious upon having learnt that ministry of interior did not move an inch against IGP Islamabad in Musharraf escape case.The court also reprimanded ministry of interior for not submitting the report related to action against IGP Bani Amin. The IHC ...

islamabad - ahmad ahmadani - To benefit influential industrialists by ensuring additional tariff for New Captive Power Plants (NCPPs) at the cost of power consumers, water & power ministry has now sought from the Nepra to suspend its earlier decision, as it was unlawful while the regulator has ...

ISLAMABAD  - At a time when major political parties in the country are facing terrorist threats during election campaign, Federal Interior Ministry has still no strategy or plan in hand to provide foolproof security to the political leadership, election candidates and the public at large ...

ISLAMABAD - With unrelenting efforts of Prime Minister Mir Hazar Khan Khoso prospects of release of funds to tackle power crisis has brighten as high ups of the Finance Ministry Tuesday pledged to release first installment of Rs.10 billion soon.The premier on April 10 announced Rs.20 billion to ...

KHARTOUM (AFP) - Sudan’s oil ministry said Sunday that the first crude from South Sudan reached its territory, bringing both impoverished nations closer to billions of dollars in revenue after a dispute over fees.“The first batch of oil already arrived on Sudanese land yesterday,” ...

ISLAMABAD - AHMAD AHMADANI - Defying the Election Commission of Pakistan’s order to remove managing directors (MDs) of both state-owned gas utilities SNGPL & SSGCL, Petroleum & Natural Resources Ministry has declined to remove them from top slots, sources said on Saturday.Earlier, the ...

ISLAMABAD - Defying Prime Minister’s direction to release Rs 20 billion to reduce power outages in the country, finance ministry on Wednesday failed to release fund for the power generation resulting in up to 18 hours loadshedding, it has learnt.0 has directed the ministry of Water and Power ...

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court on Wednesday hearing petitions of two senior anchors regarding the accountability of media, was surprised to know that gifts worth millions of rupees had been distributed among journalists by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting from its secret fund in ...

The Lahore High Court on Monday issued notice to the Ministry of Religious Affairs for April 11, on a petition challenging the increase in Hajj expenses for Hajj 2013.LHC Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial heard a petition regarding the increase in Hajj expenses.The petitioner informed the court that ...

ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Mir Hazar Khan Khoso on Thursday directed Ministry of Water & Power to increase its operational effectiveness through better supervision and management of the available resources so that effectiveness of power sector can be increased. PM said this while chairing a ...

ISLAMABAD – After the 18th Amendment the Law Ministry needs to render assistance to the provincial ministries to fast track law making and other administrative steps that will serve as the basis for good governance of the elected government.Law Minister Ahmer Bilal Soofi said that in meetings ...

ISLAMABAD - The Ministry of Interior has stopped the processing of pending directives and approvals of the parliamentarians and general public regarding issuance of computerized prohibited and non-prohibited arms licenses with effect from March 31.According to an official handout issued by the ...

islamabad    The Ministry of Interior has cancelled all tinted glass permissions and arms carrying permits issued by it. A notification issued here on Tuesday said the decision would come into effect from 31st March, 2013. It further said that a new policy is under formulation and ...

ISLAMABAD – The Ministry of Science and Technology organised the National Quality Policy (NQP) Discussion Workshop to finalise working draft of the NQP, here on Tuesday. The event was held in collaboration with the European Union-funded Trade Related Technical Assistance (TRTA II) programme, ...

ISLAMABAD - AHMAD AHMADANI - Ministry of water and power has now declined to approve a ‘controversial’ policy pertaining New Captive Power Plants (NCPPs) which it approved earlier, while power distribution companies (Discos) inked 20 years long agreements with these power plants. After ...

ISLAMABAD - As the gas crisis worsen, Petroleum Ministry has approached Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) requesting to grant discretionary power to gas utilities to manage gas load on its own till gas production is enhanced either through local discoveries or import projects.Earlier, Cabinet ...

ISLAMABAD - Despite the ECC body on Tuesday reached consensus that acceptance of two controversial bids would be violation of PPRA rules, petroleum ministry was going to press Cabinet’s Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) to clear these bids to go ahead on $25 billion LNG import ...

ISLAMABAD  - Ministry of Textile Industry has so for trained about 400 cotton growers and field workers across the cotton growing areas of Punjab and Sindh provinces for clean cotton picking and maintaining cotton fiber quality parameters.The MinTex has so far organized seven training ...

ISLAMABAD - The Federal Interior Ministry has rejected the claim of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) that it has not been planning any attack on the long march, announced by Tehreek-e-Minhaj-ul-Quran Chief, Tahir-ul-Qadri.TTP spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan, the other day, denied a statement of Interior ...

ISLAMABAD - Ministry of Finance has begun work for the Federal Budget for  2013-14 and invited proposals and estimates from all the ministries, divisions and corporations.Official sources in the Finance Ministry said that concerned sections in the Finance Ministry, Planning Commission and ...