quettaPML-N Balochistan President Sardar Sanaullah Zehri has said that if his party forms the government in the province, establishing peace would be his one-point agenda.Addressing a press conference in Quetta on Wednesday, Sardar Sanaullah Zehri said that it was the desire of all parties to form ...

The International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) remains NATO’s top mission in Afghanistan, the alliance secretary general said, while welcoming new Supreme Allied Commander General Philip Mark Breedlove.“On your watch, Afghan forces will be taking full responsibility for the security ...

PAKPATTAN DCO Rashid Kamalur Rehman said that fair and transparent election is the administration's top priority and positive response from the contesting candidates would help bring about the desired results.He stated this during a meeting with the district administration officials. The DCO stated ...

Nawaz Sharif, while addressing an election rally in Multan on May 3, promised, inter alia, that if his party was voted to power in the coming elections and he became the prime minister, he would run a bullet train from Peshawar to Karachi which would pass through Multan.He elaborated the new train ...

Care taker Interior Minister Malik Habib has said that holding free and transparent elections in the country is our top most priority.He expressed these views while talking to a EU observer delegation led by Michael Gahler here on Friday at the Interior Ministry.The Interior Minister assuring the ...

LAHORE  - PML-Q senior central leader Ch Pervaiz Elahi has said that his party will always continue serving the people, irrespective of whether we are in the govt or in Opposition. He said people should take a decision on looking at our works.Addressing a big election meeting in NA-104, Union ...

islamabad -  imran kundi - Conveying important guidelines to the Ministry of Finance in preparation of the budget for next financial year, Prime Minister Mir Hazar Khan Khoso Thursday directed that the welfare of the masses should be given priority and the general public should not be ...

Information Minister Arif Nizami says holding of free and fair elections is the top priority of the caretaker government.Speaking in a ceremony in Lahore on Saturday‚ he said some elements are against democracy and elections but the basic aim behind creation of Pakistan was to promote ...

KARACHI - Acting Consul General of People’s Republic of China called on Sindh Caretaker Chief Minister Justice (r) Zahid Qurban Alvi at the CM House on Monday.They exchanged their views about forthcoming general elections and other matter of mutual interest. The CM informed the Chinese Consul ...

GUJRANWALA/HAFIZABAD - Regional Police Officer (RPO) Mailk Khuda Bakhsh Awan said that transparent conduct of elections in the region will be the priority of the police. He stated this while talking to media here the other day.The RPO said that code of conduct devised by the Election Commission ...

LAHORE – Pakistan former Test cricket Younas Ahmad said batting coach must be Pakistan Cricket Board’s (PCB) top priority if they wanted to get desired and satisfactory results in the upcoming events. Talking with The Nation here on Wednesday, Younas said: “The main reason ...

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) launched its Tabdeeli Razakar (volunteers for a change) programme on Saturday.PTI Chairman Imran Khan launched the programme and reiterated his resolve that the first priority of his party was the recovery of the plundered national wealth and holding the ...

Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf has said that domestic consumers should be given priority in the distribution of gas in the wake of harsh weather conditions across the country.The Prime Minister expressed these views while talking to Dr. Asim Hussein, Advisor on Petroleum, who called on him here ...

Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani on Tuesday said Pakistan attaches high priority to promoting regional peace, security, prosperity and stability. The Prime Minister expressed these views in a meeting with outgoing Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir, who paid a farewell call on him at the ...

LAHORE - While the PPP and PML-Q are struggling hard to prevent the use of ‘second priority vote’ by their lawmakers in today’s Senate elections in Punjab, this vote is going to play a decisive role in the victory of two candidates. While the success of six of the total eight ...

ISLAMABAD - Special Assistant to the Prime Minister and Focal Person for Polio Eradication, Begum Shahnaz Wazir Ali, while chairing a high-level meeting held in the Chief Commissioner office, reviewed the progress of polio immunisation coverage achieved in the recently concluded anti-polio drive in ...

MULTAN - Additional Secretary Livestock and Dairy Development Khalid Awais Ranjha disclosed on Saturday that the Punjab government was going to launch a four-year long joint venture with the Department for International Development (DFID) at a cost of 25 million Euros to impart training to the ...

Punjab Text Book Board Chairman Sheikh Izhar Ahmed has said that timely provision of text books is the first priority of the board.  While addressing to the board employees on Golden Jubilee celebration of PTB, Sheikh Izhar said when he took charge as the chairman of the board last year, in ...

BURHBAN – The Bank of Khyber (BOK) is giving top priority to its highly human resource to face the challenges of present cut through competition in the field of economy and finance. Said Mir Javaid Hashmat, Executive Director, Bank of Khyber while speaking as chief guest at the concluding ...

ISLAMABAD - Newly appointed Chairman National Accountability Bureau, former naval chief Fasih Bokhari, on Monday spent his first day in his office. He was given initial briefing on the overall system of the Bureau, status of cases, working of the regional offices and the NAB courts and also given ...

President Asif Ali Zardari has said that government has accorded high priority to agriculture to ensure food security and creating new job and income opportunities for rural population. In his message on the occasion of World Food Day (Oct.16), he said, the government took various steps including ...

HAFIZABAD - DCO Muhammad Asif said that district administration would provide maximum relief to the fasting Muslims during the holy month of Ramzan by providing them all essential commodities at cheaper rates. He said that Juma bazaars would be installed at different places to provid essential ...

Miranda Kerr, who is expecting her first child with husband Orlando Bloom, has revealed that she will not rush back to work after giving birth, insisting her career is no longer her biggest priority. For me, family is life. The decision to start one wasnt complex at all, the Sydney Morning Herald ...

LAHORE (APP) - Senior Advisor to Chief Minister Punjab Zulfiqar Ali Khosa has said that the provincial government will provide every possible facility to farmers and safeguard their interests. He expressed these views while presiding over a meeting of committee on wheat release policy held at ...

Senior Advisor to Chief Minister Punjab Sardar Zulfiqar Ali Khan Khosa has said that the growers problems will be solved on priority basis so that maximum targets of wheat as well as other agri-products could be acquired as the agriculture is the backbone of our national economy. According to ...

HANOI (AFP) - Economic ties between the United States and Southeast Asia are a high priority, an embassy spokesman said Saturday despite the absence of US officials from a key regional trade meeting. Ministers from China, Japan, India and other leading trade partners of the 10-member Association of ...

LAHORE (PPI) - Pakistan Industrial and Traders Associations Front (PIAF) has urged the Prime Minister to give top priority to cut in sugar and electricity prices in upcoming Ramazan Package. In a statement issued here, the PIAF Chairman Irfan Qaiser Sheikh, Vice Chairmen Khawaja Shahzeb Akram and ...

Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani has said that the government is according high priority to the social sector schemes, particularly in the areas of population, health and education as envisioned by our great leader Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto.In a message on the occasion of World ...

ISLAMABAD (APP) - Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani on Friday said that the government attaches high priority to improving the state of economy through sustainable economic growth and to bring about positive change in the life of the common man. He was talking to a two-member IMF delegation, ...

PPP Secretary Information Fauzia Wahab has said that by singing the women empowerment and protection bill into law, President Zardari has proved that women empowerment is one of the top most priorities of the PPP government.Talking to a private news channel, she said that women who are harassed at ...