MULTANWAPDA Paigham Union President Siraj Uddin Saqib and central leader Kh Zahoor Ahmad Butt have said that the union will get charter of demand accepted from the WAPDA administration after winning the referendum on May 29.Addressing a workers convention here on Thursday, they stressed upon the ...

In Moscow, they are "non-Soviet Russians." In New Delhi, they are a "political Goliath" that may soon awake. In Beijing and São Paolo, they are lawyers and other professionals who complain about glacial government bureaucracies and endemic graft.Prosperity is spreading in many emerging ...

GujranwalaPunjab Labour Secretary Yousaf during his visit to the Gujranwala Chamber of Commerce and Industry said the industry was critically faced with energy crisis and sorry state of affairs in the country. Addressing a meeting at GCCI office, he hoped that the new regime would bring a new ...

PESHAWAR The PTI-led government will ensure peace, justice, education and health facilities to the people of the province, said Pervez Khattak, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chief minister-designate.Addressing a joint press conference with JI Vice Ameer Sirajul Haq and QWP Chairman Aftab Ahmad Khan ...

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Chief Nawaz Sharif has said the day of May 11 will be the first step towards progress and prosperity of Pakistan.Addressing a public gathering at Yazman in Bahawalpur on Thursday‚ he said his party will change the destiny of people if it is voted into ...

LAHORE – Chief Minister Najam Sethi has said education is the key to development and prosperity.Chairing a meeting on education projects at the Chief Minister’s Secretariat Saturday, he said education can also be effective to curb extremism. He directed that steps should be taken for ...

President Asif Ali Zardari has called upon D-8 countries to work for development solutions for their one billion people with focus on encouraging the free flow of goods‚ free flow of peoples and free flow of finances.Addressing the opening of the 8th summit of the D-8 countries in Islamabad ...

LONDON  - Standard of living in Pakistan has further deteriorated as the country stands at number 132 among 142 nations of the world.According to Legatum Institute London think-tank in 2012 Pakistan stands at number 132 among 142 countries of the world. In the prosperity index, Pakistan has ...

SARGODHA – A conference titled “Urdu Zuban-o-Adab aur Sahafat” was held at the University of Sargodha. The moot was attended by renowned columnists, writers and journalists.The conference was presided over by Dr Muhammad Akram Chaudhry, the vice chancellor. He said, “Urdu is ...

ISLAMABAD  – Focus on regionalism and economic interdependence is the only way to ensure sustained peace and prosperity in this volatile region, a business leader said Tuesday. Different constraints including cost and culture has left globalisation incompatible for many countries while ...

RAWALPINDI - MQM Deputy Convener and Parliamentary Leader, Dr Farooq Sattar, has said that government should bring peace in Karachi first if it wants to make the country economically strong.“Karachi is the business hub of Pakistan and riots and bloodshed in the city has been weakening the ...

BAHAWALPUR - The women of our society need due rights to prove their abilities and all of us have to review our approach in this regard to provide females better opportunities for making progress as they are not less talented than other foreign women.These views were expressed by the speakers at a ...

KARACHI - The women are true leaders who are fighting to create a better Pakistan for their mothers, daughters and sisters. And through this struggle, they are ultimately creating a better society for all.Acting US Consul General Kevin Murakami, who is also a Public Affairs Officer with the CG in ...

NANKANA SAHIB - The visionless and corrupt rulers don’t have any agenda to resolve the burning problems haunting the masses. Both Nawaz Sharif and Zardari are supporting each other not to end corruption, unemployment price hike and are united to pass different constitutional amendments which ...

ISLAMABAD  – The materialization of two mega energy projects of Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) and Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) gas pipelines could lead to regional integration, bring prosperity and change the destiny of the region and the world as well.“Flow of energy ...

CHINIOT – A higher literacy rate warrants prosperity in the Punjab, said speakers of a seminar, calling for efforts to increase quality of and access to non-formal education in Chiniot district. Organised jointly by the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and Punjab Literacy and ...

ISLAMABAD : The Pakistan Economy Watch (PEW) on Sunday lauded the government for hosting trilateral summit that will help bring three neighbours closer.The move will help Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran resolve many regional issues without interference of the west, it said. All the countries are ...

VEHARI - If we want to define Islam in a single word definition, it could be explained as a universal peace. The essence of Islamic teachings is peace and prosperity for all human beings.These lines were stated by Sahibzada Sultan Ahmad Ali while addressing “Haq Baho Conference” ...

LAHORE (Reuters) - Over tea in Lahore with the spokesman of Jamaat-ud-Daawa, one subject dominates the conversation. Its not jihad, not Kashmir, but the economy. The first condition to bring peace in Pakistan is prosperity, said Muhammad Yahya Mujahid, spokesman for the JuD. Already people are ...

LAHORE - Commander Lahore Corps, Lieutenant General Rashad Mahmood has said that education plays a vital role in the progress and prosperity of country and academic institutions provide basis for nurturing an enlightened and progressive socio-cultural order. He was addressing a High Achiever Award ...

ISLAMABAD (APP) - Cotton production in the country hs increased due to good prices given to the growers and the same must continue for a viable textile industry in the country. This was sated by the Minister for Food and Agriculture Nazar Muhammad Gondal, while talking to a delegation of Hosiery ...

ISLAMABAD (APP) - Turkish President Abdullah Gul Thursday lauded the under-construction mixed-use project of The Centaurus and described it as a milestone towards economic prosperity of brother Islamic country. He expressed these views in a meeting with Sardar Tanvir Ilyas Khan, President Pak-Gulf ...

ISLAMABAD (APP) - Deputy Governor of the State Bank of Pakistan Muhammmad Kamran Shehzad has stressed the need for close co-operation among all the stakeholders for economic development of the country. According to an State Bank of Pakistan press release, while speaking at the Gujrat Chamber of ...