ISLAMABAD - Federal Minister for National Regulations & Services Shahzada Jamal Nazir has expressed concerns over the sudden removal of Secretary Imtiaz Inayat Elahi and the appointment of Farooq Awan as Secretary of the Ministry.Addressing a press conference here on Friday, the minister said ...

ISLAMABAD  - Demanding the removal of KPK and Balochistan governors, Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan (JUI-F) spokesman Jan Achakzai, on Wednesday said that pre-poll rigging was being made in FATA and Balochistan."Both the Governors should be replaced as soon as possible to ensure security so that ...

KARACHI -  Jamaat-e-Islami Karachi chief Muhammad Hussain Mahenti on Sunday called on the caretaker government and the election commission to deploy army personnel at every polling station, voicing concerns over serious threats to workers over running party’s election offices by ...

ISLAMABAD :  S M Munir:  President Indo-Pak Chamber of Commerce and Industry, has stressed that Pakistan and India should take urgent measures to remove all non-tariff barriers, as NTBs were impeding the businessmen of both countries from promoting bilateral trade up to the potential.He ...

ISLAMABAD - Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday declared appointment of Managing Director (MD) Pakistan Television Yousaf Baig Mirza as illegal.IHC Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui also directed the government to adopt competitive process to appoint new MD PTV within 30 days.The court announced the ...

RAWALPINDI  - Illegal parking places outside Jinnah Park and district courts despite “no parking” signboards are causing traffic mess on the busy roads.The motorists expressing their concerns deplored city traffic police for not taking any action against the unlawful practice that ...

KARACHI - In a drive against the outlaws, the law enforcers are removing the barricades fixed by the residents across the City to minimise criminal activities.According to details, the law-enforcement agencies have started targeted operations across the city following the directives of the Supreme ...

LAHORE-Secretary General PPP and former Governor of Punjab, Latif Khosa demanded the Election Commission of Pakistan remove what he called “the black column” from the ballot paper as it would amount to facilitating, by default, the realizing of the sordid agenda of anti-democratic ...

Opposition leader in the National Assembly Chaudhary Nisar Ali Khan has demanded to change governor of all the four provinces prior to the forthcoming general elections.Talking to media at Raiwind on Thursday, he said that all the four governors are not trustworthy as they have been appointed on ...

KARACHI – Sindh Chief Secretary Raja Muhammad Abbas has asked the Police Traffic Branch to ensure removal of congestion in various areas specifically in Saddar Town’s roads ie, Mir Karam Ali Talpur Road, Dawoodpota Road, Preedy Street, Regal Chowk and Urdu Bazar area near Government ...

KARACHI - The new commissioner of Karachi, Hashim Raza Zaidi after assuming the charge, directed the officials concerned to remove the encroachments surroundings of Abdullah Shah Ghazi’s shrine in Clifton.During his visit to the shrine, he took notice of the narcotics peddlers and ordered the ...

RAWALPINDI - Illegal wagon terminal set up by wagon drivers at GPO Chowk is posing threats of road accidents. Despite existence of a legal Suzuki terminal in Saddar, some influential owners of the wagons have established terminal close to the traffic signal. They start loading wagons with commuters ...

ISLAMABAD - The Election Commission of Pakistan on Wednesday reviewed the progress on the removal of anomalies from the new voters lists and directed the Provincial Election Commissions to conduct surveys to determine the exact number of complaints on regular basis.In a high-level meeting chaired ...

KARACHI - Fawad Ijaz Khan, patron-in-chief, and Ch Ahmed Zulfiqar Hayat, Chairman Pakistan Leather Garments Manufacturers & Exporters Association (PLGMEA), have strongly criticised the decision of the government to remove Tariq Iqbal Puri, the chief executive of Trade Development Authority of ...

KARACHI - Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah on Saturday ordered the Sindh police chief and other law-enforcement agencies to immediately remove the graffiti and posters of so-called Mohajir province in various areas of Karachi.Chairing a meeting at the CM’s House, Qaim expressed anger over recent ...

PESHAWAR - Contract Lady Health Workers (LHWs) of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have demanded of the government to take immediate notice of the illegal removal of an office superintendent, and warned to go on strike and hold a long march towards Islamabad if their demand wasn’t fulfilled within a ...

DASKA - The inordinate delay in removal of all pylons from Daska city’s three main roads by the Gepco and PTCL is causing severe hindrances in the smooth flow of traffic, it has been learnt.Reportedly, the construction of road leading from Civil Rest House Chowk Daska to Lorry Adda Daska and ...

KARACHI  - Leading market players have welcomed the decision to remove withholding tax (WHT) on broker’s commission and freezing of current CGT rates on securities trading till June 2014.  Responding to the decision of Finance Minister Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh for accepting proposals ...

ISLAMABAD – Former defence secretary Naeem Khalid Lodhi, who was sacked earlier this week by the prime minister, has said that he will approach the court over his removal.“My answer was neutral and I did not say anything that affected the government in any way. I don’t understand ...

LAHORE – A petition has been filed before Lahore High Court challenging the removal of Lt Col (r) Khalid Naeem Lodhi from office of secretary defence.Petitioner-lawyer Muhammad Azhar Siddique moved this petition stating that prime minister sacked Mr Lodhi on the plea that the secretary had ...

KARACHI - Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources Dr Asim Hussain said on Saturday that summary for the removal of Sales Tax on the import of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) will be submitted to the Cabinet next week.He was talking to media after handing over certificates for units of Sui ...

LAHORE – Commissioner Jawad Rafiq Malik has ordered to remove barriers, fences, hurdles and other encroachments from outside of all the five star hotels of the City, erected by hotels’ managements which are causing traffic jams on roads.These orders were issued in a meeting with high ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Despite concerns that removing both of a womans ovaries would raise her chances of dying from diseases associated with aging, a large new study suggests the procedure may be safe. Looking at data on more than 130,000 California teachers, researchers found that women who were 45 ...

KARACHI - The National Fertilisers Company officials on Saturday informed President Zardari that gas shortage was a hurdle to production of fertilisers, but the president urged them to ensure the supply of fertilisers for Rabi crop during a meeting at the Bilawal House here. According to sources, ...

RAWALPINDI - Holding President Asif Ali Zardari responsible for all problems, Chief Minister (CM) Punjab Mian Shahbaz Sharif said that if the nation wanted to put the country on road to progress and to get rid of foreign loans it was imperative to throw Zardari out from the presidency. He said this ...

OUR STAFF REPORTER LAHORE - A Lahore High Court Division Bench, through an interim order on Tuesday, stayed removal of as many as 1,173 employees of the Faisalabad Electric Supply Company. Their appointments were previously declared illegal by a Single Bench in July 2010, considering them as made ...

ISLAMABAD - Reviewing the audit objections against Ministry of Housing & Works, Water & Power and PIA, Public Accounts Committee (PAC) Thursday took some strict decisions and sought details of various objections within 15 days. The PAC committee meeting chaired by Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, asked the ...

ISLAMABAD - A three-member bench headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar M Chaudhary on Monday turned down the PML-Q plea to remove Zafar Qureshi, Additional Director General FIA, from the case on accusation of him being biased. SM Zafar, counsel for PML-Q, said Zafar Qureshi has made unfounded charges ...

DHAKA (Reuters) - Thousands of Bangladeshis protested on Saturday against the removal of Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus from the top post at Grameen Bank, the microlender he founded. Protesters, mostly Grameen Bank borrowers, held hands to form human chains, carried placards and banners demanding ...

LAHORE (APP) - SAARC Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI),an apex body of chambers Saturday urged upon the respective governments of SAARC member countries to play proactive role for removal of irritants and non-tariff barriers to foster regional economic integration for implementation of SAFTA ...