lahore - Saghir Tahir, a civil engineer and an expert in energy conservation, has stressed upon the need of introducing energy codes, saying the government should also focus on energy conservation along with exploration. Talking to TheNation here on Tuesday, Tahir held that the past governments in ...

LAHORE - Director General,Rangers (Punjab), Maj. Gen. Mian Hilal Hussain on Friday visited polling stations in Rahim Yar Khan, Dera Ghazi Khan, Rajanpur and Bahawalpur to review the security arrangements made for the general elections being held on Saturday (today). He met with Sector Commanders ...

  quetta   The Balochistan government has decided to take strict action against the staff that would not perform duty on the polling day. As per spokesman of the government, all resources are being used for conducting free, fair and peaceful election. “The governmental has decided a ...

ISLAMABAD– Federal Minister for Interior Rehman Malik said on Wednesday nobody would be allowed to cross Pak-Afghan border from March 8 without legal documents, such as visa or permit. “Afghanistan did not cooperate to check illegal crossing of the border, despite the repeated requests ...

RAWALPINDI – Strict security arrangements have been made for celebrations on New Year night besides traffic management plan has also been finalized to avoid traffic mess on city roads. According to the plan, one wheeling of motorbikes would not be allowed at any cost and playing of music on ...

Sheikh HaseebGUJRANWALA - Lives of people are precious and we are ready to take each and every step to ensure their security, said Gujranwala RPO Capt (r) Amin Vains while talking to The Nation in connection of Muharram security here the other day.The police have adopted strict security ...

Sheikh Haseeb GUJRANWALA - Lives of people are precious and we are ready to take each and every step to ensure their security, said Gujranwala RPO Capt (r) Amin Vains while talking to The Nation in connection of Muharram security here the other day.The police have adopted strict security ...

Muslims in different parts of the country observe the martyrdom of Imam Hussain (RA) and other members of the family in accordance with their religious persuasions, with the Shia community mourning the loss by taking out processions and holding majalis whose number runs into scores and, in major ...

RAWALPINDI  - Strict monitoring of sanitation and cleanliness during Muharram is being undertaken by Municipal Services of City. Edo, Imtiaz Ahmad Malik, who undertook an official inspection of the second phase of cleanliness drive in areas like Khayaban -e-Sir Syed, Bangash Colony, Nullah lai ...

RAWALPINDI – City Traffic Police (CTP) will take strict action against one-wheelers and a special drive will be launched to curb the activity especially on the occasion of Eid-ul-Azha.The youngsters found indulged in one-wheeling, rash and dangerous driving will also be sent behind the bars. ...

RAWALPINDI – District Coordination Officer (DCO) Rawalpindi Saqib Zafar has directed the authorities concerned to make arrangement for strict monitoring of upcoming five-day anti-polio campaign starting from Oct 15.He said no negligence on part of officials concerned should be tolerated ...

RAWALPINDI – District Coordination Officer (DCO), Rawalpindi, Saqib Zafar, has said that no negligence on part of officials concerned would be tolerated during upcoming five-day anti-polio campaign to start from Oct 15. The DCO said strict monitoring of the campaign would also be carried out ...

KARACHI - Sindh IG Fayyaz Ahmed Leghari has asked all supervisory police officers to ensure strict implementation of Eid-ul-Fitr Contingency Plan 2012 and monitor presence of deputed staff and surprise checking for the protection of citizens.Presiding over a meeting, which reviewed the Eid-ul-Fitr ...

A huge part of a substandard constructed pedestrian bridge collapsed at Ring Road in Harbanspura area of Lahore on Thursday morning, killing a person. Punjab Chief Minister Mian Shahbaz Sharif has taken notice of the incident.According to rescue sources, a part of the bridge came down when a truck ...

LAKKI MARWAT - District Coordination Officer Nisar Ahmad has said that any obstacle from any quarter in polio eradication campaign will not be tolerated at all. He was speaking at a joint meeting of district and frontier region polio eradiation committees in his office on Friday. The meeting ...

WASHINGTON - With the Congressional appropriations process for fiscal 2013 underway, Pakistani Ambassador Sherry Rehman has been telling key American lawmakers that 'onerous' restrictions being placed on funding to Pakistan will not help bring the strained bilateral relationship back on track.The ...

LAHORE - An emergency meeting of Punjab University Academic Staff Association was held at Executive Club here on Friday which condemned the hooliganism of Islami Jamiat Tulba and expressed solidarity with teachers. The Academic Staff Association has demanded to revitalise Punjab University ...

ISLAMABAD - Civil society organizations were unanimous in their demand for protecting young girls from the menace of early age marriages. The demand was raised from the platform of National Conference on the Impact of Girls’ Early Marriages held in here on Tuesday.It was jointly organized by ...

LAHORE – Taking serious notice of the acid throwing incident in Vehari, Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Saturday directed the District Police Officer to initiate strict legal action against the culprit.According to detail, a husband threw acid on his wife Firdaus Bibi during a ...

PESHAWAR - Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Information Minister Mian Iftikhar Hussain on Tuesday warned the supporting group of militants to abstain for providing shelter to terrorist otherwise a stringent action would be taken against them. “Terrorists have set up their network in Nowshera from where ...

Our Staff Reporter HAFIZABAD - The police have taken all-out precautionary measures to ensure peaceful atmosphere in the district and have deputed 980 police personnel including Elite Force and Police Qaumi Razakars. The patrolling has been intensified and the security has been put on alert at ...

KARACHI - The local auto manufacturers have demanded the government to ensure complete restriction on the illegal imports of spare parts via Afghan Transit Trade and revision in custom duty structure to curb the financing of under invoiced automobile goods at import stage. In a budget paper ...

KARACHI - Sindh Home Minister Dr Zulfiqar Mirza has directed CCPO Karachi to ensure installation of surveillance cameras on the entire route of main processions on 8th, 9th and 10th Moharram. The direction was made in a meeting with an eighteen-member delegation of Jaffria Alliance Pakistan, led by ...

KARACHI - Low-caste Hindus are unofficially declared untouchable people within the country as they face discrimination in every walk of life from provision of basic facilities to employment opportunities. Even in some areas they are socially marginalised due to their low-caste. This was ...

LAHORE - Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Muhammad Pervez Rathore has underlined the need for collective efforts to meet the traffic challenges and strict adherence to the traffic rules. According to a handout, while presiding over a meeting here on Wednesday to review the traffic system in ...