LAHORE -   The PPP Secretary General Sardar Latif Khosa on Tuesday took strong exception to Chief Minister Punjab’s remarks referring to the Saraiki Movement as a ‘Saraiki drama’.  “The Chief Minister owes an explanation to the people of the region, as the ...

Lahore -Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif had greeted Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif and Finance Minister Senator Ishaq Dar on presenting a poor-friendly budget.Shahbaz Sharif said the PML-N government made a mark by presenting a progressive budget in a difficult time. He ...

KARACHI : The SECP has issued 10 show cause notices and a warning letter to various conventional insurance firms for contravening various provisions of corporate and insurance laws. The Commission has also passed 4 orders against various insurance and takaful firms. These show cause notices, orders ...

KARACHI (PR): Emirates on Monday celebrated the start of its daily, non-stop service from Dubai to Tokyo International Airport (Haneda) with the launch of its inaugural flight. “We value our partnership with Tokyo International Airport; it is one that helps to connect two global hubs of ...

Lahore- A 21-member new Punjab cabinet, a blend of new and old faces, was sown-in at the Governor House on Monday. Since the official notification regarding acceptance of Punjab Governor’s resignation was not issued till late in the evening, Makhdum Ahmed Mehmud administered oath to ...

Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Monday took serious notice of the murder of a ten years’ old boy Saqib Abdul Ghaffar by a shopkeeper for lifting ice from his shop in the jurisdiction of Sadar police station of Jaranwala and sought a report from Inspector General Police Punjab. The ...

Lahore- A 10-member new Punjab cabinet is scheduled to take oath here on Monday (today) at the Governor’s House at 7 pm.  Acting Punjab Governor Rana Muhammad Iqbal would administer oath to the cabinet ministers. Following acceptance of Makhdum Ahmed Mehmud’s resignation by ...

SHEIKHUPURA The district executive officer (health) has constituted an inquiry committee consisting of two doctors to probe into the death of one-year-old child who allegedly died after being administered a “wrong injection” in a private hospital. Azam had been brought to Tariq Hospital ...

DAMASCUS- Forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad have now seized all of the Qusayr area in centralSyria, state television claimed on Saturday, as wounded rebels and scores of refugee families straggled intoLebanon. The reports come a day after the United Nations launched a record humanitarian ...

The newly elected Prime Minister‚ Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif took oath of his office at a simple but dignified ceremony at Aiwan-e-Sadr.President Asif Ali Zardari administered oath to the new Prime Minister.Among others who attended the swearing in ceremony included outgoing caretaker Prime ...

ISLAMABAD - Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry has taken suo moto notice over an application sent by Syed Adil Gilani, Adviser Transparency International-Pakistan, against the appointment of Salman Farooqui as federal ombudsman.A three-member bench of the apex court, headed by Chief Justice ...

LAHORE - Three more children lost their lives to measles in Lahore on Sunday, taking the death toll till today to 81. So far 133 children have died of measles in the province. Ali, 1, breathed his last at Services Hospital, Ayan, 2, at Mayo Hospital while Tayyab, seven months, died at ...

ISLAMABAD - Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhary Wednesday took suo moto of tragic incident of explosion in a school van near Gujrat on May 25 in which at least 15 children and a female teacher were killed. The chief justice has sought report from federal petroleum ministry ...

ISLAMABAD - Chief Justice Islamabad High Court (IHC) Muhammad Anwar Khan Kasi has constituted a two-member division bench (DB) to hear bail application of former president Pervez Musharraf in judges' detention case.The two-member IHC bench comprising Justice Riaz Ahmad Khan and Justice Shaukat Aziz ...

LAHORE - One more measles patient died at a Lahore hospital on Sunday, taking the death toll in the provincial capital to 66. Sonia Bibi, 12, a resident of Sheikhupura, breathed her last at Mayo Hospital. As many as 43 more patients were brought to different hospitals in the City. Out of these, 18 ...

SHEIKHUPURAA three-year-old girl, suffering from measles died in DHQ Hospital late the other day. It is to be noted that more than 450 children, suffering from measles, have been admitted to DHQ Hospital over the past five months (January to May). According to details, three-year-old Shukria, ...

Lahore -Federal Board of Revenue Chairman Ansar Javed has taken serious notice of concealing invoices, under-invoicing and under assessment of containers carrying imported goods.FBR sources told APP that DG Audit, Customs Muhammad Ikram Khan pointed out to FBR chief the serious gross irregularities ...

Election Commission has directed that the charges for thumb verification be charged from the candidates. NADRA has indicated that it will charge rupees ten for each thumb verification. NADRA has already been sanctioned 900 million rupees for upgrading its software by the caretaker government and ...

LAHORE  - US Ambassador, Richard Olson met with PTI Chairman, Imran Khan at his residence on Friday and discussed with him PTI’s priorities for Khyber Pakhtunkhawa government. US top diplomat in Pakistan also congratulated PTI Chairman for his party’s success in the 2013 ...

Caretaker Prime Minister Justice ® Mir Hazar Khan Khoso Saturday took notice of the excessive loadshedding in the country and exchanged views with Minister for Water and Power on the latest situation after the release of Rs. 5 billion by the Federal Government for the procurement of fuel.The ...

KARACHI (PR):  The inaugural flight of Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, has taken off for the Netherlands’ capital, Amsterdam. Flight EY77, carrying the KL code of Dutch national carrier, KLM, departed Abu Dhabi airport on schedule.The launch of the ...

LAHORE - The Lahore High Court on Thursday has taken took notice of an acid attack on a woman and her two sons ion Hazro Area, according to a press release. The court took notice after the media flashed the onslaught. District and Sessions Judge, Attock has been directed to probe into the matter ...

LAHORE  - The SNGPL’s sub-committee of the Board of Directors on receivables has declared M/S Chenaab Limited as defaulter of the company. “The Chenaab Limited had to pay the outstanding amount of Rs 104 million in installments. The consumer failed to honour its commitment towards ...

ATTOCKAfter a clash with the driver of a passenger van, a police constable forcibly brought the vehicle along with the passengers to the police station and allegedly humiliated them and wasted their precious time. They demanded that the district police officer should take a strict action against ...

ATTOCK - After a clash with the driver of a passenger van, a police constable forcibly brought the vehicle along with the passengers to the police station and allegedly humiliated them and wasted their precious time. They demanded that the district police officer should take a strict action against ...

LONDON - British Prime Minister David Cameron has taken notice of the protest demonstration staged by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) at 10 Downing Street against the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Chief Altaf Hussain’s telephonic addresses in Pakistan.According to a media report, Mr Cameron ...

MALMOE - Twenty-year-old barefoot singer Emmelie de Forest was the toast of Denmark Sunday after winning this year's Eurovision Song Contest in the Swedish city of MalmoeHer song, "Only Teardrops" confirmed its status as the bookmakers' favourite to register a comfortable win at Saturday night's ...

LE MANS:- Spain's championship leader Marc Marquez will start on pole in Sunday's French MotoGP on the Bugatti circuit at Le Mans after coming out on top in Saturday's qualifying. Marquez, on a Honda, claimed the 30th pole position of his career, his second in the sport's elite category, by coming ...

The Lahore High Court (LHC) took notice of acid attack on a woman and her daughters after they resisted a rape attempt in Multan District on Saturday. The court directed District & Sessions Judge concerned to probe into matter and submit a detailed report regarding steps taken by local police ...

QUETTAThe winning parties in Balochistan have started contacting one another for formation of a coalition government in the province.PML-N which has obtained a remarkable position is likely to form a coalition government along with the nationalists. The leaders of PML-N and JUI-F as well as ...