Caretaker Minister for Information and Broadcasting Arif Nizami casted his vote here on Saturday in Defence housing authority (DHA) which has constituencies NA- 125 and PP- 155.Talking to media at the polling station at American Lycetuff School, the  minister appreciated it as a healthy sign ...

ISLAMABAD - The caretaker federal government on Friday added to the obscurity of the situation emerging out of the issuance of arrest orders for former dictator president Pervez Musharraf by Islamabad High Court.Federal Information Minister Arif Nizami told the media that the government has decided ...

ISLAMABAD - The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has constituted two task forces to formulate policy measures to increase revenue, enhance efficiency in tax department and bring more transparency in tax administration.According to a notification, the FBR chairman has constituted two task forces ...

ISLAMABAD  – Admission in morning shift in the Federal Directorate of Education’ run model colleges has become unnerving for majority of the parents especially during the start of new academic session this year.The decision to abolish evening shifts from the model colleges by the ...

Chief Election Commissioner Fakhruddin G. Ibrahim on Thursday paid a visit to Hyderabad Colony. The Provincial Election Commissioner and soldiers of Pakistan Army accompanied the CEC on this occasion.He inquired about the voter lists verification process from the residents.Talking to media persons ...

DURBAN  - The New Zealand Black Caps will be underdogs on their cricket tour of South Africa, with the first Twenty20 international against South Africa scheduled for Durban on Friday. Hit by injuries and the unavailability of leading batsman and former captain Ross Taylor, New Zealand's best ...

The country’s need for free, fair and transparent general elections was underlined by Chief Election Commissioner Justice (r) Fakhruddin G. Ebrahim when the People's Party chief in Punjab, Mian Manzoor Wattoo, called on him at Islamabad on Thursday. At risk, he warned, was the entire system ...

ISLAMABAD – Minister for Housing, Sardar Talib Nakai on Friday said the Task Force (TF) on proposed construction of around 5,000 flats in the federal capital is working out all formalities and would present its recommendations on the project soon.“We know the government employees in the ...

LAHORE – The provincial government has given a task to Environment Protection Department to lead the anti-dengue drive across the province especially in the provincial capital in collaboration with the health department on the grounds of quality oriented research for eliminating the menace of ...

ISLAMABAD – Ministry of Narcotics Control (MoNC) will establish a National Technical Task Force comprised of psychiatrists, psychologists and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to develop a uniform drug treatment protocol and standard services for government, private and non-governmental ...

ISLAMABAD - A meeting of the Ministerial CNG Safety Task Force, chaired by Hamid Asghar Khan Joint Secretary (Admn) was held to review progress of the Task Force and to share recommendations of the Oil & Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) regarding safety of CNG cylinders/kits. The meeting was ...

LAHORE – Head of federal government’s Special Task Force on Energy and former All Pakistan Textile Mills Association Chairman Ijaz Gohar has criticised the government for giving priority to the domestic consumers over industrial sector, saying that running industry was important than ...

ISLAMABAD  - Interior Minister Rehman Malik has constituted a task force for the implementation of Balochistan package. The interior secretary would head the task force while additional secretaries of ministries concerned would be its members. According to Interior Ministry, keeping in view ...

ABU DHABI (AFP) - Sri Lanka were fighting to save the first Test under a heavy 300-plus deficit after Pakistani opener Taufiq Umar hit his maiden double hundred on the third day here on Thursday. Shot out for a low score of 197, Sri Lanka closed on 47-1 after Umar hit a sedate 236 to lift Pakistan ...

BASSETERRE (AFP) - Pakistan have declared their second innings at 377 for six and set 427 runs victory target to West Indies in the second Test on Monday. Taufeeq Umar (135) and Misbah-ul-Haq 102 not out lifted Pakistan total to 377. Earlier, Taufeeq Umar completed his fifth career hundred before ...

ISLAMABAD - Like other macroeconomic targets, the Government might struggle to achieve the revised inflation rate target of 14.5 per cent during the ongoing financial year, as it has gone beyond the level of 15 per cent for the last three months. The strong momentum in inflation appears to be ...

LAHORE - The Sports Department Punjab, after the approval of the Chief Minister Punjab, has denotified three Task Forces on Sports headed by Mrs. Niva Usman Umer, Aijaz Gull and Ch. Muhammad Yaqoob with immediate effect.

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - After clearing some of most dangerous Taliban insurgents from their South Waziristan bastion, the army faces another decisive battle - persuading tribal leaders its safe to return. Pashtun tribal elders have historically held sway in South Waziristan and their return would be ...

ISLAMABAD (APP) - The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has decided to engage private sector companies for the acquisition of land in sector F-12, that has now become an uphill task for the Authority. According to senior CDA official, the Authority is going to engage some private sector company ...

KARACHI - Students of Karachi University (KU), willing to change their major subjects in their second year of studies, are worried over the subjects change procedure and lack of assistance from the university, as every year several KU students move from one department to another. Talking to The ...

ISLAMABAD (APP) - Chairman Senate Mohammedmian Soomro Saturday said the national security has become a multifaceted undertaking; neither is it the pursuit of military alone nor its management is exclusive preserve of a selected few. "The effective pursuit of national security requires developing ...

ISLAMABAD (APP) - The government here on Friday decided to constitute a special task force for load management to ensure proper supply of gas and electricity to industrial sector. Addressing a joint press conference after a detailed meeting, Federal Minister for Water and Power, Raja Pervaiz ...

ISLAMABAD (APP) - The Planning Commission has constituted a task force on Maritime Industry with Naeem Sarfraz as its Chairman. A notification issued by the Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission, Sardar Aseff Ahmad Ali, APP has learnt reliably. The task force has been entrusted to propose ...

LAHORE - Former Pakistan skipper Inzamam-ul-Haq feels the deadly Mumbai terror strikes would make the job tough for cricket administrators, who will have to be on their toes all the time to ensure safety and security of players and officials. Inzamam said Pakistani players were in Ahmedabad and New ...

LAHORE - Punjab Power Development Board (PPDB) of the Irrigation and Power Department has been given the mandate to implement power generation projects in the private sector through utilisation of water resources of canals/rivers and other resources based on indigenous fuel, gas and coal as well as ...

LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister, Mian Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif has said that dairy development and livestock sector can play an important role for the progress of the province and government is paying full attention to the betterment of both departments. He also directed to form two separate task ...

LAHORE - Sindh was reeling at 43 for one in 20 over in their chase of 400 for nine declared made by Punjab on the second day of the third round match of the RBS Pentangular Cricket Tournament here at the Gaddafi Stadium on Friday. Resuming the day, Punjab went on to make 400 in 122.2 overs. ...

UNITED NATIONS - The UN General Assembly president has announced he is setting up a high-level task force to review the global financial system, including major bodies such as the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), in response to the current turmoil that is affecting all ...

ISLAMABAD - A panel of independent economists, backed by the government, has set up four task forces to sail the country out of worsening financial crisis. Planning Commission's Panel of Economists on Sunday formed the committees to come up with innovative proposals within next four to ...

KARACHI- The 6th and final meeting of the OIC task force on SMEs commenced in Bangkok, Thailand on 15th August, 2008. State Minister for Tourism, Thailand Somsak Kiatsuranondha inaugurated the conference. President, Thai Islamic Trade & Industrial Association (TITIA) Anirut Smuthkochorn, ...