By Habib Khan Ghori KARACHI: The provincial assembly on Monday unanimously passed into law the Sindh Public Property (removal of encroachment) Bill, 2010. Before the bill was taken up for clause by clause reading, Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah highlighted its importance saying that the bill provided measures for removal of encroachment from […]
By Amanullah Kasi QUETTA: Provincial Minister for Agriculture Mir Asad Baloch walked out of the assembly on Monday when Speaker Mohammad Aslam Bhootani did not allow him to pinpoint elements behind the kidnapping of missing people. Mir Asad Baloch of the Balochistan National Party (Awami) said that the issue of missing people had assured serious […]
By Syed Irfan Raza and Ahmed Hassan ISLAMABAD: Having braced itself for fireworks on Monday, the nation was greeted by a quiet and un-dramatic denouement by the afternoon. President Asif Ali Zardari, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and Chief of the Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani met at the presidency in the afternoon while […]
By Murtaza Ali Shah LONDON: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) has angrily rubbished reports that its assassinated Convenor Dr Imran Farooq was planning to leave the party to join the new party of former President Musharraf – All Pakistan Muslim League (APML). After newspapers claimed that the rows within the MQM may have led to […]
MIRPURKHAS: An elderly woman, her son and a relative were killed by armed men in Walo Shar village in the Phuladiyoon area on Sunday. The assailants barged into the house of Moula Bux Shar with the intention of killing him. His mother Saleha Shar and relative Ali Hassan Shar intervened. One of the assailants opened […]
By: Shafi Baloch KARACHI – Hundreds of landline telephone connections remain disconnected in Lyari Town since long owing to the negligence and poor services on part of the PTCL Lyari Exchange, TheNation has reliably learnt. On the other hand, a source in the PTCL informed that the PTCL Lyari Exchange is unable to start the […]
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) on Sunday expressed concern over continuous detention of two French journalists who were abducted by the Taliban militants in Afghanistan late last year and demanded their immediate release. The PFUJ expressed solidarity with the journalists and vowed that they are with them and fully support their cause […]
THE Supreme Court of Pakistan struck down the National Reconciliation Ordinance in 2009 but the federal government, led by the PPP, didn’t implement the apex court judgment regarding the NRO. On Sept 21 the Supreme Court ordered the arrest of former managing director of Oil and Gas Development Company Adnan A. Khawaja and former head […]
THIS is with reference to the budget speech made by the finance minister who highlighted the increase of pension/medical allowance to the retired persons at 15 per cent and 20 per cent, and 20 per cent and 25 per cent respectively. In pursuance of the budget speech, the Finance Division (Regulation Wing) had issued office […]
By Ahmad Hassan ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said on Sunday that rewriting or amending the Constitution was the sole prerogative of parliament and not of the Supreme Court. Talking to senior journalists and television anchorpersons, he said in what appeared to be a shift from his earlier position that he would sack all […]
* Deputy director says five-year jobs project supports Pakistan to improve workforce development systems and creating jobs ISLAMABAD: The five-year plan “USAID Pakistan Job Project” initiated by United States Agency for International Development (USAID) with total cost of $80 million with support of Government of Pakistan (GoP), is committed for provision of employability to Pakistani […]
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Information Minister Mian Iftikhar Hussain has said that the present government believes in gender equality and has always advocated protection of women’s rights. He was talking to the UNIFEM delegation, headed by Aalice Shalkalford, here on Saturday. He said that the provincial government, led by the Awami National Party (ANP), had an […]
ISLAMABAD – The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) has strongly condemned torture of Mr Abdul Rehman Afridi, a senior journalist, and demanded immediate arrest of culprits involved in physical assaulting and injuries to the editor. In a statement issued here on Saturday, the PFUJ Secretary General Shamsul Islam Naz said that Mr Rehman Afridi […]
By Ahmad Hassan and Saleem Shahid ISLAMABAD / QUETTA: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani on Saturday sacked Abdul Qayum Jatoi, the federal minister for defence production, after summoning him to the PM House for an explanation over a bizarre outburst against the Chief Justice of Pakistan and adjudging his defence as feeble. The prime […]
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