KARACHI: The Sindh government unveiled on Monday its budget for the next financial year with a total outlay of Rs577.98 billion against estimated receipts of Rs570.82 billion, showing a deficit of Rs7.16 billion. Presenting the budget in the provincial assembly, Finance Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah announced a development portfolio of Rs231 billion against last […]
LAHORE: District Coordination Officer Noorul Amin Mengal presented on Monday the confiscated sheesha smoking pipes and other material before the media and said the CDGL environment wing would continue its crackdown on sheesha cafes in the provincial metropolis without any discrimination. Talking to print and electronic media at Town Hall, the DCO said the CDGL […]
MANSEHRA: Seven persons, three of them stated to be eyewitnesses to five women’s alleged killing in Pales area of Kohistan on jirga orders, on Monday expressed ignorance about the alleged killings and the alleged holding of the jirga for issuance of the killing decree for singing and dancing in a mixed marriage function. Mohammad Afzal, […]
ISLAMABAD: The share of food in the monthly per capita expenditure has increased by almost 5 per cent in four years — from 44.22 per cent in financial year 2007-08 to about 48.91 per cent in 2010-11 — indicating deterioration in the living condition of people in lower and middle classes. According to official estimates, […]
ISLAMABAD: The share of food in the monthly per capita expenditure has increased by almost 5 per cent in four years — from 44.22 per cent in financial year 2007-08 to about 48.91 per cent in 2010-11 — indicating deterioration in the living condition of people in lower and middle classes. According to official estimates, […]
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani on Monday, ruled out sending reference against Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry over alleged bribery scam against Arsalan Iftikhar. “I think there is no need for sending a reference against Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry for alleged involvement of his son in the bribery scam,“ Gilani stated while […]
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani on Monday, ruled out sending reference against Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry over alleged bribery scam against Arsalan Iftikhar. “I think there is no need for sending a reference against Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry for alleged involvement of his son in the bribery scam,“ Gilani stated while […]
KARACHI: A visiting 10-member media delegation of Bangladesh on Monday visited the Recorder House. During their visit, the members of the delegation had an interactive session with journalists representing Business Recorder and Aaj TV. Chief Executive of Aaj TV channel and Publisher Business Recorder Asif A. Zuberi briefed the delegation about his country’s media scene. […]
WASHINGTON: The United States has withdrawn negotiators from Pakistan after talks failed to produce an agreement on reopening NATO supply routes into Afghanistan, the Pentagon said on Monday. “The decision was reached to bring the team home for a short period of time,” Pentagon spokesman George Little told reporters. The team of negotiators had been […]
ISLAMABAD: Human Rights activists and representatives of civil society organisations on Monday strongly condemned the recently unearthed plot to assassinate Asma Jahangir. They express shock and horror at the revelations made public by Asma Jahangir herself at a press conference in Lahore. Expressing solidarity with her, they demanded the government urgently set up an impartial […]
KARACHI: Quota of women for recruitment in government jobs has been enhanced to 25 per cent from existing five per cent in the Sindh budget for the fiscal year 2012-13. This was announced by Sindh Finance Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah in his speech for Sindh Budget 2012-13, in the Sindh Assembly here Monday. He […]
LAHORE: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has said that it has consistently submitted complete and verified information to various official probes into forced disappearance. The HRCP said this in a statement following comments by Justice (r) Javed Iqbal, head of an inquiry commission on missing persons, over the weekend. The former judge had […]
Asad Kharal LAHORE: By the looks of it, the judiciary and Pakistan’s largest land developer are not the only ones whose reputations are on the line in the case involving alleged money received by the chief justice’s son. A mysterious list has been distributed on the premises of Punjab Assembly which put forward some explosive […]
KARACHI: The Sindh government on Monday presented an over Rs7 billion tax-free deficit budget for 2012-13 with total outlay of Rs577.98 billion and projected revenue at Rs570.82 billion, promising 20,000 jobs and proposing 20 percent ad hoc relief for public servants and pensioners. The finance minister did not give details of the resources to meet […]
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