ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf on Sunday directed the Cabinet Division to arrange an immediate dispatch of relief goods to Tabriz, Iran, to provide succour to the earthquake victims. A C-130 carrying relief goods would reach Tabriz today (Monday), a statement by the PM’s House stated. Reiterating that Pakistan stood with the people and […]
By: Abrar Mustafa ISLAMABAD: The telecom sector has released a joint statement to refute recent reports issued in the media that have supported the NAB’s allegations of non-deposit of sales tax on interconnection charges over the last five years. The statement was issued following incorrect media reports claiming that the telecom sector had agreed to […]
RAWALPINDI: The Presidency is considering the possibility of commuting all death sentences into life imprisonment and has, in this regard, sought advice from relevant ministries and provincial authorities, it has been learnt reliably. Ansar Burney Trust International through several petitions requested President Asif Ali Zardari to commute all death sentences into life imprisonment considering that […]
KARACHI: The Independence Day and odd night of 25th of Ramazan have fallen collectively after many years.To mark the occasion, Geo TV will broadcast special direct transmission “Shab-e-Pehchan” which will go on air tonight beginning at 10:00pm. During the broadcast, the participants and viewers will offer prayers and in collective ‘dua’ will seek His blessings […]
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf Sunday announced an award of Rs1 million for Muhammad Muhsen Ali, resident of Hafizabad, who secured first position in BA examination of the University of Punjab.Muhsen Ali, who appeared as a private candidate in the examinations, belongs to a working class family and earned his livelihood for his family […]
ISLAMABAD: As the government prepares for the auction of the 3-G licence and tries hard to ensure transparency by bringing in international consultants and media agencies, the reappointment by the Cabinet Division of Nasar Kareem Ghaznavi, the suspended Member Finance Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) — who was nominated in cases of misappropriation involving billions of […]
By: Bhagwandas KARACHI: The Sindh government expects that it will get some more time for the conservation of the Makli necropolis as a team of experts in a report has suggested to the World Heritage Committee to wait and see the results of the steps taken for the protection of the site before deciding whether […]
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf has changed the policy governing transfer of civil and police officers to Balochistan, it emerged on Sunday. Under the new policy, following criteria has been approved for posting of current and future PAS, DMG and PSP officers to the province. Those officers who are Balochistan-domiciled, are serving outside the […]
CHIEF minister Omar Abdullah virtually jumps at the first available opportunity to sermonise media and media persons. Often enough he conveniently forgets his own role, as head of the government, in rewarding unprofessional traits and punishing professional uprightness within the media. Speaking in Srinagar on Thursday at the inaugural ceremony of the Kashmir edition of […]
By: S.M.R. HASAN APROPOS of the letter ‘Mehdi Hasan: some facts’ (July 26), there are a few points which need clarification to set the record straight. Mehdi Hasan was decidedly a pride of Muses and one of the great singers of all times. But it is wrong to attribute to him any intellectual or academic […]
MANSEHRA: The district police officer has backed the demand of lawyers about conducting a judicial probe into the alleged gang rape of a teenage girl by law enforcers here earlier this month. “The police officials, who are involved in the rape case, should be taken to task without any discrimination. I am also submitting an […]
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