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=> ISLAMABAD (February 01 2008): The Foreign donors o

ISLAMABAD (February 01 2008): The Foreign donors on Thursday handed over transparent ballot boxes and voters’ booths along with seals to Election Commission of Pakistan in a bid to help conduct upcoming general elections, seen very critical by political analysts, in transparent manner. Japan, UK, USAID, Netherlands, Norway, European Union, CIDA and UNDP provided 430,000 […]


=> ISLAMABAD-Pakistan Muslim League-Q has offered wri

ISLAMABAD-Pakistan Muslim League-Q has offered written apology to the Election Commission of Pakistan in response to the notice Chief Election Commissioner took on January 14th on the complaint of interim Federal Minister Ansar Burney regarding the negative campaign through media, official told TheNation. The interim Minister for Human Rights met the Chief Election Commissioner Justice […]


=> LONDON: President Pervez Musharraf distributed a 1

LONDON: President Pervez Musharraf distributed a 15-page letter against the detained chief justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry among 30 top journalists of London on an exclusive breakfast meeting here last Monday, to convince the western media that the top judge was corrupt and was rightly dismissed on March 9 followed by his detention on […]


=> ISLAMABAD: Considerations are underway to allow th

ISLAMABAD: Considerations are underway to allow the screening of Indian films in the country, said Senate Committee Chairman Zarar Iqbal Chaudhry. He said the ban on Indian movies was ineffective, as the films were easily available on DVD and cable. He said the ban needed to be reviewed, adding that consideration was being given to […]


=> ISLAMABAD, Jan 29: The government on Tuesday decid

ISLAMABAD, Jan 29: The government on Tuesday decided to provide advanced equipment to security forces to help them foil possible suicide attacks on politicians during the campaign for coming elections, according to Interior Ministry spokesman Brig (retd) Javed Iqbal Cheema. He said at his weekly press briefing that the decision had been taken in a […]


=> LONDON: The British media has told President Perve

LONDON: The British media has told President Pervez Musharraf that if he is serious about giving Pakistan a real transition to democracy, then he should heed the timely advice of 100 retired military officers, who now want him to resign, as many of them once “trained the future president”. This single advice given by a […]


=> ISLAMABAD: The government is according high priori

ISLAMABAD: The government is according high priority to the development of information technology sector and to provide quality education to the young generation. This has contributed to economic growth and generates employment opportunities. Prime Minister Muhammadmian Soomro said this while addressing the concluding ceremony of the Outreach Scholarship Programme (OSP) 2007 at the Prime Minister […]


=> KARACHI (APP) – Nazim Karachi, Syed Mustafa Kamal

KARACHI (APP) – Nazim Karachi, Syed Mustafa Kamal has reiterated the demand for transfer of police department under City Government to eliminate crimes and control traffic problems. “The way the present city government got its mettle recognised by showing outstanding performance in various fields, simi­larly it would like to provide relief to people by providing […]


=> ISLAMABAD, Jan 29: The government is considering a

ISLAMABAD, Jan 29: The government is considering a parliamentary proposal to lift a four-decade ban on showing films from India, a statement said on Tuesday. Pakistan officially outlawed all Bollywood films after going to war with its mainly Hindu eastern neighbour in 1965 over the disputed Himalayan territory of Kashmir. But a senate committee said […]


=> PESHAWAR, Jan 28: Following the threats of suicide

PESHAWAR, Jan 28: Following the threats of suicide attacks by unidentified persons, apparently militants, about 75 per cent transporters in the provincial capital removed cassette players and television sets from their vehicles on Monday. Some of the drivers had reportedly received threats from unidentified persons asking them to remove the music gadgets from their vehicles […]


=> ISLAMABAD, Jan 28: A report prepared by the Centre

ISLAMABAD, Jan 28: A report prepared by the Centre for Media and Democracy, a Pakistani NGO, on pre-poll concerns and observations about the Feb 18 elections will be released in Islamabad on Feb 1, according to a decision taken at a meeting of the centre’s board of governors held here on Monday. The report is […]


=> All records of the Revenue Department of the City

All records of the Revenue Department of the City District Government Karachi (CDGK) are being computerised under public-private partnership and in this regard a private company has been selected for maintaining the records and investing in new technology for the purpose, sources told The News. According to them, the cost of the new system is […]


=> KARACHI (PPI) – A three-member bench of Sindh High

KARACHI (PPI) – A three-member bench of Sindh High Court Monday dismissed two petitions of different candidates challenging the orders of Appellate Election Tribunal. The bench comprised of Chief justice Muhammad Afzal Soomro, Justice Mrs. Qaiser lqbal and Justice Mehmood Alam Rizvi. Imdad Ali Khan Sarki had approached SHC against the acceptance of the nomination […]


=> KARACHI, Jan 27: The caretaker chief minister has

KARACHI, Jan 27: The caretaker chief minister has finally decided to settle the controversy about the printing of textbooks, which has been in jeopardy mainly due to the seizure of the Sindh Textbook Board’s (STB) accounts by the education department, and has called a meeting on Monday (today), which all the senior officials concerned have […]