KARACHI – District governments of Sindh have failed to achieve the targets of utilisation of allotted development funds. Local Governments (LG) have only utilised 33.8% of the development funds allocated under Annual Development Programme (ADP) during seven months (July 2006 to January 2007) of current fiscal year 2006-2007, The Nation learnt on Monday. The provincial […]
KARACHI: The government on Sunday lifted ban on Geo TV programme Aaj Kamran Khan Ke Sath, which was suspended after the channel gave comprehensive coverage to the incidents after Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry made non-functional by the government. After the government’s permission the programme, hosted by senior journalist and analyst Kamran Khan, will now […]
KARACHI, March 18: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad has termed the local government system ‘the best one’, predicting that it would bring about a silent revolution in the country and lead to empowerment of the masses in the governance. For the first time in the history of Pakistan, men and women from grass-roots level were […]
KARACHI: City Nazim, Syed Mustafa Kamal has said that the mega projects to facilitate citizens will be incorporated in Asian Development BankÃs Mega City Development Project, as the same could not be initiated owing to the shortage of funds. He said the Karachi Water and Sewerage Board and Works Services Department of City District Government […]
HYDERABAD, March 16: A three-year project launched under the USAID aims at assisting the district government and community-based organisations (CBOs) in capacity building and providing training to the government functionaries. Talking to journalists at the Hyderabad Press Club on Friday, local government specialist Asif Abbasi and public relations manager district network, Ms Saira Parvez said […]
LAHORE: The Zakat Department had disbursed Rs 35.8 million for the marriage of 3,060 deserving girls under Marriage Grant during first half of the current fiscal year. Talking to parents of the needy girls, who met him at his office on Wednesday, Punjab Minister for Zakat and Ushr, Mian Khadim Husain Wattoo said welfare of […]
GUJRANWALA, March 16: Punjab Inspector General of Police Ahmad Nasim has ordered his department to stop the registration of cases under the Hudood Ordinance of 1979 and in the future such cases should be registered under the Women’s Protection Bill. In a circular sent to all regional police officers, city police officers and district police […]
KARACHI, March 14: Sindh will get Rs7,650 million as its share for carrying out development projects in the drought-affected districts out of Rs30 billion under the Drought Recovery Assistance Programme Project (DRAP)/DERA-II, approved by Ecnec with an implementation period of 60 months. The Drought Emergency Relief Assistance/Drought Impact Mitigation and Recovery Component (DIMRC) Programme was […]
ISLAMABAD (March 15 2007): The Ministry of Social Welfare and Special Education has finalised code of conduct for NGOs regulators to ensure a uniform standard of regulations for registration. The NGO sector regulators include the Ministry of Social Welfare, the Ministry of Industries, the Cooperative registrar, the Ministry of Religious Affairs and the Securities and […]
ISLAMABAD, March 12: The Supreme Judicial Council initiates on Tuesday its proceedings on the reference against Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry. Sources confirmed that the proceedings would be held in camera and media would not be allowed to cover them. However, former chief justices and judges of the apex court have observed that there is […]
ISLAMABAD (March 12 2007): Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has said that freedom being enjoyed by the media has helped promote and strengthen democratic values in the country. He said this while talking to Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Muhammad Ali Durrani and Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting, Tariq Azeem who called on […]
KARACM:The district nazims of Sindh will meet on March 12, 2007, Monday at Karachi to discuss and formulate strategy to get uninterrupted flow of funds for district governments under Provincial Finance Comimission (PFC) Award. Sardar Saleem Jan Khan Mazari District Nazim Kashmore who is also member of PFC as a representative of disÂtrict aovemments, has […]
KARACHI: Land mafia will not be allowed to encroach upon government’s land, said Dr Irfan Gul Magsi, Sindh Revenue Minister, in a meeting with Sindh Minister for Local Government, Muhammad Hussain and City Nazim Karachi, Mustafa Kamal, on Friday. According to a press release issued by the Information Department, the meeting was held to discuss […]
walk-out to protest excesses against journalists and their family in the province, it was unfortunate that the question hour pertaining to home department’s performance could not be taken up on Friday, due to customary late start of the proceedings and the subsequent ruling of the Speaker to prorogue the assembly. Although MPAs are upbeat when […]
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