Opposition questions how a town nazim could dismiss secretaries and order audit KARACHI: During the course of the city council session, opposition leader, Saeed Ghani brought up some issues faced by his union council, along with others (in Jamshed Town) governed by opposition members. When they were told to bring the issue up separately with […]
KARACHI: City Naib Nazim Nasreen Jalil has directed the Union Council (UC) Nazims to arrange an appropriate place in their respective towns for lady councillors so that they could hear the grievances of women in their respective areas. She issued the directive while meeting the lady councillors at her office on Friday. These councillors said […]
ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Women Development suggested a seven to 10 years imprisonment in ‘Vani’ cases and called for making this crime a non-bailable and non-compoundable offence. The Senate committee, which met here on Tuesday at the Parliament House with Senator Tahira Latif in the chair to discuss and review the recommendations of […]
GUJRANWALA – Provincial Minister for Social Welfare Zille Huma Usman was assassinated on Tuesday noon soon after her arrival at PML House Gujranwala to hear complaints of the people in an open kutchery. She was removed to DHQ hospital from where she was shifted to General Hospital Lahore where she succumbed to injuries. The killer […]
GUJRANWALA – Provincial Minister for Social Welfare Zille Huma Usman was assassinated on Tuesday noon soon after her arrival at PML House Gujranwala to hear complaints of the people in an open kutchery. She was removed to DHQ hospital from where she was shifted to General Hospital Lahore where she succumbed to injuries. The killer […]
HYDERABAD: The Hyderabad district council session here on Tuesday saw anger and protest from the members over a letter of the district coordination officer (DCO) claiming that the Sindh Local Government Ordinance (SLGO) says the presence of officials in every session is not required. The members raised objections to the letter written in reply to […]
ISLAMABAD: The Law Ministry will soon approve a new law to prohibit the use of mobile phones while driving and promote use of seat belts, Islamabad Traffic Police (ITP) Senior Superintendent (SSP) Sultan Azam Tamuri told Daily Times on Monday. According to the new laws, vehicle manufacturers would be bound to fix seat belts in […]
ISLAMABAD: The Senate Finance Committee okayed a proposal to set up a parliamentary TV channel to ensure free flow of information and to keep general public aware of the elected representatives’ activities of in the House. The meeting, chaired by Chairman Senate Mohammadmian Soomro, said the channel would also telecast the proceedings of the House […]
ISLAMABAD (February 20 2007): The National Assembly was told on Monday that government has closed down 150 private FM radio stations, which were operating illegally and various complaints were being received against them. Answering a question on the number of FM radio stations in the country, State Minister for Information and Broadcasting Tariq Azeem said […]
ISLAMABAD: The Al-Rashid and Al-Akhtar trusts have been banned on the United Nations Security Council’s (UNSC) recommendations, to avoid sanctions on Pakistan, State Minister for Interior Zafar Iqbal Warriach told the National Assembly on Monday. Warraich was replying to a question by Asadullah Bhutto about why the two trusts were closed without following the standard […]
LAHORE, Feb 19: Railways authorities failed to provide information about the safety of blast-hit Samjhota Express’ passengers to their relatives who had arrived at the railways station to receive them on Monday. The train was hit by a blast that left dozens of the people dead and many injured in Panipat in India. Even though, […]
MIRPURKHAS, Feb 19: Adviser to Sindh chief minister on information Salahuddin Haider has said that recruitments are being made in education, health and home departments after lifting of ban three months ago. He said that that the Sindh governor had approved PC-I of mega projects for Mirpurkhas city amounting to Rs200 million. He said that […]
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Monday said the setting up of a new coastal city in Karachi would augur well for the development and investment climate in the country. Speaking at a presentation from the Dubai World, a Dubai government-owned company, at the PM House, Shaukat said the new city would be built on […]
ISLAMABAD: Attorney-General (AG) Makhdoom Ali Khan on Monday concluded his arguments in the presidential reference, challenging the NWFP government’s Hasba Bill, in the Supreme Court. The AG contended that the present bill, passed by the NWFP Assembly and pending for governor’s approval, contains many unconstitutional and illegal clauses, including judicial powers to the office of […]
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