ISLAMABAD: The National Council of Social Welfare (NCSW) is preparing a central database for the registration of national and international NG0s working in the field of social welfare. Talking to reporters here on Sunday, NCSW Chairman Sardar Rais Jahangir Ahmed said the database would help streamline and improve the performance of NG0s. He estimated that […]
ISLAMABAD (February 18 2007): Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has said unprecedented growth has taken place in media as a result of the liberal policies of the government and the passage of Pemra Bill will further facilitate and streamline growth in this sector. Chairing a meeting here on Saturday to review the working of Pemra, he […]
HYDERABAD, Feb 16: The secretary general of the All-Pakistan Trade Unions Organisations (APTUO) Ghulam Sarwar Chandio has urged the government to implement labour laws in letter and spirit and ensure that the employers give their workers appointment letters, social security and EOBI cards enabling them to avail of all the legal facilities. Mr Chandio said […]
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court, annoyed with the City District Government Karachi’s (CDGK) counsel for non-compliance of court orders, issued Friday notice to the city nazim for a date in office on a petition filed by the affectees of the Lyari Express Way (LEW) project. The SHC’s division bench comprising Justice Musheer Alam and Justice […]
ISLAMABAD, Feb 16: The Law Reforms Bill is landmark legislation and its adoption will help people get quick and cheap justice and it will also free them from the harassment of law-enforcement agencies, according to Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz. Highlighting various aspects of the bill, he said that it would reduce court delays and curb […]
ISLAMABAD: The Subcommittee on Women Development, constituted by the Senate Standing Committee on Women Development, finalised on Thursday its recommendations on womenÃs right of inheritance, and the evil practices of Vani and Sawara. The meeting, presided over by Senator Sardar Jamal Khan Leghari, was given a detailed briefing by senior officers of the ministries of […]
ISLAMABAD, Feb 15: The government rushed four bills – three of them key laws – through the National Assembly on Thursday in a record for a single day, pulling off a feat to keep quorum in a house plagued by absenteeism and opposition boycotts. The drafts passed included a Law Reforms Bill that seeks quick […]
ISLAMABAD, Feb 14: The federal government said in the Supreme Court on Wednesday that three out of six recently traced persons from a list of 41 people “missing” for many years are under its custody for security reasons. A three-member bench comprising Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry, Justice Mian Shakirullah Jan and Justice Saiyed Saeed […]
SWABI – Senate Chairman Muhammadian Soomro has said that we should encourage females to join engineering profession because they have the capabilities to arm themselves with its different disciplines and play their constructive role in the nation-building process. He was addressing the concluding ceremony of International Parliamentary Debates at Ghulam Ishaq Khan (GIK) Institute of […]
Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority ISLAMABAD: The government will continue to maintain its policy of freedom of expression, said President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday. “The government will continue to pursue its policy of providing electronic and print media the maximum freedom,” he said, while presiding over a meeting of the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory […]
Sub heading-Speaker sends bill to Select Committee ISLAMABAD – Although marred by the lack of quorum during the initial half an hour, the National Assembly added another bill to an already huge pile of legislative business to be disposed by it during last parliamentary year. Ch Shujat Hussain introduced the Prevention of AntiÂWomen Practices Bill, […]
PESHAWAR, Feb 13: The Peshawar High Court on Tuesday disposed of two habeas corpus petitions about ‘disappearance’ of four people after the government claimed that they had not been detained by any intelligence agency. A bench comprising Justice Ijaz Afzal and Justice Jehanzeb Raheem observed that the petitioners could file fresh petitions if they could […]
Sub heading-Speaker sends bill to Select Committee ISLAMABAD – Although marred by the lack of quorum during the initial half an hour, the National Assembly added another bill to an already huge pile of legislative business to be disposed by it during last parliamentary year. Ch Shujat Hussain introduced the Prevention of AntiÂWomen Practices Bill, […]
KARACHI, Feb 11: City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal has said that the development work on bridges, underpasses and roads worth Rs30 billion is underway while the improvement of infrastructure and water and sewerage projects with the estimated cost of Rs15 billion is also in full swing in different parts of the city. The nazim was […]
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