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Vowing to safeguard the superior judiciary, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Nawaz Sharif on Friday said his party will not allow the government to violate the Constitution and mock rulings of the Supreme Court. Speaking to a delegation from Sindh, the former two-time premier observed, “We will not tolerate conspiracies hatched against the judiciary. The […]
Accusing power utilities for mismanagement in power outages, National Assembly Standing Committee on Water and Power considered the payment of bribe to officials of power generation companies to reduce or increase the duration loadshedding. Reiterating the government’s decision, Secretary Water and Power Zafar Mehmood said that all domestic consumers will be exempted from power breakdowns […]
Expressing fears over the deteriorating law and order situation in Lyari, President Asif Ali Zardari has directed the provincial authorities not to abandon the dialogue-process with people of the area. While chairing a meeting of the Core Committee of Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) Sindh, the president said the doors for negotiation s with Lyari people […]
Islamabad: (Friday, July 20, 2012) The World Bank has approved a grant of US $ 5 million for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Federally Administered Tribal Areas and Balochistan. The grant is to be provided for the Balochistan Disaster Management Project (BDMP) which will further build capacity of the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) Balochistan to prepare for […]
Karachi: (Friday, July 20, 2012) The Ramadan crescent has been sighted in Pakistan, and thus, the first fast will be observed on tomorrow (Saturday). A meeting of the Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee, that took place in Karachi today for sighting the moon of Ramadan-ul-Mubarak 1433 A.H with Chairman Mufti Munibur Rehman made the announcement after confirming […]
Islamabad: (Friday, July 20, 2012) Supreme Court of Pakistan, while accepting a petition to look over the contempt of court law, has constituted a five-member larger bench headed by the Chief Justice of Pakistan. The bench will review the petition challenging ‘Contempt of Court Amendment Act-2012’ Other honorable judges, who, along with the Chief Justice, […]
Islamabad: (Friday, July 20, 2012) The Senate Standing Committee on Inter-Provincial Coordination has expressed the fears for Pakistan might be facing international travel ban if polio disease is not completely eradicated by 2013. Sharing the details, Senator Karim Khawaja informed the committee members that the international community had hinted that if polio was not completely […]
Karachi: (Friday, July 20, 2012) Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) said yesterday that if adequate gas supply is available, it would not only help eliminate the loadshedding, but will also help the KESC to provide electricity to the consumers on cheaper rates. According to the statement issued by the KESC, in order to maintain a […]
Hyderabad: (Friday, July 20, 2012) As the law and order situation deteriorates throughout the country, the phenomenon spreads to Hyderabad as well where armed dacoits looted Rs 3.5mn from a private bank today. According to the police sources, armed men stormed into a private bank located in Latifabad No.7 and made the security guards […]
Lahore: (Friday, July 20, 2012) Gail Spence, the director USAID Punjab, said here today that the US will continue its support for Pakistan to cope with the energy crisis. Addressing the participants of a five-day training course organized by the USAID for LESCO, Gail said that the aim of the course is to enlighten planning […]
Karachi: (Friday, July 20, 2012) The meeting of Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee is currently underway to observe the crescent for the month of Ramadan 1433 A.H. Concurrently, meeting of Zonal Ruet-e-Hilal Committees is also being held in the building of Ministry of Religious Affairs in Islamabad. Moreover, zonal committees are also meeting in their respective areas. […]
Rawalpindi – July 20, 2012: Chief of Army Staff (COAS), General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani visited Miran Shah, North Waziristan Agency, today. On arrival, he was briefed about current operational and development activities being pursued by the Army, in collaboration with local administration. While interacting with troops involved in the operation, COAS lauded their sacrifices and efforts […]
