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News for Saturday, 11 Jun 2011

NA continues budget debate amid thin attendance

Reflecting poor interest of lawmakers in the Finance Bill 2011-12, the Lower House on Saturday continued debate on the budget amid visibly thin presence, which perhaps was below the quorum...

Bureaucratic lifestyle dearly costs national kitty

Signs of the lavish lifestyle of the civil bureaucracy and judiciary are manifested in the provincial budget, as the Punjab government has spent Rs 2.48 billion over and above the...

Italy Posthumous award for late Saleem Shahzad

Late Syed Saleem Shahzad has been posthumously awarded an Italian journalism prize, a press release issued by Italian news agency Adnkronos International (AKI) said. The Italy Ischia Prize Foundation awarded the...

FCC students protest against govt

A protest was held at liberty roundabout by the teachers and students of Forman Christian College University (FCCU) on Friday. The students protested against the policies of the government, corruption,...

Audit exposes rampant corruption in Zakat Fund

The menace of corruption is so much deep-rooted and penetrated into the society and the administrative apparatus that the dishonest government functionaries did not even spare the Zakat Fund, primarily...

Rekindling ‘Spirit of Swat’

In a bid to stimulate tourism sector in the Swat Valley, Malakand administration Saturday announced that it would hold month-long festive activities called ‘Spirit of Swat’ from June 18 till...

Housing Ministry seeks police help to recover its vehicle

The Ministry of Housing and Works has sought help from Islamabad Police to retrieve its vehicle from the former Minister of State Chaudhry Muhammad Tariq Anis. In a letter...

Rs 323m embezzled in Utility Stores Corporation

Pointing to serious malpractices in the Utility Stores Corporation (USC), the audit officials have unearthed illegal appointments of 780 persons and embezzlement, losses and serious financial irregularities amounting to Rs...

LDA gets back five plots from land mafia

Lahore Development Authority (LDA) Estate Management Directorate-II staff on Saturday retrieved five plots in Gujjarpura after a crackdown on land grabbers. The plots included plot number 366-A Block B-1 measuring...

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