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News for Wednesday, 27 Jul 2011

Cabinet to decide on 13.6% increase in gas tariff today

The federal cabinet will decide on 13.6 percent increase in gas tariff along with the Petroleum Ministry’s request for amendments in the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC) 1860 and Criminal Procedure...

PML-N trying to use judicial card: Awan

Responding to a statement by Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif that the PML-N would not tolerate contempt of courts, former law minister Babar Awan accused the PML-N of trying to...

US military chief nominee says will press Pakistan

The nominee to be the next chief unformed officer of the US military pledged on Tuesday to press Pakistan to rein in extremists, saying that the war partner falsely considered...

Karachi unrest claims 4 more lives

Another four people were killed and two others injured in various incidents of violence across the city on Tuesday. Tension gripped Orangi Town where two people were killed and a...

Moroccan military plane crash kills 78

At least 78 people were killed on Tuesday when a Moroccan military transport plane crashed into a mountain in the south of the country during bad weather, the military said...

PPP Punjab MPAs seek funds from Centre

Pakistan People’s party (PPP) parliamentarians from Punjab Assembly have asked Prime Minister Yusaf Raza Gillani to provide development funds to them from federal government resources, since the provincial government was...

FBR deletes forged figures from its website

The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has erased evidence of its number-fudging by removing the net tax collection figures of the last fiscal year from its website. The...

Majeed elected AJK premier

Azad Jammu and Kashmir Pakistan Peoples Party President Ch Abdul Majeed was elected as the AJK prime minister by securing 35 votes in the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday. As many...

Chinese automobile manufacturers urged to invest in Pakistan

Engineering Development Board (EDB) has urged Chinese automobile manufacturers to avail investment opportunities in Pakistan. The EDB CEO Aitazaz A. Niazi in a meeting with Chinese delegation led by Economic...

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