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News for Friday, 1 Jun 2012

Exams in hot summers

The annual examinations are held in sizzling summer every year. They should instead be held during moderate season. The combination of electricity shortfall and a burning summer during...

The drones

CIA drone has become a household name with us and in Yemen. In both Muslim countries, the mighty superpower is chasing so-called the terrorists. Drone is a favourite...

PML-N lawmakers turn NA into boxing ring

Opposition lawmakers hijacked the Pakistan People’s Party-led coalition government’s unveiling of the fifth budget on Friday, trading punches during angry scuffles in parliament. As Finance Minister Abdul Hafeez Shaikh began...

Budget exercise meaningless: PTI

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) spokesperson Asad Omar has termed the annual budget exercise meaningless on the basis of the performance statistics released by the government yesterday. In a statement, he said the...

Hafeez Shaikh terms 5th budget historic

Finance Minister Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh said on Friday that presenting of 5th budget by the current government was a historic moment and the nation should be proud of it. Presenting...

Intense heat claims 4 lives in Sahiwal

Intense heat and humidity has claimed lives of four people here including three elderly women and one young girl. According to detail three old women including one young girl died while...

Mukhtar to assume charge of Ministry of Water and Power

Minister for Defence Ahmad Mukhtar said that he would assume the charge of Ministry of Water and Power very soon on the direction of Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani. While talking...

Private consumption expenditure reaches 75 % in FY 2011-12

The Private consumption expenditure has reached 75 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) due to sustained growth in remittances during current financial year ending June 30, 2012. However, public consumption expenditures...

Shahbaz holds PM, President accountable for $400 billion circular debt

Chief Minister Punjab Mian Shahbaz Sharif Friday said they would hold the Prime Minister and the President accountable for 400 billion dollars circular debt. He was talking to media before...

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