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News for Tuesday, 7 Aug 2012

PPP busy in corruption, not serious about ending power crisis: Nawaz

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday said the electricity crisis could be resolved with the will of the ruling Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), but “it is busy...

PPP to resist any power centre except parliament

Pakistan Peoples’ Party, within sphere of constitution, would resist emergence of any new centre of legislative power other than the elected parliament. This was decided in the meeting of core committee...

Tribesmen protest against ban on chicken transportation to North Waziristan

Tribesmen protested against the ban on transporting chickens to the North Waziristan Agency where they are paying Rs400 per kilogram of chicken due to shortage of chickens in the region. Mohammad...

ECC approves weekly revision of petroleum prices

The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) has approved the revision of petroleum prices on weekly basis. The ECC met under the chair of Finance Minister Abdul Hafeez Shaikh on Tuesday. The meeting...

OGRA to oppose revision of petroleum prices

The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) has decided to oppose the Petroleum Ministry’s summary that sought Economic Coordination Committee's (ECC) approval to revise oil prices on weekly basis. According to...

Tax evasion case: NAB issues deadline to 5 telecom companies

In 47 billion rupees tax evasion case, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has issued notices to five telecom companies to appear before the investigation team on August 9, 2012. On...

COAS visited Gujranwala to attends concluding session of War Games

Chief of Army Staff (COAS), General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani visited Gujranwala, to attend the concluding session of Gujranwala Corps War Games. According to a press release issued by the ISPR here...

CJ irked at failure to arrest ex-Ogra chief

Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry expressed his displeasure on Tuesday over the authorities’ failure to arrest Tauqeer Sadiq, former chief of Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra), saying he remained...

11 foreign soldiers killed in Afghanistan within 7 days

Up to 11 soldiers with the NATO-led coalition or International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) have been killed in Taliban-related attacks and bomb blasts across Afghanistan since Aug 1. In the latest...

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