NATIONALLAHORE With no apparent end to the drama, the Punjab Assembly (PA) proceedings on Friday perhaps set a new precedent by holding the general discussion on irrigation in the absence of the minister conc
BusinessKARACHIA record increase in the foreign exchange reserves and birth of a soft corner over law and order situation jacked up the Karachi Stock Exchange 100-Index by 93.74 points on Friday as it closed
LAHORELAHORE<br />Lahore High Court (LHC) on Friday issued notice to PML-N MNA Khawaja Saad Rafique on a petition seeking the verification of prize bonds submitted in court by the legislator.<br />The petition was filed by PML-Q candidate Humayun Akhter, who had lost the NA-125 election against Saad. The petition alleges that Saad had concealed his assets when he filed his nomination papers.<br />The petition claims Saad declared his assets post-elections, claiming he had won assets worth
LAHORELAHORELahore High Court (LHC) Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed on Friday heard the petition seeking the conversion of the Governor House into a housing colony of 786 plots of equal measure to generate reven
NATIONALKARACHIThe Pakistan People's Party (PPP) and the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) on Thursday decided that no military operation would be carried out in the Karachi city to control the recent spate of v
KARACHI: Pakistan's current account deficit for July-September diminished to a provisional $545 million, in comparison to $587 million in the same period last year, the Central Bank disclosed on Tuesd
KARACHIKARACHI: The Sindh government announced on Tuesday the feasibility study for Thar coal had been completed and some two billion tons of coal reserves were in block-II that would generate 5,000MW electr
NATIONALISLAMABAD: Irrespective of the fact that almost all the Provisional Constitutional Order (PCO) judges have resigned, no contempt notice has yet been issued against General (r) Pervez Musharraf and the
NATIONALISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Monday ruled that all judicial and executive authorities were bound to obey its orders under Articles 189 and 190 of the constitution.Article 189 reads, "Any decision o
LAHORE: The Technical & Vocational Training Authority (TEVTA) and the UK's City & Guilds have signed an agreement to introduce International Vocational Qualifications (IVQs) in TEVTA's constituent polytechnics.<br />The agreement was signed between the two parties at the Chief Minister's Secretariat. City & Guilds International Head of International Operations John Dunken McGee signed the agreement on the organisation's behalf.<br />TEVTA had accepted the City & Guilds initiative for
LAHORE: A lawyer has sent a reference to the president and the Supreme Judicial Council against a judge of the Lahore High Court for influencing a police case in favour of a naib qasid of his court.Sa
LAHOREThe Vice Chancellor of Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) appointed Dr. Zafar Iqbal Qureshi as the second provost of LUMS for a three-year term, on Wednesday.His appointment is effe
