LAHORE: The rights activists asked the government to provide the detailed report on the project for elimination of child and bonded labour initiated in 2014, here during a meeting at a local hotel, reported…
ISLAMABAD: The federal government has decided to bar public office holders since January 2000 from availing tax amnesty scheme in an attempt to counter the concerns that former rulers can take advantage of…
–Extremist cleric Khadim Rizvi gives two-day deadline to govt for implementation of Islamabad agreement –TLYR activists stage sit-in in Lahore, threaten to expand protests across country if demands are not met LAHORE: Few days after…
ISLAMABAD: The government has failed in ending loadshedding as power shortfall will surpass 6000 megawatts during the extreme heat. The prolonged outages have started in different areas of Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Balochistan and…
Govt’s comments sought on Sindh universities amendment bill KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Thursday directed the provincial government to inform the court about the progress on the reforms made to…
ASA alleges VC Dr Zakria Zakar of trading land to secure full 4-year term CJP requested to take suo moto on ‘illegal’ land acquirement LAHORE: University of the Punjab’s (PU) Academic Staff Association…
Opp’s three attempts of pointing out quorum fail as treasury easily manages to meet quorum LAHORE: After falling prey to the collapse of quorum for over two weeks, the treasury on Wednesday managed…
LAHORE: Increasing forest cover was the only solution to cope with the vulnerability of climate change that was prevailing in the country. This was stressed by the speakers during a symposium “Forests on…
LAHORE: Jamaate Islami Secretary General Liaqat Baloch on Monday said that the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) led government had “no right to privatise major national institutions including the Pakistan International Airlines, the Karachi…
ISLAMABAD: The government’s undue favours to one group of civil servants disgruntled the competent officers of other groups. A number of officers of Office Management group (OMG), Information Group and Commerce and Trade…
ISLAMABAD: Former speaker National Assembly (NA)and senior Pakistan People’s Party leader Dr Fahmida Mirza said on Tuesday that both federal and Sindh governments are violating Article 37 and 38 by not treating…
PESHAWAR: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Tuesday resumed the investigation into the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan’s alleged use of helicopters provided by the provincial government. On February 3, Imran…
ISLAMABAD: The federal government has decided to construct a dam in Bara Area of Khyber Agency at a cost of five billion rupees. According to the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) Development…
LAHORE: The traders and sellers of betel nuts and paan on Friday staged a protest outside the Lahore Press Club against the Punjab Food Authority (PFA) and threatened to spread their protest countrywide…
ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly (NA) was informed on Thursday that an estimated six hundred thousand cases of Polio related paralysis and death have been prevented in the country due to consistent efforts…
BERLIN: German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she was prepared to make “painful compromises” as she headed in a final round of talks Tuesday to seal a coalition deal for her fourth term and…
KYIV: Ukraine says one of its soldiers has been killed and two wounded in clashes that took place in the country’s east. The Defense Ministry said on January 31 that Russia-backed separatists violated a…
