Top bureaucratic promotions in limbo over PML-N internal strife on October 1, 2017ISLAMABAD: A meeting of the high-powered promotions board has been scheduled for Monday (tomorrow) to consider the promotion cases of dozens of bureaucrats from grade 21 to 22. However, well-placed sources said that the meeting was most likely going to be postponed again as had happened twice before. The meeting has been overdue since July […]
Bilawal pays tribute to MRD martyrs on September 29, 2017 KARACHI: Pakistan People’s Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has paid a glowing tribute to the 16 martyrs of Punhal Chandio in Shaheed Benazirabad who were killed on September 29, 1983 for raising their voice against the Movement for the Restoration of Democracy (MRD) which was enforced by dictatorial regime of Zia. In his message, […]
Reply filed against Kaptaans supplementary concise statement on September 28, 2017ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Hanif Abbasi on Wednesday submitted his reply before the Supreme Court in response to the supplementary concise statement filed by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman on Tuesday, pertaining to purchase of Bani Gala land. Abbasi termed the statement as contrary to his previous statements and pleadings about the acquisition of […]
PML-N mulls making Ishaq Dar dysfunctional on September 28, 2017ISLAMABAD: Re-conciliatory voices within the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) have proposed making Finance Minister Ishaq Dar a dysfunctional cabinet member and transferring the key portfolio to another member like Sartaj Aziz or Miftah Ismail. Sources in the ruling party as well as federal government told Daily Times that the proposal sprang up in wake […]