S-III estimated cost exceeds from Rs 7.9bn to Rs 42bn, says Mustafa Kamal on February 4, 2017 KARACHI: Greater Karachi Sewage (S-III) Development Project was initiated by former city district government Karachi at an estimated cost of Rs 7.9 billion and now the cost has reached at Rs 42 billion without reasons. This was stated by the former city Nazim and Chairman Pak Sar Zameen Party, Syed Mustafa Kamal before Judicial Commission […]
India trying to divert world attention from IHK: COAS on February 4, 2017ISLAMABAD: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa has said that India is trying to divert the world’s attention from its atrocities against innocent people in Held Kashmir. Talking about Indian provocations along the Line of Control (LoC) and the Working Boundary (WB), during his visit to the Lahore Garrison on Friday, the […]
Corruption is a curse; needs to be dealt with strictly: NAB chief on February 3, 2017ISLAMABAD: Terming corruption a curse, a poison that must be dealt with an iron hand, National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Chairman Qamar Zaman Chaudhry has said that the bureau is committed to eradicating the menace by adopting zero-tolerance policy across the board for a corruption-free Pakistan. Chairing a meeting to review the bureau’s performance at its […]
Corruption is a curse; needs to be dealt with strictly: NAB chief on February 3, 2017ISLAMABAD: Terming corruption a curse, a poison that must be dealt with an iron hand, National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Chairman Qamar Zaman Chaudhry has said that the bureau is committed to eradicating the menace by adopting zero-tolerance policy across the board for a corruption-free Pakistan. Chairing a meeting to review the bureau’s performance at its […]
Role of PAC Kamra in countrys defence hailed on February 3, 2017ISLAMABAD: Defence Secretary Lieutenant General (r) Syed Zameerul Hassan Shah on Thursday appreciated the role of the Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC) Kamra in the country’s defence. Air Marshall Arshad Malik received the defence secretary during his visit to the PAC Kamra on Thursday, where he was given a detailed briefing about the PAC performance, said […]
Ofcom shuts down ARY channels in UK on February 3, 2017LONDON: Britain’s media regulator Ofcom has revoked six licences of ARY Network in the UK three weeks after the channel went into liquidation and its chief operating officer applied for bankruptcy after losing £3million libel case to Geo and Jang Group’s Editor-in-Chief Mir Shakilur Rehman at the London High Court two months ago. Ofcom announced […]
Speaker seeks deeper ties with Azerbaijan, Egypt and Sri Lanka on February 2, 2017ISLAMABAD: National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq discussed matters of forging deeper relationship with Azerbaijan, Egypt and Sri Lanka in separate meetings with their envoys on Thursday. He called for diversification of trade and economic relations to assign substantive meanings to bilateral cooperation. Speaking with the Ambassador of Azerbaijan Ali Alizada, he remarked that Pakistan’s […]
Speaker seeks deeper ties with Azerbaijan, Egypt and Sri Lanka on February 2, 2017ISLAMABAD: National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq discussed matters of forging deeper relationship with Azerbaijan, Egypt and Sri Lanka in separate meetings with their envoys on Thursday. He called for diversification of trade and economic relations to assign substantive meanings to bilateral cooperation. Speaking to Ambassador of Azerbaijan Ali Alizada, he remarked that Pakistan’s quest […]
COAS visits 16 Baloch Regiment in Sialkot on February 2, 2017ISLAMABAD: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Wednesday visited the 16 Baloch Regiment at Sialkot Cantonment, where he was commissioned as second lieutenant. Both the COAS and his father have commanded this unit. The COAS spent the day with serving and retired soldiers and war veterans of the battalion, who felt […]
Sindh governor designate terms Karachi peace as his top priority on February 2, 2017KARACHI: Sindh governor designate Muhammad Zubair Umar has hinted to provide better law and order situation in the province, especially Karachi as top priority. “Improvement in the situation of Sindh, particularly Karachi, will be his top priority.” Sindh is the most sensitive province in the country, however, law and order situation in Karachi has significantly […]