Pakistans exports to Indonesia Increased by 86% on June 24, 2017ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s exports to Indonesia have seen a tremendous increase of 86 percent in first four months of 2017 on Year-on-Year basis. Pakistan exported goods amounting to $91 million in first four months of 2017 as compared to $49 million in 2016 on Saturday. This upsurge in exports is predominantly due to Pakistan’s kinnow export […]
Deputy attorney general resigns on June 24, 2017ISLAMABAD: Deputy Attorney General of Pakistan Abdul Rasheed Awan has tendered his resignation from the post. According to media reports, Abdul Rasheed Awan resigned due to personal reasons, and had sent his resignation to President Mamnoon Hussain. It is vital to mention here that Abdul Rasheed had been serving as the deputy attorney general since […]
700 Rawalpindi schools to run on solar energy on June 24, 2017RAWALPINDI: The Punjab government has approved a project to shift 700 Rawalpindi schools to solar energy. According to details, 20,000 schools across the Punjab will be shifted to solar energy at the cost Rs 9 billion. In the first phase, 10,000 schools of Southern Punjab and in the second phase, 10,000 schools of Northern Punjab […]
Protest held against attack on journalists on June 24, 2017ISLAMABAD: A joint demonstration was staged by Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) and Rawalpindi-Islamabad Union of Journalists (RIUJ) outside the National Press Club on Friday against attacks on journalists in Faisalabad, Islamabad and Quetta. The protesters urged the government to register an FIR against the University of Agriculture, Faisalabad vice-chancellor. A large of journalists […]
FBR drops inflation bomb by increasing duty on 144 items: Sarwar on June 23, 2017Lahore: Former Governor Punjab and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) central leader Chaudhry Muhammad Sarwar has termed the increase in duty as “inflation bomb” by Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) on Friday. He said that all institutions have reached on the verge of collapse. Bad governance must be eradicated from roots otherwise inflation, corruption, and injustice will […]
KP to spend Rs10b for energy sector on June 23, 2017 Peshawar: Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa would spend Rs10 billion as evermore amount in the history of the province for the development of energy sector during the current financial year 2016-17 while Rs15 billion have been allocated in the coming budget of 2017-18 for promotion of this sector. This was stated during a detailed briefing […]
NAB Multan arrests three proclaimed offenders on June 23, 2017Bahawalpur: National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Multan has arrested three proclaimed offenders who were absconding since 16th March, 2016, in an investigation against Shaoor Town Housing Scheme Bahawalnagar on Friday. Accused Shoor Bashir s/o Bashir Ahmed, Ghafoor Ahmed s/o Bashir Ahmed and Rukhsana Manzoor wife of Manzoor Ahmed, Bahawalnagar were absconding from process of law and […]
Reply sought in Imrans disqualification, PTI funding cases on June 23, 2017ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has sought replies from Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in cases related to Imran Khan’s disqualification and party’s foreign funding on July 6 and July 10 respectively. A four-member bench of the ECP headed by Chief Election Commissioner Justice (r) Sardar Raza Khan took up for hearing the disqualification case […]
Medical board directed to present record in Tayyaba case on June 21, 2017 ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday sought the record of the medical board that had examined Tayyaba. A single-member IHC bench heard the case on Tuesday. Justice Aamir Farooq expressed annoyance over the absence of Dr Tariq and Dr Aslam, who were part of medial board that had examined Tayyaba after the […]
It appears as if nomads running FBR: SC on June 21, 2017ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday remarked that it appeared from lack of seriousness on part of FBR in pursuing the cases that some ‘nomads’ were running the tax department. “Authorities concerned have no interest in cases … their interest lies somewhere else rather than their job,” the court further observed as a three-member […]