Hindu council asks govt to save land from mafia on June 21, 2017RAWALPINDI: The Pakistan Hindu Sikh Social Welfare Council has asked the government to help save their holy places from land mafia. A meeting of the council was held on Monday, which was attended by large number of people belonging to Sikh and Hindu community. President of the Council Sardar Heera Lal said their holy places […]
PML-N MPA disqualified for holding fake degree on June 20, 2017ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has disqualified Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Member of Provincial Assembly (MPA) Raja Shaukat Aziz Bhatti for holding a fake degree. A five-member bench of the ECP presided over by the chief election commissioner (CEC) de-seated Shaukat Bhatti of the Punjab Assembly for having a bogus degree. Major (r) […]
Funerals of Pakistan Navy personnel held in Karachi on June 20, 2017KARACHI: Funeral prayers of two Pakistan Navy personnel who died in a terrorist attack in Gwadar were offered on Tuesday. Syed Hassan Raza (medical technician) and Khalil Murad (fireman) were martyred on Monday when terrorists ambushed their vehicle near Jiwani. Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Muhammad Zakaullah attended the funerals at PNS Shifa Hospital […]
Rao Tehseen moves IHC over Dawn Leaks allegations on June 20, 2017ISLAMABAD: Former principal information officer Rao Tehseen has filed a petition in the Islamabad High Court (IHC) against declaring him responsible in Dawn leaks matter. Tehseen filed a petition on Tuesday making Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s secretary, broadcasting and interior ministry secretaries’ respondents. The petitioner requested the court to issue orders of providing him with […]
Sub-committee formed on occupation of land by armed forces on June 20, 2017ISLAMABAD: The Senate’s Standing Committee on Defence has formed a sub-committee on the matter of occupation of land by army and air force in Quetta. It was decided in a meeting which was held with Senator Mushahid Hussain Syed in the chair on Monday at Pakistan Institute of Parliamentary Services in Islamabad. The committee was […]
NAB gives last chance to JIT member on June 19, 2017ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has issued another notice to Joint Investigation Team (JIT) member Irfan Mangi, telling him to submit his reply. The notice, which was issued by Deputy Chairman NAB Imitiaz Tajwar on Monday, asked the respondent to submit a reply in the next 15 days. The notice stated that Mangi had […]
Planning Ministry transfer funds to other projects allocated for RBOD on June 19, 2017Islamabad: The Ministry of Planning has approved to transfer the funds worth Rs4.8 billion for other projects which were allocated for Right Bank Outfall Drainage (RBOD) projects due to differences between federal and Sindh governments. As per media reports, approximately Rs4.8 billion were allocated for the three projects of Right Bank Outfall Drainage in the […]
Rs 3 billion allocated for educational institutions on June 19, 2017RAWALPINDI: Over Rs3 billion has been allocated for the development projects in various colleges and universities across the Punjab, including Rawalpindi Division. The Punjab government has allocated around Rs 3.9 billion for 73 development schemes of universities and colleges located across the Punjab. The funds have been allocated for the construction of 105 new colleges […]
17-year-old abducted from Islamabad on June 19, 2017ISLAMABAD: A girl was allegedly abducted from the Lohi Bher Police precinct on Sunday. Aqass, a resident of Lohi Bher, lodged a complaint with the local police that kidnappers had abducted his 17-year old daughter from the local market. Police have registered a case and started an investigation. Meanwhile, a man was shot dead at […]
PTI govt working to put KP on road to prosperity on June 19, 2017PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Pervez Khattak said his government is working to bring the terror-hit province back to the road to speedy development. He said this while talking to the UN Assistant Secretary General for Asia and UNDP’s Director Haoliang Xu, who called on him along with his visiting delegation at Chief Minister House […]