Minister of Inter-Provincial Coordination Riaz Pirzada resigns on April 28, 2017ISLAMABD: Minister for Inter-Provincial Coordination Riaz Pirzada resigned from his post on Friday, citing reservations against the suspension of Director General Pakistan Sports Board Dr Akhtar Nawaz Ganjera as the reason behind his decision. The federal government on Wednesday suspended DG PSB for three months, though no charge was mentioned against the DG in the […]
German parliament moves to partially ban the burka on April 28, 2017BERLIN: Members of the lower house of parliament in Germany have approved a law that partially bans the full-face Islamic veil known as the burka. The bill will now go to the upper house for approval. Civil servants, judges and soldiers will be prevented from wearing burkas at work. Right-wing parties had been pushing for […]
Macedonia parliament stormed by protesters in Skopje on April 28, 2017MACEDONIA: Protesters stormed into Macedonia’s parliament on Thursday after an ethnic Albanian was elected as speaker. A brawl broke out injuring at least 10 people, including the Social Democrat leader Zoran Zaev, who was left with blood pouring down his face. The protesters, supporters of ex-prime minister Nikola Gruevski’s VMRO party, are demanding new elections. […]
Trump praises China’s Xi over handling of North Korea on April 28, 2017WASHINGTON: Donald Trump has praised China’s President Xi Jinping for his handling of North Korea, calling him “a very good man” who loves his country. The US president told media he would like to solve the crisis diplomatically but that it was “difficult” and a “major, major conflict” was possible. He also said it had […]
IHC hears intra-court appeal on April 28, 2017ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court heard an intra-court appeal against the termination of the Drug Regulatory Authority (DRA) chief executive officer (CEO) on Thursday. A division bench, comprising Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui and Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kyyani, heard the case. The counsel for Dr Aslam requested the court to suspend the judgment given by the […]
PTI files police complaint against minister on April 28, 2017 ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Thursday filed an application with the police against State Minister for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb, for allegedly not allowing them to hold a press conference at the Press Information Department (PID). In the complaint, PTI stated that it also had a right to hold press conferences at […]
Man commits suicide after killing five children on April 28, 2017LAYYAH: A father has killed five children by poisoning them in Layyah and has later committed suicide over the matter of his divorce with wife in Layyah, Punjab. Tariq, 45, poisoned to death his five children, including a son and four daughters and later committed suicide. The deceased were identified as Tayyaba, Tayyab, Saba, Tanzeela, […]
FBR is making efforts to achieve targets on April 28, 2017ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) is making concerted efforts to meet the revenue collection targets and the officers and field formations of FBR are exerting themselves with full energy and vigor in the ongoing last quarter This was stated by Chairman FBR Dr. Muhammad Irshad while addressing the participants of the 106th National […]
Govt urged to increase excise duty on cigarettes by 75% on April 28, 2017ISLAMABAD: A technical working group on tobacco has urged the government to increase excise duty on cigarettes by 75 percent in the upcoming budget. The group, which is part of an effort to raise the public health and has members from the World Bank, World Health Organisation, the Tobacco Cell at the Health Ministry, Bloomberg […]
Corporate governance rules for public sector companies amended on April 28, 2017ISLAMABAD: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan has issued notification for amendments to the Public Sector Companies (Corporate Governance) Rules, 2013, after approval by the federal government. The rules have been revised in view of the implementation experience as well as the feedback received from the line ministries of public sector companies and other […]