ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani Monday directed the Ministry of Petroleum and Oil and Gas Development Company (OGDC) to submit a detailed report on outstanding rent payable to the owners of gas fields at Sui within a week and clear it without any delay. He also directed that a new rent agreement...
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LAHORE: Routine activities have been resumed in Lahore education board at the end of 14-day strike of employees of the board. The office bearers of employees union had announced end of strike last night after successful negotiations with provincial education minister Mujtaba Shujaur Rehman. The private candidates will now submit their fees till February...
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ISLAMABAD: Chairman National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Naveed Ahsan has met with Attorney General Anwer Mansoor and discussed reopening of Swiss cases against Asif Ali Zardari. Chairman NAB said that court’s directives will be implemented.
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Zardari has not ordered reopening of Swiss cases’ : LAHORE: The president’s spokesman Farhatullah Babar and the attorney general (AG) have rejected reports that President Asif Ali Zardari has ordered the Law Ministry to initiate the process for reopening his cases in the Swiss courts. The two leaders said legal issues, including the...
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ISLAMABAD: Members of National Assembly Thursday appreciated passage of ''Protection against Harassment of Women at Workplace Bill 2009'' with stress on its effective implementation. All the members who commented on the Bill after it was unanimously adopted by the House, urged the government to effectively enforce it after it becomes a law. In a...
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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani on Tuesday said the federal government attaches high priority to the socio-economic development of Balochistan and would utilize all possible resources for the uplift of the province. Talking to a delegation of Balochistan cabinet led by Chief Minister Nawab Aslam Raeesani at the PM House, the Prime...
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GWADAR: Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik on Saturday reiterated that the federal government would utilize all its resource for the progress and prosperity of Balochistan. Earlier, the federal minister was presented salute by a police contingent after he arrived in Gwadar to review the implementation of Aghaz-e-Haqooq Balochistan Package. He visited the Gwadar Port...
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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani on Saturday constituted a Special Committee under the Chairmanship of Minister for Finance Shaukat Tareen to prioritize and oversee the implementation process of the austerity measures. Other members of the Committee include Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources Syed Naveed Qamar, Minister for Railways Haji Ghulam Ahmed...
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ISLAMABAD: The opposition leader in National Assembly and the leader of Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has said his party will not demand resignation of President Asif Ali Zardari, Geo news reported Wednesday. Briefing media persons, he said I do not want to air differences by asking for resignation from...
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The TRS chairman K Chandrasekhar Rao was on hunger strike for separate state of Telangana. After feeling the heat of agitation, the central government of India has announced that the process instating new state will commence soon. As soon as the consensus in Andhra Pradesh assembly develops, Telengana will be given the status...
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