Archive | April, 2008
Sixty-six % face difficulty in getting flour: Gallup
ISLAMABAD: Sixty-six percent (66%) of a National Sample of respondents from the rural and urban areas of all four provinces say they have lately faced difficulties in obtaining aata (flour) for their daily food consumption. Says a survey report issued by Gallup Pakistan Tuesday. According to the report, the remaining 34% said they did not [...]
Continue reading...Policy for tax, duty exemptions on agriculture machinery import on cards
29. April 2008
ISLAMABABAD: A policy is being finalized for the development of industrial infrastructure development with tax holidays and full duty exemptions on import of agriculture machinery. Syed Naveed Qamar Pakistan’s Federal Minister for Privatization, Investment, Ports, Shipping, Industries & Production stated while delivering his keynote address at Middle East-Pakistan Agriculture & Dairy Forum at Dubai Tuesday. The [...]
Continue reading...Army chief awards shaheed, others
29. April 2008
RAWALPINDI: General Headquarters Special investiture ceremony held Tuesday here at the Army Auditorium to confer awards of “Tamgha-i-Jurrat” and Tamgha-i-Basalat to the officers and Next of Kin of Shaheed Officers, Junior Commissioned Officers and Jawans. The Chief of Army Staff, General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani conferred the awards. A total of 63 awards, including one Tamgha-i-Jurrat and [...]
Continue reading...Kurd alleges govt of wasting time after Murre Declaration
29. April 2008
ISLAMABAD: An active leader of the lawyers’ movement Ali Ahmad Kurd has accused the government of wasting time by not taking initiative to reinstate judges under the Murree Declaration after formation of the government. The matter is simple and there are no complexities in it. However, the issue is being made complicated. Only three days [...]
Continue reading...Hamid Khan terms Pirzada, Malik of hatching conspiracies
29. April 2008
ISLAMABAD: Leader of the lawyers’ community and former President Supreme Court Bar Association Hamid Khan has accused Sharifuddin Pirzada and Malik Qayyum of hatching conspiracies against restoration of judges. Conspiracies are being hatched by the presidential camp. People like Malik Qayyum are involved in it. The legal team of Pakistan Peoples Party is also collaborating [...]
Continue reading...Justice Tariq optimistic about outcome on judge’s issue
29. April 2008
ISLAMABAD: Justice (R) Tariq Mehmood has expressed his optimism about the issue of restoration of deposed judged under the spirit of the Murree Declaration after the latest talks in Dubai between PPP Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari and PML (N) President Mian Shehbaz Sharif. “We have accepted the Murree declaration and the expiry date of which [...]
Continue reading...Taliban Celebrating Symbolic Victory’ over Afghan forces
29. April 2008
KABUL: The Taliban’s assassination attempt on Afghanistan’s president has sent shockwaves around the world. German media commentators say that the attack has once again exposed the government’s vulnerability and could further damage the president’s credibility. Their targets might have escaped without injury but the Taliban’s message rang out loud and clear: no one is safe [...]
Continue reading...Hundreds held after presidential assassination attempt in Afghanistan
29. April 2008
KABUL: Afghan security forces have detained hundreds of suspects in Kabul, following Sunday’s failed assassination attempt against President Hamid Karzai. According to senior security sources in Kabul, the Afghan police and intelligence service detained some 200 guests at a cheap hotel in Kabul popular among travelling salesman. Among them were the six assailants, who launched [...]
Continue reading...25 houses gutted in Kishtwar
29. April 2008
JAMMU: About 25 houses were gutted and several animals burnt alive in devastating fire in Angoi village, about 85 kilometres from Kishtwar town. Deputy Commissioner, Kishtwar, Shahid Innayatullah said that on the intervening night of April 27 and 28, an information was received about the gutting of 25 residential houses and several cattle sheds in [...]
Continue reading...No difference in Policies of pro-India parties, GoI: Geelani
29. April 2008
SRINAGAR: Accusing pro-Indian parties of playing pity politics, chairman of his faction of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference Syed Ali Geelani has said that they (pro-Indian parties) take support of Kashmir issue to brace up their loyalty to government of India. “All pro-Indian parties indulge in pity politics and use Kashmir issue for power. In [...]
Continue reading...AIOU announces examination scheduled
29. April 2008
ISLAMABAD: Mr. Hafeez Ullah, Controller of Examinations Allama Iqbal Open University announced Tuesday the schedule for examination for Autumn Semester 2007 starting 15th May 2008. Dispatch of Roll No slips to the students of PTC, CT, ATTC, B-Ed Programme is in progress. Those students who will not receive the Roll No Slips on or before [...]
Continue reading...CDA to open six residential sectors: Kaira
29. April 2008
ISLAMABAD: The Capital Development Authority is to open six residential sectors and two sub sectors in Islamabad. This was stated by Minister incharge of the Cabinet Division Qamaruz Zaman Kaira while replying to a question by Senator Talah Mehmood in the Senate today. The Minister said the planned new sectors are D-13, E-13, F-13, D-14, C-13, [...]
Continue reading...Rs. 14.9 billion loans written off over last three years: Dar
29. April 2008
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Finance Ishaq Dar told the Senate Tuesday during question hour that loans worth over 14.9 billion Rupees have been written off over the past three years. He said that over 8.5 billion pertained to industrial sector, 3.3 billion to trading sector and over three billion rupees to agriculture sector. The Senate was [...]
Continue reading...RWB asks India banning Pakistani stations in Kashmir
29. April 2008
ISLAMABAD: Reporters Without Borders (RWB) calls on the federal government in New Delhi to explain why cable TV operators in the northwestern state of Jammu and Kashmir have been forbidden to carry several Pakistani TV channels. The organisation calls on the Indian authorities in charge of regulating the broadcast media to lift the ban and [...]
Continue reading...Geelani still under house arrest
29. April 2008
SRINAGAR: Chairman of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference (G) Syed Ali Geelani has been put under house arrest by Indian forces to prevent him from carrying out his polls boycott campaign in occupied Kashmir. While expressing anguish over his house arrest Geelani told Rising Kashmir over phone “I had to attend some condolence gatherings [...]
Continue reading...Ufone launches UExel
29. April 2008
ISLAMABAD: Ufone, one of the leading telecom operators in Pakistan, has launched UExcel – a program for undergrad students in collaboration with the School of Leadership (SoL) here Tuesday. This program consists of a series of sessions whereby special teams from SoL and Ufone will visit 18 different universities in Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad to [...]
Continue reading...Afridi concerned over negligence of environmental issues in FATA
28. April 2008
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Environment Hameed ullah Jan Afridi has expressed concern over neglecting of tackling the environment issues in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) in the past. While asking the IUCN management to gear up their efforts for addressing environmental issues of the area. The minister emphasized the need for evolving a strategy in [...]
Continue reading...Minister directs PMAD to maintain strict financial discipline
28. April 2008
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Defense, Chaudhry Ahmad Mukhtar has directed the Pakistan Military Accounts Department (PMAD) to maintain strict financial discipline of defense-related transactions and ensure prompt and efficient payment to the concerned organizations. He stated this while chairing a meeting in Ministry of Defense to review the performance of PMAD. The Military Accountant General (MAG), [...]
Continue reading...Ministry seeks public opinion on education policy of previous govt
28. April 2008
ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Education on the instructions of the Federal Minister of Education, Prof. Ahsan Iqbal, has asked here Monday the people to give their opinion on the draft of the Education policy prepared by the previous Government. The draft Education Policy designed by Shaukat Aziz’s Government has been placed on the Education Ministry’s [...]
Continue reading...It takes all to succeed: Khaqan
28. April 2008
ISLAMABAD: Federal minister for commerce Mr. Shahid Khaqan Abbasi said that Ministry of Commerce has always sought views of all the stakeholders for successful decision making. While addressing the 59th meeting of advisory council for the ministry of commerce on trade policy, the minister said that the trade policy gives an opportunity for the traders [...]
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