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Fayyaz Yaseen
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AGPR Joint Action Committee decides to end strike

Islamabad: (Wednesday, August 01, 2012) The Accountant General Pakistan Revenues’ (AGPR) employees, in a hurriedly made decision, have decided to end the strike.  The decision to end the strike was made by the Joint Action Committee (JAC), that was convened to reconsider the earlier decision to go on strike. The sources in the AGPR said […]

MPs have conditional freedom of speech: Chief Justice

Islamabad: (Wednesday, August 01, 2012) The Supreme Court of Pakistan, on identical petitions against the contempt of court law, continued hearing today. Proceeding with the case hearing, the chief justice of Pakistan, Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry said that if parliamentarians committed contempt of court, the Speaker National Assembly or Chairman Senate were bound to send […]

Algeria’s cultural entrepreneurs visit USA for economic ties

As part of the U.S. – North Africa Partnership for Economic Opportunity (NAPEO) Creative and Cultural Economy Incubator, a delegation from Algeria visited Washington DC, Jacksonville, Santa Fe, Detroit, and New York from July 7-29. The group discussed the role of the creative sector in economic development and in building international economic and cultural partnerships […]

Arms Trade Treaty Conference in the USA; consensus not reached on the text

The United States supports the outcome today at the Arms Trade Treaty Conference. While the Conference ran out of time to reach consensus on a text, it will report its results and the draft text considered back to the UN General Assembly (UNGA). The United States supports a second round of negotiations, conducted on the […]

Kaira thinks Shahbaz politicizing loadshedding issue

Muzaffargarh: (Monday, July 30, 2012) Federal Minister for information and broadcasting Qamar Zaman Kaira said here today that under the given circumstances, the PML-N leaders should abstain from indulging into the politics of point scoring. He was of the view that this was high time all the political leaders sat together to strengthen the federation. […]

Dengue outbreak in Karachi; 21 admitted to hospitals

Karachi: (Monday, July 30, 2012) with summer season reaching at its peak, dengue has once again out broken, albeit, this time in a different provincial capital of Pakistan – Karachi. According to the news, in last one week, about 21 patients suffering from dengue have been admitted to different hospitals of the city. The number […]

LHC orders for uniform loadshedding

Lahore: (Monday, July 30, 2012) taking notice of the un-parallel pattern of loadshedding across the country, Lahore High Court ordered here today that there should be uniformity in the loadshedding across Pakistan. The honorable court ordered this while hearing a petition filed by Advocate Azhar Siddique against the loadshedding during Sehri and Iftaar. While hearing […]

Malik Riaz Claims to be implicated in false cases

Islamabad: (Monday, July 30, 2012) Malik Riaz Ahmed, the real estate tycoon and a central character in the Arsalan Iftikhar case, said here today that he was being implicated in false cases which were fabricated only to malign him. He said that he has sought more time from the court to present additional evidences against […]

Next polls to be held on old constituencies

Islamabad: (Monday, July 30, 2012) While the election commissioner office will issue final electoral rolls tomorrow, July 31, the next general elections in the country will be held on the existing constituencies. The news about keeping old constituencies in place has been confirmed by the Secretary Election Commission Ishtiaq Ahmed. Talking to the journalists, Ishtiaq […]

SBP to inject new currency notes from August 01

Karachi: (Monday, July 30, 2012) As the Eid-ul-Fitr approaches, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) decides to inject fresh currency notes in the market from August 01. To equally circulate the fresh currency notes, the SBP will utilize over 10,000 branches of the commercial banks across Pakistan. The fresh currency notes will be available to […]

India: 21 served with life imprisonment for playing role in Gujrat riots

Gujrat: (Monday, July 30, 2012) 21 of twenty two people have been found guilty in the 2002 Gujrat riots case and have been served with life imprisonment. The one, who has been spared from the life imprisonment, is a policeman who has been given a one year jail for dereliction of duty. A former BJP […]

Imran says media key to improve things

Islamabad: (Monday, July 30, 2012) Imran Khan, chairman Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf said here today that media can play a key role towards improving a situation or making it worse. Khan said this while talking to the journalists on the occasion of inaugural ceremony of PTI’s media cell here. Chief of the PTI said that amid the […]

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