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Prime Minister Gilani terms opposition’s attitude unconstitutional

Terming the opposition’s attitude unethical and unconstitutional, Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani said that the civil society and the media did not like the extremely un-parliamentary, undemocratic behavior of the opposition party. He was addressing a parliamentary party meeting of the PPP MNAs and coalition partners held at the Parliament House under his chair […]

Nawaz Sharif refuses to accept official protocol as ex-ruler

Refusing to take protocol and privileges announced in the National Finance Bill 2012-13, President Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Nawaz Sharif said he does not need the resources provided for the former rulers. While addressing a seminar ‘Pakistan Economy from present crisis to growth and prosperity’, he asserted that he will never use such funds from […]

Imran Khan demands audit of all discretionary funds

Joining the chorus in criticizing the government, Chairman Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan demanded an audit of all discretionary funds of the president, prime minister, chief ministers and defence budget allocated for the armed forces. Addressing a press conference to give his party’s response to budget presented for the year 2012-13, the cricketer-turned-politician condemned the […]

Increasing incidents of gas cylinder blasts

The ratio of gas cylinder blast has been increasing during last year. This technology was introduced in the country back in 2000-01. This industry has been grown up many folds and many CNG (Compressed Natural Gas) stations have also been working in the country. Commercial vehicles like vans and buses also started use of CNG […]

President Zardari sends reference to Speaker National Assembly for creation of new provinces

President Asif Ali Zardari has sent a reference to Speaker National Assembly Dr Fehmida Mirza to form a commission to oversee the matter of the creation of the new provinces, signaling the creation of two new federating units including the Seraiki and Bahawalpur province, The commission will comprise six Senators to be nominated by Senate […]

Punjab Govt. to conduct Local Body Elections on non-party basis

Punjab Govt. to conduct Local Body Elections on non-party basis Lahore: (Thursday, May 31, 2012) The government of Punjab has decided to hold the local body elections on non-party basis. According to the details, in a cabinet meeting here today, the government not only gave approval of non-party base LB elections, but also approved the […]

National budget worth around 3 trillion to be presented on Friday

Finance Minister Abdul Hafiz Sheikh will present the national budget for the next fiscal year 2012-13 with total outlay of nearly 3 trillion rupees in the parliament on June 01. According to the reports, the focus of the upcoming Budget will be enhancing revenues to minimize dependence on the external finances, cutting down the government […]

Who will take suo moto action on lawyers’ violence?

After successfully restoring deposed Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, some elements in the lawyers have really started thinking themselves above the law. The recent attacks by lawyers on policemen, readers and judges are truly regrettable. There has been a string of incidents across Punjab Province in the past few months where the lawyers manhandled policemen, […]

We need to reset our priorities (Part Two)

The public-sector schools for the lower and the lower middle class mostly offer Matriculation. These institutions are mostly in a neglected and ruined state and students aren’t even facilitated with basic necessities including books, furniture and in some cases clean drinking water. With sorry to say that the teachers in public sector schools come just […]

We need to reset our priorities (Part One)

Undoubtedly, education is the gateway to a country’s success, which enlightens and boosts its economy, sovereignty and progress. Malaysia is an admirable example that has dragged itself into the category of the developed. Literary rate has flown up to 95 percent due to wisely formation of educational policies. That is the reason their economy and […]

President Asif Ali Zardari urges to free Pakistani hostages from Somali pirates

Paying attention to calls of many people, President Asif Ali Zardari has given task to Interior Minister Rehman Malik and directed him to take measures for the release of Pakistani hostages held by Somali pirates. In the wee hours of Monday, the President telephoned Rehman Malik, asking him to leave no stone unturned for the […]

Maintenance and operations of Gencos will not be outsourced any more: Pakistan Government

Maintenance and operations of Gencos will not be outsourced any more: Pakistan Government Saturday, May 12, 2012: The Government of Pakistan has made it clear that operations and maintenance of state-owned power generation companies (Gencos) will not be outsourced to private contractors, as was previously decided. The Government has also cancelled the possibility of privatisation […]

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