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Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani rejected the impression that the incumbent was considering giving extension to the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) director general (DG), Ahmed Shuja Pasha, in order to normalize civil-military relations. While speaking to the media after his return from World Economic Forum, he observed, “It’s disinformation that meetings with the military brass […]
Lahore, January 26: There are three more patients died as a result of using the adulterated drugs in different areas of Lahore and it takes the number of casualties to 72. The contaminated medicines, which were provided by the Punjab Institute of Cardiology (PIC), have affected more than three hundred people besides 72 deaths in […]
Contaminated cardiac medicines take 72 lives hitherto With 72 deaths have been reported thus far, the provincial government of Punjab has decided to send the drug and blood samples to laboratories abroad to investigate the mystic deaths that are being caused by a drug that was distributed free by the Punjab Institute of Cardiology. Unfortunately, […]
PML-N not to quit assemblies: Rana Sanaullah Lahore: Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah Khan here today said that Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) has decided not to quit assemblies as it will only pave the way for establishment to install a setup of its own choice. Speaking to the reporters at Punjab Assembly cafeteria, the […]
MQM tables bill in National Assembly to seek creation of new provinces Islamabad: (Tuesday, January 17, 2012) The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) here today floated a bill in National Assembly (NA) to seek creation of new provinces in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. In today’s NA session, chaired by deputy speaker Faisal Karim Kundi, MQM proposed […]
The success rate of the cases that brought to trial in Pakistan, where militancy is rampant, is unfathomable. Anti-Terrorism courts in Rawalpindi, the neighboring city of federal capital, upheld an acquittal rate of 60 per cent. It is worth highlighting here that the cases comprised of wide range of topics including murder of Polish engineer […]
Punjab Government comes under criticism for poor law and order Lahore: (Friday, January 06, 2012) Amid deteriorating law and order situation and increasing crime rates, Punjab government is receiving severe criticism these days. Good governance is a lot more than mere inventing beautiful slogans and suspending government officials on whims. This is a hard fact […]
It is in the instinct of human beings that whenever they get authority, the first use they make of it is the misuse. The same goes with the traffic wardens who are deployed in the Punjab capital to regulate the messy traffic and ensure smooth travel for all. But they are not doing well what […]
An impatient demand for fresh polls While many parties are making demands for early elections, the question is that why not they wait for another year to go the vehicle of democracy on a right track. The demanders also suggest agitation against the government and a technocrat setup on line of the Bangladesh model. Although […]
Financial position of Punjab stabilizes Lahore: (Wednesday, January 04, 2012) despite considerable spending of around 145 billion on development projects, Punjab’s financial position has stabilized during the past one year. The province had been under pressure since 2009 when its overdraft from State Bank of Pakistan reached Rs 51 billion, which reduced the pace of […]
Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet has decided to purchase 378,000 tons of sugar for the strategic reserve this year. The decision was taken after the reduction bid prices for sugar by the sugar mills this season, quoting just Rs. 17 per kg. The ECC meeting was presided by the Finance Minister of Pakistan, […]
After MQM, PPP mulling resolution on new provinces Following in footsteps of the MQM, the PPP is all set to table a resolution on new provinces. Reports on Monday informed that the party will move parliament for the Seraiki province. The PPP was already working on a draft of resolution of Seraiki province, but the […]
