Lahore: Pakistan Muslim League senior central leader and former Prime Minister Ch Parvez Elahi has said that we had provided free education and textbooks up to Matric, now Insha-Allah will provide free education with books up to BA, investment in education means investment in future of Pakistan, on coming into ... Read More »
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Feed SubscriptionUfone and PCB jointly hunt talent in fast bowling
Lahore: Ufone here on Friday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to invest into the cricket talent pool of Pakistan and to provide opportunities for the development and growth of young Pakistani fast bowlers. Under the signed MOU cricketing legend, fast bowler and former Captain ... Read More »
New CS Punjab Javaid Iqbal calls on Najam Sathi
Lahore: Newly appointed Chief Secretary Punjab, Javed Iqbal, called on Chief Minister Najam Sethi at Chief Minister’s Secretariat. Najam Sethi congratulated Javed Iqbal on assuming the office of Chief Secretary Punjab. Matters regarding free and fair conduct of elections and administrative affairs were discussed in the meeting. Read More »
Aurat Foundation GEM Cell condemns the tenor of questions
Lahore: Aurat Foundation Gender Election Monitoring Cell has condemned the tenor of questions which the Returning Officers have adopted to carry out scrutiny of nominations of prospective candidates, for General Elections 2013. The Gender Election Monitoring Cell urges the Election Commission to frame election-specific questions to scrutinize nominations instead of ... Read More »
ICHR calls for a Kashmir free of landmines
Brussels: Marking the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action, International Council for Human Rights (ICHR) calls for a Kashmir free of landmines, and reaffirms its commitment to raise the issue of landmines which have been laid down by the Indian military and paramilitary forces at various ... Read More »
Two more Caretaker Ministers take oath
Lahore: Two more Caretaker Ministers of Punjab Cabinet took oath of their offices at a ceremony held at Governor House Lahore today. Governor Punjab Makhdoom Syed Ahmed Mahmood administered oath to Jamshed Rehmatullah and Qaisar Zulfiqar Khan. Chief Minister Najam Sethi, Provincial Ministers, Chief Secretary Punjab, secretaries and other high-ranking ... Read More »
Every school would be sealed where dengue found:Provincial Secretary Schools
Lahore: Provincial Secretary Schools, Muhammad Aslam Kamboh has said that government and private educational institutions failing to take preventive measures against dengue virus or conducting two zero periods once a week for creating awareness against dengue, will be sealed. He was presiding over a meeting of Emergency Response Committee Samanabad ... Read More »
PTI concerns over the misuse of government resources
Lahore: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Senior leader Naeemul Haq on Friday expressed his concern over the misuse of government resources by the former ministers and urged Chief Justice of Pakistan and Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) to take notice of the misconduct by politicians. In a statement issued here, Naeemul Haq said ... Read More »
CM to pay surprise visits to hospitals
Lahore: Chief Minister Punjab, Najam Sethi replied to the questions of the owners of newspapers and TV channels, editors, anchors and senior journalists in a lighter mood. The Chief Minister said that he asks three questions to every person before his induction in the provincial cabinet. The first is about ... Read More »
IG forms committees for security to the national leaders
Lahore: In order to maintain, peace, law and order, and to provide security cover to the national leaders, important personalities, and international journalists during the Elections 2013 across the Punjab province, Inspector General of Police (IGP) Punjab, Aftab Sultan, has constituted various special committees. The committees will monitor the security ... Read More »