Lahore: Minimum Wages Board has decided to increase the minimum rates of wages by 10% w.e.f. 1st July, 2014 of all categories of workers (skilled and semi skilled) of fifty one different industries as specified by Labour and Human Resource Department. Read More »
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Lahore: Member National Assembly, Hamza Shahbaz Sharif said that death of children in Thar due to malnutrition is a human tragedy. He said that Sindh government remained busy in cultural show and neglected the human sufferings. It is the responsibility of Sindh government to hold an inquiry and fix responsibility ... Read More »
Eminent political workers join PML-Q
Lahore: Eminent political workers including former independent candidate Ch Muhammad Rafique Virk have joined PML-Q after meeting with ex-deputy prime minister Ch Pervez Elahi in Lahore.At the occasion,Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi said that the people were fed up with government announcements and promises to meet them because they were not doing anything. ... Read More »
Mothers themselves killing their siblings due to dearness:Ch Pervez Elahi
Lahore: Pakistan Muslim League (PML) senior central leader and former Deputy Prime Minister Ch Parvez Elahi has said that N-League has even snatched away the facilities given during our tenure and representation in the local bodies, domestic woman was today most hit by ever-increasing prices of essential and other articles and ... Read More »
JI demands shut up call for Khawaja Asif
Lahore: Ameer, Jamaat e Islami, Pakistan, Syed Munawar Hasan, has taken strong exception to Defense Minister Khwaja Muhammad Asif’s statement that if talks did not succeed, operation was inevitable, and said this was in conflict with the national policy. He has called upon the Prime Minister to stop the Ministers ... Read More »
Govt. is showing extreme negligence in protecting the working women:Khursheed Mehmood Kasuri
Lahore: Former Minister for foreign affairs Khursheed Mehmood Kasuri has said that it is sad that Pakistan had missed out on all millennium development goals and govt. as shown extreme negligence in protecting both the working women and home based workers as well. While addressing a conference on the international women ... Read More »
Shahbaz Sharif announces regularization of lady health workers
Lahore: Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif has announced a comprehensive package of far-reaching reforms for removing hurdles in the laws for bringing women into mainstream of national development. The Chief Minister also announced regularization of lady health workers while Punjab government will distribute two lakh more laptops worth Rs.8 ... Read More »
Law to be made to stop faul language against women on social media: MPA Hina Pervez Butt
Lahore: Punjab Assembly passed a resolution unanimously about condemnation of the language that was being used against women on social media and a law should be made to discourage torture on women and to stop the faul language against women.The resolution was presented by PML-N MPA Hina Pervez Butt on International ... Read More »
Taliban to assist the government in tracing the groups involved in terrorist activities: Munawar Hasan
Lahore: Ameer, Jamaat e Islami, Pakistan, Syed Munawar Hasan, has welcomed the government decision to have direct talks with the Taliban, and said this was the right way to ensure the success of the talks. He was talking to the media men at the Lahore Airport on return from a ... Read More »
Terrorists have made state within state: Dr Farooq Sattar
Lahore: Member of MQM Coordination Committee and , MQM parliamentary leader in National Assembly Dr Farooq Sattar said that MQM will hold “Sufi” conference on March 9 in Lahore for religious harmony in the country.He said MQM is not a religious party but it believes in interfaith harmony and respect for every religion and ... Read More »