Tag: cabinet
Cabinet approves extradition treaty with China, Saudi Arabia
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi Wednesday chaired a meeting of the federal cabinet at Prime Minister’s Office on Wednesday in which the cabinet...
IHC issues notices to senior officials in contempt case
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday issued notices to the secretaries of interior affairs, cabinet, and law and justice and Inspector General of...
Cabinet approves presentation of first-ever draft ‘water policy’ before CCI
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi Tuesday chaired a meeting of the federal cabinet at Prime Minister’s Office where the cabinet accorded approval for...
PM briefed on power situation in country ahead of summer
Cabinet approves ban on sale of loose cigarettes to discourage smoking
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi chaired a meeting of the federal cabinet...
Government allows ‘restructuring’ of PIA
Cabinet committee discusses issues of PIACL, Steel Mills after detailed presentations
ISLAMABAD: The Cabinet Committee on Privatisation, which met with Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi...
Cabinet approves executive allowances for senior KP bureaucrats: report
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa cabinet on Thursday approved a special allowance for the provincial bureaucracy, likely to amount over Rs460 million annually, according to...
Sindh cabinet discusses dispute over sugarcane prices, other key issues
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah on Wednesday chaired cabinet’s meeting here in Karachi. The cabinet discussed several issues including the dispute between...
Cabinet approves amendment to bring blasphemy, pornography within cybercrime law: report
ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet on Tuesday approved an amendment to the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (PECA), 2016, aimed at bringing blasphemy and pornography...
Bill on moon sighting sent to cabinet for approval
The government on Tuesday forwarded the draft of Ruet-e-Hilal Bill 2017 which seeks the reconstitution of the Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee and suggests a one-year...
Educational institutions hesitant to double quota for FATA students
ISLAMABAD: Educational institutions across Pakistan are hesitant to comply with federal cabinet's decision to double (Federally Administered Tribal Areas) FATA students’ quota.
The federal cabinet in...
Zimbabwe’s new president urges public unity as cabinet sworn in
Zimbabwe's new president, Emmerson Mnangagwa, called for public unity to revive the country's sickly economy as his new cabinet took office on Monday.
“I have...
Spain’s supreme court refuses bail for former Catalonia cabinet members
MADRID: Former Catalonian vice-president Oriol Junqueras, former cabinet member Joaquim Forn and two leaders of civic groups ANC and Omnium Cultural, faced with charges...
Cabinet strongly condemns Indian firing across LoC
ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, on Wednesday strongly condemned the unprovoked firing by Indian security forces across the...
Bill for protection of journalists to be tabled in cabinet soon:...
ISLAMABAD: Information Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb on Friday apprised the Senate Committee on Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage the first draft of the bill for...
Zimbabwe’s Mugabe creates cyber ministry in cabinet reshuffle
HARARE: Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe moved Patrick Chinamasa from the finance ministry on Monday to lead a new cybersecurity ministry that will focus on...
Cabinet approves signing of MoU between Pak-China IP organisations
The federal cabinet, which met here Tuesday with Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi in the chair, allowed the signing of a memorandum of understanding...
Dar set to lose office as NAB freezes bank accounts, property...
Sources say Dar lost Nawaz Sharif’s trust after trying to cut covert deal during Panama Papers investigation
Sartaj Aziz, Ahsan Iqbal, Pervaiz Malik...
