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PAC wants details of organisations enjoying tax exemptions

The monitoring and implementation committee of the Public Accounts Committee on Monday directed the FBR to furnish details of all organisations that had been...

Sindh LG Dept seeks details of illegal appointments

After abolishing the Local Government Ordinance 2000, the Sindh Local Government Department has forwarded a letter to the Karachi Municipal Corporation and the Karachi...

SC seeks details of all pending BoP cases

Hearing the Rs 9 billion Bank of Punjab loan scam case, the Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to provide...

SC summons details of govt housing scheme in Zone-VI

The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Housing and Works Ministry to submit details of a housing scheme started in Zone-VI of the federal...

Missing persons’ details sought

Interior Ministry on Wednesday sought complete details of the persons missing from across the country, from the police inspector generals and other authorities concerned...

Yemen opposition seeks details on Gulf plan

SANAA - Yemen opposition parties on Tuesday urged Gulf mediators to spell out whether President Ali Saleh would hand over power early under their proposal to end a two-month crisis over leadership and political reforms.
Gulf Arab foreign ministers said this week they would invite Saleh and the opposition coalition to mediation talks in Riyadh, a key financier of Sanaa who analysts say Saleh trusts, on a transition of power.
The opposition said on Monday they rejected the

Details of 9/11 plotters revealed

WASHINGTON - US prosecutors compiled lots of evidence against the five men accused of having organised the September 11 attacks on the US, but not until this week have details been fully revealed. The indictment charging self-professed mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four others was unsealed when US Attorney General Eric Holder referred the case to Defence Department for military trials instead of trials at a US federal court in New York.
Holder said Sheikh Mohammed, Walid

SC seeks details of $233.7m ‘Safe City Project’

ISLAMABAD - Heading a two-member Supreme Court bench, which is hearing a petition challenging a $233.7 million security venture signed with a Chinese firm to keep the cities of Islamabad and Peshawar secure, Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry on Friday observed that the agreements with foreign companies should be transparent and there would be no compromise on transparency.
The court directed the Planning Commission to produce details of the agreement within three weeks.

SC seeks details of strike in Sindh

LAHORE - The Supreme Court on Saturday sought details relating the strike observed in Sindh to protest against the apex court's ruling that removed Justice (r) Deedar Hussain Shah as the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) chairman, a private TV channel reported.
According to sources, the court directed the Sindh chief secretary to provide the details in connection with the strike and said the record of the resolution passed in the Sindh Assembly and the speeches made there

FBR seeks details of corrupt officials’ assets

ISLAMABAD - Intensifying anti-corruption drive against corrupt officers in its Customs Wing, the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has asked the financial organisations and urban and real estate development authorities to provide details of the assets of the officers involved in ISAF containers' scam, an official source Tuesday told Pakistan Today.
"The probe is being conducted into the assts of over 600 officers on the basis of investigations of the Federal Tax Ombudsman (FTO)

Italian report details arms sales to Libya

ROME - Italy has sold Libya explosives, gun targeting equipment and other military hardware worth tens of millions of euros (dollars) in the past two years, Italian daily Corriere della Sera reported on Saturday.
The newspaper quoted an official report from the Italian interior ministry that listed signed contracts as well as ongoing negotiations between Libya and several major Italian defence companies including industry giant Finmeccanica. Missile systems maker Mbda Italia

Supreme Court seeks details of Reko Diq deals with foreign firms

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the Balochistan government to provide details of agreements it made with foreign companies for exploration of gold and copper mines in Reko Diq area in Balochistan.
A four-member bench - comprising Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Muhammad Sair Ali, Justice Ghulam Rabbani and Justice Khalilur Rehman Ramday - was hearing a case against leasing of Reko Diq gold and copper mines in Balochistan worth more than $260

Samjhauta bombing probe – Pakistan refrains from reacting to India’s...

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan on Tuesday refrained from a formal reaction to the reported refusal by India to share the details of 2007 Samjhauta Express bombing probe, saying it will do so when New Delhi makes its stance known officially and not through the media.
India's Home Affairs Ministry has asked the Ministry of External Affairs to tell Pakistan that "India cannot share details of the Samjhauta blast probe right now, as investigations are at a preliminary stage and it will be

Senators seek details on hiring SECP chief, commissioners

ISLAMABAD - The Senate Standing Committee on Finance on Wednesday directed the ministry of finance to furnish it with complete details of candidates and the procedure adopted for the appointment of the chairman and commissioners of the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP).
The meeting of the committee was held under the chairmanship of Senator Ahmad Ali.
Secretary Finance Waqar Masood Khan said that the prime minister had appointed the Chairman while no

PCB could seek details of Haider’s asylum claim

KARACHI: A three-member Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) committee recommended that the Board seek more information from Haider because it is unclear why the wicketkeeper quit the team and left the United Arab Emirates for London. The committee has been told that wicketkeeper Zulqarnain Haider, who had sought asylum in London last month, has a complex personality and "weak nerves."
The committee interviewed Pakistan team members and support staff, and were told that Haider "is a

Gunmen kidnap 18 Afghan deminers in southeast

GARDEZ: Unidentified gunmen kidnapped 18 Afghan deminers on Thursday in southeastern Khost province, the provincial police chief said, the second abduction of a mine clearing team this month.
The group from the Kabul-based Mine Detection Centre were travelling in Musa Khel district when they were stopped by a group of gunmen and then seized, said Abdul Hakim Ishaqzai. "They had gone to the area on the request of the elders to clear mines from their village," Ishaqzai told