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LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has taken note of the fact that a number of retired officers are using official vehicles without authorisation while a large number of employees i.e. gardeners, drivers and police constables are also serving them. Similarly, the serving officers are using vehicles and services of such employees beyond their entitlement.
Punjab CM has directed that all administrative secretaries, heads of attached departments; autonomous,

LAHORE - The Punjab government will make laws to ensure use of 100 percent iodised salt in the province, Punjab Health Parliamentary Secretary Saeed Elahi said on Monday.
He was addressing a media dissemination workshop at a local hotel. Saeed said that use of iodised salt prevents children and adults from various diseases and mental and physical complications.
The parliamentary secretary said that the Punjab government with collaboration of the Micronutrient Initiative and

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan on Thursday asked India to make elaborate security arrangements for the ongoing Cricket World Cup. Commenting on news reports in the Indian media about planned terrorist attacks on the venues in India launched from Pakistani soil, Foreign Office spokeswoman Tehmina Janjua said terrorism had no borders.
"It is a vicious phenomenon that all must collectively confront," she said in a statement, adding, "Pakistan, itself a victim of terrorism, takes all such

PESHAWAR - Keeping in view the frequent blockade of roads and increasing flow of vehicles, a high level meeting, held under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Amir Haider Khan Hoti on Wednesday, approved at least 11 mega projects.
The meeting was also attended by senior ministers Rahim Dad Khan and Bashir Ahmad Bilour, Sports and Tourism Minister Syed Aqil Shah, Information Minister Mian Iftikhar Hussain, Chief Secretary Ghulam Dastgir Akhtar, Peshawar Development Authority (PDA)

ISLAMABAD - President Zardari and PM Gilani have ordered Foreign Affairs Minister Hina Rabbani Khar and Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir to ensure the safety of Pakistani expatriates in Libya, Foreign Office Spokeswoman Tehmina Janjua said in a statement on Sunday.
"In implementation of this directive, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has set up a Special Task Force that is working round-the-clock to monitor the situation and provide assistance through our embassies in Tripoli and

KARACHI - The Sindh Assembly on Thursday passed a unanimous resolution demanding the federal government to ensure the share of the province in federal services, including autonomous bodies and corporations.
Pakistan People's Party (PPP)'s senior member Dr Sikander Mandhro moved the resolution, and all parliamentary parties, including the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), Pakistan Muslim League-Functional (PML-F) and Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid, supported it.
The PPP ministers

KARACHI - Sindh Home Minister Dr Zulfiqar Mirza on Tuesday directed the Traffic Police Department to ensure smooth traffic flow in the metropolis. The directive was issued to the Karachi DIG Traffic after frequent news reports of traffic jams in the city during the past 10 days.
A Home Department spokesman stated that the minister had asked the DIG to raise the issue seriously with the Traffic Engineering Department and other officials related while preparing a working paper to

LAHORE - Punjab Agriculture Minister Malik Ahmad Ali Aulakh has directed all Executive District Officers (EDO) to ensure availability of urea fertiliser in the market at government fixed rates. He warned that action would be taken against officers who fail to ensure fertilisers availability at fixed prices.
Aulakh issued these directives, while chairing a meeting of the Executive District Officers (EDOs) of Cotton Zone, here on Monday. The agriculture minister said that increase

ISLAMABAD - National Assembly Deputy Speaker Faisal Karim Kundi on Thursday asked Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani to direct Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Babar Awan to remain present in the House during its sessions to ensure smooth legislative business.
As the prime minister reached the house on Thursday, the deputy speaker drew his attention toward the continued absence of the law minister. He added that his absence was affecting the legislative business. Owing to

ISLAMABAD - The federal and provincial governments were asked by the Supreme Court on Thursday to ensure Rs7,000 per month as minimum salary in public and private sector of the country, to carry out surveys and to punish those who are reluctant to pay as much.
SC also ordered the establishing of complaint cells in every district for implementing this directive, also seeking report on the same by February 14.
A four-member bench headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad

ISLAMABAD - In compliance with the directions of the Supreme Court, the government has decided in principle to formulate a legislation to ensure that any person arrested by intelligence agencies is detained under the law. The government has also decided to establish a tribunal to deal with the cases of missing persons.
Interior Minister Rehman Malik on Thursday chaired a meeting at the Ministry of Interior to discuss the implementation of the recommendations contained in the

KARACHI: The Interior Ministry has directed Sindh's authorities to maintain a record of Chinese nationals, particularly investors working in different sectors in the province, so that measures could be taken for their security, Pakistan Today has learnt.
According to sources in the Sindh government, the provincial governments of Punjab, Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have also been directed to update the entire record of Chinese nationals by the end of each month to ensure

ISLAMABAD: Access to information is mandatory to ensure transparency and good governance and curb corruption in the country, said speakers at a roundtable dialogue on "Transparency in Governance" organized by a non-government organisation here on Friday.
Transparency in governance refers to the absence of secrecy and mystery between the government and those being governed. It means the government shares as much information with citizens as possible. The information shared should

LAHORE: Punjab Inspector General of Police (IGP) Tariq Saleem Dogar on Tuesday said law and order should be maintained at all cost during the month of Muharram.
He issued directives while addressing Regional Police Officers' conference in Central Police Office. RPOs from across the province and the CCPO Lahore attended the conference and briefed the IG about security arrangements in their respective areas in Muharram.
The IGP said no one should be allowed to carry weapons