Tag: Extra

May agrees to extra £44.5 million for Calais

LONDON: Britain said it would pay an extra £44.5 million (50 million euros, $62 million) to boost security around Calais following a demand for...

HEC to continue promoting extra-curricular activities: chairman

Higher Education Commission (HEC) Chairperson Dr Javaid R Laghari said the HEC would continue to promote extra-curricular activities throughout the country. He was addressing...

Punjab govt decides to relieve teachers from extra duties

The Punjab government has decided not to assign extra duties, like administering polio drops and conducting population census, to the teachers in the future....

Rs 90b needed to generate extra power during January

The government, which is grappling in the dark for the last few months because of its failure to find a solution to the current...

VC AIOU promotes extra curricular activities

In addition to expanding facilities for the students of the Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) across the country, Prof Dr Nazir Ahmed Sangi, Vice-Chancellor...

NATO to send extra troops to Kosovo

NATO will send hundreds more troops to Kosovo after an escalation of violence there between ethnic Albanians and Serbs last week, NATO officials said...

Hamza denied an extra cop

Lahore Police has refused to provide an extra Elite Force personnel to MNA Hamza Shahbaz, sources said on Monday. The sources said that Hamza...

England set for extra Windies, Pakistan matches

England are in line to tag on two additional Twenty20 matches against the West Indies to the end of an already packed home season....

I can cope with extra pressure: Li

French Open champion Li Na insists she can cope with the extra pressure of being Asia’s first Grand Slam singles winner as the Chinese...

Stanford collapse could force extra England T20s

England could find themselves playing two extra Twenty20 internationals against the West Indies at the end of their current season in a bid to...

Now an extra-judicial killing in Lahore

Just days after the killing of five unarmed foreigners by Frontier Corps personnel in Quetta and the brutal murder of a young boy by...

‘Not extra income but reduced expenses behind surplus budget’

It is not due to showing extra income but the reduction in non-development expenditures that the province’s 2011-12 fiscal year budget has been made...

LEAs need to make extra efforts, says governor

The law enforcement agencies (LEAs), especially police, must maintain law and order in the prevailing situation, Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ebad Khan said on...

Extra candidates in admission tests: a blemish for University of Karachi

Much to the embarrassment of the University of Karachi (KU), its Master of Science (MS) admission test results, announced by the university’s Board of...

Carry some extra coins, bus fares are going up!

KARACHI - There is bad news for all those who travel by bus: fares are set to be raised. What remains uncertain, however, is the exact increment, with the government and transporters still negotiating whether fares will be increased by Rs 2 or by Rs 3, Pakistan Today has learnt.
Sources told Pakistan Today that after the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority's (OGRA) decision to increase the price of petrol by Rs 7.23 per litre and diesel by Rs 7.76, provincial authorities have

LHC seeks reply on extra facilities for Raymond

LAHORE - The Lahore High Court chief justice on Monday directed federal and provincial government to submit a reply on an application against 'extra facilities' being given to double murder accused US citizen Raymond Allen Davis at Kot Lakhpat jail.
Barrister Javed Iqbal Jaffrey filed this application regarding accused Raymond, requesting a withdrawal of all facilities.
He alleged that the accused was enjoying facility of cellular phone, internet, and extraordinary tight

Afridi asks Akhtar to go the extra mile

DHAKA - Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi is banking on ageing fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar to come up trumps for his side in their bid to lift the World Cup trophy for the first time in nearly two decades. Afridi said Akhtar is working hard on his fitness and hoping to give his best in what could be his last World Cup. "Let me tell you that Shoaib Akhtar is working really, really hard because he wants to be at his best in the World Cup. In terms of fitness, Shoaib may be a bit down but he