Tag: Federal

LHC issues notices to federal, provincial govts in plea regarding NAB’s...

LAHORE: A bench of the Lahore High Court (LHC), on Thursday issued notices to the federal and provincial governments while hearing a petition regarding formation...

SC orders immediate construction of Nai Gaj dam

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday ordered immediate construction of Nai Gaj dam. An apex court bench headed by Justice Gulzar Ahmed directed the...

Duterte wants term cut if Philippines goes federal

  MANILA: The Philippine president's spokesman says he wants a draft of a new constitution shifting the country into a federal system to require the...

Federal govt appoints blue-eyed officials at Port Qasim Authority

Mehmood Farooqi appointed at PQA on PM’s directives despite lack of experience KARACHI: The federal government has appointed blue-eyed officials at the Port Qasim...

Pro PML-N bureaucrats take reigns of important govt posts ahead of...

ISLAMABAD: As the government completed its tenure and the upcoming polls scheduled for July 25, a number of government officers close to Pakistan Muslim...

Rs4.336 billion earmarked for education ministry in new budget

ISLAMABAD: The federal government has allocated an amount of Rs4.336 billion for the ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training Division for six on-going...

Federal ombudsman summons meeting of marquee owners, CDA: report

ISLAMABAD: After an introductory briefing from the Capital Development Authority (CDA) on Wednesday, Federal Ombudsman Syed Tahir Shahbaz has summoned a meeting on Islamabad’s...

Federal, provincial govts violating constitution by marginalizing Badin : Fahmida Mirza

ISLAMABAD: Former speaker National Assembly (NA)and senior Pakistan People’s Party leader Dr Fahmida Mirza said on Tuesday that both federal and Sindh governments are...

Powell ex-banker to take charge of US Federal Reserve

WASHINGTON: Jerome "Jay" Powell, the Republican former investment banker tapped by President Donald Trump to lead the US Federal Reserve, will take the reins...

US federal employees to return after three days shutdown

WASHINGTON: US federal workers prepared to return to work Tuesday after Congress ended a three-day government shutdown, with President Donald Trump claiming victory in...

US federal courts charge 402 immigrants against terrorism-related offenses, says report

WASHINGTON: US Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) mutually released a report on Tuesday, revealing that three out of...

SHC seeks federal comments on AIG Thebo’s plea for promotion

KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC), on Wednesday, sought comments from the establishment division secretary on the constitutional petition filed by the Traffic Police Additional...

Federal judge blocks Trump’s move to end DACA programme for immigrants

SAN FRANCISCO: A US judge blocked President Donald Trump’s administration on Tuesday from ending a programme that shielded from deportation children brought to the...

‘Game of toilets’ between federal and Punjab governments

  LAHORE: In an apparent attempt to ensure development in Punjab, the provincial government is focusing on Lahore to improve the facilities for public on roads. Interestingly,...

Transgender persons expected to get federal govt jobs

ISLAMABAD: The Establishment division on Tuesday recommended the cabinet to allocate a separate quota for transgender persons for the federal government jobs. This recommendation was...

Experts urge for federal, provincial coordination

‘Growth needs to be inclusive, broad-based’ LAHORE: Punjab Finance Minister Dr Ayesha Ghaus Pasha has said that Punjab government is doing its best to and has...

Will protest, if centre does not fulfil promises: Asad Qaiser

Speaker Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Assembly Asad Qaiser has said that in failure of central government deliverance of their promises to masses of KP then...