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LAHORE - A division bench of the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Monday adjourned the hearing on a petition challenging the appointment of Rana Zahid Mehmood as NAB Punjab director general.Earlier, Naseem Kahsmiri, deputy attorney general, sought time for filing a reply on behalf of the federal government. At this, the bench comprising Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry and Justice Sheikh Ahmad Farooq deferred proceedings until April 28. Shah Faisal Qureshi, the petitioner, submitted that Zahid's

KARACHI - The Sindh government and the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) are at loggerheads over imposing Sales Tax and Federal Excise Duty on all coalfields, other than those in Thar, that are being exploited, Pakistan Today has reliably learnt.
The dispute has surfaced despite the cabinet's Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) approving a fiscal incentive package for all coalfields in Sindh. "The FBR is insisting on bringing all of Sindh's coalfields under the tax net, but

ISLAMABAD - Farooq Sattar has said that Mutahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) has asked the federal ministers to review the recent hike in POL prices as public is unable to bear this additional burden caused by the high prices of the petroleum products.
A delegation of the MQM headed by Dr Farooq Sattar called on the Federal Finance Minister Hafiz Sheikh and Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik here on Sunday and discussed the matter.
Talking to media, federal Finance Minister

LAHORE - The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Friday gave 10 days to the federal and Punjab governments to recover two Pakistani families which went missing after they granted pardon to CIA contractor Raymond Davis on March 16 in exchange for blood money.
Justice Iftikhar Hussain Chaudhry expressed annoyance when a federal law officer sought three weeks to submit the reply on part of the federal government. The judge inquired, "Why is the government seeking adjournment after

ISLAMABAD - Leader of the House in Senate, Syed Nayyar Hussain Bukhari on Saturday said that government was mulling to affiliate all federal colleges with Quaid-e-Azam University (QAU) for awarding degrees.
While addressing an Annual Sports Prize Distribution Ceremony 2010-11 arranged by the Federal Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (FBISE), he said that federal institutes would be affiliated with the QAU so that the students could get degrees from QAU instead of the

KARACHI - The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Monday reissued notices to the federal government and the Attorney General (AG) seeking their explanations on a constitutional petition regarding dual offices held by the president of the country.
A three-member bench comprising Chief Justice Mushir Alam, Justice Gulzar Ahmed and Justice Maqbool Baqir issued the notices again to the respondents for the next hearing, as no representative on behalf of the federal government appeared before

LAHORE - The Punjab government repatriated 18 non-All Pakistan Unified Grades (APUG) officers to the federal government and a notification in this regard was issued on Monday. According to details, Ayesha Zareen Siddique (OMG/BS-19-on acting charge basis), general manager, tourism development corporation (TDCP), was repatriated to the Establishment Division with immediate effect. She was also relieved of her duties in the Punjab government, forthwith.
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ISLAMABAD - The Wafaqi Mohtasib Secretariat has decided to write letters to Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU), WAPDA and Sui Northern Gas Pipeline Limited (SNGPL), stressing speedy redress of people's complaints. Wafaqi Mohtasib Secretary Mansoor Sohail told Pakistan Today that complaints against the said organisations had been increasing for the last few months.
"We are going to write letters to them to mend their ways as a large number of people have identical complaints

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

Lahore - The federal and Punjab governments will provide funds to universities for research and development projects, Punjab Governor Latif Khosa said on Thursday.
He was speaking at the launching ceremony of the University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences' (UVAS) website at the conference hall. Khosa acknowledged and appreciated the performance of UVAS Vice-Chancellor (VC) Dr Nawaz. The governor said, "Punjab CM Shahbaz Sharif is an energetic and visionary person who is taking

LAHORE - Federal Minister for Environment Samina Khalid Gurki visited the World Wide Fund for Nature Pakistan (WWF Pakistan) Head Office on Tuesday for a briefing on various conservation and environmental projects which have been organised by the WWF Pakistan Director General Ali Hasan Habib.
WWF Pakistan has entered its 41st year of conservation in Pakistan. This was Gurki's first visit to the organisation after becoming the Federal Minister for Environment.
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ISLAMABAD - Extending their protest from the schools premises to roads, hundreds of teachers affiliated with Federal Directorate of Education (FDE) on Monday staged a sit-in at the D Chowk near the Parliament House, demanding regularisation and revision of their service structure.
Carrying placards in their hands, more than 3,000 teachers marched from the Press Club to the culmination point as they expressed their anger against the government for not fulfilling their demands.

ISLAMABAD/LAHORE - The teachers working under Federal Directorate of Education (FDE) have decided to boycott the classes and examinations from today (Wednesday) for an indefinite period to protest against the authorities' failure to implement the package announced by Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani.
The decision was made at a meeting of the teachers' representative body on Tuesday at FG Boys School in Sector G/9. Azhar Awan, President Federal Government Teachers Association

LAHORE - Religious and political parties on Sunday blamed the federal and Punjab governments for suicide of Shumaila, widow of Fahim, who was killed by American citizen Raymond Davis at the Qartaba Chowk some days ago.
They said that Shumaila gave her life after getting frustrated over the alleged plan of both governments to prove Davis as a diplomat and ensuring his immunity under immense US pressure. Shumaila committed suicide at her mother's house after taking poisonous pills

ISLAMABAD - The decision by the Central Executive Committee of Pakistan People's Party (PPP) to dissolve the federal cabinet has been taken two years and ten months after it was sworn in by former president General (r) Pervez Musharraf on April 1, 2008 following the general elections on February 8.
Initially 24 ministers had taken oath, including nine from the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N).
May 12, 2008: The cabinet suffers the first jolt when only after 42 days

ISLAMABAD - Seasonal flu cases are on the rise in the federal capital, with around 300 patients visiting the city's two major hospitals daily. Seasonal flu or influenza is a contagious respiratory illness caused by influenza viruses and it spreads from person-to-person and can cause mild to severe illness.
Dr Sharif Astori, spokesman of the government-run Polyclinic Hospital said around 250 patients infected with seasonal flu, throat infection, chest infection and dry cough

ISLAMABAD - Upholding its previous decision, the federal cabinet allowed the import of five-year old cars, said Minister for Information Qamar Zaman Kaira here on Wednesday. He was briefing journalists about the decisions taken in the cabinet meeting, which met here on Wednesday with the prime minister in the chair.
"The decision will encourage fair competition and reduce the automobile prices in Pakistan, to benefit consumers", Kaira said. Kaira said a policy would be evolved