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Sindh forms joint investigation team to probe PNS Mehran attack

On the instructions of the Interior Ministry the Sindh government has formed a joint investigation team to probe the PNS Mehran attack. There is...

CM forms committee to optimise expenditure

Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has constituted a committee to evolve a strategy for curtailing non-development expenditure and optimising the utilization of development expenditure....

Students storm BSEK office in last-gasp bid to submit exam forms...

KARACHI - Hundreds of students stormed the Board of Secondary Education Karachi (BSEK) office on Saturday in a bid to submit their examination forms for the annual matriculation examination 2011.
On Friday, Governor Sindh Dr Ishratul Ebad - the controlling authority of examination boards in Sindh - had said that the students who failed to submit exam forms within the deadline will have no choice but to appear in the supplementary examinations.
Following the governor's

MQM forms Central Council to expand party structure

KARACHI - The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) has created a Central Council in a bid to expand its party structure across the country, announced Rabita Committee Deputy Convenor Dr Farooq Sattar at a press conference on Sunday at the party headquarters Nine-Zero.
A decision to form the Central Council was taken by the Rabita Committee after extensive deliberations, Sattar explained, with the council set to assist the Rabita Committee in meeting important national challenges and

MQM forms Central Council

KARACHI - The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) has created a Central Council in a bid to expand its party structure across the country, announced Rabita Committee Deputy Convenor Dr Farooq Sattar at a press conference on Sunday at the party headquarters Nine-Zero.
A decision to form the Central Council was taken by the Rabita Committee after extensive deliberations, Sattar explained, with the council set to assist the Rabita Committee in meeting important national challenges and

Government forms committee to resolve seniority issues at FBR

ISLAMABAD - The government has finally decided to resolve seniority issues which had triggered problems among customs and income tax group officers for the last few months. The government has constituted a departmental committee to submit recommendations within three weeks. A notification, issued by the Federal Board of Revenue on Thursday, said that the FBR chairman has constituted a committee to resolve issues of integration of the Inland Revenue Service.
Administration Member

KP’s cultural heritage and art forms on death-bed

PESHAWAR - The centuries-old cultural skills of wood carving, stone carving, lacquer art, embroidery, metal art, pottery-making, taghar work and calligraphy were vanishing due to the government's lack of regard towards the artisans and skilled people in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, said the artisans while demanding the government to take steps for the improvement of the ancient Pakhtun cultural skills in the province.
A survey conducted by Pakistan Today at the "Artisan Fair" conducted by

Traffic Police forms squads to curb wheelies

LAHORE - The City Traffic Police have constituted five special squads on Emergency Police 15's pattern to curb wheelies across the city. Capital City Chief Traffic Officer (CTO) SSP Syed Ahmed Mobin directed the divisional superintendents to supervise these squads and ensure implementation of
fresh directives.
In an official communique issued on Saturday, the CTO also directed the senior traffic wardens to completely swipe the practice by launching a crackdown against the

LHC CJ forms larger bench in Malik’s remission case

Lahore - Lahore High Court (LHC) Chief Justice (CJ) Ijaz Ahmed Chaudhry on Friday constituted a larger bench to hear a petition challenging presidential pardon to Interior Minister Senator Rehman Malik by President Asif Ali Zardari. Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed would head the larger bench while next hearing of the petition would be fixed by the court office. Earlier, the petition was being heard by a three-member full bench.
Save Judiciary Committee Media Advisor Imtiaz Rashid

Warid forms polo team

LAHORE - Warid Telecom has formed its team for participation in the Aibak Cup, that rolled into action here at the LPC ground on Tuesday. The team is led by a seven goal player from Argentina, Manuel Alberto Crespo, while Maj Rabnawaz Tiwana, Haseeb Minhas and Ahmed Zubair complete the quartet.
Crespo was part of the team that won Camara de Diputados Cup, the most prestigious tournament of Argentina. Ahmed Zubair is rated as a two goals player and had the opportunity to play polo

Outlawed ETA group forms new party, rejects violence

MADRID - The outlawed political wing of armed Basque separatist fighters ETA announced on Monday its rebirth as a new party that rejects violence and intends to contest elections. Batasuna has been ruled illegal since 2003 because of its links to ETA, whose bloody battle for a Basque homeland independent of Spain has been blamed for 829 deaths in more than four decades.
The outlawed party has previously said it opposes violence without actually condemning ETA's violent past. The

CII forms body to oversee salaries of devolved ministries’ employees

ISLAMABAD - The Council of Common Interest (CCI) on Tuesday formed a committee headed by secretary finance to devise mechanism for payment of salaries to the employees of all the ministries devolved to the provinces. Finance Secretary Dr Waqar Masood told journalists that the committee was constituted to workout financial impact in terms of salaries of the employees.
He said the issue of subsidy on agricultural tube wells as well as privatization of generation and distribution

PPP forms committee to evaluate Nawaz’s agenda

ISLAMABAD LAHORE - The Pakistan People's Party on Thursday formed a five-member ministerial committee to devise a strategy for the implementation of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz's agenda, while the PML-N added one more member to its committee to equalise its strength with that of the PPP committee. Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani named Finance Minister Abdul Hafeez Shaikh, Water and Power Minister Raja Parvez Ashraf, Law Minister Babar Awan, Petroleum Minister Naveed Qamar and

CTO urges citizens to download driving licence forms

LAHORE - Lahore Chief Traffic Officer (CTO) Captain (r) Ahmed Mubeen on Thursday urged citizens to download driving license forms from websites of the City Traffic Police if they are facing hurdles in approaching traffic headquarters. In a statement issued, Lahore CTO Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Mubeen said that measures were being taken to facilitate citizens. The CTO said that traffic police have uploaded driving license forms on its official websites, www.ctplhr.gov.pk

SC forms bench on by-poll nominations

ISLAMABAD: Accepting an application for early hearing, Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry has constituted a three-member Supreme Court bench to settle a law point whether the fresh election nomination papers could be accepted after the scrutiny.
The bench comprising Justice Javed Iqbal, Justice Mian Shakirullah Jan and Justice Raja Fayyaz Ahmed will hear the case on Dec 23. The application for early hearing of a pending civil review petition was filed by Chaudhry Muhammad

SC forms commission to probe breaches in dykes

ISLAMABD: The Supreme Court on Wednesday constituted a four-member commission comprising former bureaucrats to probe the case of unauthorized diversion of floodwater and breaches in the embankments of barrages and canals by influential people to save their lands during the devastating floods.
The bench comprising Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Ghulam Rabbani and Justice Khalilur Rehman Ramday was hearing a suo motu case coupled with pleas against the diversion

Russia forms world’s first nuclear fuel bank

MOSCOW: Russia announced on Wednesday that it had created the world's first international atomic fuel bank as part of a global effort to curb the spread of nuclear arms.
The Rosatom state atomic energy corporation said the Siberian fuel reserve - which will operate under the auspices of the United Nations' International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) nuclear watchdog - will have enough material to refuel two civilian nuclear power plants.
The Angarsk facility now stores 120