Tag: General

GCDA distances itself from YDA protests

Doctors from all quarters condemned the assault by young doctors on a senior doctor and demanded that Young Doctors Association (YDA) issue a formal...

General elections to be held on time: Kaira

Minister for Information and Broadcasting Qamar Zaman Kaira has said the general elections will be held on time. Talking to the media persons here‚ he...

Monti says unlikely to run in general election

Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti on Sunday gave his strongest signal yet that he may not run in February elections, just hours ahead of...

Gen Kayani makes Afghan peace ‘top priority’

Pakistan’s army chief, General Ashfaq Kayani, has made reconciling warring factions in Afghanistan a top priority, military officials and Western diplomats say, the newest...

PAC facing increasing non-compliance of orders

Public Accounts Committee (PAC) seems to be losing its grip and is facing serious issues in implementation of orders owing to rifts among members...

No field postings for cops with political links

As many as 45 senior police officials with political affiliation are likely to be removed from field postings before the general elections, sources told...

Judges cannot be appointed without president’s consent: AG

Attorney General Irfan Qadir on Friday said judges could not be appointed without the consent of the president. Talking to reporters, Qadir said...

Bureaucracy becomes ‘dormant’ as general elections approach

The Punjab bureaucracy has gone “dormant” as the general elections approach while the entire focus has shifted towards dispensing with the already started projects...

GE, McDonald’s give Wall Street a black eye on ’87 crash...

Technology shares kept up a pattern of recent weakness, hurt by anemic results from Microsoft (MSFT.O) and another losing day for Google (GOOG.O). The...

Auditor general asks PEMRA to recover Rs 11M for misuse of...

Pakistan Auditor General raised objections over misuse of 23 vehicles by PEMRA and asked the authority to recover an expenditure of over Rs 11...

UK arrests 12 for murder attempt on indian general

Counter Terrorism Command (CTC) officials have arrested 12 people so far in connection with a attempted murder in Centeral London on a retired Indian...

PPP govt not be allowed to delay general election: Nawaz

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz President Nawaz Sharif has said that the PPP government would not be allowed to delay the general election on the pretext...

Balochistan case: CJ, AG exchange hot words

Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Iftikhar Muhammed Chaudhry and the Attorney General of Pakistan Irfan Qadir exchanged hot words during a hearing on case...

ANP rules out alliance with PPP in general election

Senior Awami National Party (ANP) leader Senator Ilyas Bilour has said that there was no possibility of an alliance with the Pakistan People’s Party...

Four police officers transferred

Punjab Inspector General of Police (IGP) Habibur Rehman transferred, suspended and demoted police officials on Saturday. Captain (r) Ahmed Mubeen SSP CTD Punjab was...

GCDA wait announcement on the agreed service structure formula

The General Cadre Doctors Association (GCDA) Executive Committee and provincial council in a meeting discussed the association’s progress in court and in service structure...

Another dengue case detected, toll mounts to 23

Muhammad Haneef, 30, a resident of Lahore was declared to be suffering from dengue virus in a local hospital after dengue virus was identified...