Tag: Government
Govt critcised for ‘inaction’ over religious minorities rights: report
ISLAMABAD: The panelists at a national convention criticised the government and expressed dissatisfaction over 'government's failure' to completely implement the Supreme Court's judgment of June...
ECP dismisses reports on finalisation of election date
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Wednesday denied reports which indicated that the commission suggested for the 2018 general elections to be held by...
Imran says ‘CJP performing government’s duties’
ISLAMABAD: While criticising the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), Imran Khan said on Monday that the country's chief justice was performing the duties of the...
Budget debate not MPs’ cup of tea
-Opposition slams govt over massive foreign loans, unachieved targets of previous years
ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly on Friday witnessed lack of interest from lawmakers in the budget debate...
Pakistan moves to curb urban air pollution following high court ruling
RAWALPINDI: Pakistan’s environmental protection agency is installing air quality monitors and warning factories to add pollution filters after a panel of the country’s top...
Defence budget increased to Rs 1100bn in 2018
ISLAMABAD: The federal government on Friday increased the defence budget of Rs 1,100 billion as compared to the revised budget of Rs 999 billion in...
Govt gears up to tackle load shedding ahead of elections
LAHORE: With the general elections just around the corner, the Ministry of Power, in a bid to temporarily relieve the people of the menace of...
Government presents Rs 2,043 billion total PSDP for FY 2018-19
ISLAMABAD: The federal government has presented the total national development outlay of Rs2,043 billion for the financial year 2018-19. As per the budget documents,...
Govt’s development agenda taken forward despite obstructions: CM
--Says PTI, PPP are different sides of the same coin
LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President and Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday said...
Activists demand detailed report on bonded labour project: report
LAHORE: The rights activists asked the government to provide the detailed report on the project for elimination of child and bonded labour initiated in 2014, here...
Govt decides to bar public officer holders from availing amnesty scheme:...
ISLAMABAD: The federal government has decided to bar public office holders since January 2000 from availing tax amnesty scheme in an attempt to counter the...
Give them an inch and they’ll take a mile
--Extremist cleric Khadim Rizvi gives two-day deadline to govt for implementation of Islamabad agreement
--TLYR activists stage sit-in in Lahore, threaten to expand protests across country if...
Power shortfall may surpass 6000mw during peak season
ISLAMABAD: The government has failed in ending loadshedding as power shortfall will surpass 6000 megawatts during the extreme heat.
The prolonged outages have started in different...
SHC directs govt to give progress report on rape investigation reforms
Govt's comments sought on Sindh universities amendment bill
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Thursday directed the provincial government to inform the court...
PU’s elected bodies accuse govt of planning to grab varsity’s land
ASA alleges VC Dr Zakria Zakar of trading land to secure full 4-year term
CJP requested to take suo moto on 'illegal' land acquirement
LAHORE:...
Punjab Assembly passes 8 government bills
Opp’s three attempts of pointing out quorum fail as treasury easily manages to meet quorum
LAHORE: After falling prey to the collapse of quorum for...
‘Declining forest cover increases climate change vulnerability’
LAHORE: Increasing forest cover was the only solution to cope with the vulnerability of climate change that was prevailing in the country. This was stressed...
