Tag: Govt
Punjab govt shuffles officers
The Punjab government shuffled a number of officers on Friday. Officer on Special Duty Omer Rasul has been posted as Punjab Population Welfare Director...
LHC orders govt to move UN, OIC against Facebook
Lahore High Court (LHC) Chief Justice (CJ) Ijaz Ahmad Chaudhry directed the federal government on Friday to move the United Nations (UN) and the...
LHC restrains Punjab govt, PHA from cutting trees
The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Friday restrained the Punjab government and Parks and Horticulture Authority (PHA) from cutting trees at a greenbelt in...
Govt shuffles allotment of houses in GOR-1
The Punjab government has allotted houses in GOR-I to several government officers, while notices have been issued to several others to vacate their GOR-I...
Govt aims to keep monetary expansion, GDP in sync
The government has decided that the monetary expansion for the next fiscal year will be in line with the projected Gross Domestic Product (GDP)...
Private schools demand govt shorten summer vacations
Private schools have shown their displeasure over the Punjab government’s given schedule of summer holidays for educational institutes of Punjab. According to the Schools...
Govt will not take dictation from any party, says Firdous
Minister for Information and Broadcasting Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan Wednesday said the government believed in taking the political parties on board on all national...
Govt’s claim of harmony between state institutions exposed in Senate
As the Senate witnessed a heated debate on the Abbottabad incident, the PPP’s Raza Rabbani on Thursday exposed the government’s claims of harmony between...
Govt heading towards constitutional crisis: CJP
Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry observed on Wednesday that the government was not following the constitution, which could lead to another...
Govt must reduce dependence on SBP
The Monetary and Fiscal Coordination Policy Board, which met after a break of three years has stressed on the need to reduce borrowing from...
Govt borrows Rs 783b to finance budget deficit
The country’s budget deficit for the first nine months of FY11 has climbed to a ‘concerning’ Rs 783 billion or 4.5 percent of the...
Proposal to set up 23 new govt colleges in Sindh
The Sindh Education Department on Tuesday proposed setting up 23 new colleges in the province during a meeting on Tuesday. The participants of the...
Govt to make Bhutto report public
The Supreme Court (SC) was told on Tuesday that the federal and Punjab government had decided to make public the investigation report of Justice...
LHC issues notice to govt, Wapda chief on power crisis
Lahore High Court Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed on Tuesday issued notice to the federal government and WAPDA chairman on a petition seeking directions for...
‘Govt must take strict steps to ensure blood test before marriage’
The government must take strict measures to implement the law that could make it mandatory for the marrying couples to undergo thalassaemia, hepatitis C...
Securing Punjab govt on top of PML-N agenda
PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif has outlined and finalised the agenda of central organisation committee (COC) and parliamentary party (PP) meetings, putting at top the...
Govt imposes 2% surcharge on power tariff
Acting on diktats of international financial institutions, the federal government imposed on Friday an additional surcharge of two percent on the power tariff with...
