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The Punjab government repatriated two district management group (DMG) officers to the federal government on Friday. According to a notification, DMG Civil Defence Director...

Criticising the government for what he called its oblivious attitude in safeguarding Pakistan’s national interest, opposition leader Nisar Ali Khan on Thursday demanded the...

Following the formation of the PML-Q Likeminded group, the PML-Q faced another forward bloc in parliament on Thursday when five of its senators –...

After the killing of the world’s most wanted person, al Qaeda chief Osama bin Ladin, the Sindh government is set to start a mass...

The PML-N-led Punjab government is facing no immediate threat at the moment as the new coalition partners – the PPP and PML-Q – have...

The Shariat Appellate Bench of the Supreme Court was informed on Tuesday that the federal government would file an appeal against Federal Shariat Court’s...

Admitting the government’s failure, Minister for Railways Ghulam Ahmed Bilour on Friday said railways lands could not be retrieved from land grabbers in Karachi,...

Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani on Wednesday came out in the open to back the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), saying the top intelligence agency’s actions...

Punjab Government Department of Culture, Information and Youth Affairs Secretary Mohai-uddin Wani has said that the Punjab and the federal government attached little importance...

The federal government, through State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Wednesday, borrowed over Rs 23.463 billion from scheduled banks by auctioning the long-term investment...

LAHORE - Lahore High Court (LHC) Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed on Wednesday warned the Punjab secretary finance of stern action if the "Big City Allowance" was not given to the teachers serving within the jurisdiction of the Lahore city district government.
An Assistant Advocate General undertook on behalf of the government that the matter would be resolved before the next hearing on May 3. Justice Saeed observed that if the matter was not resolved by the next hearing, the court

ISLAMABAD - The Saudi government has paid the amount for 449 people who performed Haj on the government level during last two years.
Quoting sources, a private TV channel reported that the Saudi government has paid Rs 3 crore to the ministry of religious affairs.
It may be recalled here that the investigations have also been undertaken in Pakistan to expose the culprits of the Haj scandal.
In this regard a number of Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) officials and

ISLAMABAD - Realising that the economic and security situation in the country cannot improve without all political parties, in and outside parliament, being on the same page, the government is considering a proposal of forming a government of 'national consensus.'
A source told Pakistan Today on Tuesday that the government was seriously thinking about the proposal and if all political parties agreed to it, a government of national consensus could possibly be formed in May. Even

ISLAMABAD - As the top command of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) and the Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) fine-tune their power-sharing deal, parliamentarians from the former ruling party have entered an intra-party race to get ministerial slots in a government they have been dubbing the most 'corrupt and incompetent' in the country's history.
A source in the PML-Q told Pakistan Today that under the power-sharing agreement between the Chaudhrys and President Asif Ali

LAHORE - The Punjab government has taken a quantum leap towards centralisation of power by abolishing the posts of executive district officer (EDO) (Revenue) and deputy district officer (DDO) and reviving the offices of additional commissioner, additional collector, assistant commissioner and collector, Pakistan Today has learnt.
The Punjab government on Tuesday issued a notification to abolish 427 posts of EDOs, district officer (Revenue) and DDO while the notification of

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Peoples Party's Co-chairman President Asif Ali Zardari on Tuesday took his party's parliamentary leaders into confidence on the government's talks with other political parties for formation of a broad-based government, including the inclusion of the PML-Q into the federal cabinet.
Addressing PPP MNAs at the presidency on Tuesday, Zardari said the PPP would continue its march towards strengthening democracy and state institutions besides putting economy back

LAHORE - Chinese Communist Party office-bearers, government officials and banking heads in their meetings with Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif in Beijing on Tuesday assured him of their full cooperation in various sectors.
Chinese leadership also expressed its willingness for investment and joint ventures on Pakistan's own terms. They said that progress of Pakistan and the people of Punjab were very dear to China. Chairman Export and Import Bank of China, Li Rougu, while