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LAHORE - The Punjab government has started the process of abolishing top revenue posts in districts and tehsils across the province, Pakistan Today has learnt. According to details, there are a total of 36 executive district officers (EDO) revenue and DO (R) posts in all districts, while nearly 140 deputy district officers (DDO) (R) are working across all tehsils of Punjab.
The provincial government has already initiated the "downsizing" drive and slashed various posts in grades

ISLAMABAD - The federal government has accorded its approval for promulgation of the Securities (Leveraged Markets and Pledging) Rules, 2011, which have been notified by the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) in the official gazette.
While realising the significance of liquidity in trading for a vibrant stock market, last year the SECP had drafted these rules after detailed consultations with the relevant stakeholders, including the State Bank of Pakistan,

ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani Friday promised to take every step to address the deprivation of the backward and underdeveloped regions of the country. Talking to the vice-chancellor (VC) of the Hazara University, the prime minister described education as a priority sector of his government, saying it was key to solve of all problems faced by the country including extremism and terrorism.
He appreciated Higher Education Commission (HEC)'s efforts for compiling a

BEIRUT - The formation of a new government in Lebanon has been delayed as politicians haggle over the distribution of ministries, an official said on Thursday. "The government will not see the light of day this week," the official working with prime minister-designate Najib Mikati told AFP.
"There are no real obstructions but some parties have high demands and talks are still going on to find a formula that will satisfy everyone," he added, without elaborating. The official said

ISLAMABAD - The sub committee of the Cabinet Committee on Privatisation will be briefed on issuing equity-linked instruments in Public Sector Entities (PSEs) today. The Minister for Privatisation Syed Naveed Qamar chaired a meeting of investment banks and business groups to review the capital market transactions on Thursday, an official statement indicated.
The minister said that they were at a reasonable point to start focusing on domestic and international market transactions

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif on Thursday said that federal government's incompetence was to blame for making the Raymond Davis affair more complicated.
"Had the government taken timely and tangible stance on Raymond Davis issue, the situation would not have been so much complex", he observed. He was speaking to journalists after a meeting with US Senator John Kerry here on Thursday Sharif said that within the 36 hours of the Lahore shootings

ISLAMABAD - Addressing a meeting of the Pakistan People's Party core committee, President and party Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari reiterated his party's resolve to continue politics of reconciliation introduced by Benazir Bhutto.
A party official said former foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi and party's secretary information Fouzia Wahab were not invited to the core committee meeting, hinting at the leadership's displeasure with their out of context statements on the Raymond

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court on Thursday suspended the recommendations of the parliamentary committee (PC) that rejected a one year extension in the service of four additional judges of the Lahore High Court and restrained respondents from issuing any notification in pursuance of the committee's recommendations.
A two-member bench of Justice Mahmood Akhtar Shahid Siddiqui and Justice Jawwad S Khawaja was hearing a joint constitutional petition filed by Munir Hussain Bhatti and

ISLAMABAD - The government has started confrontation with the Supreme Court by not implementing its orders, Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry said on Tuesday. The chief justice was heading a seven-member special bench comprising Justice Javed Iqbal, Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani, Justice Raja Fayyaz Ahmed, Justice Muhammad Sair Ali, Justice Ghulam Rabbani and Justice Khalilur Rehman Ramday, which was hearing a suo motu case against the alleged corruption in

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ISLAMABAD/LAHORE - The teachers working under Federal Directorate of Education (FDE) have decided to boycott the classes and examinations from today (Wednesday) for an indefinite period to protest against the authorities' failure to implement the package announced by Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani.
The decision was made at a meeting of the teachers' representative body on Tuesday at FG Boys School in Sector G/9. Azhar Awan, President Federal Government Teachers Association

KARACHI - The provincial government has decided to merge the Sindh Minority Affairs Ministry with the Religious Affairs Ministry due to the inefficacy of Sindh Minority Affairs Minister Mohan Lal Kohistani, said Pakistan Hindu Foundation (PHF) President DM Maharaj.
The PHF chief said that this decision regarding the Minority Affairs Ministry - constituted by the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) government three years ago - could adversely affect the religious minorities of the

KARACHI - The Sindh government has announced on Monday that its offices would remain closed for two days - today (Tuesday) and tomorrow (Wednesday) - on account of Eid Miladun Nabi (PBUH).
The University of Karachi has also announced that the university and its affiliated colleges will remain closed on Wednesday on account of Eid Miladun Nabi (PBHU). The registrar of the university issued a notification on Monday to make this announcement.

RAMALLAH - The Palestinian cabinet quit on Monday ahead of summer elections as the leadership sought to reaffirm its legitimacy after the collapse of talks with Israel and uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia. The move, which has been on the cards since last year, was announced at a cabinet meeting in Ramallah and comes on the heels of mass public protests in Tunisia and Egypt calling for democratic reforms.
Shortly afterwards, Palestinian prime minister Salam Fayyad presented the

ISLAMABAD - The joint committee of the government and the PML-N will today (Tuesday) finalise a list of loans waived off on political grounds, and sort out differences on the accountability bill. An informed source said the two parties would discuss the mechanism of recovery of waived off loans, as the government was of the opinion that recovery was not possible without bringing in a legislation allowing the recovery of the written off loans.
"At present, there is no law under

ISLAMABAD - In an apparent softening of stance on the contentious issue of Raymond Davis, the US on Monday resolved to settle the row amicably while speaking highly of its ties with Pakistan, and in a dramatic move, a PPP leader said Islamabad had to abide by international laws as the detained American had an official visa and enjoyed diplomatic immunity.
The surprising statement by PPP Information Secretary Fauzia Wahab was taken as Islamabad's willingness to grant immunity to

LAHORE - A decision was taken on Monday to enforce strict measures to check 'obscene' dances, dual meaning sentences and vulgarity in commercial dramas and stage shows and owners of theatres and cinemas would be held responsible for violation of this code of conduct.
This decision was taken in a meeting chaired by Punjab Culture Minister Dr Tanvirul Islam Rana. The Punjab home special secretary informed the meeting that an amended draft of the Drama Act 2010 has been finalised