Tag: Lg

‘Provinces can design LG models’

Even though the constitution allows the provincial governments to adopt any sort of local government system, the political parties have expressed their doubts regarding...

500 deaths for LG system’s revival

The Sindh government has finally revived the local government system on August 8 by revoking the commissionerate system with the sole purpose of appeasing...

Altaf welcomes restoration of LG system in Sindh

Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Chief Altaf Hussain has welcomed restoration of Local Government system (LGS) 2001 across the Sindh province. In a statement issued from...

Strike observed in Sindh against LG restoration

Sindhi Nationalists organizations on Monday protested against the restoration of Local Governments (LG) as the commissioner system has been wrapped up from across the...

Govt restores LG system across Sindh

Under immense pressure from nationalist and other political partries, Sindh Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah approved the restoration of the Local Government Ordinance (LGO)...

LG announces Second-Quarter 2011 financial results

LG Electronics (LG) announced unaudited consolidated financial results based on IFRS (International Financial Reporting Standards) for the three-month period ending June 30, 2011. The...

‘LG system gave true power to the people’

In order to strengthen and establish democracy in the country, it is integral that the local government (LG) system be reinstated and established. The...

LG minister calls on governor

Sindh Local Government (LG) Minister Agha Siraj Durrani called on Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ebad Khan at the Governor House on Friday. The ongoing development...

‘Old LG system to be altered to MQM’s liking’

In order to accommodate the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM)’s reservations on restoration of commissionerate system in the province, the ruling Pakistan People’s Party (PPP)...

Sindh LG Dept seeks details of illegal appointments

After abolishing the Local Government Ordinance 2000, the Sindh Local Government Department has forwarded a letter to the Karachi Municipal Corporation and the Karachi...

No reason to avoid LG polls: Gilani

Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani on Sunday said there was no reason to avoid holding elections for local government bodies in the provinces. In...

LG system improves routine life of masses, says Karachi DCO

The local government (LG) system makes public participation certain in municipal affairs and their contribution at grassroots level helps in solving their problems and...

LG rolls out long-awaited optimus 3D

LG Electronics (LG) has officially launched the long-awaited LG Optimus 3D, an innovative new smartphone featuring second generation dual core technology and an advanced...

LG to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 14 million tonnes

LAHORE - LG Electronics (LG), recently, announced that it is on track to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by almost 14 million tonnes this year, up from its previous record of 12.9 million tons last year. This revised forecast is part of LG's aim to achieve its goal of 200 million tonnes of cumulative reductions from 2009 through 2020. As part of its "Green 2020" master plan for green growth and sustainable management, LG has been reducing greenhouse gases through improved

LG minister’s security guard gunned down

KARACHI - The personal security guard of Sindh Local Government Minister Agha Siraj Durrani was gunned down on Wednesday by two unidentified men in Azizabad. Thirty five-year-old Imran Manzoor alias Jangi was near Jamia Masjid Almas in Muhammadi Colony when two men on a motorcycle arrived on the scene and opened fire on him.
Azizabad SHO Habibullah Qureshi said that the victim suffered six bullets wounds and died on the spot. His body was shifted to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital

Financial crunch to be latest reason for LG polls delay

ISLAMABAD - Apart from political interests and other obstacles that are forcing ruling parties in all the provinces not to conduct local government (LG) elections, the financial crunch in the Centre is now another reason blocking the way of LG polls in the next financial year.
The federal government has no fiscal space to conduct the elections at the cost of Rs 3 billion, as estimated by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP). Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab and Sindh

LG to showcase new LED model at ISE Tradeshow 2011

LAHORE - LG Electronics (LG) will unveil the perfect video wall solution, the 47WV30 47-inch LED super narrow bezel monitor display, at Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) 2011, the biggest AV and integrated systems tradeshow on the continent.
The 47WV30 provides an almost completely seamless image - thanks to its super-narrow bezel while delivering optimum picture quality, greater user convenience and outstanding cost efficiency.