Tag: Local

Over 15,000 to 20,000 local tourists have been visiting the mountainous areas of Murree, Kaghan Valley and other popular tourist spots on daily basis...

Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif presided over a meeting of the provincial cabinet on Thursday that gave approval to the draft law of Punjab...

The security cordon that was recently developed by the Pakistan Cricket Board at the main entrance its headquarters at the Gaddafi Stadium to prevent...

Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani on Tuesday said the government had decided to hold local bodies polls in the federal capital. Addressing the participants of...

The Pakistan Football Federation on Friday constituted a Local Organizing Committee (LOC) for AFC President’s Cup, 2012 which is being held at Punjab Football...

Unidentified armed men on Thursday kidnapped over a dozen employees of a local company working in the Sui area of Balochistan. “Armed men kidnapped...

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Barrister Masood Kausar on Wednesday hinted at the introduction of local bodies system in FATA. “We are seriously considering turning municipal...

Trains and Bollywood go hand-in-hand. But Pakistani pop star and actor Ali Zafar had a different kind of experience on what is often called...

Punjab Governor Sardar Latif Khosa has returned 17 bills passed by the Punjab Assembly after raising several objections, especially on the Punjab Local Government...

Intellectual Property Organisation (IPO) Pakistan Chairman Hameed Ullah Jan Afridi said here on Tuesday that Pakistan had great potential for local and foreign investment...

November proved to be the worst month for cement manufacturers this fiscal year as cement dispatches declined by 6.47 per cent as compared to...

Despite highest ever profits during the first quarter (of FY12) on account of better gross margins, continuous weakening of the rupee against Japanese yen...

The seizure of City District Government Karachi (CDGK) accounts by the Sindh government pounded the last nail in the coffin of Karachi’s golden era....

After restoring the commissionerate system in Sindh, the provincial government froze all financial accounts managed by the district governments and town municipal administrations (TMAs);...

Taking the lead from recovering regional and international commodities and equities, the oversold local equities staged a strong come-back, wherein the index heavy weight...

Former Sindh home minister Dr Zulfiqar Mirza on Monday claimed that he had garnered enough support to ensure that the local government system bill...

The benchmark WTI crude oil prices have tumbled by 22 per cent since June 1, 2011 on rising concerns over another global recession, following...