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LAHORE - Being scared of any disclosure after CM Punjab Shahbaz Sharif warning, the Lahore Development Authority (LDA) on Saturday held an in-camera governing body meeting at a committee room of its head office in Johar Town.
Sources revealed that the meeting mulled over a number of decisions taken by former LDA DG Umer Rasool including 100 percent waiver for the second time in building period to Nazaria-e-Pakistan Trust flouting its own decision issued in 2001 and mocking

KARACHI - The University of Karachi (KU) administration has once again been coerced into appointing rejected candidates as teachers owing to mounting pressure from the Sindh Governor's House, sources have informed Pakistan Today.
The university has appointed two part-time cooperative teachers, who were already declared ineligible for teaching at the university as they had failed to meet the criteria of employment. The KU had declared Muhammad Wasi Fasih Butt and Maqbool Ahmed

CAIRO/WASHINGTON - Egyptian opposition groups said on Sunday a meeting with Vice-President Omar Suleiman was positive but had done nothing specific to meet their demands for a complete political overhaul in Egypt.
Abdel Monem Aboul Fotouh, a senior member of the opposition Muslim Brotherhood which joined the talks despite the fact it is officially banned, said the government statement represented "good intentions but does not include any solid changes." "We need President Mubarak

KARACHI - Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah, presided over the third meeting of Sindh Board of Investment (SBI), an official statement notified. Speaking on the occasion, the chief minister stressed the need to extend incentives and facilities to attract the greatest number of investors to invest in various projects in Sindh province.
He said that there is vast scope for investment in various sectors particularly in coal mining, power generation, wind energy, trade

LAHORE - A regular meeting of Provincial Council of the Pakistan Medial Association (PMA) Punjab will be held at the PMA House today (Wednesday) with PMA Punjab President Ashraf Nizami in the chair.
A large number of district branches from all over Punjab would also participate in the meeting. Important issues including special pay package for doctors, implementation of health care bill and service structure reforms of doctors would be discussed.

KARACHI - The Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP) is committed to expand the exports of Pakistan, TDAP CEO Tariq Iqbal Puri has reiterated while speaking to members of the Pakistan Japan Business Forum (PJBF). The TDAP chief said Japan was an important trading and economic partner to Pakistan and Islamabad attached great importance on the strong business and economic relations with Japan. He claimed that a good deal of what was witnessed in terms of industry was mostly due

ISLAMABAD - Secretary Defence Lt General (retd) Syed Athar Ali Khan on Thursday failed to tell the status of DHA City Lahore to the Public Accounts Committee.
During PAC meeting, when Riaz Fitana asked the secretary defence to clear the position of DHA City Lahore, secretary defence said, "Either DHA City Lahore is the part of Defence Housing Authority or it is a private entity and if it has been launched by a private company then why is the name 'DHA' being used?"
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LAHORE - Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani has convened a meeting of the Council of Common Interest (CCI) on Tuesday to discuss the issue of gas supply to the industrial sector in Punjab.
Gilani made the decision after he discussed the gas supply issue with Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif at the Prime Minister's House on Sunday. Sources said both leaders discussed the current political situation, as well as matters pertaining to security and economic challenges faced by the

LAHORE - Punjab University (PU) administration is avoiding holding its 1686th syndicate meeting to decide the fate of those teachers that are facing corruptions charges, before the Academic Staff Association's (ASA) general elections scheduled to be held on January 13, Pakistan Today learnt on Tuesday.
PU sources said that the entire teaching community awaits the syndicate meeting, which besides other agenda items, will decide the fate of some Pro Jamat-e-Islami and Pro Islami

ISLAMABAD - Perturbed by the consistent gas shortage in Punjab, Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani has convened a meeting of gas utility companies tomorrow (Wednesday) to ask them about their load management plans.
Sources at the Petroleum Ministry said the managing directors of Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) and Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) would brief the PM on the issue of gas shortage in Punjab and would give recommendations to counter them.
The sources

LAHORE - Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry was in the provincial metropolis on Saturday and chaired a meeting at Supreme Court's (SC) Lahore Registry to review overhauling and renovation work at the SC building.
The CJ directed to retain the original texture of the building's architecture, while constructing new blocks at the site for expansion. The SC Lahore building was in shambles hitherto and needed repair. The CJ took keen interest in it and initiated the overhauling

BELFAST - Anger mounted in Northern Ireland on Thursday as ministers prepared to hold a crisis meeting to discuss why tens of thousands of people have been without water supplies for more than a week.
Doctors warned the continued shortages could spark a public health crisis as engineers struggled to repair thousands of pipes which sprang leaks following some of the coldest weather in the British province for decades.
Some 34,000 people were still without running water on

LAHORE - The Punjab Assembly's (PA) 22nd session will begin today (Friday) amid tight security arrangements with Deputy Speaker Rana Mashood in the chair. The speaker had directed strict security arrangements in light of intelligence reports warning that holding evening sessions could create security issues, Pakistan Today has learnt.
Special lights would also be displayed all around the building for countering security threats. The session's first day would start at 3pm and

KARACHI - As supporters and diehard workers of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) chanted "Tum Kitnay Bhutto Maro Gay, Har Ghar Say Bhutto Niklay Ga" on the third death anniversary of their slain leader Benazir Bhutto Shaheed on Monday, memories of Benazir's last meeting with senior journalists in Karachi resurfaced in my mind.
About a month before her tragic murder, Benazir Bhutto invited a few senior journalists to Bilawal House to discuss with them PPP's strategy for the 2008

ISLAMABAD - The central executive committee (CEC) of the ruling Pakistan People's Party (PPP) is meeting today (Sunday) at Naudero House, Larkana, under the joint chairmanship of party chief Bilawal Bhutto and co-chairman President Asif Ali Zardari.
A party source told Pakistan Today that the meeting could prove to be a launching pad for Bilawal's entry into mainstream politics. "There is a strong possibility that Bilawal announces the beginning of his political career during the

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani has summoned a high-level meeting today (Monday) to review the issue of gas load shedding and the Punjab chief minister (CM) has been given special invitation to attend the meeting.
According to reports, Federal Minister for Petroleum Syed Naveed Qamar, Petroleum Secretary Imtiaz Qazi, Oil and Gas Development Company Limited Managing Director (MD) Naeem Malik, Sui Northern Gas Private Limited MD Faizullah Abbasi and the

KARACHI: MQM Rabita Committee has convened an emergency joint meeting of its members in Karachi and London for today (Wednesday) to discuss the changing political situation in the country after the JUI-F parted ways with the government on Tuesday.
"The evolving situation after the departure of the JUI-F, the attitude of the PPP government, the MQM's reservations and other important issues will be discussed in the meeting. A statement would be issued after the meeting about the