Tag: Ministry

Textile Ministry rejects cotton estimate criticism

After strong criticism from the private sector on the projected cotton production of 12.2 million bales during the current year, the Ministry of Textile...

Law Ministry proposes 2-year term for ECP members

To settle pending issues regarding tenure, salary, perks and privileges of members of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) who were appointed in June...

IHC serves notice on Petroleum Ministry

The Islamabad High Court (IHC) issued Friday notice to the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources in the power tariff hike case. Justice Riaz Ahmed...

Finance Ministry lobbies to pressure PEPCO to recover payments

The Finance Ministry on Tuesday asked the Ministry of Water and Power to influence the Pakistan Electric Power Company (PEPCO) and ask it to...

Ministry trying to correct Awan’s ‘wrong’

The Ministry of Law’s efforts to give legal cover to the ‘illegal generosity’ of former law minister Dr Babar Awan could not succeed on...

Farooq Sattar assumes charge of Ministry

MQM leader Dr. Muhammad Farooq Sattar Monday assumed the charge of the Ministry of Overseas Pakistanis where he was given a very warm welcome...

PM directs petroleum ministry to expedite import of LNG

Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani on Tuesday directed the Ministry of Petroleum and Port Qasim Authority (PQA) to expedite the process for...

CDA yet to renovate ministry’s building gutted in 2007

Owing to the negligence of the Capital Development Authority (CDA), the building of Environment Ministry, which was set on fire by miscreants in 2007...

LHC restrains OGRA, ministry for LPG Policy 2011

The Honorable Lahore High Court on Thursday restrained the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority and Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources from taking any...

Finance ministry employee nabbed on militant links

Pakistani authorities have arrested an employee of the finance ministry on suspicion of links to militant groups, police said on Wednesday. The suspect, identified...

Petroleum Ministry rejects allegations of LPGAP

In an unprecedented move, the Ministry of Petroleum came out openly against the Liquefied Petroleum Gas Association of Pakistan (LPGAP) declaring them a mafia,...

Federal Ozone Cell ceases to exist after devolution of Environment Ministry

As the entire world celebrated the International Day for the Preservation of Ozone Layer on Friday to protect the earth’s ozone layer from harmful...

Finance Ministry seeks details of MoU with China

Finance Minister Dr. Abdul Hafeez Shaikh has sought complete details of the memorandums of understanding (MOUs) signed with China along with their financial implications...

NA body castigates ministry for delay in housing project

Expressing concern over the inordinate delay in the completion of the development work of overseas housing project in Zone V, the National Assembly’s Standing...

Commerce Ministry approves Rs31.62m for R&D Cells

The Ministry of Commerce has approved Rs.31.62 million for the establishment of Research and Development Cells in three chambers of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The approval...

Arms licences by Interior Ministry expiring on Sept 1

All the arms licenses issued by the Interior Ministry will expire on September 1 because of reports of their alleged misuse and malpractices in...

PAC asks govt to close Ministry of Science and Technology

Expressing disappointment over the performance of the Ministry of Science and Technology and its subsidiaries particularly the Pakistan Agriculture and Research Council (PARC), the...